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History of Paris, Maine 



ITS SETTLEMENT TO 1880 



A History of the Grants of i736 & 1771 



TOiJi-nnr.i; wri ii 



Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register 



AN APPENDIX. 

Bv WM. B. LAPHAM and SILAS ]'. MAXIM. 



' To otteml to the Xcf/lecteiK fnni ti, Bt'inpmhr-r thr Fk/v/-./ I" i i;k k. 

{ JAN 26 1805 ) 



I'AIU>. -MAINK: 
P1UMK1> FOK THK All riOl 
18 8 4. 



Copyrighted bt 
WM. B. LAPHAM and S. P. MAXIM. 

1884. 






L 



History of Paris, Maine. 



CONTENTS. 



PrEFAOK 1"A«K 3 TO 4 

Pakt I. Genekal Hi-stuhy I'Age 5 t< > 4f)(i 

Pakt II. Genealogical >?E(iiSTEKs i'A(iE 491 to 77^ 

Paht III. Appendix |"A(;e 771t t( > 7!tN 

Indexes i'Aoe 799 to 81(i 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



f'llArTKK. PACiE. 

I. El'ITOMK OK EAKLV MAINK lIlSTOHV 5-10 

1 1. Soldiers' Laxu Gkaxts 11-13 

III. Land Grants in Xew HAMrsiiiuE 13-l(t 

IV. Land Grants Continued l()-20 

V Titles to the Soil 20-22 

VL (Jhaxt of 1730, to Samuel .Fackson et als 23-27 

Vn. The Claim Revived after 30 Years 27-30 

V IlL Abstracts of Proi'1{ietors" Records 37-40 

IX. Contest for Incori'ORAtion 40-4!) 

X . End of the Pkofrietary 40-01 

XL Sketches of Grantees of 1771 and 1735-0 51-00 

XII. A Brief Resume 01-03 

XIII. Settled at Last— Eak'ly Pi rchases of Land... 03-77 

X lY . Incorporation of the Town 78-80 

X Y. Description of Paris 81-90 

X Yl. Annals of Paris, 1794 to 1800 90-103 

X^'II . Efforts to Divide the Town 104-111 

XYIII. The Early Settlers 111-117 

XIX. Annals Continued— 1803 to 1810 118-131 

XX. Direct Tax of 1810 131-138 

XXI. The AnoKKiiNEs 13S-141 

XXII. Character OF the Kari-y Skitlek's 141-143 

XXIII. Annals Contimed— 1817 to 1825 144-149 

X X I Y . Early Oxford Colnty 150-153 

XX Y. Annals Continued— 1826 to 1830 1.54-1.59 

XX YL Klder Hooper's Short History oi Paris 1.59-103 

X XYII. Annals Continued— 1831 to 18.50 103-174 

X X \' 11 1 . Another Brief Retrospect 1 75-177 

X X 1 \ . Annals CoNTiNrED— 1851 to 1878 178-200 

XXX. ( i.NTi.NNLVL Celebk'ation — Annals CoN(M i>i:d. - .201-257 

X X .\ 1. SiKNAMEs IN Paris, and their ()ri<;in 2.5n-2<;4 

XXXII. Post Roites and Post Okpices 2(;.5-27() 

XXXIII. Paris CiirRciiES and :Ministei;s 271-3(»5 

X X X I Y. Tem pekance Reform 300-318 

XXXV. The Press of Paris 318-323 

X X X VL Paris Xe\vspapei{ Men 324-329 



Chapter. 

XXXVII. 

XXXVIII. 

XXXIX. 

XL. 

XLl. 

XLII. 

XLIII. 

XLIV. 

XLV. 

XLVI. 

XL VII. 

XLVIII. 



T> .^ Page. 

Paris Piiv.iciaxs 32^3^^ 

Paris La WYEH.s „,., „._ 

T^ ^, o^l-d.")! 

h REE Masonry and Odd Fellowsiih. 3.51-361 

Military History 3gj_3g. 

Snows Falls 386-301 

Early Industries ok Paris 391-402 

Musical Celebrities 403-40'"" 

Anecdotes and Incidents -105-413, 

Anecdotes ok Elder Hooi'kk- 41.3-416 

Personal Notices nc <.o 

Paris villages , ,., ,-, 

_ ^ 44,i-4/ 1 

Paris PoKTS ^-,^^,,„ 



INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS, .;' 

Portraits. 

Mrs. Floi-a E Haiiy ^^y, 

Horace X. Bolster 

Solouiou A. Bolster ' ' 

T T% . 41/ 

James Deering: 

» .)81 

AYilllani Deeiiiig- 

Dr. Andrew J. Fuller i-).- 

Hon. Il.iimibal Hainliii * ^.^^ 

U'illiain K. Kimball .'~ 

Hon. Horatio King ' , 

•Silas P. Maxim Ojiposite Fi-ontisniece. 

Hon. Sulney Perhani ,,,_ 

Hon. Henry E. Pientiss ,' ,^ 

-Mrs. .Vhagail A. Pi-entiss .,,!, 

Hon. ^•irgil D. Parris (js" 

Mrs. Polla Kawson -j,. 

A. Mel]('n JJiee _, , 

\\illiam 1,'. Swan ..-.^ 

Di-. Augustus S Thayer --,j 

( harles ,L "A'alker . .'. -' 

/ (lO 

Adam Wilson, D. I) .,^^ 

(ieorge A. Wilson '. 

\ll.LA(.l, AND 'I'dWX \i1;WS. 

Paris Hill from Academy ( -upola Fi-ontis],i,M-c 

South Paris, tVoni St (.well Hill ^,;> 

North Paris ,'Z 

4')( 



::::.^;:Vt;.n;B;m;;.'Bapia.;;H;;i;;;i;Hm:::::::::^^^ ^ 

street View in South Tan^ ^ ill'»fi^ 470 

Snow's Falls* • 460 

Stony Brook, South Paris sfi 

Mt. Mica and Streaked Mountain .!'......... •^' 

Plan of Paris 

PlBHC AM. PlUVATK E..1HCKS. 

2<f> 

Baptist (luirch, Paris Hill 288 

Universalist Church, Paris H ill 29:^ 

( ongregationalist Cluuch, South Pans .^^^ 

' Methodist Church, South Paris ^^g 

Samuel Kawsou Mansion, Paris Hill • • • ^-^ 

Capt. Samuel King Homestead g5^ 

' Site of Jackson's Mill on Stony Brook • • • ^.^^ 

South Paris School Building ■•■■■■ 447 

Hubbard House, Paris Hill - " ' 44(5 

The Hamlin Homestead, Paris Hill ^g 

Oxford Democrat Office, Paris Hill- • • • • • • - • • 4.- 

Pesidence of Mrs. Arabella Carter, Pans HiU. .^^. 

^[axim's House Finish ^lanuf a*-tory .^^i, 

Rev. Joseph Walker House * ' ;^95 

Sled Factory, South Paris 744 

Capt. William H • Swan's P.esidence. • • ^^.^. 

Judo-e Wilson's Pesidence, South Pans ^^^^ 

Alvah Hersey's Residence, South P:ins ...^ 

David N. True's Residence, South Pans . • ... • • _^_„ 

Oeor-e W. Hammond's Residence, Snow s t alls _^^.. 

Elislm F. Stone's Residence, South Pans 



PREFACE. 



It is the business of the lociil Iiistoriiiii to collect ;iii(l ini'serve such 
incidents n-latinii: to towns as would be overlooked by the writers ot" 
general history. His work is to i>ather from State and county archives, 
recorded facts relating to the foundation of inunicii)alities, Init more 
especially to preserve from destruction the contents of fugitive papers, 
and to glean from the weakening memories of aged citi/en.s, the facts and 
traditions which, by their death, would soon l)e forever lost. A desire to 
do this for the town of Paris, prompted the compilers to gather up tliti 
scattered material relating to its history, and jxit it in a form to be preserved. 
Had the task I)een undertaken a few years ago. Itefore all the first settlers 
died, it would hav<' been easier of accomi)lishment, but it is nuich easier 
now than it would t)c a (piarter of a century hence. .Mercenary motives 
had no part in our und<'rtaking, for no money is ever made in publishing a 
town history: it is generally a labor of love and (luite frequently a thank- 
le.ss task. Of the compilers, one is a native born of Paris, and has ever 
lived in the town, and also his father l)efoi-e him, his grand parent!^ being 
among the early settlers. The other, though born in a neighboring town, 
spent his boyhood days upon the banks of the Little Androscoggin river 
in Paris: his grand parents and great grand parents were early here, and 
his near kindred have always lived in town: so that wbili' one is a native, 
the other is no stranger to Paris and its i»eopie. We bring therefore to this 
work, sometliing nu)re than a mere desire for gain : we bring to our self- 
imposed task, a love for this good old nnmicii)ality. and an ardent desirt^ 
to gather up and i)reserve all the fragments of Ihm- history, that little if 
anything may be lost. 

For assistance in this undertaking, we are indel)lcd to many, too many to 
refer to by name. We are tuider special oldigations to those native-born 
citizens of the town who have left it and made for themselves homes else- 
where, and whose interest in this work has appeared to be not less than that 
of those whose homes have always been in Paris, 'riiough long removed, 
their interest and love for the old town are unabated. The historians of a 
town have not nmch field for display. They liave to do with ordinary 
events which lobe satisfactory to the inhabitants and jtosterity. nmst be 
given in great detail. They aie expected to pi-epare and present all the 
little incidents which go to make up the life and doings of a single munici- 



4 PKKFACK. 

pallty, and if wo, in our present imtlcrtakiiii;', sliall succeed in <iathenno- up 
the fia_i>jnent.s peitainini>' to the history of Paris, and in lniugin<j them 
togetlier in a compact form and in a condition to he preserved, w<' sliall feel 
that our labor has not been in vain. We do not even hope to avoid all 
errors, liut our constant effort has been and \vill be. in the pi'cparation of 
this work, and in i)Uttinii- it through the jiress, to reiluce them to the 
minimum. No town histoiy was ever written that was absolutely free 
from inaccuracies; where tliere are so many names and dates to deal with, 
to prevent errors fi-om creeping in, is next to inipossible. 'I'own historians 
are often accused of error when their statements do not c(irrcs])on(l with 
family tradition, but it is the experience of all historical writers that family 
tradition, as a rule, is very unreliable e\ idence of fact, especially in I'cla- 
tion to dates. In the i)reparation of these pages, family tradition has been 
allowed its due weight, but if cases occur wliere it has not iteen followed, 
let it be understood that it was because it was outweighed by othei- and 
more reliable testimony. 

Tn carrying on our investigations, we have availed ourselves of every 
source of information witliin our reach. We have by ourselves orthrough 
the assistance of otliers, searched through the archives of Massaclmsetts 
to gather facts relating to the early grants, and for stjitistical returns from 
Paris before the se])aratiou: we have exannned the archives of our own 
.State for similar material of a later date: we have looked through the 
registry of deeds of Cumberland county for land titles of the early settlers, 
before Oxford county was erected : we have exannned nearly every work 
tliat has been written l)earing on the history of Maine and ]\[assachusetls, 
imduding town liistories, and a large mnnljer of genealogies: we have 
examined the county records at Paris, and the records of that and many 
other towns, and have interviewed a large nund>er of persons wlio were 
su[)posed to be in possession of facts worth preserving in this comiection. 
The result of all these examinations, is the volume hcrewitli presented. 
Objections may be raised that we have gone too nmch into detail, especially 
in relation to i-ecent occurrences. I)ut it should be remembered, that w(> 
write for posterity as wi'll as for the present generation and posterity 
always delights in details. \Vith how nmch more satisfaction do w<' read 
accounts of happenings of tifty oi- a hundred years ago, than of those tliat 
recently took place: with posterity it will be the same, for mankind in this 
regard, are verj' much the same in all generations. In conclusion : to all 
who have assisted us in the prosecution of this work whether by imparting 
information, whether by words of encouragement and approval oi- ])y 
pledging material aid. we return our sincere and heartfelt thanks, and 
the volume itself is respectfully subnutted to the charitable and discrimi- 
nating consideration of the gooii peoi)le of Paris l)y The Ai th(>i:s. 

P'lri.s. M<n, i, 1SS4. 



HISTORY OF PARIS, 



CHAPTER I. 

KPITOMK OV KAKLY MAINK 11IST<»KV. 

Ei>(ili.sh and Frem-h Claims. — The StriajiiJc for Eiapire — Crown 
and other Grants in ^faine. — Boundaiy (Question. — TIte fJnke of 
York-.— Charter of William and Mani. 

The tiist European settlement in Maine was by tlie Popluini 
Colony near the month of the Kenneliec. in ICOT. ami this proved a 
failnre. It was not till some fifteen years after that, that settlers 
eame to stay, and it was more than a century l)efore settlements 
extended back from the coast except scattering ones upon our navi- 
gable rivers. Tiie causes which operated to retard the settlement 
of our State were the long and persistent contest between France 
and England, and the hostile attitude of the aboriginal inhal)itants, 
and for more than a hundred and thirty years, the history of ]Maine 
and of New p:ngland, is made up largely of accounts of violence 
and bloodshed. With the Indians, it was a struggle. for existence, 
with England and France, for empire. The latter had early sent 
missionaries among the Indians, who took kindly to the Roman 
Catholic faith, and most of the tribes became their faithful allies 
during the long and bloody struggle. The French held possession 
of the St. Lawrence river, and it was at (.Quebec that neariy all the 
raids upon the settlements in New England were planned ; they were 
planned by the French and executed Jointly by the I'rench and 
Indians. England and France, each claimed this country by 
priority of discovery. The French claim was founded first, on the 
discovery of the coast of Maine l)y Verrazzano, in 1524, who 
named the country New France ; second, on the discovery and 
occupancy of Canada in lo3o, by Cartier : third, the grant of Henry 
IV to DeMonts in 1603 : fourth, the voyage and occupation of the 



(j HISTORY OF TAKI-S. 

country under DeMonts and Clianii)lain, and others who claimed 
under the same charter. The English defended their title on the 
following grounds: first the discovery of Cabot in 1497; second, 
the possession of Newfomidland by Clilbert in looo; third, the 
voyages and landings of Gosnold, Pring, Wavmouth and others, 
and fourth the charter of IGOG. and the occupation of the country 
by the Popham Colony in 1(;07 and subsequenth . and by (iorges 
and others claiming under it. The great question between the two 
powers, as to the right of possession, turned on the occupancy of 
the eountr\' under the charter. And as the French liased their claim 
largely on the settlement under the charter of DeMonts in 160;>, so 
the English claim was based upon the settlement in 1607, under the 
Virginia charter of 1606. 15ut as the charter of DeMonts had been 
revoked in 1007. and its rights conveyed 1)V a new charter to 
Madame DeGuercheville. a strong advantage in the French claim 
was lost ; for the English claimed witli great force that the Eiiglisii 
settlement under the English charter now gave them alisolute 
l)riority and indisputable right. But the French did not so readily 
abandon tlieir title. On the contrary, they pushed theii- settlements 
and arms and their missions, to the western verge of their claims. 
When the Poi)ham Colony broke up in 1608,. it is said the French 
at once l)egan to settle within their limits. The struggle, as alread}' 
stated, Avas long and bitter, for both parties were impelled by self 
interest and pride, and l/V an assumed consciousness of riglit. 

Tlie Great Charter of New England was granted in 1620. wliile 
the i)ilgrims were on their passage to this country, and through the 
influence of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his associates. The corpo- 
ration was called the "'Council of Plymouth" in the county of 
Devon, P^ngland, and the charter granted the territory from the_ 
fortieth to the forty-eighth degree of north latitude. The southern 
limit was in the vicinity of Philadel[)liia. and the northern the Kay 
of Chaleur, and the grant extended tln-ougii the mainlaud from ocean 
to ocean. In 1621. the Council of Plymouth granted to the pilgrims 
the lands wliich they occupied, and upon this charter as enlarged in 
1630, all the legal land titles of the Old Colony are based. In 
162U, the same Council granted to Wm. Bradford and his associates 
that territory on Kennebec river long known as tlie Plymouth Patent, 
and subsequently as the Kennebec Purchase. Its bounds were some- 
what indefinite, but as finally adjudicated, it embraced the land on 
each side of tlie river fifteen miles in breadth anil extending from 



Ill STORY OF I'AIMS. 7 

MeiTvmeetiug bay, to the falls near Norridoowock. Aumist 10. 
1622, a patent was granted to Gorges and Mason, conveying to 
them the country between the IMerriniae and Kennehec livers, to 
their farthest head, and sixty-live miles inland, together with all the 
islands within live leagnes of the sliore. which the indenture states. 
"they intend to call the Province of Maine." In ]\Iarch ir)2.s. a 
patent was granted to Governor AVinthrop and his associates of the 
Massachusetts Bay, which was confirmed by royal charter, a year 
later. In 1G29, Gorges and JMason di\-ided tlieir territory, Mason 
taking the western portion between the IMscatacjua and Merrimac 
rivers, which he called New IIam))shire, and Gorges from tlie 
Piseataqua to the Kennebec. Tiie council of Plymoutli in their 
eagerness to settle the country and build uj) cities and counties in 
the wilderness, were careless and even reckless in their grants of 
land, overlaying patents and ignoring l>oundaries of previous grants, 
and thereby sowing tiie seeds of controversies whicli were not settled 
for many years. Some of these grants are briefly summarized 
below : 

1630. A deed to Tliomas Lewis and Kichard Bouython of a 
tract of land on the north side of Saco riAcr. four miles along the 
coast and eight miles into tlie mainland. Also a deed of the same 
description to John Oldham and Kichard N'ines, on the south side of 
the river, the whole tract being eigiit miles square. 

1630. The Muscongus grant, afterwards known as the AValdo 
patent. This was issued to Beauchamp and Leverett of England, 
and extended on the seaboard ])etween the Muscongus and I'enob- 
scot rivers, and as far noith as would embrace a territory equal to 
thirty miles square. 

1630. Lygonia, or the Plow Patent, so called liecause the vessel 
wdiich brought the colonists over was called the -'IMow." This 
grant extended from Kennelmnk to Ilarpswell, including right of 
soil and of government. In 1643. this patent was transferred to 
Col. Rigby, an English lawyer, whose contest with (Jorges lasted 
forty years. 

1631. Black Point to Thomas C'ammock. This is the basis of 
land titles in Scarborough. 

1631. Pejypscot patent to Richard Bradshaw, lilteen hundred 
acres on the north side of the river, "not granted previously to any 
other." 



8 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

1G31. Againeiitious, twelve tlioiisand acres, to Edward (lodfrej^ 
— the present town of York. 

1G;31. Richmond's Island and lifteen hnndred acres at Spurwink, 
to Walter Bagnall. 

1G31. Cape Porpoise to John Stratton. 

1G32. The tract between Cammock's patent and the river and 
bay of Casco, to Trelawniey and Goodyear. 

1G32. Pemaqnid patent, twelve thousand acres along the coast, 
and the islands three leagues into the ocean, with right of govern- 
ment. 

1G32. Way and Purchase patent, a tract on the river Pejepscot, 
now the Androscoggin, now the town of Brunswick, &c. 

The Great Council of Plymouth having encountered many vexa- 
tions, in 1G35, agreed to surrender their charter, and determined to 
divide their territory into eight provinces, two of which were within 
the present limits of Maine. The region between the Kennebec and 
the St. Croix was to be given to Sir William Alexander, Earl of 
Sterling, and was to be called the county of Canada. The coast 
from the Kennebec to the Piscataqua and extending sixty miles into 
the mainland, was assigned to Gorges, and named New Somerset- 
shire. Efforts were made V»y Gorges to establish a government and 
he partially succeeded, but i)olitical dissensions la the old world 
unsettled everything, and the troubles which arose from the grants 
previously made within his patent, induced him in 1G39, to apply 
for a new charter which was granted by Charles I. It confimed all 
the territory within his old boundaries on the coast and extending 
twice as far into the mainland. He changed the name to the 
Province of Maine. 

The terms of the Massachusetts charter, established their northern 
l)oundary three miles north of the Merrimac river, "and each and 
every part of it." To this line all had agreed. But when Massa- 
chusetts found it necessary to justify the seizure of Maine, her 
citizens conceived a new interpretation of the language describing 
the bounds. The river makes a right angle about thirty miles from 
its mouth, and from that point stretches almost due north ; so 
instead of a line three miles north of the river at its mouth, they 
took a point three miles nortli of its head waters, and from that run 
a line easterly to the sea, which would give them all of New Hamp- 
shire, and a large part of Maine. In her aggressive movement for 
the capture of Maine, the government of the Massachusetts Bay 



11 1 STORY Ol' PAR IS. 1> 

proceeded cautioush", l»iit with a manifest determination to win. 
In 1652, slie was at York and Saeo. Four years after she had 
reached Fahnonth. The next year an action was l)rought against 
Tliomas Purchas at Brunswick. l)ut he resisted and won his case 
in the courts. Then a new line was run to Wiiite Head Ishmd in 
Penobscot bay. There was then an English settlement at Pema- 
quid, which was older than Massachusetts or Plymouth, and the new 
boundary was made to embrace it. It seemed to have made no 
difierence that the territor}' east of the Kennebec belonged to the 
Duke of York. The Duke had purchased it from the Earl of Ster- 
ling in 1G63, including all his American i)ossessions, and the next 
year received a royal charter from his biother Charles II. INIassa- 
chusetts prepared to contest his title by occupation, and in 1674. set 
up a court and organized a local government at Pemaquid. naming 
the territory the county of Devonshire. The Duke contested until 
he ascended the throne as James IT, when the territory was annexed 
to the Massachusetts Bay government. The eastern limit of Maine 
was first fixed at the Sagadahoc river, the name by which the Ken- 
nebec below Merrymeeting Bay was once called, then at the Penob- 
scot and finally at the St. Croix, as at the present time. The 
contest for Acadia as this Eastern territory was once called, as being 
tiie door to Canada by way of the St. Lawrence, was long and 
bloody. Its importance as a vantage ground may be understood in 
the frequency with which it changed hands. It was in 1632 ceded 
to the French by the treaty of St. Germains ; in 1655, it was repos- 
sessed by the English by conquest : in 1667. it was again ceded to 
the French by the treaty of Breda; in 16i»U. it was reconquered by 
the English under Sir William Phipps, a Maine man; in 1691. it 
was united to the Pi-ovinee of the Massachusetts Bay by the charter 
of William and Mary ; in 1696, it was virtually repossessed by the 
French, and Massachusetts surrendered it back to the Crown of 
p:ngland : in 1697, it reverted to France by the treaty of Ryswick ; 
in 1713, it was ceded to England by the treaty of Utrecht ; in 1755, 
the Acadians who still maintained allegiance to France, were 
expelled : in 1759 it was confirmed to England at the capitulation of 
Louisburg and Quebec. 

But the contest between Massachusetts and the Gorges interest 
grew so bitter, and attracted so much attention in p:ngland, that 
commissioners were sent over by the crown to investigate the matter. 
Arms had alreadv been resorted to, and the courts established by 



10 HISTORY OK I'AKl.s. 

the Massachusetts Bay Colony were protectL-d by troops. The 
question before the High Court of Chancery, the King in Council in 
1677, rendered the just and common sense decision that the north 
line of the Massachusetts Colony was three miles from the north 
bank of the Merrimac river at its mouth, and the Province of Maine 
both as to soil and government was the rightful propert}' of the heirs 
of Sir Fei'dinando Gorges. When this decision reached Boston, 
Massachusetts instructed her agent to make purchase of the title, 
and the heir of Gorges sold his interest in the Province of Maine 
for tlie paltry sum of twelve hundred and fifty pounds. But Massa- 
chusetts did not long enjoy her triumph, for in June 1684, the 
charter of the Massachusetts Bay was declared forfeited l)y the 
King, and a copy of tlie judgment was served a month after. 
King Charles died, aud James succeeded him and then were renewed 
those commotions and oppressions which in this country' were con- 
nected with the name of Sir Edmund Andros, and the attempt to 
consolidate and really subjugate all the northern colonies ; and 
which in England resulted in the revolution of 1688, the flight of 
King James aud the accession of William and Mary of the House 
of Orange. At the accession of William and Mnry, Massachusetts 
had every reason to expect to be restored to her ancient rights, ])ut 
there were now numerous interests to l)e harmonized ; the sovereigns, 
though sympathiz;iug with the Puritans, were unwilling to restore so 
liberal a charter, and one which had been so freely interpreted. 
There had come to be strong shades of ditFereuce in religious and 
political opinions among the colonists, but the late disturbances aud 
common suft'erings had the sentiment of a common cause and the 
need of unity. And so it happened, that in 1691, these elements 
whether harmonious or discordant. Pilgrim, Puritan or Ei)iscopalian, 
were bound together b}' a ro^^al charter which consolidated the 
colonies of Plymouth, the Massachusetts Bay, the District of Maine, 
Sagadahoc and all of Acadia into one Province and under one title, 
the Province of the Massachusetts Bay A few years later, the 
Maritime Provinces were receded to the Crown. Maine was now in 
fact a part of Massachusetts^ and the first governor of the consoli- 
dated Provinces, was Sir AVilliam Pliipps, .a distinguished son of 
Maine. This relation existed for a hundred and thirty years, till 
1820, when a separation was made by mutual consent, and Maine 
became an independent State. 



HISTORY Ol PAKIS. 1 1 

CHAPTKK II. 

SOI.DIKRS' I,AM> (iHANTS. 

PJiilUps War. — Xurragansett Tofuships. — Cdiioda Toir„sJn'jis. — 
Conditions attached to the Grants, — SettliiKj Duties, etc 
The long and sanguinary conflict to control the destinies 
of this counti-y between the two k'ading powers of Europe, has 
already been referred to, and also the conspicuous j^art which New 
England was earh' and constantly called upon to Itear. Strange as 
it mav seem, the Aborigines took kindly to the bigotry and super- 
stitions of the Roman Catholic church, and weiv ever the faithful 
allies of the French, and it is a fact well autlicnticnted that all the 
Indian raids upon our frontier settlements, were plainied at (^»ncbec, 
and, as a general thing, executed jointly by the French and Indians. 
The Narragansett war, however, was an exce|)tion and was brought 
on by the continued encroachments of the English upon the domain 
of the Indians, and the frequent grants of territory which the 
Indians claimed to l)e theirs. It was intended l)y King Phillip to be 
a war of utter extermination, and it was met by the whites in very 
much the same spirit. It was in IGTS that Phillip's war. called also 
the Narragansett war, broke out, and to carry it to a successful issue 
severely taxed the resources of the colonies. At its close, the war 
between France and England was resumed in the carrying on of 
which the Indians, as usual, were an important factor, and in which 
the colonists of New England were the greatest sufferers. In ICJl. 
the new charter of the Massachusetts liay was granted to include 
Plymouth, Maine and Acadia, which was a result highly gratifying 
to the Bay government, and which put the General Court in an 
excellent mood. The Government was poor and had naught with 
which to pay the soldiers for their arduous services except land, and 
of land they had an al)undance. Seven townships were surveyed 
and granted for services in Phillip's war, of which two were in 
Maine. These were called Narragansett Townships. Another and 
still larger class of townships was granted to those who took part in 
the expedition against Canada in 16'J0, under Sir William Phipps. 
Several of these townships were located in Maine, and most of them 
were granted to the heirs of those who did the actual services. 
Some of these are Raymond. Bridgton, Waterford. Turner. Jay, 
Otisfield, Bethel and perhaps Poland. P:ight of these Canada town- 



12 insTOKV OK PARIS. 

ships were origiually laid out in New Hainpsliiir. upon ten-itorv thon 
claimed l>y Massachusetts ; live of them were held by the grantees 
under a subsequent arrangement with the Masonian proprietors, and 
the proprietors of three of them, after many years, took new grants 
in Maine, in lieu of them. These three grants are now the towns 
of Bridgton. Waterford and Turner. So in Maine, we had five 
original Canada townships and three by substitution. Livermore 
was granted for services in the reduction of Port Royal, and Port 
Koyal was the plantation name of the town. 

Individuals were equally successful in obtaining grants of land, if 
there was the least foundation for their claim. Samuel Jordan of 
Biddeford and Christopher Baker, who had been captives to the 
Indians in Canada ; Ricliard Cutts of Kittery, who was shot ten 
years before and lay sick of his wounds : Ruth T,ee who had lost her 
husband in the attack upon Port Royal ; the children of ^lajor Con- 
verse Avho had lost their father in the Indian wars ; and Richard 
Tozier of Berwick who had suffered much from the savages ; all of 
these and many others obtained grants of land varying from one to 
two hundred acres, which they had a right to select from any ot the 
unappropriated lands in Maine. Any person severely wounded, 
bereaved of husband or father, made captive or cripple, was. 
upon request, sure of receiving the legislative bounty.* The Canada 
grants were all made through the Committee of Lands, whose repoit 
at this period and subsequently, was considered a sufficient reason 
for a legislative grant, and was passed upon without question or 
'delay. There was always a condition attached to each grant of a 
township, that a certain number of actual settlers should be upon 
the territory within a specified time,, that a house of worship should 
be erected and a regularly ordained minister settled. 

About the year 1735, numerous petitions were presented to the 
General Court for grants of land, some of them from old and 
thickly settled Massachusetts towns which wanted room to expand 
or colonize, but in most instances from persons or their descendants, 
who had done service in the Indian wars. Some were for specific 
service as in the invasion of Canada or at the reduction of Port Royal, 
while others were for general service in the colonial army. As the 
lauds in Massachusetts proper had nearly all been granted, and as 
the continued hostilities of the Indians prevented settlements in the 
interior of Maine, the grants of this period were mostly made from 

*AVilli;iinsou's Maine. 



HISTORV Ol" TAKIS. 13 

lands which nre now in the State of New Hanipsliire. and for furtlier 
reasons which will be treated of more at len<>tii hereafter. Town- 
ships granted for settlement were proi)rieties or j)roprietaries. being 
corporate tenancies in common, and several acts were passed pro- 
viding for calling proprietor's meetings, regnlating their oflicers, 
enforcing their votes, making assessment and collecting taxes. The 
Massachnsetts Bay Government was interested in the settlement of 
new towns, becanse it enlarged her V)ordeis, increased her wealth 
and popnlation. and erected additional barriers against the attacks 
of hostile Indians. The Crown on the other hand, was opposed 
because the extension of new settlements openetl up more conven- 
ient avenues to the King's forests of -oak and itine. and other ship 
timber reserved in the grant to the Province. 



CHAPTKR III. 

LAND GRANTS IN NEW HAMrsiIIUK. 

Tlie Boundary Contest. — Massachusettti Defeated and her Grants 

declared Void. 

The controversy between the proprietors of New Hampshire and 
the Massachnsetts Bay government, respecting the northern boundary 
of the latter, was very similar to the one between Massachusetts 
and Maine, which has aH-eady been referred to. When the early 
grants were made, the country, except along the seacoast, was very 
little known. Some of the principal rivers had been examined so 
far as they wei'c navigable, but beyond their navigable points, their 
direction was unknown, and the lands bordering upon them a terra 
inrognita. It is no wonder, then, that grants bounded by rivers 
whose general direction was unknown, and extending to seas or 
oceans whose very existence was in dispute, should be subjects of dis- 
pute and of almost interminable litigation. The Hon. Rufus Choate. 
Avho was employed in a case growing out of a question of tlic 
boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, said, •l 
would as soon think of setting forth the boundaries between sover- 
<?ign states as beginning at a blue-jay on the bough of a pine tree, 
thence easterly to a dandelion gone to seed, thence due south to 
three hundred foxes with fire-brands tied between their tails." The 
terms of the Massachusetts charter granted in 1620 and confirmed 



14 HISTORY OF PARIS, 

in 1691, established the northern boundar}- three miles north of the 
Merriniac river and each and every part of it, meaning of course, 
three miles I)eyond the river. It was then supposed as already 
stated, that the general course of the Merrimac was from west to 
east, whereas at a point about thirty miles from the sea, it makes a 
right angle and from that point stretches almost due north. There 
was no mistake as to the meaning and intent of the grant in fixing 
this northern boundarv, but when Massachusetts wished to find a 
pretext for taking possession of a large proportion of the grants to 
Gorges and Mason, a new interpretation was given to the 
language descrilnng the Itoundar}', and instead of a line three miles 
across the river at its mouth, .a point was taken three miles north of 
its headwaters, and from that a line easterl}' to the sea. If this 
interpretation had been sustained, nearly the wiiole territory of New 
Hampshire would have gone to Massachusetts. The Mason ian pro- 
prietors stoutly resisted this encroachment, and in the settled towns 
on the disputed territory, there was constant trouble. Governor 
Belcher in a letter to the Lords of Trade in London, said: '-the 
borderers on the lines, (if jour Lordships will allow me so vulgar 
an expression), live like toads under a harrow, being run into jails, 
on the one side and .the other, as often as the^' please to (piarrel. 
such is the sad condition of his Majesty's subjects that live near the 
lines. The3' • pull down one another's houses, often wound each 
other, and I fear it will end in bloodshed, unless his Majesty, in his 
goodness, gives some effectual order to have the bounds fixt." 
While this controvers}' was going on, the Massachusetts Ba}- govern- 
ment was annually making grants within the limits of the contested 
territory until no less than thirty-seven townsiups were granted. 
As stated elsewhere, some of these grants were for services in the 
invasion of Canada in 1690, some for services in the reduction of 
Port Royal, some for general militaiy service without si)ecification, 
and others for no military services at all. A large number of grants 
was made in 1735-6, partly doubtless with the view of occupying 
the disputed territory and with the hope of thereby influencing the 
decision of the boundary (question, and partly foi- the purpose of 
encouraging the settlement of several northern towns to operate as 
a barrier against the incursions of hostile Indians from Canada. 
Among other townships ordered laid out in 1735, were two tiers of 
six each, extending from the Merrimac to the Connecticut rivers. 
Numl)er four of this survev was granted to Samuel Jackson, and 



IIISTOKY OK r.XHIS. 



lo 



fifty-nine othei's of Newton. Watortown, Waltliain and m'ii>hl»orinfic 
towns. Number one of this survey, hetweeu Merriniae and C'ounec- 
tieut rivers, was granted to Salisbury and Aniesl)ury. and is the 
present town of AVarner. In a Histor}' of the town reeiMitly i)ub- 
lished, by Gen. Walter Ilarrinian, it is stated that it was not known 
that its grantees had lendered any particular service to the King. 
"■They gave nothing for their township, but at the time this, and 
many other grants were matle, the boundar}' was in controvers\', 
and, to gain ground in the contest, Massachusetts used every effort 
to induce men to acce()t grants of land." This statement is corrobo- 
rated by records contemporaneous with the grants. Meanwhile, the 
contest was sharply carried on. and after commissioners appointed 
for the purpose, had failed to come to a decision, the matter was 
referred directly to King George the second, whose royal decision 
promulgated on the 5th of March, 1740. was far I)etter for New 
Hampshire than ever the Masonian proi)i-ietors claimed. It estab- 
lished a curved line, -'following the course of the river Merriniac at 
the distance of three miles on the north side, beginning at the 
Atlantic ocean and ending at Pawtucket Falls (now Lowell), thence 
due w^est to His Majesty's other governments.'' This is the present 
line between the two States. By this decision, all the grants made 
north of this line by Massachusetts, were rendered null and void, 
including the grant to "Samuel Jackson and others." Some of the 
grantees made terms with the Masonian proprietors and retained 
their lands, but in most cases and the case of Sanuiel Jackson and 
others among them, the urants wei'c abandoned. 




'w-"/:,. 



16 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER IV. 

LAND GRANTS CONTINUED. 

The Greed for Land. — Grants of 17oo-G. — Action of the Governor 
and Conned. 

Our New Englaud ancestors were not only lovers of liberty, but 
the}' also early developed a passion for land, and soon after the first 
settlements in Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay colonies, and 
the organization of colonial governments, the people begun to 
clamor for grants of land, and that clamor did not cease until all 
the pul)lic lands had passed from government to private control. 
The town of Duxbury was settled from Plymouth about the year 
1632, or twelve years after the landing, and in 1644, on the petition, 
of Duxl)ur3' men, the court ordered a survey of territorv, and in the 
following year granted the petitioners that large tract of land which 
was called Bridgevvater, and from which several good sized towns 
have since been formed. Other territorial grants were made^ and 
settlements began in Marshfield, Middleboro, Rochester, and at 
various other places, and in a few years the whole of Plymouth 
Colony was dotted over with settlements, though no town had any- 
thing like the population which its' soil, if Avell cultivated, was 
capable of supporting. The same is equallv true of the early 
settlers of the Massachusetts Bay. Salem was settled in 162s, 
Charlestown in 1629, Dorchester in 1630, and Boston and Water- 
town the same year, and hardly had a beginning l>een made in these 
towns, before the settlers were seized with a desire to colonize still 
farther, and outlying tracts were quickly taken up and occupied. 
So anxious were they to possess all the land that joined them, that 
they did not even wait for the extinguishment of the Indian titles 
1)y the government, but individuals often purchased lands of the 
Indian sachems for a mere trifle, and made no little troublesome 
litigation for themselves and their posterity, thereby. This mania 
for landed property was doubtless due to the fact that most of the 
first New England settlers were men of moderate means, had never 
owned real estate, but had been tenants upon the large estates of 
the landed gentry of Old ILngland. Hence, to become possessed of 
land, and lords of the soil, was to them a novel and most interesting 
change, and not satisfied with the small areas allotted to them in the 
first settled towns, they wished to go where they could spread out 



mSTOKY OF PARIS. 17 

and extend their boundaries in imitation of their landlords in the 
country from which they came. The coni[)laint of being '"straitened 
for want of more land," was put forth by the first settlers, and was 
repeated by their descendants for more than a century and a half. 
Kev. Thomas Hooker with his company, came to Dorchester in 1633, 
and because towns had been begun so near Cambridge as Charles- 
town, Roxbury and Watertown, he went through the wilderness and 
commenced a settlement at Hartford. Counecticut, in order that he 
might not be crowded. After the extinguishment of the Indian 
titles, or the most of them, b}- the government of the Massachusetts 
colony, they very freely made grants of farms and townships to 
individuals and to companies on certain prescribed conditions to be 
complied with. I"or the grant of a township, the usual conditions 
were, tliat the number of grantees should not be less than sixty, 
that sixty families should be settled upon the grant within seven 
years, and an ortiiodox minister be settled. Reservations were 
made of lands for ministerial purposes and for schools. It by no 
means followed that a person who applied for a grant, intended ever 
to settle ui)on it himself, and it was often the Case that only a small 
per cent of the grantees ever saw the territory granted them, or any 
part of it. It was frequently a matter of speculation, and became 
a passion which pervaded all classes of the community. Profes- 
sional men, doctors, lawyers and ministers of the gospel, govern- 
ment officers from the chief magistrate down, as well as the 
merchants, mechanics, farmers and common laborers were more or 
less affected with this mania for wild lands, nor has it by any means 
died out even in our own times. The lands of the Massachusetts 
Bay and of the Plymouth Colony had all or nearly all been granted 
prior to 1()91, when by the royal charter of William and Mary, the 
two colonies were consolidated and with the Province of Maine, 
placed under the government of the Massachusetts Bay. There 
were still extensive tracts of land embracing the entire interior of 
Maine, whicli had not l)een granted nor settled on account of con- 
tinued Indian hostilities. 

In 173.'), quite a number of petitions for grants of land had 
accumulated, and at a meeting of the Great and General Court 
holden in Boston on the 15th day of January, 1735 (O. S.), 
Edmund Quincy, Esq., from the committee on Petitions for town- 
ships of land, etc., reported in substance as follows: "'That there 
be a careful view and survev of the lands between ]Merrimac and 



18 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Connecticut rivers from the northwest corner of Rumford (now 
Concord, N. H.) on Merrimac river to the Great Falls on the Con- 
necticut, of twelve miles at least in breadth, or nortli and south, by 
a committee of eleven able and suitable persons to l)e appointed by 
this court, who shall, after a due knowledge of the nature and the 
circumstances thereof, lay out the same into as many townships of 
the contents of six miles square as the land in width as aforesaid 
will allow of; no townshi]) to be more than six miles east and west, 
and also lay out the land on the east side of Connecticut river from 
said Falls to the township laid out to Josiah Williard and others, 
into as many townships of the contents of six miles square, as the 
same will allow of; and also the land on the Avest side of the river 
Connecticut from said Falls to the eciuivalent land, into one or two 
townships^of the contents of six miles square, if the same will allow 
thereof; and that the said comnutte make report of their doings to 
the Court at their session in May next, or as soon as they conven- 
ientlv can, that so the persons whose names are contained in the 
several petitions hereafter mentioned, viz. : In the Petition of Hop- 
kinton ; in that of Salisbury and Amesbury ; in tliat of Cambridge ; 
in that of Bradford and "Wenham ; in that of Haverhill ; in that of 
Milton and Brookline ; in that of Sanuiel Chambei'lain and Joiuithan 
Jewett ; in tiiat of Nathaniel Harris et als. ; in that of Stephens, 
Goulder et als : in that of Jonathan Wells et als ; in tliatof Lyscom 
and Johnson et als ; in that of Isaac Little et als ; in that of 
Jonathan Powers et als ; in that of John Whitman. Ksq., et als ; in 
that of Samuel Haywood et als ; -in that of Josiah Fossett et als ; 
in that of John Flynt et als ; in that of John Harward and others 
of Bridgewater, that have^no'' heretofore been admitted grantees or 
settlers within the space of seven years last past, of or in any 
former or other grant of a township or particular grant on condition 
of settling : and that shall appear and give security to the value of 
forty pounds to perform the conditions that shall l)e enjoined l)y the 
court, may by the major part of the committee, be admitted grantees 
into one of the said townships ; the committee to give pulilic notice 
of the time and place of their meeting to admit the grantees ; which 
committee shall be empowered to employ surveyors and chainmen to 
assist them in surveying and laying out said township ; the Province 
to bear the charge, and be repaid liy the grantees who may be 
admitted, the whole charge they shall advance ; which committee we 
apprehend, ought to be directed and empowered to admit sixty 



HISTORY OF PAIMS. . H* 

settlers in each township, and take their bonds payable to the com- 
mittee and their snccessors in the said trnst, to the use of the 
Province for the performance of the conditions of their grant, viz. : 
that each grant build a dwelling house of eighteen feet square and 
seven feet stud at the least, on their respective home-lots : and fence 
in and break up for plowing, or clear and stock with English 
arass. five acres of land within three A'ears next after their admit- 
tance, and cause their respective lots to be inhabited ; and that the 
grantees do within the space of tliree years from the time of their 
being admitted, build and finish a convenient meeting house for the 
public worship of God, and settle a learned Orthodox Minister : and 
in case any of the grantees shall fail or neglect to perform what is 
enjoined as above, the committee shall be obliged to put the bond in 
suit and take possession of the lands and rights that shall become 
forfeit, and proceed to grant them to other persons that will appear 
to fulfil the conditions within one year next after the said last men- 
tioned grant. And if suflficient number of petitioners that have had 
no grant within seven years as aforesaid, viz. : sixty to each town- 
ship, do not appear, others may be admitted, provided they have 
fulfilled the conditions of their fonner grant ; the committee to take 
care that there be sixty-three houselots laid out in as regular, com- 
pact and defensible a manner as the land will allow of. one of which 
lots shall be for the first settled ministei-, one for the second settled 
minister, and one for the schools ; to each of which an equal propor- 
tion of lands shall accrue in all future divisions. 

The report of the conunittee received favoral)le consideration and 
on the day following, the Court ordered: '"That Joseph Gerrish, 
Benjamin Prescott, Josiah Willard. Job Mmy, Esciuires. ]Mr. Moses 
Pierson and Capt. Joseph Gould, with sdch as the Honorable Board 
shall join, be a committee to all intents and jjurposes to efiect the 
business projected by the report of the committee of both Houses, 
to consider the petitions for townships which passed this day, viz. : 
on the proposed line between Merrimac and Connecticut rivers, and 
on both sides of the Connecticut river, and that there lie granted 
and allowed to be paid out of the public treasury after the rate of 
fifteen shillings per diem for every day he is in the service in the 
woods, and subsistence, and ten shillings per diem for every day to 
each one of the said committee while in the service, in admitting 
settlers into the said townships, and subsistence, to be paid as 
aforesaid." 



20 



HISTORY OF PARI; 



"In Council, Read and concurred, aud Wm. Dudley, Samuel 
AVelles, Thomas Berry, Joseph Wilder, and John Chandler, Jr., 
Esquires, are joined with the committee of the House, for the line 
between ]Merrimac and Connecticut rivers, &c." 



CHAPTER V 



TITLES TO THE SOIL, 



Original Land Titles in Jfaine. — Land Titles in Oxford County, 
with Ay'eas of Territory Granted and Sold prior to 1820. 
A brief sketch of the land titles in Maine upon which all our 
rights in real estate are based, though not belonging especiall}- to 
the liistoiy of Paris, may not be without interest in this connection. 
These titles are of four kinds, viz. : Crown grants and grants from 
Lords propi'ietors, Indian grants or titles. Province grants and 
Province sales. The titles in York, Cumberland and Lincoln coun- 
ties with a considerable portion of Iveiniebec. are almost wholly of 
the two former classes ; those in Oxford county are entirely of the 
two latter. The following are the Province grants in this county, 
as originally organized, made either for military service in the French 
and Indian wars, or in lieu of grants made of what proved to be 
New Hampshire lands, either for militaiy or other service, or to 
insure their settlement : 



Town. 



ACHEf^ 



Bethel, •24,-27S 

Gilead, 14,34.-) 

Fryeburg, 26,549 

Hebron A: Oxford, 36.-2-21 
.Jay & Canton, 20,905 
riverniore, 27,480 

Lovell & Sweden, 37,480 
Paris, 23,971 

Tinner, 31,359 

Pannford, 19,170 

Waterford, 21.192 



Grantees, &.C. 

Canada Township. 

Peabody's Patent. 

grant to Gen. Joseph Frye for military services. 

to Alex Shepard, Jr., for surveying pnb. lands. 

Pliipps Canada: in lieu of a former grant. 

luiUtar}^ service at Port Iloyal. 

('apt. Lovewell and company. 

Joslnia Fuller et als., in-lieu of former grant. 

Sylvester Canada ; in lieu of former grant. 

grant to citizens of Concord, X. 11. 

Canada township, in lieu of former grant. 



The following are the Province sales of townships and parts of 
townships in Oxford county, and the grants to academies which soon 
came into proprietors hands : 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



21 



Towx. 



ACRF> 



Au(lov(M-. 




29,433 


Albany. 




14.153 


Brownfielil. 




28,8()(; 


Bucktielil. 




15.959 


Berlin. 




27.050 


Carthage. 




23,250 


Denmark, 




27,023 


Greenwood, 




22.574 


Ilirani, 




13 (;i2 


Hartford, 




19,821 


Sumner. 




15,713 


Dixfield. 




19,130 


Mexico. 




12,712 


Norway. 




25,022 


Xewry, 




32,775 


Peru, 




21,499 


Porter, 




15,093 


Woodstock. 




24.192 


^'eld. 




32.775 


Howard's Gore. 


2.012 


Fryeburg Addition, 


1.199 


Bradley & E 


istnian's. 


2.80(1 


Fryeburg" Ac 


ademy Grant. 


4.147 


Xo. 7, 




23.937 


Xo, 8, 




25.412 


Hamlin's Grant, 


1,270 


Andover Xo. 


Surplus, 


15.900 


" AVe 


-t Surplu.*, 


11.096 


A. Xo. 1, 




26,165 


A. Xo. 2, 




28.507 


Township B, 


(Upton), 


25.600 


C,' 


u 


21,074 


" D, 


ii 


20,500 


E. 


•' 


20,600 


Xo. 1, K 1, 




22,552 


it ■} u 


'• 


22.080 


" 3, '• 


" 


29.440 


- 2,R2, 


u 


23,040 


'• 3, " 


u 


30,720 


'• 2, R 3, 


a 


21,000 


" 3, - 


u 


21,000 


" 4, " 


a 


21,000 


" 5, R4, 


u 


23,040 


u u 




23,436 



Graxtkes, &c. 

S. \y. Johnson and otliers. 
Joseph Iloh and others. 
'1'. < utlcr and others. 
Abijah IJuck and others. 
S. Wetuiore and J. Abbott. 
]{. Ames. 

Fryeburg Academy, Ac. 
Phillips Academy, etc. 
I'eleg AVadsworth and others. 
Joel I'arkhinst and others, 

J. Ilolman and others. 

Fee. Past and < luiimings.* 

Sarah Bostwick. 

.1. Tliompson and others. 

J. Hill and others. 

Dummer and (iorliam Academic! 

'i'. Pussell, Jr. 

Phineas Howard. 



Jolm Derby. 
Sarali Waldo. 
Cyrus Hamlin. 
Jolin Richards. 
S. Johnson and otlier: 
Phebe Ketchum. 
J. J. Holmes. 
Hounsfield i<: Davis. 
Ann S. Davis. 
J. Gardner. 
J. Cummings. 
Moses Abbott. 
Thomas Sewise. 

John Peclc. 

W. & G. (Gilbert. 

John Peck. 

E. Blake, Jr. 

Dunlap and Grant. 

Josiali (Juincy. 

Sanuiel AVatkinson. 



*Rust ami Cummings imn^liased of the Province. 



22 



mSTOKY OF PARIS. 



Town. 


Aches. 


h Xo. 1, R 3, 


(Upton), 


11. .520 


u .. 4^ 


ki 


11, .520 


No. 5, R 2, 


u 


20.1104 


" .5. R 3, 


" 


22.717 


" .1, R .5, 


u 


.5.700 


it. .; 


^1 


11, .520 


Surplus ( '. 




12.200 


Bac'lielder's i 


Grant. 


2S,S22 



Tract betAveen Hartford and 
Livermore, 1.280 

Nine Islands in the Andros- 
coggin river, 214 

Sundrj^ small grants. 8,200 



Grantees, &c. 

Canaan Academy. 
Batli Academy. 
Huntington and Pitkin. 
Abel Cutler. 
Ha Howell Academy. 
Farmington Academy. 
.Tohn Peck. 
.Tosiah Baclielder. 

Monmouth P^ree School. 

Monniduth Academj^ 
Various Persons. 



The areas of towns in acres as here given, are taken from the 
returns of surveys, in the office of the Secretary of State in Boston, 
for all the transfers here mentioned were made prior to the separa- 
tion of Maine from Massachusetts in 1820. In man3' cases, the 
actual number of acres is considerably greater than these returns 
show. In the case of Paris, for instance, tlie area in acres as 
returned, was 23,971, while the town as originally laid out contained 
more than 30,0b0 acres. An important allowance was always made 
in surveying for ponds and rivers, often for poor land, and for the 
'•swag" of the four rod chain. A township of six miles square, the 
usually limited size of early grants, would contain 23,040 acres, but 
grantees were always greedy and sometimes unscrupulous, while the 
government was generally lenient where the prescribed limits were 
not exceeded by more than one-fourth or one-third. The grant of 
Sudbury, Canada (Bethel) wasfor a township six and one-half miles 
square, but to take in as much of the Androscoggin as possible with 
its choice bottom lands, the length of the town was made twelve or 
more miles. 




HISTORY OF PARIS. 2 3 

CHAPTER \ I. 

GRANT OF 173G. 

Samuel Jackson and otJicrs. — Xo. 4 S^(rveyed and Lotted, and Pro- 
prietors Draiv their Rights. — Prep(ir<(tions for setthnie)d briskhj 
going on. — A sudden suijyension. — No. 4 Proves to be in Xeiv 
Hampshire and the Grant is Void. 

At a Great and Crcneral Court held in Boston on the 24th da}- of 
November, 173G. the following vote passed the two Houses and was 
consented to by the Governor : 

•'Voted, that Capt. Samuel Jackson be and hereby is fully author- 
ized and empowered to asseml)le and convene the grantees or pro- 
prietors of the township No. 4, lying in the line of towns between 
the rivers of Connecticut and Merrimac, to assem]:»le in such j^lace 
as they shall be notified and warned to convene and assemble at, in 
order to choose a moderator and clerk, and a committee to allot and 
divide their lands, and to dispose of the same, and to pass such 
votes and orders as by them may be thought conducive to the speedy 
fulfillment of the conditions of their grants, and also to agree upon 
methods for calling of meetings for the future, l^rovided none of 
their votes concerning the dividing or disposing of their lands that 
shall be passed while they are under the direction of the committee 
of this court, shall- be offered before they are allowed of l)y said 
committee." 

In pursuance of this order, Mr. Jackson in due time, proceeded 
to notify the grantees of the time and place of meeting, by posting 
and pultlishing notices, of which the following is a copy : 

"Pursuant to an order (if the Great and (General Court or A-^senibly of 
His Majesty's Provhice of the Massachusetts Bay in New p:n<>lan(l : Tliese 
are to notify the proijiietois or grantees of the township Xo. 4. lying: in the 
line of towns between the rivers of Connecticut and :Merriniac. that they 
assemble and meet at tlie house of Mr. John Hrown in Watertown, on 
Thursday tlie twenty-fourth day of Feliruary curreut. at ton of the clock 
in the forenoon of said (l;iy. to choose a moderator and a proprietor's clerk, 
and also to consider and conclude when and how tlic house lots shall be 
laid out. and to choose a committee to complete the same, and to aijree and 
determine how the nieetings of the proprietors shall be called for the 
future : and to grant such siun or sums of money as shall be thought need- 
ful for laying out the house lots, and other necessary charges: and to 
choose a collector and proprietors" treasurer, anil to consider how the 



24 



niSTOKY OF PARIS. 



charges of the proprietors' meetings sliall be defrayed: and to know 
whether the proprietors will renew the bounds of said township, and also 
to consider and conclude upon any other thing or things that may be 
thought proi)er to act upon at said meeting.* Dated at Newton. February 
8th. 17;W-7." 



The following is 
order in which they 

Sanuiel Jackson. 
John Spring. 
Thomas Greenwood. 
Ebenezar Stearns. 
Oaks Angler. 
Isaac Jackson. 
William Trowbridge. 
William AVillianis. 
Thomas (^uiuer. 
Thomas Harris. 
David Sanger. 
John Burridge. 
.Josliiia Fuller. 
Peter Durell. 
Samuel Shattuck. 
Xathaniel Snuth. 
"William C'oolidge. 
Oliver IJvermore. 
William Brown. 
Josiah (ioddard. 



a list of the grantees, sixty in nnniher, in the 
appear upon the petition : 

Nathaniel Stone. 
.Josiah Mixer. 
Daniel lJo1)bins. 
Eichard ( oolidgc. 
Joseph Coolidge. 
Josiah Fuller. 
.Foseph ^lason. 
Daniel Bond. 



IMchard Park. 
William Park. 
David Wlntney. 
John Stowell. 
Benjamin lUmd. 
.Tames Dix. 
George Harrington. 
George Harrington, Jr. 
Tliomas Bisco. 
Samuel Stowell. 
Ebenezar Brown. 
.lonas Coolidge. 
Nathaniel Spring. 
Christopher Grant. 
Isaac Fuller. 
Ebenezar (ioddard. 
William Dana. 
Jonathan Learned. 
Jonathan Bemis. 
Moses Hastings. 



.lohn Whitney. 
Thaddeus Coolidge. 
David I-earned. 
Sauniel IJandall. 
Eichard King. 
Joseph Allen. 
John Coolidge. 
Thomas Frost. 
Mr. Caleb Tro^\ bridge. 
Mr. Edward Jackson. 
David Coolidge. 
Dav'iil IJvcrmore. 



The proprietors held their first meeting pursuant to the call of 
Mr. Jackson, and proceeded to organize by the choice of Capt. 
Samuel Jackson as moderator, and Joseph Mason. Esq., clerk. It 
would seem that some of the grantees were minors, for it was 
voted that such of the proprietors as were under age, if present, 
should be allowed to act and vote in the proprietors' meetings. It 
was also declared as the sense of the meeting, that the legal repre- 
sentatives of any of the absent proprietors sli^ ..Id be permitted to 
act and vote in their behalf. The proprietors voted that the sixty- 
three house lots required by the terms of the grant to be laid out in 
township No. 4, should be laid out by the first of June following ; 
that they should contain thirty acres at least, to the lot, and the 
committee was directed in laying out the lots, to have regard as to 
quantity and quality, and where the land is poorer, to make allow- 
ance in quantity so as to give to eacli lot, thirty acres of good land. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 25 

William Brown, Oliver Livennore, Isaac Jackson. Joshua Fuller. 
John Burridge, Jonas Coolidge and Richard Park were chosen a 
committee to lay out the house lots, and were authorized to employ 
a surveyor and two chainmen to assist them. A standing committee 
to call future meetings was chosen, consisting of Capt. Samuel 
Jackson, William Williams and Joseph Mason. It was voted that 
future meetings should be called by posting notices in Watertown 
and Newton, fourteen days before the time appointed therein for 
holding the same. It was also voted that a meeting of the proprie- 
tors should be called at any time, on application, in writing to the 
committee, of ten or more of the proprietors. It was voted to raise 
xind assess the sum of forty shillings on each proprietor's lot or 
right, to defray the charge of laying out the lots as above, and other 
necessary expenses, and that twenty shillings on each lot or right of 
the above forty shillings, be collected and paid into the treasurer by 
the first of April following, and the balance liv the first of June. 
Daniel Robbins, Ebenezer Brown, and Christopher Grant were 
chosen collectors, and Joseph Mason was chosen proprietors' treas- 
urer. By a vote of the proprietors, the committee chosen to lay 
out the house lots, were empowered to renew the boundaries of their 
township. The votes passed at this meeting were approved by the 
committee of the General Court at Boston, July 1. ]7o~. 

The next meeting of the proprietors was holden at the house of 
John Brown of Watertown, on Monda}', the fourth da}' of July. 
1737, and Capt. Samuel Jackson was chosen moderator. Nathaniel 
Stone produced qualifications to act in behalf of Moses Hastings. 
It was voted to allow each meml)er of the committee to lay out the 
house lots, ten pounds each for their services. At this meeting 
paper lots were prepared by a committee chosen for that purpose, 
and the proprietors proceeded to draw. No. 13 containing 40 acres, 
was reserved as the first minister's lot. No. 41, containing 31 acres, as 
the second, and number 42, of 40 acres, for the use of schools. It 
was voted that if :. proprietor should be dissatisfied with the lot 
he should draw, he might at any time within two years, lay out 
another at his own expense, not exceeding thirty-one acres, and 
present a plan thereof to the committee for confirmation and 
fipproval. Fifty-five of the proprietors then drew their houselots, 
fifty-three of whom were original grantees. Samuel Hastings drew 
on the right of Ebenezer Stearns, and Rev. Seth Storer on the right 
of Jonathan Bemis. The proprietors not present to draw their lots, 



26 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

were permitted to draw at the clerk's office, on condition that the}' 
should first pay their dues. 

The next meeting was holden at the dwelling house of Widow 
Mary Learned, in Watertowu, on Tuesdaj', the eighth da}' of Feb- 
ruary, A. D., 1739. It was voted first that "the charge of the 
meeting be borne by the whole Societ}'," and second, that "there 
shall be no liekers brought to the society that the}^ shall be charged 
for, but what is ordered by the committee." It was voted 'to 
choose a committee to find out a convenient way to our township, 
and work out the same." Isaac Jackson, Joshua Fuller and Samuel 
Randall were appointed such conuiiittee. The same connnittee were 
directed to find out the southwest corner of their township. It was 
voted to build a house on their township for the use of the proprie- 
tors in common, whose dimensions should be twenty-three feet in 
length, eighteen in width, and eight feet stud, and John Spring, 
Isaac Jackson and Joshua Fuller were constituted a committee to 
build the house. A motion to give encouragement to those proprie- 
tors who should fii'st settle in the township, was negatived It was 
voted to raise and collect thirty sliillings on each proprietor's lot, 
and assessors and a collector were chosen for this pur[)ose. 

The next meeting of the proprietors was held nearly thirty years 
after the one just mentioned. There is no evidence going to show 
that the house provided for at the last UH'eting, was ever built, or 
that an}- of the proprietors who drew houselots ever occupied, or 
ever saw them. There had long been a sharp contest between the 
Massachusetts Bay colony and the i)roprietors of the Province of 
New Hampshire, res[)ecting the line between the two Provincjes. 
For a period of forty years prior to 1741, Massachusetts and New 
Hampshire had the same governor, though each State had its own 
council, its own assembly and its own laws. IMassachusetts, with 
characteristic greediness, laid claim to a large portion of New 
Hami)shire, and a strip of what is now Vermont. Her General 
Court granted I'ennacook, afterwards incorporated as Kumford, and 
now Concord, in 1725, and continued to grant townships of New 
Haini>sliire territory for years ailerwards. In 1727, grants were 
made by Massachusetts to Massachusetts men, of Pembroke to 
Capt. John Lovewell and others, of Bow, Epsom, Canterbury and 
Chichester, of Amherst in 172'S, of Ho[)kinton to Ilopkinton, iMass., 
in 1735, and of Warner to Salisbury and Amesbury the same year. 
The two last were granted on petitions referred to in the proceedings 



HISTORY OF PAUIS. 27 

of the General Court when a committee was appointed to locate and 
grant the lauds between Connecticut and Merrimac river.s already 
spoken of. The "Great Falls" referred to in the Court proceedings 
just named, are now known as Bellows Falls on the Connecticut 
river, and are nearly in the same parallel with Concord. N. H. 
Massachusetts not only claimed the territory south of this line 
except a narrow strip on the east, but directed the committee to 
cross the Connecticut river and lay out one or two townships in what 
is now Vermont. But after a long and excited controversy covering 
a period of many years, on the fifth da}* of March, 1740, His 
Majesty, George the second, to whom the subject had been referred, 
fixed the boundary substantialh' as at present. The territory 
claimed by Massachusetts and which by this decision passed to the 
control and ownership of New Hampshire, was fourteen miles wide 
by fifty long, and included twouty-eiglit townships. Massachusetts 
grants of this territory became void, and those townships which 
were already settled were obliged to make terms with the Masonian 
proprietors of New Hampshire, or those acting under them. Town- 
ship No. 4, in this territory, granted to Capt. Samuel Jackson and 
others, had not been settled, and pr()l)ubly no ctfort was ever made 
on the part of the grantees to retmn it. 



CHAPTEK Vri. 

THE CLAIM HEVIVED. 

Activity after Thirty ijears. — CVo.se of the French and Indian Wars, 
and the Interior of Maine Opened up for Settlement. — Reorganiza- 
tion of the Proprietors. — Grant to Joshua Fuller and Associates. — 
Plan of the new ''No. 4" made and Conjirmed.-^ Mistake Dis- 
covered, and a neiv Plan Ordered. — Lotted out and the Rights 
Dran-n. — Farther Extracts from the Proprietors Records. 
Thus matters stood for about thirty years, and in the meantime, 
great changes had taken place in the condition and atfairs of the 
country. By the fall of (Quebec, the power of the French was 
broken, and the Maritime Provinces as well as the Canadas became 
subject to the control of Great Britain. This put an end to the long 
struggle for empire in this country between France and England, in 
which the Indians had l)<)rne a conspicuous part, a struggle which 



28 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

had cost New England many valuable lives and a vast amonnt of 
money, and Avhieli had prevented colonization in the interior of 
Maine for more than a centuiy. But now the struggle had closed, 
and there being no further danger from the late savage allies of the 
French, the attention of Massachusetts was turned anew to her 
eastern possessions. At this time the settlements in Maine were 
confined largely to the seacoast and the navigable rivers, the great 
interior being unsurveyed and unexplored save by the hunters, and 
b}' the soldiers who had gone to fight the Indians upon their own 
grounds. Between 1760 and the breaking out of the war of the 
Revolution, many grants of land had been made in INIaine and 
several in Oxford county. Fryeburg was granted to Gen. Joseph 
Frye for services in the French and Indian wars, Bethel to the 
descendants of those of Sudburj' and other towns who had served 
in the expedition against Canada in 1G90, Livermore to those of 
Watertown, Waltham and the neighboring towns who, either by 
themselves or their ancestors, had taken a part in the reduction of 
Port Royal, Turner and Jay to the descendants of "Canada" 
soldiers, and Rumford to Concord, N. H., to compensate those of 
her grantees who had suffered loss by the settlement of the northern 
boundary of Massachusetts, which had left that town in New 
Hampshire. The grantees of Livermore had been petitioners for 
land in 1735, and had received a grant of township No. 2, on the 
east side of, and adjoining to the Connecticut river in the same tract 
where No. 4 granted to Capt. Samuel Jackson and others, was 
situated, and which proved on the settlement of the boundary to be 
within the limits of Now Hampshire. The Livermore grantees 
based their claim for a renewal of their grant upon the fact that their 
"No. 2 had been thrown into New IIami)shire bv an adjustment of 
the boundary lines." 

The changed condition of things, and the general movement for 
eastern land grants, stimulated the grantees of No. 4 on Con- 
necticut river to move for an adjustment of their claims, a prelimi- 
naiy step to which was the reorganizatian of their com[)any. These 
grantees were mostly from Watertown, Waltham and Newton, towns 
from which hailed most of the grantees of Livermore and Jay. The 
grantees of Bethel were also largely from Newton. These two 
towns, Watertown and Newton, formed the rallying points for 
several Massachusetts towns, Marlboro', Shreweslniry and Oroton 
being notable among the number. 



IIISTOHY OF PAUIS. 29 

The next meeting of the proprietors of township Xo. 1. "lying 
between the rivers Conneetient and Merriniae." after an interval of 
nearly thirty years, was held at the liouse ol" Mv. Xathauiel Coolidge, 
innkeeper in Watertown. on the 2Gth day of December, 1769. 
Several of the original proprietors had deceased, and their rights 
were represented by heirs or assigns, while others had disposed of 
their claims, so that only twenty-nine of the original claimants peti- 
tioned for a renewal of the grant. At this meeting, Joshua Fuller 
was elected moderator, and Nehemiah Mason, clerk. Capt. Joshua 
Fuller, Capt. William Coolidge and Ebenezer Brown were consti- 
tuted a committee to draft a petition to the General Court for a new 
grant of land in lieu of the one they liad lost. The following is a 
cop3' of the petition pi'cpared and presented : 

PKOVINCI-: of the 3l\SSACIirSKTTS liAV. 

"To the Honorable Tliouias llutchnisoii, Govei-iior and ('onnnanil''r in 
Chief of his Majesty's said Provim-o, the Hon. Couiici! and Ilousn of 
Representatives in General Court Assembled : 

The petition of tlie subseribers hund)ly sliowetb tiiar some of your peti- 
tioners and tlie predecessors of the otliers obtained a i-raiit from ijie (Jreat 
and General Court, of a township of land several years since, wbieb was 
then laid out between the rivers of (onneeticut and .Merrimae with line of 
towns; that the house lots in said town were allotted to the proprietors, 
and some further ordei-s relative to tlie settlement of said township -were 
by said proprietors performed to the satisfaction of a eonnnittee from said 
Honorable Court, as may appear by the i)ro])i'ietors' book of reeoi'ils sio'ned 
by the Honorable William Dudley. Esq.. chairman of said eonnnittee. and 
that said i^roprietors were resolutely pursuing all other ])roi)er measures in 
order for the speedy settlement; but very soon after, to tlieir great damage 
and disappointment, and after the payment of one hundred and eightj" 
pounds to the committee aforesaid, and a further expense of more tlian 
double that sum. 1)esldes exi')ense of time, tliey were de])rived of said town- 
ship by its being set oft" to the Province of Xew Hampsliire. by the detei- 
mination of his Majesty, King George the second, in the settlement of tlie 
boundaiiesof the Provinces aforesaid ; and j'our j)etitioners must remain 
remediless in the premises, without the interposition of this most Honor- 
able Court : tliey therefore most hunil)lv pray that your Honors would be 
pleased to take the same into consideration and according to your known 
justice and clemency to grant them anotlier township in lieu of that wliich 
they were deprived of. as a rrtaUatinn for their great loss, and your most 
humble suppliants as in duty bounil shall ever pray." 

Joshua Fullku and 59 others. 

At a meeting holden at the place of the former one, on the 8th 
day of January, A. D., 1770. it was voted to accept the report of 



30 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

the committee. At an adjourned meeting at the same place, on the 
last INIonday in Februniy following the other, a committee consisting 
of Capt Joshua Fuller, William Coolidge and Mr. Ebenezer Brown, 
were chosen to present the alcove petition to the General Court. An 
assessment of one shilling on each right, was made to defray the 
expenses of the committee. Several adjourned meetings were sub- 
sequently held without the transaction of any business. 

At a meeting at Coolidge's tavern on the first day of July, 1771, 
the petition to the General Court having been favorably considered, 
a committee consisting of Capt. Joshua Fuller, Nathaniel Coolidge 
and Stephen Harris, w^as chosen to take a view and plan of the 
township granted, and it was also voted to assess two dollars on 
each right to defray the charges of the committee. At an adjourned 
meeting on the 12th day of Angust, Alexander Shepard, Jr., was 
elected clerk, and the committee appointed to view and take a plan 
of the township were authorized to hire money sufficient to defray 
their expenses in so doing, and to be allowed interest on the same 
until paid by the committee. It would be interesting to know the 
history of the journey of this committee into the interior of Maine, 
seeking land suitable for settling, and to answer the purposes of 
their grant, of the hardships they endured and the discouragements 
they encountered, l)ut we are not aware that any journal of their 
daily doings was kept, or that any report was made by means of 
which this information can be gained. From the records of the 
proprietors' meetings, farther extracts from which will follow, it 
appears that this committee went in con)pany, and acted in eon- 
junction with a committee of the grantees of Phipps Canada, with 
the understanding that the two grants should be situated side by 
side, and that the expenses should be divided between the two com- 
mittees. But after the townships had been located and bounded, 
some disagreement arose the nature of which is not explained, and 
the committee on the part of the proprietors of No. 4, assumed the 
whole of the expense of the survey, and the committee of the Phipps 
Canada proprietors went to the great Androscoggin, and surveyed 
a township north of Livermore, territory which now comprises the 
towns of Jay and Canton. 

The following appears in the proprietors' records : 
''The following meeting called by the committee chosen to take a 
view and plan of a township, on a dispute arising between said com- 
mittee and the committee of Phipps Canada (so called) relative to 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 31 

the dividing the two townships by said ooniniittoo jointly viewed 
iind planned." At this meeting, a committee of nine was chosen to 
meet the proprietors of Phipps Canada or their committee, at the 
house of Capt. Brewer, in Waltham, on the l"2tli day of November, 
1771, in order to make a division of the two townships of land the 
committees of the two sets of proprietors had viewed and taken 
plans of. The two committees met, and the action of the proprie- 
tors of No. 4, at its next meeting would indicate that a division of 
the two tovi^nships could not be agreed upon. 

At a meeting holden on the 19th day of November, 1771, it was 
voted that this Proprietary bear the whole expense of viewing and 
taking a plan of two townships of land on Little Amariscoggin 
river, eicept the time and expense which Messrs. Brown, Whitte- 
more and Kimball were at in said view and planning, provided the 
Canada proprietors give up all their claims to the interest of said 
view and planning. At an adjourned meeting on the 19th of 
December, among other proceedings of minor importance, it was 
voted that Alexander Shepard, Jr., be a committee to prepare a 
petition to the General Court for a confirmation of the grant of a 
township on Little Amariscoggin river, in lieu of No. 4, (so called). 
An adjourned meeting was held on the 31st of March, 1772, when 
it was voted that the vote passed by the Canada Proprietors at the 
house of Capt. Ebenezer Steadman, innholder in Cambridge, on the 
19th day of November last, relinquishing their interest in two town- 
ships pn Little Amariscoggin river, be recorded in this Proprietary's 
book of records. Thi?, vote was as follows : 

"At a meeting of the proprietors (or grantees) of a township of 
land grunted by the Great and General Court, on the lltli day of 
June, 1771, to David Phipps, Esq., and others, at their meeting on 
Tuesday, the 19th day of November, 1771 , at the house of Elienezer 
Steadman in Cambridge, it was voted that this Proprietary relin- 
quish all their right in the two townships of land that were laid out 
b}- a committee of this Proprietary, in conjunction with a committee 
of the No. 4 Proprietary (so called), at Little Amariscoggin river, 
to the said No. 4 proprietors, provided they pay all the charges that 
have arisen in viewing and laying out said township, except the 
charges of Messrs. Abijah Brown and Israel Whittemore for their 
.services and expenses in said service, anil except six days and a 
half of Capt. Kimball." 

The committee appointed to petition the court for a confirmation 



o2 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of the grant on the Little Androscoggin, were successful in their 
efforts, and the following resolve of the General Court was issued 
thereon : 

"In the House of Representatives, April 22, 1772. 

Kesolved that the plan of the township hereunto annexed, con- 
taining the contents of six miles and one-quarter square, exclusive 
of the allowance of one thousand and nine hundred acres for the 
rivci'S and ponds in said township, and eight hundred and fort^' 
acres for swag of chain, l)eing one-third thereof, bounded as follows : 
'Beginning at a heap of stones at the southwest corner, running 
north 73 degrees, east, lifty-one chains and thirty links, to Little 
Aniariscoggin river ; thence b}' said river one hundred and fourteen 
chains to a white pine tree on the easterly side of the rivei*; thence 
north 43 degrees east, three hundred and forty chains to a spruce 
tree on Sylvester Canada line ; thence north 4 degrees west, five 
hundred and forty-two chains to a stake and stones ; thence south 
G-s|' degrees and 30 minutes west, five hundred and twenty -seven 
chains ; thence south 14 degrees east, six hundred and eighty-eight 
chains to the heap of stones first mentioned,' granted in June, 1771, 
to Joshua Fuller and others, be accepted and hereb}- is confirmed, 
to the said petitioners, their heirs and assigns forever, the^' comph'- 
ing with the following conditions, viz : The grantees within seven 
years shall settle sixty families in said township, build a house for 
the public worship of God, and settle a learned protestant minister, 
and la\' out one-sixty-fourth part for the first settled minister, one- 
sixty-fourth part for the use of the ministry, one-sixty-fourth part 
for the use of schools, and one-sixty-fourth part for the use of Har- 
vard College forever. Provided it doth not exceed the quantity 
aforenamed, nor interfere with an}' former grant." 

Sent up for concurrence. 

T. CusniNG, Speaker. 



Read and concurred. 
Consented to. 



In Council, April 22d, 1772. 
Tnos. Flucker, Secretary. 

T. Hutchinson. 



A true copy, 

Attest : Jno. Colton, D. Secretary. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 33 

Upon a warrant issnod l»y Samuel Danforth, Justice of the Peace, 
a meeting was called and held at the house of Nathaniel Coolido-e, 
innholder. in Watertown, on the 21st da^' of July. 1772, and pro- 
vision was made for callino future meetings, and a committee con- 
sisting of Capt. Joshua Fuller, Capt. Nathaniel C'oolidge and 
Alexander Shepard, Jr., was chosen and authorized and empowered 
to lot out the whole or a part of the township of the grantees. A 
comn)ittee consisting of Nathaniel Stone, Nehemiah Mason and 
AVilliam C'oolidge, was chosen to prosecute or defend any action or 
actions wherein the interests of the Proprietary might be concerned, 
with full power of substitution. Josiah Bisco was one of the partv 
who went to lot out the township, and his journal beginning August 
22, 1772. will be found in the appendix. 

The township granted to Joshua Fuller and others, June 11. 1771, 
in lieu of the township granted in 1736, had now l>een viewed and 
a plan made of it, and the grant had been confirmed by the General 
Court in accordance with the plan presented. Those familiar with 
the boundaries of Paris at the present time, will hardly recognize 
the town l)y the metes and bounds described in the plan presented 
to the court. The fact was, the committee appointed by the pro- 
prietors to view and make a plan of the land, had made a grave 
mistake which- was soon detected by the later committee appointed 
to divide the township into lots, as will be seen by their report which 
was as follows : 

''We a committee chosen by the proprietors of No. 4 to lot out 
part or the whole of said township, do report as followeth, viz. : 
After having lotted out part of said township, we found that we did 
not adjoin to Sylvester Canada, (Turner), nor an^' former grant as 
was the order of court, therefore we have not proceeded to finish 
the whole until the proprietors knew the situation of the township 
as it now lieth." 

Thereupon another committee was appointed consisting of Alex- 
ander Shepard, Alexander Shepard, Jr., and Capt. AVm. Coolidge, 
to prepare a plan of the township with such alterations as they 
should think proper, to be submitted to the Great and General 
Court for confirmation and approval. The memorial presented bj- 
this committee to the Court, stated that the committee to view and 
make a plan of the grant, as also the pilot, had been deceived b}- 
taking a hunter's line to be the bounds of S3lvester Canada, by 
which means the grantees were again frustrated in their desire to 

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34 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

come into possession of their lands. They askecl the Court therefore, 
to annul the former plan, in order that a township might be laid out 
to them which :?hould he square instead of angular to correspond 
with the line which was supposed to be that of Sylvester Canada, 
which would not only make a more convenient town, but wonld be 
vastly more commo4lious for other townships which hereafter might 
be laid out adjoining thereto. The prayer of the petition was 
granted by the patient and indulgent General Court, and a plan 
adopted which described the metes and bounds as follows : 

••Beginning at a Hemlock tree two hundred an<l fifty-two chains 
from the southwest comer of Sylvester Canada : thence north 1 4 
degrees west seven hundred and seventy-seven chains to a stake and 
stones : thence south sixtN'-eight degrees an<l thirty minutes west 
three hundred and sixty chains to a stake and stones : thence south 
fourteen degrees east seven hundred and seventy-seven chains to a 
stake and stones : thence north »>>• <legrees and thirty minutes east 
three hundred and (sixty) eight chains to the Hemlock tree first men- 
tioned." 

The same conditions were imposed tliat were container.! in the 
former grant. The matter passed the council and was consented to 
by the Governor on the 11th day of February. 1773. 

At a meeting on the last Tuesday in March following, it was voted 
to lot ont the township and run out and mark the town bounds. 
The committee tor this puq»ose. were .Josiah Bisco. Josiah Brown 
and Elijah Livermore. Mr. Bisco afterwards settled in the grant, 
and Mr. Livermore settled in Port Royal and gave his name to the 
town when incorporated. Provision was also made at this meeting 
to dispose of delinquent rights, and an assessmt-nt vv)< ini.L- ..f 
twenty shillings on each proprietor's right. 

August .5th, it was voted to ilismiss the committee api»oiiited to 
lot ont the township, and Alexander Shepard. Jr., was chosen a 
surveyor for that purpose. At the same time a committee of five 
was chosen to assist in the work and to run the township's lines. 
The committee so chosen was made up of .Joshua Fuller, Elijah 
Livermore. Isaac Gleason, Josiah Bisco and Alexander Shepard. 
Jr., and they were instructed to make report of their doings on the 
first Tuesday in November following. The committee were also 
directed to prepare the lots ready to be drawn. 

August 10th. 1773. it was voted to assess ninety pounds on the 
several proprietors' rights, and that the committee for sale of delin- 



msTOKV OF i'.\ia-5. 35 

quent rights, make sale of the rights of those who are delinquent in 
theii- taxes on the first of Oetober followinir, or as soon as may l>e 
agreeably to law. It was also voted that the taxes of delinqutMit 
proprietors whose rights had been sold, be refunded to them. 

November 4th, it was voted to accept the report of the committee 
chosen to finish lotting out the township, and that there be reserved 
for the use of the proprietors, their heirs and assigns forever, two 
rods in width on the eastward side of every range line through the 
length of the township for the convenience of ways, if it should be 
needed. It was voted to draw the lots for a division of the towu- 
.ship. among the proprietors at this meeting, and Nathaniel Harring- 
ton and Jonfts Coolidge were chosen a committee for drawing the 
lots. Lots were drawn in the name of the grantees of 1771. and 
with results as follows : 



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Ebeuezer Steai-iis 27-2S 

John Stowell 27-2S 

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AVilliaiii Park 27-2^ 

Thomas Frost 27-28 

William < oolidgc 27-2S 

Peter Durell 27-2S 

Edmund Barnard 27-2S 

Ezekiel Whitney 2.V2fJ 

Amos Livormoio 25-20 

William Dana 2:>-2(; 

riiristophcr (J rant, Jr. . . 2.5-20 
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Jonas (oolklgf* 2.j-2ii 

Joshua Fidler 2.j-2(; 

Jonathan Williams. .Ii-. . . 25-2<) 

Thomas (Jreenwood 2.">-2<! 

Xathani<d Stow 2:5-24 

James Dix 2.;-24 

Nathaniel .^mith 2:i-24 

.•^aniuel Hide 2:1-24 

Daniel Bond 2:V24 

Ebenezfr Brown 2:J-24 

.Stephen Haiiis 2.5-24 

Benjamin I'.oikI 2:i-24 

Thomas (^uim-r 2:i-24 

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David T.iverniore 21-22 -^ 

Elisha Learned -^--- \ 

Samuel Kandall 21 -22 •") 

David Coolidge 21-22 H 

.Tosiah Goddard 2 1 -22 < 

.losiah Fuller 21-22 S 

( ;eoru;e Ilarringtou 21- 22 '•) 

Samuel Sliattuck 20-15) 1 

Jonathan Learned, Jr. .. 1'.>-2I) 2 

David Sanger l!'---^'» •' 

Samuel Jaekson on the 

ri"-ht of Sanri Jackson l'.i-20 4 

For Ministry l^'-'-^O 

Xehemiah Mason 1^-20 ^> 

Ephraim Biuridge l!'-20 ' 

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Wni. Park on the right of 

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William Coolidge 1"-!^ ■' 

JosiahMixer ^""^^ '_; 

Nathaniel Spring ^'-^^ ' 

Daniel Pobins l'-^^^^ ^ 

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Nathaniel Stone 1 •>-!" •' 

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Jonathan Learned l-">-16 ' 

Samuel Fuller 15-1^] '^ 

Isaac Jackson \iy-\(\ 

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HISTORV OF TAias. 37 

CHAPTf:R VIII. 

ABSTRACTS OF FUOrKIKTOKs' RECORDS. 

The Breakinf/ out of the Revobitiotiari/ War JietanJs Settlement of 
No. 4. — The Projyrietors Offer Rewards for Building 3IiUs, and 
Bounties to Settlers. — A Committee Chosen to Procure Settlers — 
They are Sticcessfil. — Committee Meetings m No. 4. — Act of 
Incorporation Desired. — Statistics of Xo. 4. 

The next meeting of the proprietoi-s was on the otli da}' of 
January, 1774. It was voted that right 53 should be for the lirst 
settled minister, number 40 for the use of the ministry, and tliat 
whenever a second parish sliould be formed and a learned protestant 
minister should be settled, he should improve and enjoy one-half of 
this right. It was voted to clear a road to their township, to lot 
numl»er seven in the third range, known as the mill lot, and a com- 
mittee of three consisting of Wm. Coolidge, Benjamin Stowell and 
John Bond, was chosen for that puri)osr, with instruction to perform 
that service before the last day of June following. It was also 
voted to petition the Great and General Court for an additional 
grant of the unappropriated lands lying between Bakerstown 
(Poland) Sylvester Canada (Turner) Parkcrtown, so called, and 
their own township, now called No. 4, and Nathaniel Stone, Alex- 
ander Shepard and Josiah Capen, were made a committee to jjrepare 
and present the petition. It was voted that the present names of 
the proprietors be recorded in the several lots in the plan of the 
township. 

At a meeting of the proprietors at the house of Isaac Gleason in 
Waltham, April 20, 1774, it was voted to grant the mill lot in No. 
4, and one hundred dollars to any person or persons who would 
undertake to build a saw and grist mill thereon, the saw mill to be 
built by the last of October following, and the grist mill in twelve 
months from that time ; and keep both mills in repair ten years, 
and be obliged to saw for the proprietors at the rate of nine shillings 
and four pence per thousand for boards, and in proportion thereto 
for other stuffs, or to accept half the stuff, which is to be at the 
election of the owners ; and to be paid the proportionable part of 
said one hundred dollars for each of such mills when they are com- 
pleted to the acceptance of a committee that shall be chosen to view 
the same, and to give security for the performance thereof. It was 



38 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

also voted to gi'ant ten pounds lawful money to each of the first ten 
settlers in the township who would build a house sixteen feet square, 
clear ten acres of land and seed the same to grain or grass. John 
Foxcroft, Esq., Capt. ^Ym. Coolidge and Nathaniel Stone were 
chosen a committee to make sale of delinquent rights, and also to 
audit the accounts of the treasurer. 

At a meeting held at the inn of Bezaleel Learned in Watertowu, 
June 22d, 1774, Benjamin Stowell and John Bond, the committee 
to clear a road to the township reported that they had performed the 
service, and had cleared a road from New C41oucester to the mill lot 
in No. 4. The report was accepted, and the accounts of the com- 
mittee allowed. It was also voted to pa}' John Bond of the 
committee, fort^'-eight shillings as a gratuit}' "'for his extraordinarj- 
service and charges in clearing the road." 

The prospect for building mills in the township, on the terms 
offered were evidently' not satisfactoiy, for at the meeting held the 
11th day of August, a committee consisting of Dea. Ellijah Liver- 
more, Josiah Capen and Capt. Joshua Fuller, Alexander Shepard, 
Jr., and Peter Ball, was chosen ''to see on what terms a mill could be 
Iniilt in the township No. 4, lying in the late District of Maine." At 
an adjourned meeting holden August 31st, it was voted to give 
further encouragement for persons to liuild the much desired mills, 
and still another connnittee was chosen to take action in the matter 
and report. 

Several meetings were subsequently held Init no business of impor- 
tance was transacted until a meeting holden at the Inn of Mrs. 
Dorothy Coolidge in Watertown, on the first day of March, 1775, 
when a committee consisting of Alexander Shepard, Jr., Capt. Wm. 
Coolidge and .losiah Bisco was chosen to confer with a committee 
of the proprietors of Sudbury Canada (Bethel) relative to clearing 
a road between the two townships. The proprietors of the town- 
ships could not agree upon the division of labor and expense, and 
nothing further came of the movement at this time. The proprie- 
tors of No. 4 proposed to clear the road through their township, 
provided Sudbury Canada would continue it to theirs. 

It was over two jears before the next j^roprietors' meeting was 
held. The Avar of the revolution had broken out; the affair at 
Lexington and Concord, places near by Watertown, had come oft", 
the liattle of Bunker Hill still nearer, had been fought, and every 
loyal citizen was expected to do his duty. Some of the older pro- 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 39 

prietors liad a part in the eiigagomciits above naiiied, and others 
whose age and strength would admit of it, had enlisted for the 
whole war. Several of the proprietors of 1771, had deceased, and 
others had taken their places, so that after this time, new names 
were constantly appearing in the records of their proceedings. 

The next meeting was held at the Inn of widow Doroth}- Coolidge 
in Watertown, on the 19th day of September. 1777. Josiah Bisco 
was chosen a committee to take a view of the land between No. 4 
and Sudbury Canada, and also through No. 4, looking to clearing 
out the road alread}^ referi-ed to. It was now very hard to get a 
quorum together, and several meetings were held wlu-n no l»usiness 
could be transacted. 

The next meeting at which business was transacted, was on the 
23d day of March, 1779. A committee consisting of Lt. Aaron 
Richardson, Alexander Shepard, Jr., and James Stinchtield, was 
chosen to look out and make a road Ijetween the mill lot in No. 4 
and New Gloucester. At an adjourned meeting holden on the 30tli 
of June, 1779, a committee was chosen to clear out a road from or 
near the easterly corner of the township to the north westerly corner 
of the same, provided Sudbury Canada would clear a road from 
their township to connect with it. The committee was made up of 
Capt. Israel Whittemore, Josiah Bisco and Stei)hen Ham ; at an 
adjourned meeting, James Stinchtield and Christopher Grant, Jr., 
were added to the committee which was instructed to pi'oceed with 
the road as soon as convenient. The doings at the adjourned meet- 
ing on the 23d of December, in the large sums i)aid the committee, 
indicate the great depreciation of the currency since the l)eginning 
of the war. It was voted to pay the expense of clearing the road 
through the township, amounting to £1499, G, 10, as follows : Israel 
Whittemore, £317, 10: Josiah Bisco, £342, 10; Christopher Grant, 
Jr., £360, and James Stinchfield, balance due, £130. 

At a meeting holden on the 18th day of Ai)ril. 17.S0, it was voted 
to give the mill lot, so called, with lots number 17 and 18 in the 3d 
range, and lot number 8 in the second range, to any person or per- 
sons who would build a saw and grist mill in tlie township witiiin 
twenty months from date, with conditions the same or similar to 
those in former offers for building mills in tiie township, and a com- 
mittee was chosen to contract the building of the mills, consisting 
of Alexander Shepard, David Sanger and Aaron Richardson. This 
committee was authorized to contract with parties who would build 



40 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

the desired mills, on other terms than those specified, as they should 
think proper, and in addition to the lots before specified, to deed 
lot number 5 in the sixth range if they should think it for the interest 
of the proprietors. 

More than nine years had now elapsed since the grant to Joshua 
Fuller and associates was made, and the terms of the grant were 
still far from being complied with. At the same time, the whole 
energies of the countiy and of individuals, were directed to achiev- 
ing independence from the mother country, and all minor matters 
w^ere, in a great measure, left to take care of themselves. It is not 
pi'obable that the government of Massachusetts, absorbed as it was 
in raising men and means for prosecuting the war, even thought of 
the previous land grants, or would have given a moment's time to 
them, if their attention had been called to the sul)ject. But the 
proprietors evidently felt that unless more energetic measures were 
adopted to get settlers into No. 4. they might be liable to forfeit 
their rights, for at an adjourned meeting holden on the 5th of 
September, 1780, it was voted that ten of the first settlers who 
should go into No. 4 and perform the settling duties required by the 
terms of the grant of the proprietors, and continue the same, should 
receive one hundred and eighty pounds out of the treasury, current 
money of the time. A committee was chosen to look out and spot 
a road from New Gloucester through Mr. Shepard's Grant (Hebron) 
to the mill brook (so called) in No. 4. and from thence to the road 
now laid through No. 4, consisting of James Stinchfield, Lt. Aaron 
Kichardson. Daniel Clark. Jonathan Clark and Capt. Isaac Bolster. 

At a meeting holden December 1st, IT-SO. the following votes were 
passed : 

"Tliat Alexiiutlci- Shcpuril. Alexiinder Sliepard, .Ti-., and Lt. Aaron Kich- 
ardson be, and they lieicby are ai)poiiited and empowered agents for and 
in behalf of this i)roprietary, to transact any matter or thing relative to 
the settlement of this townsliip of No. 4, with the number of families 
required by tlie (ieneral Court to be settled therein : And whereas the 
whole of this township No. 4 being lotted out into lots and allotted to each 
proprietor, by which tliey, holding their lauds in severalty, the settlement 
is greatly retarded by reason of several proprietors neglecting and even 
refusing to dispose of their lands to those that w ould willingly become 
settlers : It is therefore voted, that the agents aforesaid be and they hereby 
are required, directed and empowered in behalf of this Proprietary," to 
prefer a petition to the Great and General Court of this Gommonwealth as 
soon as may lie, praying that said covnl would be pleased to grant to and 
fully authorize and empower said agents, to dispose of one hundred acres 



HISTOKV OK TAKIS. 41 

out of eiuh autl every lijilit in said tow iislii]) tor the sole i)urpost' of. and 
upon eondition of said agent's settlinii,' one family on each of said hundred 
acres, they may be thus empowered to disj)ose of. on sueh term or terms 
as said Court sliall please to appoint for said service." 

At a meeting held on the Gth of .Inne, 1781, it was voted that tlie 
oollectors should receive the old emission of Continental Currency 
for taxes, in the nominal sum, as assessed for said taxes ; also that 
the collector should receive the new emission for taxes at the rate of 
one dollar for forty of the old emission, or silver at tlie rate of one 
dollar for seventy-tive. This shows the terrible tinancial condition 
of the country at that tiute. At the meeting on the 13th of 
September following, the above votes relating to currency were 
reconsidered, and farther modified to meet the changes that had 
taken place since the last meeting. 

At a meeting on the 2d of January, 1782, it was voted to assess 
thirty pounds in silver on each right in the township, to be devoted 
solely to settling purposes, to be paid to the agents appointed for 
procuring settlers, within four months. It was also voted that the 
agents be directed and obliged to settle one family for each and 
ever}- lot of land that shall be given them, and also one family for 
every thirty pounds which they shall receive of the assessment just 
made, all to be settled within the time specified in the agent's 
bonds given to the proprietors as a guaranty for the performance 
of their obligation relative to settling the township. There seems 
to have been more or less lack of harmony in the proceedings of 
the proprietors, for at a meeting on the 7th of March, the vote to 
raise thirty pounds in silver was declared null and void ; but at a 
meeting on the 20th of March, the last vote was reconsidered, and 
the former vote for raising the money declared to be in force. At a 
meeting on the 17th of April, another etfort was made to prevent 
the collection of the tax, but it was defeated by a vote of 29^ to 
one of 15|. At this last meeting, the committee were directed to 
sell delinquent rights for taxes due, after advertising the sale in the 
Boston Gazette. It was voted that the new emission money now in 
the hands of the treasiu-er be immediately sold at public auction, 
and accordingly, there were sold, the twenty-seven new emission 
dollars bringing £2, 4, hard money. Mr. Lemuel Jackson, now a 
resident of No. 4, was authorized to expend twelve pounds in silver 
money in repairing roads within the towMiship, and exhibit his 
account to the proprietors for settlement. 



42 HISTORY OF parts; . 

At a meeting on the 5th of March, 1783, it was voted to give 
Mr. Lemuel Jackson the four proprietors' lots containing five 
hundred acres, and one hundred and fifty dollars in silver, for build- 
ing a saw and grist mill in No. 4, on such conditions as the com- 
mittee miglit think best and for the interest of the proprietors, one- 
half of the silver to be paid when the saw mill was completed and 
the l)alance when he should have finished the grist mill. 

The next meeting was September loth, 1784, at which an assess- 
ment of thirty shillings per right svas ordered, and a committee con- 
sisting of .Seth Nelson, Lemuel Jackson and T)udle3' Pike, was 
chosen to clear and mend roads in the township. At a meeting on 
the 9th of January. 1785, this connnittee made the following 
report : 

"An account where we the subsi^-ribers h>oked out a road in No. 4 town- 
sliip : Beginning at the westerly line of lot numbered 17-18, in the 8th range, 
near to Nathan Nelson's now dwelling house, and from thence across the 
soutlieasterly corner of lot lumiber 17-18 in the 7th range, to the northerly 
line of lot nuni))er lo-lG and lot l.l-Ki in the (ith range, about 18 oi- 20 poles 
northerly of tlie southeast corner of said lot, and from thence across a 
small l)rook just upstream of a pair of falls; and from thence westerly to 
the northerly line of lot number 14, and by said line until it comes near to 
the road leading to Bisco's Falls; and from tlience near to the nortli 
westerly corner of lot number 12, in tli<' oth range; and from thence 
crossing lot niunber 11 in tlir 4tli range, near a hill going by the name of 
Oak Hill, and from thence to the mill, crossing stony brook just down 
stream of the mill; and from the brook upon a ridge of upland lying to 
the southerly side of said l)rook, and to the southerly end of said town- 
ship, nearly betwixt the third and fourth ranges of lots." 

The mill here referred to was the one which the committee were 
authorized to contract with Mr. Lemuel Jackson to build. Mr. 
Jackson had built the mill, and an account of their acceptance will 
be seen farther along. 

The committee on accounts consisting of Christopher Grant, 
Daniel Clark and Aaron Richardson, ma le, at this meeting, a 
detailed statement of the finances of the Proprietary which was 
accepted and ordered spread upon the records. Tliis report will be 
found in the appendix. 

A second committee consisting of Nathaniel Stone, David Bemis, 
Jonathan Clark, Alexander Shepard and David Sanger, also made 
a report which will be found following the other. 

At a meeting Jan'y 25, 1786, it was voted to allow Lenuiel Jack- 
son and others for twenty-seven days in repairing ways in No. 4. 



HTSTOKV OK PARIS. 4.'} 

It was also voted that Mv. Lemuol Jackson by his aoahi siiiiung the 
bond to the Proprietary, dated March 7, 1783, with regard to build- 
iuo- mills ill the township, tliat the mills were accepted and the treas- 
urer was directed to pay him forty-live pounds in full for a grant for 
building the mills. It was voted that the persons who have settled 
or are settling on this township, who are delinquent in their taxes, 
have liberty to work them out in clearing and mending roads, if 
done before the first of November following. A report was put 
upon record at tliis meeting indicating the value of rights in No. 4 
at tins time. The committee on delinquent rights reported that they 
had sold the right of Capt. Natliauiel Coolidge, deceased, for eighteen 
pounds ; the right of Daniel Robbins for seventeen pounds, and the 
half right of Stephen Harris for nine pounds, all to Capt. Aaron 
Richardson. 

The next meeting marks an important era in the history of the 
Proprietary, as it was the first session holden in No. 4. It occurred 
on the 21st day of June, and at the house of Reuben Hubbard. 
Daniel Stowell was chosen clerk i)ro tempore. A committee to lay 
out roads in the township, was chosen consisting of Dudley Pike, 
Capt. Isaac Bolster, Daniel Staples, Nathan Nelson and Nathan 
Pierce. Thirty pouuds were assessed for purposes of roads. At 
an adjourned meeting the following day, Jonathan Shurtletf was 
allowed twelve shillings for work on the road, and Barachias Morse 
and Benjamin Stowell were added to the committee on the sale of 
rights, to fill vacancies. 

The next meeting was at 3Irs. Coolidge's in Watertown, .lanuary 
7, 1787. Reuben Hubbard was voted tiiree pounds, seventeen 
shillings and eight pence, it being the expense incurred at the last 
meeting. A committee of three was chosen to take a view of the 
land in No. 4, and locate such roads in such places as they shall 
think best for the public, and report their doings at the next meet- 
ing. Christopher Grant, Barachias Morse and Isaac Bolster made 
up the committee. It was voted that at future meetings, cacli per-" 
son should bear his own expenses. 

A meeting was had at the house of Mrs. Coolidge on the 2'.)tli day 
of January, 1788. It was voted that Alexander Shepard l)e clerk 
in place of Alexander Shepard, Jr.,* deceased. It was voted to 

*Alexanrter Shepard, Jr., son of Alexander and .Mary (Willard,) was bom in Xewton, 
Sept. t). 1741. He married Oct. 2.5, Klizal)eth (Jackson) Greenwood. He was much 
employed in surveying the pu1)lic lan.ls in Maine and for his services ohtained a {ti-ant 
which"was calle-l shepar.lstield, now Hebron. He moved upon bis grant witli John (Jrecn- 



44 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

accept a road laid out 1)\' the committee beginning at the road between 
the grist and saw mill ; thence to and over the bridge latel}' built 
across the river ; thence to the northwest corner of the mill lot so 
called ; thence as near to the line between the second and third 
ranges of lots as the land will admit of, till it comes to the road 
leading to Bisco's Falls. Peter Diirell of Newton was added to the 
committee on accounts. 

April 3, 1788,- Wm. Clark Whitney and Nathan Nelson were 
added to the committee for building a bridge at Bisco's Falls. 

The next meeting was June 4th, 1788, at the residence of Isaac 
Bolster in No. 4. It was voted to accept and pay the account of 
Israel Whittemore for work done on the roads. A committee was 
chosen to take a view of the land on each side of the line between 
the second and third number of lots at the south end of the town- 
ship, in order to find the most convenient place for a road, with the 
view of discontinuing the road leading near tiie house of Capt. 
Isaac Bolster to the land of Daniel Whitney and Seth Morse. On 
the committee were Lenuiel Jackson. Reuben Hubliard and Thomas 
Stevens. 

The next meeting was called at the house of .Samuel Wellington 
in Watertown, on the 11th of May, 1791, on the petition of S. 
Jackson, David Sanger, Lemuel Jackson, Isaac Bolster, Christopher 
Grant, Israel Whittemore, Josiah Bisco, Nathaniel Bemis and Luke 
Bemis. The attendance was so thin that no business was transacted, 
and the meeting was adjourned to June 8th, following. Daniel 
Stowell, Lemuel Jackson and Seth Morse were made a committee of 
sale. Jonathan Stone was chosen clerk and was authorized to call 
on Alexander Shepard, the former clerk, for the book of records. 
Alexander Shepard* had become interested in the township known 
as Phipps Canada, now the towns of Jay and Canton, and had 



wood, Jr., Dr. (iodiliml anil otlier men from Newton. HU only son dyinj;-, he adopted 
Thomas, tlie sou of .John and Elizabeth Greenwood, whose name liecame Alexander 
Shepard, Init he died at Harvard College in 17S3, ajred ^(i. Alexander Shepard died early in 
1788. He was a useful man and of much service to the tfrantees of new townshii)s in 
Maine. 

♦Alexander Sliepard was of Xewton, where he was one of the most prominent and val- 
uable citizens. He was a man of education and un<iuestioned alnlity. He was prominent 
among the patriots in the struggle for independence. He was the lirst of the name in 
Newton ami his ancestry has not been traced. He married Mary, daughter of .Jonathan 
Willard and had nine children, of which Alexander, .Jr., was tlie oldest. John, his young- 
est.son, was the founder of the Baptist Church in Newton, its lirst deacon and treasurer. 
Alexander Shepard had deceased in .Jay previous to ITiXJ, probably the year previous, at 
an advanced age. 



HISTORY OF PAiaP. 45 

moved there prior to the time of this meeting which probably 
accounts for his absence. Jonathan Stone having been chosen ck'rk 
of the proprietors, the oath of oflice was administered to liiin at 
Middleboro. June 8, 1791, bv John Remington. Justice of the 
Peace. 

Several adjourned meetings were next held at the Iiui of Samuel 
Wellington in Watertown, but no business of importance was trans- 
acted, there being but few present. At a meeting holden at that 
place the 31st day of January, 1793, it was voted that Isaac Bolster 
of No. 4, gentleman, and German Brimmer of Boston, merchant, 
the representative of Ralph Inman deceased, formerly a proprietor 
of the township, be a committee to go before the committee of the 
General Court to whom had been referred the cross petitions for and 
against the incorporation of No. 4 into a town. This connnittee 
was instructed to signify the unanimous disapproval by the meeting, 
of an act of incorporation, more especially at that time, and to ask 
for a dismissal of the case, or at any rate, for a postponement to 
the next term of the court. The following vote was also passed : 
''That the interest of the Proprietary had been much neglected for 
some years, and that it had become necessary for all persons who 
had filled any office (except the treasurer) to be called upon to ren- 
der an account of their doings." It was voted that the treasurer 
inform himself as to a bond given by Alexander Shepard, Alexander 
Shepard, Jr., and Aaron Richardson, and if the conditions should 
be found to have been broken, to put the same in suit ; also that a 
committee examine into the conduct of the committees of sale since 
1782, and to search and report the state of the records at Portland, 
so that the rights of the proprietors and occupants may be ascer- 
tained. At an adjourned meeting the above vote was revoked, and 
the duties imposed by it, were placed upon the treasurer. 

What the precise condition of the township was when certain of 
the inhabitants asked for an act of incorporation, we have no means 
of knowing : no records save those of the proprietors, covering the 
years previous to this are in existence, if indeed any were made. 
But a return of Plantation No. 4 was made to the General Court in 
1791, the year before the act of incorporation was prayed for. from 
which we glean the following statistics of polls and property : 

\Miole number of polls 60. 

Dwelling houses 20. Total Tax, 9£ 

Barns 20. " 9£ 



46 ~ HISTORY OF PARIS. 

g"^^^?;"^ }• |totaltax,^5£ 

Saw 3I1II.S 1 . I ' 

Acres of tillage land 70. " 21£ 

" English Mowing .. . 200. " 7.t£ 

" Fresh Meadow -20. " 5£ 

'- Pasturage 200. '• 20£ 

" I'nimpi-oved lands . 4000. - 24 £ 

No. of horses (i. ^- 1£ lO.s 

•• oxen m. " 8£ 

*•• steers and cows 40. " 7£ Ss -iiJ 

" swine (io. '• 2£ .5.s 

The vnluation of the propert}- is not given, only the tax, though 
there must have Iteen a valuation as the basis of the taxes. This is 
l)ro]iablv the first tax the township was called upon to pay. 



CHAPTER IX. 

CONTEST FOR INCORPORATION. 

PetHio)is and Ri'monstrances. — Piru/er for Incorpovation Granted. 
Township No. 4 had now been settled upwards of ten years, and 
probably had a population of from three to foui- hun<lred. " There is 
no evidence that there was ever any plantation organization, and 
hitherto the management of affairs was with a few persons who had 
become the possessors of entire rights. For reasons set forth in the 
petition which were doubtless well founded, quite a numljer of the 
land owners of less than a right, desired an act of incorporation. 
The}' wanted better roads, public schools and a public ministry, 
and, what probably influenced their action as much as eitlier of 
these, they desired a part in the management of the affairs of the 
township. The non-resident i)roprietors especially, and some of 
the resident, resisted the movement mainly on account of the in- 
creased taxation which they well knew must follow. But the peti- 
tioners seem to have had everything easily their own wa}-. The 
General Court had adopted the policy of incorporating plantations 
into towns so soon as their population and wealth would render 
them capable of managing their affairs in a proper manner, and the 
opposition of nou-resident proprietors was always met with, and the 
reasons well understood. The movement for incorporation and the 



HISTORY OF TAKIS. 47 

opposition to it, belong to the history of the town, and the petitions 
and remonstrances are given in fnll. 

The petition for the ineorporaticni of tlu- town read as follows : 

'•To the Honorable the Senate and llonse of Kepresentatives in (ieneral 
Court assembletl : 

May it please your Honors to heai' the i>etition of a innnber of the inhal)- 
itants of a township known by the name of No. 4. In tli<^ eounty of (uni- 
l)erlanfl and fonnnonwealtl) of Massaehusetts. >Vc your petitioners lind- 
Inii' oui-selves <ireatly embarrassed, and mider very dllHeult eireumstanees 
in i-eii-ard to regulations both of a eivil and relio-ious nature, viz : We are 
at present destitute of the preaehed (iosi)el and schools of learnhiii-: our 
roads and bridges are exeeedingiy bad, your petitioners timling no way to 
redress said grievances but to have recourse to the Honorable I>egishUure 
of the commonwealth for assistance. We therefore, your petitioners, 
humldy pray that your Honors woulil grant us the privileges of incorpora- 
tion of the above said town by the name of PARIS, and exempt us fi-om 
paying State and county taxes for the term of live or six years, until we 
are under circumstances to be more serviceable to the ( onnnouwealth. and 
your petitioners as in duty bound will ever i)ray. 
Xo. Four, Oct. n, 17!l-2. 

Joel Robinson, Abijah AVarren, Reuben Hubbard. 

James Morse, Malachi Rarrows, A\'illiani Stowell. 

Allen Dwelly. Daniel Whitney. Levi Hul)baril. 

Abijah Hall. Asa Barrows. Rliillip Donohue. 

Cyprian Stevens, Jonathan Hall. James Lebroke. 

Seth Morse, John Daniels. Rarzillai Dwelly. 

Samuel Durell. Thomas Steven.-. Jesse Briggs, 

John Billings. Sanuiel Stowell. Lemuel Rerham. 

The remonstrance, oi- rather the first one is given l)elow : 

"To the AVhole Court : 

The memorial of a number of the inhabitants of township or i)lantation 
known by the name of No. 4, in the county of Cumberland and (onnnou- 
wealth of Massachusetts, Humbly Showeth, I'hat whereas your memorial- 
ists are apprehensive that some of the inhal)itants of said township \\ ith- 
out considering the inability of the inhabitants about petitioning to the 
Honorable Court to incorporate said township into a town which without 
some better information might incline the Honorable Court to thhik that 
the inhabitants of said township in general, are wealthy and are able to 
bear the burdens of a tax. which your memorialists hereljy presume to say 
is not the case w ith tliem. but quite the reverse, many of us being new 
beginners and lal)oring under many embarrassments, are hardly able to 
support ourselves and families, being yet involved in debt for our land and 
have no resource but the stibduing of the rough and uncultivated wildei- 
' ness, which will afford us uo surplus after our real necessities are supplied : 
add to it our hard labor and uncomfortable cottages, the cost of transpor- 



48 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



tation. l>eing fifty miles from marliet ami rough roads, the chargo of which 
to them that hire them there transported, is nearly one-half the value of 
the produce ; which puts it out of the power of many to procure clothing 
to screen themselves and their families from the severity of the inclement 
winters. While the greater part of the inhabitants of said township labor 
under the aforesaid disadvantages, and the additional burden of clearing 
and marking roads in said township, any supplies drawn from them by 
taxes, woidd deprive them of some pait of the scanty means of their sub- 
sistence, and to be int-orporated into a tow n in our present condition, we 
conceive would not serve to relieve us from any of our present burdens 
nor assist us to avoid any future evils. We therefore accordingly wish 
that our present vigorous exertions to place ourselves in a situation equal 
with our fellow citizens in wealth and ability, may not be interfered with 
by any burdens laid on us that our infant state cainiot sui)port, and that 
the Honorable Court will take our case into wise consideration, and let us 
remain in our present state, until the period of wealth may arrive, your 
memorialists as in duty bound will ever praj*. 



Isaac Bolster, 
I.emuel Jackson, 
.Tosiah Bisco, 
Daniel f'lark, 
Wm. ('. Whitney, 
Solomon Bryant, 
^Solomon Bryant. .Ir 
Isaac Jackson, 
David Andrews, 
Barnabas Jackson, 
Edmund Dean, 
Abiezar Andrews, 
Caleb C'ushman, 
James Lebroke, 
Levi Jackson, 
Luther Pratt. 
Xathaniel Pratt, 



Asa Sturtefant, 
Joseph Cole, 
Silas Maxim, 
John Besse, 
Xathan Pierce, 
Stephen Kobinson, 
Edward Andrews, 
Z. AVashburn, 
James Bowker, 
Soloman Jordan, 
Joseph Perry, 
Asa Dean, 
Samuel Bennett, 
Joshua Besse, 
Nicholas Cheslej-, 
Asa Perry, 
John Tuell. 



Peter Brooks, 
Josiah Smith, 
John Willis, 
Samuel Gardner, 
John Jackson, 
John Besse, Jr. 
Benj. Ham, 
John Gray, 
Eleazer Cole, 
Calvin Cole, 
Joseph Swift, 
Elisha Cummings, 
Wm. Swan, 
Jaqneth Washburn, 
Abner Shaw , 
Xathaniel Haskell. 



A second remonstrance was placed on file a short time after the 
first and a few weeks before the passage of the act of incorporation, 
of which the following is a copj' : 

"To the Honorable the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General 
Court assembled : 

The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the plantation of Xo. 4, 
in the county of Cumberland, humbly showeth that your petitioners at a 
meeting on the 18th of May inst., voted to petition your Honors that the 
Plantation then called No. 4, be not incorporated in the present situation of 
the inhabitants, and made choice of a committee to wait on your Honors 
to offer their reasons against the incorporation of said ])lantation — al.so 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 49 

voted if an inc-orpoiation should take phu-c that your Honors would be 
pleased to incorporate plantation No. 4 by the name of Lebanon, and your 
petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray." 

J^eniuel Jaekson, -Tr. Abiezar Andrews. .Fosiah Sniitli. 

Nicholas Chesley. Eiisha ( uininiiiiis. Kdward Andrews. 

Asa Perry, .John Willis, .loseph Churehill. 

Edmund Dean, Joseph llannnond, .Joseph Perry, 

John Jackson, Caleb C'ushnian, Isaac Bolster, Jr. 

Peter Brooks, Lemuel Jackson. .John 'I'ueJl, 

.Joshua Besse, Jr. Isaac Bolster, .Fohn Boyle, 

.Joseph ("ole, David Andrews, Khel^ezer Pawson. 

Abner Shaw. Levi .Jackson. Nathan Nelson, 

Jaqueth Washbiun. Barnabas .Jackson. Isaac .Jackson. 

Solomon .Jordan, Wm. .Jordan, Beiij. llannnond. 

The pra3'er of the petitioners was favorably answered and quite 
promptly, notwithstanding the remonstrants outnumbered the peti- 
tioners more than two to one, and notwithstanding the action of the 
proprietors at the meeting in Watertown, in unaniinonsh' instructing 
its conimittee to oppose the bill. The name of Lebanon proposed l)y 
the remonstrants, in case an incorporation should be granted, could 
not consistentl}' have been adopted for the new tow'n, because there 
was already one town h\ that name in the State, Lebanon in York 
count}', having been incorporated in 1767. 



CHAPTEK X. 

EXU OF THE I'ROFKIKTAKV. 

Extracts from the Records. — Assessors Chosen and Rujhis Assessed. 

— Roads Prodded for. — The J^rojtrietar;/ Closes up its Ajfairs. 

Feb. 6, 1793. at a meeting in Watertown, Isaac Bolster was 
directed to receive a bond from Lemuel Jackson in behalf of the 
Proprietary. The clerk of the Proprietary was also directed to 
deliver the books and papers to Capt. Isaac Bolster. This meeting 
was adjourned to the house of Lemuel Jackson in No. 4. The 
adjourned meeting was holden at No. 4, on the 3(1 of April, 1793 ; 
Daniel Stowell was chosen moderator pro tem, and Josiah Bisco, 
Daniel Stowell and Nathan Nelson were made a committee to settle 
with Capt. Isaac Bolster, a former treasurer. Daniel Stowell was 
chosen collector and treasurer. A committee of live was appointed 



50 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

"to make enquirv and see if Mr, Lemuel Jackson has kept his mills 
in repair agreeably to his obligation with the proprietors," consist- 
ing of Seth Morse, William Stowe'', Thomas. Stevens, Levi Hub- 
bard and Nathan Nelson. The meeting adjourned to the house of 
Daniel Stowell on the 10th of April, inst., at which the committee 
appointed to settle with Mr. Bolster, was directed to settle also wdth 
Lemuel Jackson, a former treasurer. The proprietors chose as 
assessors, Josiah Bisco, Levi Hubbard and Daniel Stow^ell. A com- 
mittee consisting of Thomas Stevens. Seth Morse and Keuben 
Hubbard, was chosen and directed to prosecute the bond of Mr. 
Lemuel Jackson for failure to keep his mills in repair, but not to 
commence the suit under seven months : afterwards this vote was 
modified so as to leave it discretionary with the committee. An 
adjourned meeting was held at the house of Daniel Stowell, when 
the committee on accounts made a report which was read and 
accepted. The committee to settle with former treasurers also made 
reports which were accepted. It w\as voted to raise a sum of mone3' 
to discharge the proprietors' debts, and a tax of ten shillings was 
voted on each one hundred acre lot and one of twenty shillings on 
each two hundred acres, public lots excepted. 

The next meeting was held at the house of Nathan Nelson on the 
18th of September, 1793. Daniel Whitney, Israel Whittemore and 
Seth Morse were made a committee on accounts. A committee was 
also chosen to settle with the Agents appointed to settle the town- 
ship, and the committee last chosen was made the committee for 
this duty. The next adjourned meeting was holden January 1, 
1794, at the house of Reuben Hubbard. The committee appointed 
to correct the lines of the town made a report which was accepted. 
There was now a manifest lack of interest at the meetings, indicat- 
ing that the work of the Proprietary was well nigh done. About 
the only business transacted at several adjourned meetings was the 
reception of the reports of the committees on accounts for labor on 
the roads, and for other services. At a meeting June 10th, it was 
voted that a further tax of seven shillings and six pence on each 
single lot, and twice this sum on each double lot, be raised to meet 
expenses, Dec. 10, 1794, a vote was passed directing the com- 
mittee on sales to defend the Proprietary in certain suits which had 
been brought by parties whose lands had been sold for delinquent 
taxes. Several adjourned meetings were now held, but no business 
was transacted, either because they had none to transact or because 



HISTORY OF rARIS. 51 

no quorum was prcstMit. At a, nieotiuir, March 31, 1795, the vote 
raising a tax of seven and sixpence on each single lot and fifteen 
shillings on each douMe lot, wa;i reconsidered and declared mill and 
void. 

The next and last meeting of the proprietors of -which any record 
was left, was called 1)V the committee chosen for calling meetings, 
and was holden at the dwelling honse of Capt. Daniel Stowell on 
the second Wednesday of June, 1795. Daniel Stowell was chosen 
moderator, and Josiah Bisco, clerk. An article in the warrant 
looking to a final division of the property of the proprietors and 
closing up the affairs of the company, was not acted upon at the 
meeting which was adjourned to the 25th day of August following. 
Another meeting or two may have been held and the proceedings 
not recorded in the l)Ook of records, but whether such was the case 
or not, we have no means of knowing. The town had now been 
incorporated two years, and the lousiness which it had heretofore 
been the duty of the proprietors through their olHcers and com- 
mittees to perform, such as the opening and repair of ways, &c., 
now devolved upon the municipal officers of the town. There was 
therefore no longer an}' need of the Proprietary except to close up 
its affairs as a corporation, with the details of which the public are 
not specially interested. 



CHAPTER XI. 



TJie Grantees of JVb. 4. of 1771. with Brief References to the Gran- 
tees of 1785-6. 

A brief sketch of the grantees of 1771, at the close of their 
records, seems appropriate in this connection. About half of these 
were also grantees of the township between the Connecticut and 
Merriraac rivers, petitioned for in 1735 and granted the year follow- 
ing. In the following sketches, brief mention is also made of most 
of the original proprietors who had either deceased, become super- 
annuated or assigned their rights prior to the grant of 1771. These 
grantees were among the most substantial citizens of Watertown, 
Newton and Cambridge, and also of Worcester. The}' included 
ministers, law3-ers. physicians, merchants, farmers, mechanics and 
gentlemen of leisure, but as only one of them ever settled upon the 



52 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

grant, it is probable tliey became grantees rather as a matter of 
speculation, than from any desire to leave their comfortable homes 
for the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. 

Cart. Joshua Fuller was the son of Lt. Jeremiah and Marv 
Fuller of Newton, Mass., and was born there April 12, ITOo. His 
grandfather John Fuller ])orn IGll, was at Cambridge \^illage now 
Newton, in 1644, and among the first settlers. It is not known that 
he was any relation to the Plymouth county families of this name. 
Joshua Fuller married Anna Stevens of Walthain for a second wife 
in 1746, b}^ whom he had five children. His name is on the petition 
for a grant of land in 1735, and heads the petition for a renewal of 
the grant in 1771. He was also interested in other land grants. 
Twenty-one of the descendants of John Fuller served in the war of 
the Revolution. He (Joshua) died August 23, 1777. 

Jonathan Williams, Jr., was a grantee on the right of his 
grandfather Ensign John Spring. He was the son of Jonathan and 
Deborah (Spring) Williams, and was born Nov. 5, 1744. He 
married Mrs. Sarah Spring in 1767. and took the homestead. He 
died in 1776, aged 39 years. His father Jonathan Sen., also a 
grantee named elsewhere, was the son of Isaac and Martha (Whit- 
man) Spring and grandson of Capt. Isaac and Martha (Park) 
Spring whose father was Rol)ert of Roxbury, the emigrant ancestor 
of a A'ery distinguished familv. ' 

Thomas Greenwood was born to John and Hannah (Trowbridge) 
Greenwood, January 28, 1696. His grandfather, Thomas, a 
weaver, settled in Newton in 1667, then aged 24 years. I)ea. 
Thomas Greenwood, the grantee of Paris, was a prominent citizen ; 
was Deacon, Captain, Justice of the Peace, town clerk, selectman, 
and for several terms a member of the General Court. By wife 
Lydia, he had five children and deceased at Newton in 1774. His 
name appears among the grantees in 1735. 

Ebenezer Stearns was a descendant of Isaac who earl}' came to 
Watertown and is the common ancestor of the Stearns family of 
New England. Ebenezer, the grantee, was the son of Nathaniel and 
Elizabeth (Dix), and was born in Watertown, July 24, 1704. He 
was by trade a clothier and moved to Worcester. He married Apr. 
12, 1737, Mary Spring of Newton. He died in Worcester in Sept. 
1777. He was a grantee of 1735. 

Oakes Angier, son of Ephraim and grandson of Rev. Samuel 



HISTORY OF I'AHIS. .).> 

Angler of Watertown, married Abigail Coolidge of Watcrtown in 

1730. He purchased the public house of Samuel Jackson. Es(|.. in 

1731, at Newton Corner which afterwards became '^\ngier Corner." 
He had no children and died in 1782, aged 85 years. 

" Thomas Quiner was of Watertown where he married Sarah 
Warren in January, 1730-7. He was a grantee in 1735 and also in 
1771. 

Stephen Harris was a grantee on the right of his fath(>r Thomas 
Harris of Dorchester, who married lAXcy Pierce of AVatertown in 
1745. Stephen was born May 24, 1762, and Avas conse(iuently only 
nine years of age when he became a grantee of No. 4. 

David Sanger became a grantee in 1771, on the riglit of his 
father, David Sanger son of John and Rebecca (Parks) Sanger and 
grandson of Richard Sanger of Hingham, Sudbury and Watertown, 
a blacksmith w^ho married Mary Runnels. David, Jr., was born 
May 23, L756, and married Grace Sanger in 17.S.S. 

Peter Durell of French descent was a grantee in 1771. His 
descendants are in Paris and are given at length in Family Sketches. 

Samuel Jackson Avas a grantee in 1771, on the riglit of Capt. 
Samuel Jackson whose name headed the list of grantees of 1735. 
Capt. Samuel was probably the son of Deacon Edward, and married 
Borodell, dangliter of Capt. John and Hannah (Staunton) Jackson. 
He deceased prior to 1755. The later grantee may have been his 
son. They were of the Newton family of Jacksons and not known 
to be related to Lemuel Jackson, our early settler. 

Lieut. Isaac Jackson who was a grantee of 1771, on the right of 
his father, who died in 1769, was the son of Isaac and Ruth (Green- 
wood) Jackson, and Avas born May 9, 1732. He married Jemima 
Jones in 175.S, avIio died in 1767; he afterAAards married Sarah 
Cheney, and in 1777, Mary Hammond. He was a soldier in the 
French Avar and in the Revolution. He died in 1795. 

Thaddeus Trowbridge who became a grantee in 1771. on the 
right of his father Dea. William Trowbridge, who Avas a grantee of 
1735, and died in 1744. aged 00 years. Thaddeus. above, married 
Mary Craft, Nov. 20, 1749. and took the old homestead. He died 
in 1777, aged 49. His father, Dea. William Avas a large slave 
holder. 

Josiah Brown was a proprietor of No. 4, on the riglit, of his 
father Dea. AVilliam BroAvn, Avho was a grantee in 1735. Win. 



54 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Brown was the youngest son of Jonathan and Mary (Shattuek) 
Brown, and grandson of Capt. Abraham Brown or Browne, one of 
the first settlers in Watertown. Wm. Brown ante, married Hannah 
Pease of Cambridge, and second, Sarali Bond. His son Josiah, 
the grantee, born Aug. 2, 1724, was of Waltham, where he was a 
prominent citizen. His wife was Hannah Flagg. He died March 
IG, 177G. 

JosiAii GoDDARD boHi July 12, 1701, in Watertown, was the son 
of Josiah and Rachel (Davis) Goddard, and married in 1730. Mary 
Bigelow. He moved to Newton and had a family there. He was 
the grandson of Wm. Goddard, a former citizen and grocer of Lon- 
don and an earlv resident of Watertown. 

William Park appears to have lieen a grantee in his own right 
and also on the right of his father, Richard Park, who married 
Sarah Fuller in 1717. William, the grantee, was l)orn Feb. IG, 1718, 
and his wife was Lucy Fuller. The name was very common in 
Newton a hundred years ago. 

Thomas Frost was an original grantee and also in 177L He was 
probably of Waltham, but we have not been able to trace his 
lineage. 

Thaddeus Trowbridge who became a grantee in the right of his 
father Dea. William, had a second right, that of his uncle, Rev. 
Caleb Trowbridge, who graduated at ILirvard College in 1710, 
married Sarah Oliver and the same year was ordained at Groton. 
He was the son of Dea James and Margaret (Atherton) Trow- 
bridge, was born Nov. 7, 1G92, and died in 1760. 

Samuel Jackson became a grantee in the right of his father 
Edward and Marv (Gale) Jackson. He was boru April 16, 1737, 
and married Lois Woodward in 1763. He died in July, 1801. 
Edward Jackson, the father, who had the right in 1735, was the son 
of Edward and Mary Jackson, was born Oct. 1, 1698, and died in 
1738. 

David CooLiD(iE. an innholder who manied IMary Mixer, was 
born to Thomas and Sarah (Eddy) Coolidge, January 25, 1705. 
He was a grantee 1735 and 1771. 

Ezekiel Whitney became a grantee in the riglit of his uncle 
David Whitney, who was born to John and Abigail (Hagar) AVhit- 
1163", June 16, 1697, and who had died prior to 1745. Ezekiel was 
the son of John and Susan Whitne\', and was baptized April 12, 



HISTUKV OF PARIS. 55 

1741. He married April 13. 1768. Catharine Draper of Roxltiiry, 
and lived in Watertown. 

John Stowell was of Newton and bought laml there of James 
Barton in 1722. B}' wife Sarah, he had Sarah, James, Benjamin. 
Hezekiah who went to Worcester, Jerusha and David. He moved 
to Watertown and several of the younger children were born there. 
He was a constable in "Watertown in 1737. He probably l)ad 
brothers Daniel, David, Israel and Isaac. They were [jrobably fi-om 
Charlestown. Oar Stowells are of the same race. 

Epiiraim Buuridge (or Burrage) was a proprietor in the right of 
his father John, who married Lydia Ward in 1718, and died in 1745. 
John, Jr., lived in Newton, and by wife Sarah had seven children 
born there. Ephraim. the grantee married Elizabeth Sever in 17r)7. 

William Park who was a grantee in his own right, was the son 
of Lieut. Richard and Sarah (Cutter) Park. The date of his Ijirtli 
is unknown, nor have we an}' record of his family. 

David Livermoke who appears to have Ijeeu an original grantee 
and again in 1771, cannot readily l)e traced. There was a David in 
Watertown, a blacksmith, born 1714-15, but he is said to have died 
in 1756. It is possible that the grantee may have Ijeen Daniel 
instead of David, who was the sou of Daniel and jMehitable, l)oru 
in 1707, and a resident of Weston. 

Jonathan Williams was a grantee in the right of AVilliam 
Williams who was the son of Capt. Isaac Williams, Jr.. and was 
born in 1690. Jonathan Williams married Deborah, daughter of 
Ensign John Spring, who was the son of Isaac and Martha Whit- 
man Spring, aud was born in 1711. His sou Jonathan Williams, 
Jr., was also a grantee in the riglit of John Spring, as stated else- 
where. 

JosiAH Mixer was of Waltham. He was born Nov. 16, 1716, 
and married first Mary Garfield, and second Mrs. Sarah Mead. 
He was the sou of Joseph aud Anna (Jones) Mixer, and grandson 
of Isaac who took the oath of fidelity at Watertown in 1652 : his 
wife was Mary Coolidge to whom he was married in 1655. This 
Isaac was the son of Isaac the emigrant who came from Ipswich, 
England, in 1634, and was a proprietor of Watertown. 

Jonathan Learned, Sen., who married Hannah White, was born 
in Watertown, Sept. 15, 1708, and was the son of Thomas who 



56 HISTORY OP PARIS. 

married Mary Mascn. His sou Jonathan, was a proprietor in 1771, 
on tlie right of Ebenezer Goddard, as stated elsewhere. 

Samuel Hyde or Hide, was the son of Neheniiah and Hannah 
(Murdock) H^-de of Newton, and was born Oct. 8, 1731. He 
married Mar}- King of Cambridge in 17C.5, and died in 1790. He 
l)ecame a grantee on the right of Richard King, who was a grantee 
in 1735. Eichard King was a carpenter in AVatertown in 1740. 
Six years subsequently, he moved to Scarboro, Me., and became a 
wealtliy himber exporter. He married first, Isabella Blagden of 
York, and second, Man- Black of the same town. He was the 
father of Rufus King, the eminent statesman, of William King, the 
first governor of Maine, and of C^yrns King, an eminent law3-er 
forraerl}' of Saco. The wife of Samuel Hyde was doubtless a rela- 
tive of Richard King. 

William Coolidge, Jr., was born Oct. 2, 1749, and married 
Mary Bridge. He was a grantee in the right of Joseph Allen, and 
died in 1779. His grandfather was Dea. John Coolidge who married 
Margaret Bond in 1699. Joseph Allen was probably the son of 
John Allen of Sudbury, who married Abigail, daughter of John 
Alyrick of Charlestown, at Watertown, Mav 5. 1687. 

Capt. William Coolidge was a grantee on the right of his father 
Dea. John Coolidge. He was l)orn March 13, 1712-13, and married 
Elizabeth Brown in 1743. 

Benjamin Bond was a grantee in 1735 and also in 1771, was 
probably the son of William and INIary (Learned) Bond of Water- 
town. He was born in 1715, and if he is the grantee of 1735, he 
was then but '22 years of age. He married Abigail Mixer and 
resided in AYeston. His father died in 1745, and he administered on 
the estate. His brother AA''illiam was a soldier in the old French and 
Indian wars. 

.Tames Dix, son of John and Mary (Lawrence) Dix, was born 
Oct. 13, 1716, and died Apr. 19, 1801. He married in 1743, Sarah 
Bond, and was a trader in Watertown. He afterwards lived in 
Milford, Grafton, Northboro, Holden, Marlboro, and died in Sud- 
buiy. He was the father of Dr. Elijah Dix of AA''orcester in 1770, 
and of Boston in 1795, born August 14, 1747, who was much inter- 
ested in Eastern lands, was chief proprietor and gave his name to 
two of our Maine towns, Dixfield and Dixmont. Dr. Dix married 
jNIarv Lynde and had eight children, all Iwrn in AYorcester. The 



HISTORY OF PAKIS. « 57 

gi'andfatlier of James Dix was Edward who embarked at Gravesend, 
in lC)3o. aged 19 ^ears, and came to Watertown among the earliest 
settlers. 

Daniel Robbiks was proliably the son of Daniel Robbins of 
Cambridge whose wife was Ilannali Trowl)ridge. If so. he was 
born Januar\- 10, 1733. His father was an original grantee. 

James Hay who represented the right of Richard Coolidge, was 
a leather dresser of Watertown, and his wife was Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Richard and Mary (Trowbridge) Coolidge. 

Capt. Joseph Coolidge, son of Isaac and Hannali (Morse) Cool- 
idge, born Apr. 22, 172G, married January 2G. 1745, Elizabeth 
Frost. He was of Sherburne, Mass. 

JosiAH Fuller, sou of Josiah, born Oct. 24. 1731>, married Anna 
Priest of Waltham in 1701, and second Eunice, daughter of Capt. 
Joshua Fuller. He died in 1825, aged 84 years. Capt. Joshua, his 
second wife's father was the person whose name appears at the head 
of the grantees of 1771. 

Samuel Shattuck was the son of Dr. Joseph and Mary (Ladd) 
Shattuck and was born in Watertown, May 29, 1710. His grand- 
father. William Shattuck, was an early settler of Watertown. 

Nathaniel Smith, son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Church) Smith, 
born Oct. 22, 1723. was probably afterwards of Groton and then of 
Marlboro'. 

AViLLiAM Coolidge. He was of Waltham and married Mary 
Brown of Watertown, in 1743. His son William, Jr.. was an early 
settler in Livermore. Several of this family settled in Jay and Dix- 
field but none came to Paris. They all descended from John Cool- 
idge, who was made, a freeman in Watertown in 1030. 

Amos Livermore was a proprietor of Number Four on the right 
of his father. Oliver Livermore. son of Daniel and Mary (Coolidge) 
Livermore, born March 11.1 097-8. Oliver Livermore married Ruth, 
daughter of Samuel Stearns, and Amos the 7th cliild was born July 
28. 1737. He was a descendant of John Livermore, who came to 
New England from Ipswich. England, in 1034, aged 28 years. Of 
this descent was Dea. Elijah Livermore. who was an early settler in 
Livermore and gave his name to the town. 

Nathaniel Coolidge became a proprietor on the right of his 
uncle Thaddeus. who was the son of Richard and Mary (Bond) 



58 9 HISTORY OF PAKI.-. 

Coolidge, born Oct. 6, 1710 and died Aug. 3, 1744. Nathaniel, 
above-named, an innholder, was the son of Nathaniel, who was born 
in March, 1701-2, married Grace Bowman and died in 1766. 
Nathaniel, Jr., was born Dec. 7, 1728, married Dorotlu' Whitney 
and was also an innkeeper at Watertown Bridge from 1764 to 1770. 

Elisha Learned became a proprietor in 1771, on the right of his 
father, David Learned, an original grantee, who was the son of 
Thomas and Mary (Mason) Learned, and born Fell. 10, 1710-11, a 
miller in Watertown, married Sarah Mixer July 22, 1730. Elisha 
was liorn Aug. 12, 1737 and in 1763, married Mary Bemis. 

Samuel Randall, born Nov. 12, 1711, was the grandson of Serg't 
John Randall, by wife Susanna, and son of Samuel, born March 20, 
1668-9, who married Elizabeth Gleason of Caml)ridge, in 1708. 
Serj. John above-named, was probal)ly the son of AVidow Elizal)eth 
Randall, who died in Watertown, Dec. 24, 1672, aged 80 years. 
Our grantee perhaps moved to Waltham. 

Georoe Harrington was the son of John and Hannali (Winter) 
Harrington and his wife was a Parker, daughter of James of Groton. 
He was of Watertown. His son George, born March 16, 1717-18, 
married Rebecca Allen in 1740 and lived in Weston. Both were 
grantees in 1735 and again in 1771. Tlieir ancestor was Robert 
Harrington, supposed to have been a relative of Dea. Thomas 
Hastings, the emigrant. 

Josiah Biscoe was our early settler. He was a grantee in the 
right of his father, Thomas Biscoe, whose wife was Abigail Mason. 
Josiah Biscoe was the only one of the sixty original grantees who 
came to Paris. The final e in this name is often dropped. An 
account of him is given in Family Sketches. 

Edmund Barnard was the son of Jonathan and Hannah (Stowell) 
Barnard, and was bai)tized July 3, 1743. He was a grantee in the 
right of his grandfather, Samuel Stowell. 

George Harrington, Jr., was the son of George, Sen., above- 
named and was born March 16, 1717-18. He married Rebecca 
Allen and lived in Brookfield. For second wife, he married Betsey 
Smith of Waltham. 

Neiikmiah Mason was born June 14, 1721, and died Aug. 6, 1776. 
His father, Joseph Mason, Esq., who married Mary Monk, was a 
tanner in Watertown. He was a Justice of the Peace and town 



niSTOKV OF PAUIS. 59 

clerk and a useful man in the town. He died July G, 1 Too. lie was 
the son of Joseph and Mary (Fiske) Mason, and grandson of Cai)t. 
Huo'h Mason, the emigrant, a tanner and one of the first residents 
of Watertown. 

Daniel Bond, who represented the right of his father of tlie same 
name, was born Noa'. 25, 1723 and died in 1782. He married Sarah 
Gra}', widow of James, and daughter of Henry Sj)nng. They had 
twelve children. 

Abraham AVhitnp:y, whose father John Whitney was a grantee of 
1735. was ])orn Aug. 8, 171G. and married Tabitha Allen. He de- 
scended from John and Elinor Whitney who came from Ipswich. 
Knglaud, 1035, and was tlien aged 35 years. He settled in AVater- 
town, and his descendants are very numerous. 

Jonathan Leaknkd was a grantee in 1771, on the right of Eben- 
ezar Goddard who was one of the grantees of 1735. He was the 
•son of Jonathan Learned who married Hannah White. He was born 
Oct. 12, 1731, and married Apr. 29. 1762, Susan Willis. Eben- 
ezer Goddard was born Oct. 30, 1G9G, and was son of William the 
emigrant. He married Abigail White. His family intermarried 
with the Learned family which may account for the transfer of the 
olaim. 

William Dana was a grantee in 1735 and 1771. He was a de- 
scendant of Richard Dana of Cambridge, wdio was the common an- 
cestor of all the New England Danas. William probably was of 
Cambridge. 

Rev. Seth Storer was the son of Col. Joseph and Hannah Storer 
of Wells, Me., where he was born May 2G, 1702. He graduated at 
Harvard College and was ordained in Watertown in 1724. He died 
Nov. 27, 1774. Jonathan Bemis whose right he represented was 
the son of John and Mary (Harrington) Bemis, and grandson of 
Joseph the emigrant. He was born Nov. 17, 1701 and mai-ried 
Anna, daughter of Daniel and Mary Livermore. 

Ebenezer Brown of Waltham, was a grantee in 1735 and in 1771. 
His wife was Abigail Adams, perhaps of Lexington. He was the 
son of Dea. William and brother of Josiah already mentioned. 

Jonas Coolidge who became a proprietor on the right of his ftither 
Jonas Coolidge, whose wife was Elizabeth Thornton of Watertown, 
was born in Newton Feb. 1, 1744. 

Nathaniel Spring, sou of William and Abigail (Coolidge) Spring 



60 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



of Watertown, was born Aug. 26, 1715. He was a grantee in 1735- 
and in 1771. He married Martha, daughter of Isaac and Martha 
Williams, and moved to Worcester. 

Christopher Grant, Jr., was a grantee in the right of his father 
who was probably the son of Joseph and Mary (Grafton) Grant. 
Christopher Jr., w^as born Feb. 4, 1743-4, and by wife Sarah had 
five children, all born in Watertown. 

Samuel Fuller Avas a grantee on the right of his father, Isaac 
Fuller who was the son of John Fuller Jr. , whose wife was Abigail 
Boylston. Isaac Fuller died in 1755, aged 61 years. Samuel was 
born Nov. 26, 1724, and in 1746 married Lydia Stearns. 

Nathaniel Stone, who was a grantee in 1735 and again in 1771, 
may have been that Nathaniel, one of the children of "Goodman" 
Stone who was baptized in the second church in AVatcrtown, Nov. 
20, 1701). No other traces of him are found in Watertown or 
Newton, and quite probabh' he resided elsewhere. There were two 
grantees in 1771 by the name of Nathaniel Stone. One of them was 
an officer of the organization, and the oath of office was administered 
to him in Middleboro, where he probably resided. 

Nathaniel Stone who was a grantee on the right of Moses Hast- 
ings, was prol)alily the son of Lt. Isaac Stone of B'ramingham who 
married j:iizal)etli Brown of Sudbury in 1722, and moved to Shrews- 
bury where Nathaniel was l)orn in 1732. Nathaniel married Thank- 
ful, daughter of Jonathan Morse, and second the widow of Win. 
Goddard of Westmoreland, N. H. Moses Hastings was born to 
Samuel Hastings of Watertown in 1715, and was married to Eliza- 
beth Taylor in 1730, He moved from Brookfield to Shrewsbury, 
and died there June 10, 1767; his widow married Samuel Bigelow 
in 1770. 




HISTORY OF PAKIS. 61 

CHAPTEK XII. 

A BRIEF RK^UMK. 

Ill the preceding pages, after giving an epitome of early Maine 
History, the origin of our land titles and a sketch of Provincial 
grants, extracts from the Proprietor's records were given, showing 
that a grant of land was made in 173')-() to Samuel Jackson and 
fifty-nine others, most of whom were residents of Watertown, New- 
ton and AValtham. The records do not show that this grant was a 
compensation for military services, and there is nothing in the origi- 
nal papers which indicate that it was made for any service either 
militarv or civil. The action of the General Court goes to show 
that it was simply a grant of land between the Merrrimac and Con- 
necticut rivers made to certain applicants, with certain specified 
conditions as to settlement and improvements ; this and nothing 
more. It has alreadv been stated that the grant was made at a time 
when the boundary question between Massachusetts and New Hamp- 
shire was being agitated, and that the former hoped by occupying 
the territory before the question was decided, to hold a fee in the 
soil if not the territoiy as a part of her commonwealth. It has been 
shown that other townships were granted at the same time and in 
the same region for no other purpose than to secure their settlement, 
and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is fair to presume 
that the grant to Samuel Jackson and his associates was made in 
the same way. Not only do the original grant and proprietors' 
records show this to have been the case, but in deeding their rights 
to settlers and others, the grantees made no reference whatever to 
military service as the basis of or reason for the grant, while the 
grantees of the Canada townships and others made for military sei-- 
vices, almost invaria])ly referred to it in their conveyances. 

The records show that Samuel Jackson called his associates 
together and that they organized and held several meetings. Assess- 
ments were made on the rights from time to time, to meet the expen- 
ses of the committee appointed by the General Court for locating 
the township, and for lotting it out and doing the necessary work 
preliminary to a settlement. That the original grantees or many of 
them, intended to settle upon "township No. 4, located between 
Merrimac and Connecticut rivers," there can be no doubt. It has 
been shown that while thev were making commendable efforts for 



62 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

complyiug with the conditions of their grant, the long contested 
bouudaiy question was settled against Massachusetts, and "No. 4," 
with thirty-six other townships granted by that Province were 
declared to be in New Hampshire. The grantees of No. 4 either 
could not or did not care to make terms with the Masonian proprie- 
tors, and so the matter of their grant was allowed to slumber for 
the space of thirty years. 

It has been shown how, after the close of the French and Indian 
wars, and the interior of the then Province of Maine had Been 
opened up for settlement, the surviving grantees of several of the 
New Hampshire townships, petitioned the Cieneral Court for eastern 
lands in lieu of those they had lost The surviving grantees of No. 
4 met in 1769, and reorganized. A committee headed by Joshua 
Fuller, was chosen to petition the General Court for a renewal of 
their grant, and their petition met with a favorable response. 
Whatever may have been the foundation of the original grant, there 
can be no doubt that that of 1771 was in lieu of the one lost by the 
settlement of the boundary question, for it was so stated in the peti- 
tion, and in every official document that emanated from the General 
Court relating to it, and no reference was made in any paper which 
would throw anj' light upon the cause of the original concession. 
It has been shown that a committee was chosen to locate and make a 
plan of the township granted, and that this having been done, the grant 
was confirmed by act of the Legislature. Then a committee was 
sent down to lot out the new No. 4, but before they had proceeded 
far with their work, it was discovered that the plan was all wrong 
and the surveyors were oljliged to return with their task unaccom- 
plished. A new plan was made and a new confirmation obtained 
from the General Court, and it was not till 1773, that a new com- 
mittee accompanied by a surveyor, visited the township and lotted it 
out in accordance with the new and correct plan. The following- 
year a road was cleared out between No. 4 and New Gloucester and 
arrangements were being made for securing settlers, when the w^ar 
of the Revolution burst upon the country, and all minor matters 
were for the time being laid aside. No meeting of the proprietors 
was held between April, 1775, and September, 1777, and none at 
which an}' important business was transacted until March, 1779. 
Then the importance of hastening to comply wath the terms of the grant 
was appreciated ; measures were takeii for making roads and building 
mills in the township, a committee was chosen and made responsi- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 63 

ble by bonds and sureties, for procuring tlio requisite number of set- 
tlers, bounties were offered to the first families, and a tax of thirty 
pounds in silver money was assessed upon each right, to be used for 
the sole purpose of forwarding the settlement of the township. The 
committee obtained quite a number of settlers in Worcester county, 
but appear to have "met with better success in the Old Colony, in the 
earh" settled towns of Plymouth, Middleboro', Bridgewater and 
Plympton, with a few from Taunton, Raynham and Wareham. Lem- 
uel Jackson of Middleboro', was a forehanded man for his time, and 
had a famil}- of grown-up sons. He and his son-in-law, Dea. John 
Willis, made the first settlers' purchase in December, 1779. They 
doubtless felled trees in 1780, burned them and raised a crop of corn 
in 1781, and moved in with their fExmilies in 1782. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



SETTLED AT LAST. 



Probabb/ no Plantation Organization in Xo. 4. — The Becords of tlie 
Proprietary Meager. — The First Settlers. — The Jacksons, John 
Willis and John Daniels. — Mrs. Marshall's Story. — Early Pur- 
chasers of Land. 

Whether Xo. 4 ever had a plantation organization or not, we 
have no means of knowing ; if it had, no records of proceedings 
are now in existence, and it is quite probable that no such organiza- 
tion was ever had. The roads and bridges appear to have been 
looked after b}' the proprietors up to the date of incorporation, and 
assessments were from time to time made to defray the expenses, 
and the only other necessary functions of a plantation would have 
been the assessment and collection of State and count}' taxes. A 
tax was assessed on the polls and estates of No. 4 b}' order of the 
Great and General Court in 1791, as the record elsewhere goes to 
show, but it was probably' assessed and collected b}' a committee of 
the Proprietary. We have no evidence that any other tax was ever 
called for previous to the incorporation of the town, when the func- 
tions of the Proprietary except for the sale of lands and the collec- 
tion of debts, ceased. We shall therefore assume, in the absence of 
all evidence to the contrary, ^hat no plantation organization existed, 
and that the proprietors' records convey the onh' intelligence of the 



64 IIISTOKY OF PARIS. 

public doings within tlie township, from its settlements until the 
question of incorporation began to l»e agitated in 1792, and these 
records, upon topics of general interest, are very meager. They 
are valuable so far as they go, but they do not supply the place of 
plantation records. 

Had a plantation organization been eftected in No. 4, its records 
would have been valuable as showing the number of persons taxed 
from year to year, and the financial standing of the early settlers. 
But in the absence of such records, we must rely for information as 
to when different early settlers came in, upon family tradition and 
upon the records of their titles to real estate. The early settlers 
have long since been dead and, in most instances, their children haA'e 
followed them. The term "early settlers" in this history will gener- 
ally be restricted to those who came in prior to the incorporation of 
the town, though those who came sul)sequent to the incorporation 
and prior to the year eighteen hundred, might perhaps, with pro- 
priety be reckoned with this class of citizens. 

The most reliable information we have as to the number of settlers 
a few months prior to the incorporation, is contained in the petition 
for an act of incorporation and the two remonstrances thereto. 
These may not contain the names of all the adult males in the town- 
ship, but as there appears to have been considerable excitement over 
the subject, it is fair to presume that nearly all signed one oi- the 
other of these petitions, and if so there were not far from eighty 
male inhabitants of the plantation of twenty-one years of age and 
upwards, in the autuuui of 1792. 

A hundi-ed years or thereabouts, after the first settlement of any 
town, in the absence of positive information such as can be gained 
only by journals, diaries or other contemporaneous records, it is 
always a matter of some difficulty to ascertain pi'ecisely when the 
first settler or family came in, and it is so in the case of Paris. 
There is little if any doubt that New Gloucester was the rallying 
point of the first settlers, as it was of several other towns in central 
and eastern Oxford county. New Gloucester with the exception of a 
few straggling settlers in Poland, was a border town, had been settled 
for forty or more years, and was incorporated in 1774. The early 
settlers of several interior Maine towns, came down from Massachu- 
setts, left their families at New Gloucester then penetrated the wilder- 
ness to the place designed to be their future homes, felled trees, 
burned them, and then returned to New Gloucester to spend the 



HI5TOKV Ol" PAKIS. G5 

winter. In the following spriug. they agiiin visited their elearings. 
put in crops, built log huts and then returned for their families. It 
has been stated by Elder James Hooper who came to Paris in 17!)4, 
that the first trees were felled in this town in 177!), I\v John Daniels. 
This, to say the least, is exceedingly doubtful. Tlu' first road was 
cleared through the plantation from New Gloucester in 1774, and 
the same was again recut and cleared, in the fall of 177!<. It is not 
probable that trees were felled for a clearing before this road was 
again cleared, though they nia}' have been. l*rol)al)ly as stated 
elsewhere, the first sale of proprietors' land to persons wlio intended 
to settle in No. 4, was in December 24. 1779, to Lemuel Jackson 
and John Willis, both of ^liddleborough, INIass., wlio purchased 
jointly of Josiah Capen of Cambridge, two entire rights formerly 
belonging to Ebenezer Stearns and David Livermore, antl embracing 
one-thirty-second part of the entire townshij). It has been said, 
and we doubt not truly, that the following summer Isaac, Lenmel, 
Jr., and perhaps Levi Jackson, sons of Lemuel, visited No. 4, 
felled trees and then returned either to New Gloucester or Middle- 
borough. It is also said that John Daniels, felled trees hei'e at the 
same time or previously,* and that the land upon which he made his 
clearing not l)eing his own, he sold his betterments for an iron kettle. 
This mav or may not be true. January lib 17<sl, Lemuel Jackson 
was still in Middleboro', foi' on that day. he bought of Joshua and 
David Fuller an entire right, that of their late father ('apt. Joshua 
Fuller, and May 4th, 1781. "Lemuel Jackson of Middleboro'," 
bought of "Ebenezer Brown of .Waltliani." anotiier right, which, 
together with his other purchases made him the owner of more than 
one-eighth of the township. 

Tradition informs us, and other evidence goes to corroborate it, 
that having felled trees in 1780, in 1781, Lemuel Jackson, his sons 
and John Willis, came to New Gloucester, and from thence to No. 
4, to burn their trees and try for a crop of corn. In August of this 
year, the Jacksons were certainly here and liad a camp wliere Moses 
Marshall and wife stopped on their way from liethel which the 

*Iii an artick' i)ulili:^lie<l in the .Ti-nVrsonian at I'aris, 1K'<-. 4, J.-<;5ti, whicli may he IVumil 
in another part of thi^ volume, Eliler .James Hooper say?; the llrst trees felleil in Paris 
were cut by Jolin Daniels in 1779. Mr. Daniels was livinjr at that date an<l proltahly fiir- 
nislied the information to Mr. Hooper. He says the lot on whicli this opening was matle 
included most of the village of Paris Hill. He further stated that "the first corn raised 
in town was by Isaac .Jackson and Lemuel .Jackson, .Jr., and that soon after, Lemuel 
Jackson, Senior, came &c," most of which may be true, l)Ut we incline to the opinion Uiat 
the date as given is a vear too early. 



66 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Indians had raided upon, to Hebron. Probably John Daniels was 
with them, and as stated elsewhere on the authority of Elder Hooper 
written fifty 3ears after, he may have preceded them. The descend- 
ants of John Willis in the third generation, now living in this town, 
well remember their grandmother, the first white woman who settled 
here, and have often heard her sa}' that she was drawn here from 
New Gloucester on a moose-sled, in March, 1782. The time seems 
to have been fixed b}' the birth of her oldest child who was born in 
1778, and was four 3'ears old when she came to No. 4. Her state- 
ment was that she brought one child with her and that her father's 
famih" came in later but the same 3'ear, bringing with them her other 
child. This fixes the time of Lemuel Jackson's famih- coming here 
either in the summer or autumn of 1782, and all this is consistent 
with dates of title deeds, and other evidence. Mrs. Marshall's 
statement is so definite that it must be taken as conclusive upon the 
matters to which she refers. As to the date of her escape from 
Bethel, there can be no doubt of the correctness of her statement. 
It was at the time of the Indian raid on Bethel, the date of which 
is as well authenticated as any fact in American Histoid. 

Mr. Marshall and wife whose maiden name was Lucj- Mason, 
daughter of Closes Mason, an earh* settler in Bethel, were living in 
Bethel or .Sudbury, Canada, in August 5th, 1781, two days after 
Segar and Clark had been captured, on a farm on the south side of 
the river some three miles from Bethel Hill towards Middle Interval. 
On the morning or the 5th, Mr. Marshall being absent, his wife was 
informed by a neighbor that there were seven Ilidians on the oppo- 
site side of the river who ha^taken three women captive and who 
said if they (Marshall's family")^vould remain at home they would 
not be molested, but if they should try to escai)e they would cer- 
tainly be put to death as there Avere five hundred Indians m the 
vicinity. From this point Mrs. Marshall has told her own story and 
it is here given in her own words: "At this moment I exclainled, 
Avhat shall I do? 'Hide in the woods' said my informant. AVhile I 
was hastening to the woods with my children, I saw mj- husband 
coming home. I beckoned to him to hasten and on his coming up, 
I hastily related what I had heard. He ran to the house and took 
such provisions as he could readih' seize and tbrow into a sack, and 
then started with his little store and family into the woods. We 
traveled lightly and looked cantiouslj- around, expecting eveiy 
moment to see the face of the Indians, but after a few hours, our 



HISTORY <tK r.vms. 67 

fears i-ousidcrably subsided, und we sat down to rest. I found 
myself verv mucli fatigued, and without niv ordinary dress, for dur- 
ing the morning I had slipped otf my shoes, liaving nothing on 
except a thin skirt and a handkerchief over my shoulders. This 
caused my heart to ache, for we had resolved not to turn back, but 
to pursue our way which lay through the wilderness. After a short 
halt, we set out again, and traveled till dark. We did not dare to 
strike a light for fear of being discovered by the Indians. We sat 
there impatiently waiting the morning of the Gth, when we renewed 
our journey, but much slower than the day previously. During the 
afternoon, we were overtaken by a Mr. Dodge who had been sent 
from Bethel to New Gloucester for help. AVe requested him to 
inform the first inhabitants he met, of our situation, and give him 
the course as nearly as he could, and ask them to meet us. ]Mr. 
Dodge missed his course to Jackson's camp in No. 4, which he 
expected first to reach, and came out at Lieut. Bearce's in Hebron. 
He informed Bearce who immediately set out for Jackson's camp, 
and on his arrival he obtained two men who went with him as far as 
the river in the north part of the township, and there struck up a 
fire and prepared some food, while Mr. Bearce continued in search 
of us. He first found ni}- son David, whom his father had carried 
a short distance ahead, and left on a log. telling him to be quiet, 
while he went back after me. We arrived in a short time at the 
river, took some refreshment, and then proceeded to Jackson's camp 
where we arrived on the 9th of August. AVe remained at this camp 
three or four days, consequently I was the first white woman who 
took lodgings in what is now the town of Paris." 

Mr. Marshall and family continued on to New Gloucester where 
they resided a few months, then went to Miuot and subsequently to 
Hebron where he lived to his decease which took place Nov. 20, 
1828. His wife died August 25. 1824. They were the parents of 
David and Nathan ^larshall formerly well known residents of this 
town and some of whose sons and daughters are still Avith us, and 
of Moses Marshall who lived and died in Hebron. The account of 
their retreat from Bethel was given by her when in the full posses- 
sion of her faculties, and is presumably entirely authentic. Such 
an episode in a person's life is not likely to be forgotten in any of 
its details. It need hardly be stated that the story of their neighbor 
which hastened their escape, was entirely without foundation. The 
Indians had left town as suddenlv as thev came, and in great haste, 



68 HISTORY or PARIS. 

fearing pursuit, so that the danger had passed before Mr. Marshall 
left his house. Still they were liable to return and commit further 
depredations, and Mr. Marshall doubtless thought it tlie part of 
prudence to take his helpless family out of harm's way. 

This statement of Mrs. Marshall preser\'ed by her son, the late 
Moses Marshall, P^sq., of Hebron, is valual)le in that it . settles 
several points lieyond a reasonable doubt. It shows that the Jack- 
sons had a well-known camp in No. 4, in the summer of H-Sl ; that 
there wei'e seA^eral men here, two of whom could l)e spared to go 
and render needed assistance to the Marsliall family. It shows 
farther that no famih' had yet moved here, that none of the wi\es 
of the earl^' settlers had yet l>een here, for she states explicith' that 
she was the first white woman who lodged in No. 1. Doubtless the 
Jacksons, AVillis and Daniels were here looking after their growing 
corn, felling more trees, clearing land, and fitting up camps or log 
houses for the reception of their families the following 3'ear. This 
was in August, and as the evidence is quite conclusive that the first 
white woman settler, came in March, the entire testimony except the 
statement of Elder Hooper, points to March 1782, as the time of 
the advent of Mrs. Willis in this town, and there is no very great 
discrepancy between tiiis idea and Polder Hooper's account. In 
1779, Jackson and Willis bought settling lauds in No. 4, the road 
was recut. and perhaps a piece of trees was felled by 31 r. Daniels ; 
in 1780, the Jacksons felled trees; in 1781, they raised a crop of 
corn and in 1782, moved in with their families, and at last the 
settlement was made permanent. 

Concerning the precise year when other early settlers came it is 
not so easv to determine, nor does it much matter. M:iny of them 
became residents of No. 4, I)efore purchasing tlieir lands, at any 
rate, before receiving their title deeds, consequently, the registry of 
deeds, wliile it shows when thev received the titles to their lands, 
does not indicate when the}' settled upon them. It is cpiite common 
in new settlements for men of moderate means, to pui'chase lands 
and take bonds or obligations for deeds at some future time, when 
they are in a condition to pay for them. It is (piite prol)able that 
such may have been the case in No. 4. Genealogical sketches of 
the early and some of the later settlers will be found inuler their 
proper heading, so that only the merest mention will be made of 
those who were here i)rior to the incorporation, or soon after, and 
in connection with their land titles. 



IIIMOKV OK I'AKIS. 69 

Lemuki. Jackson of MicUUeboro and .John AVillis, \)\jv. 24, 177*J, 
bought of Josiah Capen the rights of Kl»enezor Stearns and David 
Livermore. April 4th, 1781, Lemuel Jackson of Middlel)oro bought 
of Ebeuezer Brown of AValtham, his entire Right. January 11), 

1781, he bouglit of Joshua and David Fuller of Newton, the right 
of Epljraini Burrage. Nov. 22, 17H2, Lemuel Jaekson of No. 4 
bought of Thomas Learned of Watertown, the north half of lot 
number 15-16 in the 7th range. Get. 16, 17^7, he bought of Israel 
Whittemore of Weston, lots 9 and 10 in the 2d range, and double 
lot 19-20 in the 4th range. January 12, 1788, he l)ought of Daniel 
Clark of Newton, lot 7 in the Ist range, and h)t 7 in the 2d. Fel). 
24, 1789, he liought of Thomas Perley of Boxford, the Right of 
Stephen Harris. Fel). 14, 1792, he bought of Nathaniel Stone of 
Watertown, lot number 8 in the 1st range. He also had grants for 
building mills. 

John "Willis in company with his father-in-law Lemuel Jackson, 
bought the Rights of Ebeuezer Stearns and David Livermore. He 
subsequently made other purchases of Jackson. 

Danikl Staples of Turner, bought of Lemuel Jackson, the 
northern half of lots numljer 15 and 16 in the 6th range, Nov. 17, 

1782. He probably moved in the following year. He built the 
house occupied by the late Milo Hathaway. 

Nathan Nelson of No. 4 recently of New Gloucester and form- 
erly of Milford, Mass., bought of Seth Nelson of :Milford, Get. 4, 
1784, double lot No. 17-l.s in the 8th range. 

Nathan Piekce of No. 4, Get. 30, 1784, bought of Alexander 
Shepard, Jr.. lot number 10 in the 9tli range, it l)eing part of the 
' right of Jonathan Williams. 

Asa Perky of No. 4 Itought of William (;oding of Liverton, 
Aug. 4, 1787, lot number 14 in the 7tli range. 

JosiAH Bisoo. the only grantee who came to Paris, drew for his 
Right lots 15-16 in 6th range. 14 in the 6th, and 4 in the 8d. He 
also made purchases of other lots. 

Isaac, Lemuel, Jk.. Levi and John Jackson, purchased lands of 
their father, and of others. 

Barachias Jackson of Bucktown, Dec. 1, 17.S4, bought of Lemuel 
Jackson, the north half of lot numl)er 15 in the 7th range. 

David Andrews of Bakerstown (Poland). Apr. 10. 1784. bought 



70 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of Lemuel Jaek.son lot 21 in the .Sth ; also one-fouith of 10-20 in 
the 7th. 

Timothy Smith of No. 4, formerly of New Gloucester, May Sth, 
1787, bought of Lemuel Jackson. No. 11 in the 1st range. 

Daniel Whitney of Worcester, March 3, 1785. bought of Joshua 
Whitney of same, uumber 2 in the oth range. 

Wm. C. Whitney of Worcester. Apr. 21. 1788. lioughtof Joshua 
Whitney the westerly half of 21-22 in the 5th. 

Ehenezer Nelson of No. 4, bought of Nathan Nelson of same, 
January 17th, 1786, lot 17-18 in the 8tli. 

Isaac Bolster of Shepardsfield (Heliron). bought of Josiali 
Bisco of Watertown, January 20, 1784, lots No. 4 in the 3d range, 
14 in the Gth and the south half of 15- IG in the 6th. On the follow- 
ing day, he bought of Alexander Shei)ard, Jr., number 2 in the 4tli 
range. Ma}' 1, 1784, he bought of same, numljer 1 in the 4tli 
range. May 15, 1784, Isaac Bolster of No. 4. bought of Benj. 
Stowell of Worcester, lots number 6 in the 7th and 8th ranges, and 
lots uumber 8 in the same range. This fixes the date of his removal 
to No. 4, between the 1st and 15th of May, 1784. 

Peter Durell, Jr., of Newton, March 26, 1785. bouglit of his 
father No. 12 in the 3d, 6 in the Gth and 27-28 in the 8th. 

Asa Barrows of No. Yarmouth. l)ought of Samuel Kicluirdson 
of Newton, Oct. 8, 171)2. lot 7 in the 7th range. 

Aiu.iAH AVarren of Worcester, Fel). 7, 1781). bought of Israel 
Whittemore of AVeston, lot number 2^), i-ange not given. 

Abednego Robinson of Stratham, N. H., Dec. 2, 1789, bought 
of Levi Hubbard of No. 4. lot number in the 8th range. 

Reuben Hubbard of Worcester, Apr. ti, 1783, bought of Aaron 
Richardson of Newton, lots numlier 25 and 26 in the 5th range. No. 
8 in the 4th and No. 3 in the 6th. 

Daniel Stowell of Guilford. Vt., May 20. 1783, bought of Benj. 
Stowell of Worcester, one sixty-fourth part of the township being 
one right. Among his lots were No. 5 and 6 in the 2d, and 27-28 
in the 9th. It was conditioned that he should settle upon the land 
and perform the settling duties required by law. Oct. 15, 1787, 
Daniel Stowell of No 4, bought of Alexander Shepard the west 
end of No. 6 in the 3d range. 



HISTOUV 01" PAKIS. 71 

Abner Raavson of Sutton. March 2>i, 17S0. boiight of Roiij. 
Stowell of Worcester, lots 24 iiiul 25 in the oth range. 

Ebenezer Rawson, May 9. 1787. bouuht of Israel Whitteniore of 
Weston, lot 17-18 in the 6th range. 

James Morse of No. 4, Sept. 20, 178.S, bought of Barachias 
Morse of Hopkinton, Mass., lot No. 1 in the .")th range. 

Abi.tah Hall of Hopkinton, Mass., bought of Israel Whitteniore 
of Weston, Sept. 7, 1786, lot No. 4 in the 5th range. 

Jonathan Hall of Hopkinton, Mass., March 19, 1787. bought 
of Alexander Shepard. lot No. 4 in the 6th range. 

Thomas Stevens of Worcester, January 14, 1785, bought of 
Benj. Stowell of same, lot No. 7 in the 6th range, to do settling 
duties, etc. 

Seth Morse of No. 4, bought of Barachias Morse of Hoi)kinton, 
Nov. 9, 1787, one entire right, and including lots number 1 and 2 in 
the 6th range, 17 in the 5th, and 29 in the 5th. 

Jesse Briggs of No. 4, Aug. 31, 1783, ])ought of David Berais of 
Watertown, lot No. 3 in the 7tli range. 

Benj. Hammond of No. 4, formerly of New Gloucester, June 6, 
1787, bought of Josiah Smith of New Gloucester, lot 12 in the 6th 
range. 

Asa Dean of No. 4, (formerly of Taunton,) bought of Lemuel 
Jackson, June 11, 1791, lot No. 12, in the 8th range. 

Malachi Barrows of No. 4, Dec. 21, 1792, bought of Isaac Bol- 
ster, lot No. 8, in the 4th range. Dec. 1, 1792, No. 8, in the 7th. 

James Holmes of Hebron, March 13, 1793, bought of the Pro- 
prietors of Paris, double lot 23-24, in the 7th range. 

Joseph Churchill of No. 4, March 12. 1793, bought of the Pro- 
prietors of Paris, double lot, 27-28. in the 4th range. 

Joel Robinson of Shepardsfield, March 23, 1791, 1)0uglit of Alex- 
ander Shepard, No. 1, in the 2d range. 

John Billings of No. 4, Apr. 20, 1791, bought of Elisha Cum- 
naings of No. 4, May 7, 1792, lot No. 9, in the 8th range. 

Silas Maxim of Middleboro', Mass.. March 23, 1791, bought of 
David Sanger of Watertown, lot No. 8. in the 9th range. 

John Gray of Worcester, Feb. 22, 1789, bought of IsraeMYhit- 
temore of Weston, lot No. 26. 



72 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Elias Chase of Suttou, Apr. 4, 171)1, bought of Christopher 
Grant, Jr., of Watertown, lot 15-16, iu the Sth range. 

RouEKT WiOHTMAN of Westboi'o', January 23, 1786, bought of 
Joshua Whitney of Worcester, No. 7, in the 'Jth range, agreeing to 
build a house and perform the other settling duties prior to the 
December following. 

Elias Stowell of Worcester, bought of Alexander Shepard of 
Newton, January o, 17'S5, Nos. 10 and 11, in the 4th range. 

William Stowell of Worcester, l)ought of Nathaniel Stone of 
Watertown, January 1, 1784, lot 5, in the ."jd range. He was of 
No. 4 in Oetol)er, 17H7, and bought of Alexander Shepard, part of 
6, in the 3d. 

Jairus Shaw and Samcel King of Paris, bought of Leuuiel Jack- 
son, Nov. r.», 17!)3, lots 21 and 22, in the 2d range. 

William Stearns of Paris, (formerly of Waltham,) bought of 
Lemuel Jackson. Ma}- !>, 17i»7, lot 23, in the 3d range. He was of 
Waltham, May 12, 1796. and with Jonathan Bemis, bought lots 23 
24, in the 3d. 

Aaron Fuller of Standish, (formerly of Newton.) Apr. 15,17!»0, 
bought of Aaron Richardson, the northerly half of lot No. llt-20, 
in the 6th range. Apr. 15, 1795, he was of Paris, and on that day 
bought of Lemuel Jackson, the westerh' half of lot No. 19-20, in 
the 7th range. 

Luther Phatt of Paris, Dec. 25, 1793, bought of Lemuel Jack- 
son, lot 17-18, in the 3d range. 

Lazarus Hathaway of ]Middleboro', Nov. 23, 1802, bought of 
Wm. Swan, Jr., lot No. 10, in the 2d range; bought by Swan of 
Lemuel Jackson, .Tune 12, 1790. 

John Woohman of New Gloucester, March 19, 1789, bought of 
Lemuel Jackson, 30 acres from the westerly end of No. 11, in the 
8th range. This man probably never moved into town. 

James Bowker of Paris, blacksmith, Feb. 11, 1796, bought of 
Isaac Jackson, No. 11, in the 9th range. 

Jacob Gurney of Paris, bought of Japhet Washburn of same, 
January 24, 1796, lots No. 6, in the 7th and 6, in the Sth range. 

AiiRAHAM Dean of Hebron, Apr. 24, 1794, bought of Isaac Bol- 
ster, lot No. 6, in the 5th range. 



IIISTOUY OF PARIS. iO 

J08IA11 Smith of New Gloucester, bought of Joshua licssec. 
March 20, 1795, sixty-two acres, beginning at tlic easterly corner 
of lot No. 11, in the Gth range. 

Lemuel Perham of No. 4, (formerly of Upton,) bought of Jacob 
Gurney of No. 4, March 26, 179.3, one-half of lot No. 15 in the 
; 5th range. He subsequently bought the other half. 

Barzillai Dwelley of No. 4, bought of Daniel Stowell of same, 
Dec. 12, 1792, the easterly end of No. o, in the (Ith range. 

Joseph Swift of No. 4, January 29, 1793, bought of Giles Sluirt- 
-^ lertof Dunstable, N. H., No. 12, in the lirst range. 

Timothy Smith of No. 4, May -s, 17S7. bought of Lemuel Jack- 
son, No. 11, in the 5th range. 

Lemuel and Joseph Holmes of Paris, formerly of I'lynioutli. 
bought of Daniel Clark of Newton, May 5, 1794, lot No. 13, in the 
first range. Oct. 11, 1794, they bought of Wm. C* Whitney, No. 
14, in the first range. 

Solomon Jordan of Paris, bought of Nathaniel Bemis of Water- 
town, Feb. 11, 1797, No. 19, in the 8th range. 

John G. Crawford of Worcester, bought of Henry Prentice, 
April 4, 1801, land described by metes and bounds, probably in the 
northeast part of the town. 

Calep. Prentice, trader, of Gorham, Me., bought of Daniel Stow- 
ell of Paris, half an acre of No. 0, in the ;5d range, "situated one 
and one-half rods north of said Stowell's Potash." In 1804, he 
bought of Asa Sturtefant, No. G, in the 9th range. 
^ Joseph Haven of the "District of Dover," bought of Alexander 
Shepard of Newton, March 19, 1787, lots 4, in the 4th range, and 
13, in the 2d. This man never lived in Paris. He was a relative of 
the Halls and subsequently sold the first named lot to Jonathan Hall. 

Samuel Stephens of Plymouth, bought of Lemuel Perham, Apr. 
3d, 1798, lot No. 15, in the fifth range, known as the "Center lot." 

Eleazer Cole of Paris, (formerly of Bridgewater,) Feb. 10, 
1798. bought of Lemuel Jackson one-half of lot No. 10, in the 1st 
range : his son Calvin had previously bought the other half of 
the lot. 

Daniel Fohes of Bridgewater, bought of Kphraim Field of Paris, 
June IG, 1802, land purchased of Reuben Hubbard, being No. 8, in 
the 4th rano;e. 



74 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Seth Carpenter of Sutton, bought of Biivuabas Jackson, Ma^' 
27, 1793, lot No. 15-16, in the 7th range. 

Elias Partridge of Franklin, Apr. 2, 171)3, bought of Daniel 
Clark of Newton, the south half of lots 19 and 20, in the 1st range. 

Uriah Ripley of Paris. Apr. 2, 1795, bought of Jacob Gurney 
part of lot No. 15-1 G, in the 7th range. 

Caleb Cushman, of Hebron in 1792, of Paris, Feb. 4, 1794, 
bought of the Proprietors of Paris, parts of No. 29, in the 2d range 
and 17-1'S in the 7th. 

Jonathan Bemis of Paris, bought of David Sanger of Watertown, 
June 30, 1796, Nos. 19 and 20, in the 3d range. 

Sylvanus Robbins of Paris, bought of James Stinchfield of New 
Gloucester, Aug. 8, 1794, lot No. 25, in the 8th Range. 

Jonathan Shurtleff of Paris, bought of David Stone of Water- 
town, Feb. 10, 1796, lot No. 5, in the 5th range. 

Barnabee and William Faunce of Paris, liought of Sylvanus 
Robbins of same, Aug. 8, 1794, No. 25, in the Sth range. 

Jacob Twitchell of Paris, bought of Job Cushman of Hebron, 
Sept. 16, 1794, one-half of lots 9 and 10, in the 5th range. 

Abi.tah Paine of Paris, bought of Jonathan Bemis, Feb. 11, 1796, 
lots 21 and 22, in the 5th range. 

Job French of Paris, (formerly of Taunton,) 1)ought of Jona- 
than Bemis, March 9, 1798. the easterly half of lots 21 and 22, in 
the Sth range. 

Abner Benson, laborer, of Paris, bought of Jacob Gurney, Feb^ 
5, 1800, one-half of lot 5 in the 8th range. 

Peter Chase of Sutton bought of Abijah Paine of Sumner, 
March 6. 1799, part of 21 in the 7th. 

Eleazer Dunham of Paris, Dec. 11, 1799, bought of Lemuel 
Jackson, parts of 23 and 24 in the 4th range. 

Ben.i. Cooper of Plymouth, bought of Solomon Jordan, Dec, 8 
1800, lot No. 13 in the 8th range. 

Jonathan Cummings, Jr., of Sutton, Sept. 7, 1802, bought of 
Isaac Jackson, lots 13 in the 5th range, and 13 in the 6th. 

Wm. Bent of Paris, May 8, 1798, bought of Samuel Parris of 
Hebron, land in Paris described by metes and bounds. 



HISTOKV OK PARIS. <0 

Bartholomew Cushmax of Paris, bought of Job Cushman of 
Hebron, Ma}- 30, 1800, part of No, 1 in tlie 3d range. 

Jonx Caldwkll of Hebron, Sept. 5, 1793. bought of Philip 
Donohue of Paris, lot No. 3 in the 3d range. Donohue's deed, if 
he had one, is not on record. 

David DroLEv of Hebron (formerly of Sudburv) bought of 
Joseph Haven of the "District of Dover," Feb. (i. 1703. lot No. 13 
in the 2d range. 

Caleb Fuller of Paris, Feb. 10, 1795, bought of Benj. Stowell 
of Worcester, lot No. 21 in the 6th range. 

Hector Fuller, ''negro man." sold to Sylvanus Robbius. Aug. 
28, 1.799, the northerly end of lot 18 in the 3d range. March 8. 
1801, he sold to Abner Rawson, the easterly half of lot No. .5 in 
the 8th. No record can be found of Fuller's titles, and he prol)al)ly 
carelessly omitted to have them recorded. 

Ephraim Rowe of Paris, bought of his brother-in-law. Isaiah 
Willis, January 4, 1805, lot 25-26 in the 5th range. Willis was 
collector and the land was sold for taxes. 

Thomas F. Chase of Sutton, bought of Levi Jackson of Paris, 
Sept. 3, 1800, No. 12 in the 4th range. This lot he subsequently 
sold to Daniel Hauey who in 1804, redeeded it back to Chase. 

Daxiel Haxey of Gray, Apr. 27. 1804. bought of Thomas F. 
Chase of Paris, lot No. 12 in the 4th range. Haney soon after 
returned to Gray. 

SoLOMOX Bryaxt of Paris bought of Lemuel Jackson. Oct. 25, 
1800, part of 8 in the 3d range, on the easterly side of the mill 
pond- In the deed. Bryant is called "housewright ;" he sold this 
land the following year to Rowse Bisbee. 

Job Lurvey of Paris, formerly of New Gloucester, January 17. 
1798, bought of Stephen Robinson of Paris, lot No. 29 in the 6th 
range, and part of (100 acres) 27-28 in the 6th. 

David Bryaxt of Paris, May 20, 1803, bought of Joel Rol>inson, 
one-half of lot No. 1 in the 8th range. 

IcHABOD Bryaxt, May 20, 1803, bought, of Joel Robinson, one- 
half of lot No. 1 in the 8th. 

Wm. AYalker of Worcester, Blacksmith, June 14. 1800. bought 
of Barnabee Faunce of Paris, the southerly half of lot No. 25 in 
the 8ih. 



76 HISTORY OK TARIS. 

Daniel Shaw of Paris, Sept. 11, 1799, bought of Benj. Stowell,. 
No. 22 in the 6th range. 

Solomon Shaw, Bridgewater, Aug. 15, 1795, bought of Jacob 
Gurney, the southerly half of No. 6 in the 7th range, and of G in 
the -Sth. 

Jeremiah Kolfe, Bnekfield, bought of Stephen Ixobinson, Apr. 
2, 1799. No. 29 in the 7th range. 

Caleb Bryant of Plymouth, Sept. 15, 1800, bought of Sylvanuf^ 
Kobbins, lot No. 26 in the 8th range. 

Moses Buck of Paris, bought of Jonathan Beniis, June 1, 1798, 
lot 19-20 in the 3d range. 

Josiah Bartlett, Jr., Nor\vay. Januaiy 9, 1798, bought of 
Bartlett Holmes of Hebron, lot No. 29, in the 1st range. 

Moses Twitchell of Paris, bought of Levi Hubbard, Dec. 24, 
1804, the easterly half of lot No. ] 1 in the 4th range. 

John Daniels, January 18, 1783. bought of Lemuel Jackson, lot 
No. 10 in the 6th range. 

Ebenezer Hltc'Hinson of Walton's Plantation, (east purt of 
Woodstock), bought of Stephen Robinson, Apr. 2, 1799, the 
southerly part of lot 27-28 in -the 6th range. This man built the 
mills in the northeast part of the town, and subsequently moved to 
Ohio. 

Ephkaim Field of Bridgewater. June 4, 1 794, bought of Luke Bemis 
of Watertown, No. 19-20 in the 2d range.. January 28th, 1795, 
he bought of Wm. and Josiah Brown of Boston, lot No. 15-16 iu 
the 4th, and March 7. 1796, he bouglit of P*'iib,.ii Hubbard, lot No. 
8 in the 4th. 

James Brook, Tailor, Hebron. Oct. 15, 1789, bought of Israel 
Whittemore of Weston, lot No. 14 in the 2d range. This man's 
name in the town records, is variously spelled, •■Broke," ''Lebroke," 
'-Le Brook' and "Brook." The earliest and best authenticated 
orthography, is "Le Brook." In 1784, James Le Brook of Pem- 
l)roke. Mass., bought of Alexander Shepard, Jr., a lot of land in 
Hebron. For some reason, no deed was given of the land at the 
time, and in 1791. after the death of Shepard, a deed of the land 
was given '-Le Brook," by his executor. 

George Berry bought of Samuel Briggs of Sumner, in 1810, the 
northerly half of lot 27-28 in the 2d range. In 1811. Berry sold to 



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77 



Diiuiel Ciimmiiigs of Norway, and two years later Ciimniings sold 
it to Levi Berry, who settled upon it and lived there many years. 
Briggs sold the southerly half of this lot to John Robinson in ISO."}. 
Levi Berry sold that pai-t of the northerly half lying south of the 
river, to Alexander Hill, in isi'.i. 

Tii.OKN Bartlett. in 1805, bought of .loliii Willis, lot No. "i.^ in 
the 1st range, and settled upon it. 

Wm. Bkrkv about 1810. bought No. 27-2^ in the .'id range, and 
spent his life there. He sold a part to Foxwell Swan, and Swan a 
part of his to Elijah Swan. 

In the list of more than one hundred purchasers of real estate, 
are doubtless the names of manv who did not settle upon the lands 
tliey bought. Indeed some of the lots changed hands several times 
before they w^ere settled, and in quite a number of cases the same 
lands were sold to different parties, to be accounted for probaljly in 
the fact that the first purchasers failed to pay. It was not intended 
by this list to locate the early settlers : that will l)e done in another 
place. This list is made merely to show who the early real estate 
owners in Paris were, when tliey first purchased as appears of record, 
and their place of residence at tiie time. Doubtless a few ettrly 
purchasers neglected to have their 'deeds put upon record which 
accounts for the fiict that some persons sold lands where no otlier 
evidence can be found that they ever owned them. Only such per- 
sons are contained in this list whose deeds are recorded in the Cum- 
berland county records. The Registry in Oxford county was 
established in ISOG. Possibly some of the old deeds niay be found 
recorded in the Oxford Conntv Registry. 




78 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTEll XIV. 

"town of I'ARIS." 

Act of Incorporation. — Wai-rant for the First Toicn Meeting. — The 

Return. — The Meetinrj and its Doings. — Subsequent meetings of 

(he year. 

•'Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. 

An Act to incorporate the inhabitants of a plantation li^nown by the name 
of Xo. 4, into a town bj^ tlie name of Paris. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General 
( ourt assembled, and by the authority of the same, that plantation known 
Ijy tlie name of Xo. 4, in the county of Cumberland, boimded on all the 
parts by the Commonwealtli's land, as follows, viz. : Beginning at a hem- 
lock tree two hundred and fifty-two eliains from tlie south corner of 
Sylvester Canada, thence nortli fourteen degrees Avest, seven hundred and 
seventy-seven chains to a stake and stones, thence south sixty-eight 
degrees and tliirty minutes west, three liundred and sixty chains to a stake 
and stones, thence south fourteen degrees east seven hundred and seventy- 
seven chains to a stake and stones ; thence north sixty-eight degrees and 
thirty minutes east three hundred and eight chains to tlie hemlock tree first 
mentioned, with the inhabitants thereon, Ije and hereby is incorporated into 
a town l)y the name of Paris, with all the powers, privileges and immuni- 
ties that towns within this commonwealth do or may enjoy. And be it 
enacted by the authority aforesaid tliat Isaac Parsons, Esquire, be and 
hereby is empowered to issue his warrant directed to some principal 
inhabitant of said town, qualified as tlie laAV directs, to assemble and meet 
at some suitable time and place in said town, and choose such officer or 
ofticers as towns by law are em^jowered to clioose at their annual meeting 
in the month of ]March or April. 

In the House of Representatives 1 
June 19, 1793. j" 

This bill liaviiig three several readings, passed to be enacted. 

Wm. Tudor, Speaker pro tern. 

Passed the Senate and approved June "20, 1793. 

Copy, • Attest: W. Warren, C. H. R.*' 

Warrant. 

Cumberland ss.— To Jonathan Hall of the Plantation formerly called 
Xo. 4, in the county of Cumberland and Conmiouwealtli of Massachusetts, 
now incorporated into a town by the name of Paris, and one of the prin- 
cipal Inhabitants of said town. Greeting : 

Vou are hereby required in the name of the Common\\ealth aforesaid, to 
notifv and warn all the inhabitants of Paris aforesaid, qualified as the law 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 79 

(liroctfi. to meet and assemble together at the liouse of IJeuben Ihihhnrd in 
said Paris, on Tuesday' the sixteenth day of tliis instant July, at nine of 
the eloek in the forenoon, to aet on the following articles, viz. : 
First. To ehoose a moderator for said meeting. 
Seeond. To choose a clerk for said town. 

Third. To choose all other town officers required by law for towns to 
choose at their annual meeting in the month of March or April. 

Given under my hand and seal at Xew Gloucester the second day of 
July, in the j-ear of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 
ninetj'-three. 

(Justice of the Peace for the county 
of Cumber J fimh (tnd pursrtant to 
au (ict of (lie (reneral Court. 

Ketikx. 

Pursuant to the foregoing warrant to me directed, I have notified and 
warned all the inhabitants of said town to meet and assemble together, 
at the time and place and for the purposes mentioned in the foregoing- 
warrant. Jonathan Halt. 

I'arix. -Julij 10. 17!>S. 

The First Toavn Meeting. 
At a meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town 
of Paris, regTilarly assembled at the dwelling house of Mr. Reul)en 
Hubbard of said town, on the sixteenth day of July 179;3. to act on 
the articles set forth in the warrant for calling said meeting, the meet- 
ing being opened, they made choice of Mr. Lemuel Jackson for 
^Moderator, and made choice of the following persons for town otti- 
cers, viz. : 

Josiah P>isco for town clerk, who was duly sworn l:»y the mod- 
erator. 

Messrs. Isaac Bolster. ^ 

Lemuel Jackson, |- Selectmen. 
Nathan Nelson, j 

Messrs. Josiah Bisco. "1 

John Bessee. V Asses^om. 
John "Willis, j 

Mr. Daniel Stowell. town treasurer. 

Then the town voted to let out the collection of taxes at vendue, 
to the lowest bidder, and being put up were struck off to Mr. John 
Daniels for three pence half penny upon the pound, he being the 
lowest bidder. 

^'oted to choose nine surveyors of highways and made choice of 
Robert Wiiihtman. Abijah Hall, Stephen Robertson, Thomas 



80 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Stevens, Nicholas Chesley, Lemuel Jackson, Merodach B. Smith, 
Elias Chase and Levi Hubbard. 

Surveyor of lumber, Solomon Bryant. 

Surveyor of shingles and clapboards, Merodach B. Smith. 

Fence viewers, Thomas Stevens and Caleb Cushman. 

Tythingmen. Jonathan Hall, Nathaniel Haskell, Wm. Swan, 
Benj. Hammond and Seth Carpenter. 

Sealer of Leather. Daniel Stowell. 

Deer Eeeve, Benj. Hammond. 

Hogrecves. Phillip Donohue, John Daniels. Samuel Durell and 
Henry Hill. 

Field Driver. Daniel Wliitney. 

School Committee. Isaac Bolster. Aimer Shaw. John Willis. Seth 
Carpenter and Merodach B. Smith. 

Constable, John Daniels. 

A tine Record. Josiaii Bisco. Clerk. 

The next meeting was held at the dwelling house of Lemuel Jack- 
son, on tlie 21st day of October. Lemuel Jackson presided and it 
was voted to raise thirty pounds for the support of preaching, 
fifty pounds for the support of schools, one hundred pounds for the 
repair of highways and ten pounds for defraying town charges. 

At a meeting at the same place, on the 18th of November, the 
town voted not to send a representative or delegate to sit in a con- 
vention in Portland, to consider the subject of separation from 
Massachusetts. It was voted to accept the road and school dis- 
tricts, agreeably to tlie report of the selectmen, and that each school 
district should have tlie benefit of the money raised in it for the 
support of schools ; also that each district should l)uild a school- 
house or otherwise provide a place for keeping the school. It was 
voted not to assess the money raised for the support of preaching 
until the next annual meeting. 




HISTORY OF PARIS. Hi 

CHAPTER XV. 

UESCRirXIOX OF PARIS. 

Its Metes and Botinds. — CJitUKjes in Its Lines. — Its Hills, Streants 
and Ponds. — Its Geology and JIineralog>/ — Its Flora and Fauna, 
and its Agricultural Capacities. 

The town of Paris as originally laid out. was scvimi lumdrod and 
seventy-seven chains of four rods in length, by three hundred and 
sixty chains in In-eadtli. In the act of incorporation, there is a 
manifest error which gives the southerly line on Hebron and Oxford 
lines only three hundred and eight chains. According to this 
measurement, the town is four and one-half miles wide l)v nine and 
three-fourths long, (a small fraction omitted) and contains a little 
short of fortj'-four square miles. But the allowance for the ''swag" 
of the chain is not probably all included in the above, nor the allow- 
ance for ponds and rivers, and the dimensions of the town are 
probabi}' considerably larger than thev are here given. In iact, the 
evidence goes to show that this tract was laid out for two townshii)s 
in the first instance, but trouble arising about the division. No. 4 
proprietors bought out the other parties who located elsewhere. 
Changes have been made in the lines on each side of the town since 
the tract was first surveyed. In some instances land has been set 
off and in othei'S added, but on the whole. I'aris has more tlian licld 
her own. In 1817, lots one in the eighth range and one in the ninth 
were set off to Hebron. In 1825, the estates of John Gray, Jr., 
and John Starbird, being lots numbered six and seven in the east 
part of Woodstock, according to Smith's survey, were set otf to 
Paris. In 1838, the westerly half of lot number one in the first 
range, was set oflE" from Paris and annexed to Oxford. In 1841, 
lots number twenty-nine in the second, and twenty-nine in the third 
range, were set off from Paris and 'annexed to Woodstock. In 
1828, Benj. Woodbury, Asa Thayer, Caleb Cnshman, Jr., Bela 
Farrar and Ziba Thayer, with their estates, were set off from Buck- 
field and annexed to Paris This set-on included five lots of land 
and the road leading from America Thayer's to Sumner line. In 
1859, lots numbered six, seven and eight in the first range, were set 
off from Paris and annexed to Norway. In 180 1, all that part of 
lots nnmbered six, seven and eight in the westerly range of lots 
belonging to Paris before the set off' in 1859. which lay easterly and 

G 



82 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

southerh' of the following described Hue, were taken from Norway 
and reannexed to Paris : ''beginning in the northerly line of said 
lot number eight, and at the center of the old Rumford road, so 
called ; thence following said center southerly till it intersects the 
road from South Paris to Norwa}' ; thence in a straight line through 
the agricultural grounds to the southeast corner thereof ; thence in a 
straight line to the northeasterly corner of Titus O. Brown's home- 
stead farm, so called ; thence to the easterly line of his said farm to 
the Little Androscoggin river, and thence by said river westerly to 
the original line between Paris and Norway." By an act approved 
March 9, 1880, the estate of Caleb Fuller was set otf from Wood- 
stock and annexed to Paris. This was part of the two lots, number 
twenty-nine in the second range and twenty-nine in the tliird taken 
from Paris in 1841. 

Paris is bounded north by Woodstock, east by Hebron. Buckheld. 
and Sumner, south by Hebron and Oxford, and west by Oxford, 
Norway and Greenwood. Paris abounds in steep hills and the sur- 
face is generally very uneven. There are no high mountains, and 
in fact no elevation that hardly deserves the name of mountain 
within its limits. Streaked mountain near the southeast corner, is 
in Hebron and Bucktield, though a small portion of its western 
slope and foot-hills are in Paris. No. 4 Hill near the southeast 
corner of the town and westerly from Streaked mountain, was 
formerly all in Paris and named from the Plantation or Grant, but 
its southerly side was set otf into Heljron in 1817. Northwest of 
this is "Singepole," and near this is another consideral)le elevation 
without name. Along or near the eastern border are Crocker's Hill, 
Ones Hill and the Spruce Hills, while along through the center of the 
town from North to South, are Jump otf Hill, Stearns Hill and Paris 
Hill. Blount Mica with its rare minerals is easterly from Paris 
Hill. Berry's Ledge which was once called "Old Bluff" is on the 
northern border next to Woodstock, and west of that is another 
cropping out of the same ledge which was once called The 
"Belfry." This was set otf into Woodstock in 1841, but was set 
back in 1880. Then near West Paris is Robinson's Hill, and east 
of High street is a considerable Hill without name. Cobble Hill, so 
called from the early settlement of the town, is near the westerh* 
side of the town near the northeast part of Norway. Besides those 
mentioned, there are two hills west of the North Paris mineral 
spring, and various others of lesser note scattered through the town, 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 83 

that never have received specific iKiiues. Of course, where there 
are so many hills there must be corresponding- valleys, and as might 
be expected, most of the roads in town lead ■•u[) hill and down 
hill," and are hard to liuild and expensive to keep in repair. 

The Little Androscoggin is the only river in town, and this of 
small size. To this all the small streams in town except at the 
extreme southerly part, are tributary. The "Little Amariscoggin" 
was so called quite earlv for it is named in connection with the con- 
firmation of the grant to Joshua Fuller and others in 1772. Its 
head-waters are the Bryant Pond in AYoodstock and Twitchell, 
Sheepskin, Oversett and other small ponds in Greenwood. It 
enters Paris from Greenwood near the northwest corner of the town, 
and fiowiug southeasterly it approaches nearest to the center of the 
town from east to west, when at or near Snow's Falls. Then it 
curves gradually to the west and passes into Oxford about two miles 
from the southwest corner of Paris. After passing into Oxford and 
running about a mile, it makes a sharp curve and again enters Paris, 
l)nt reenters Oxford as abruptly as it leaves it. Its first important 
tributary after entering Paris is the East Branch, which comes down 
from Woodstock and unites with the west liranch or river below 
West^aris. Farther down it receives the brook from High street 
and next the outlet of Moose Pond from North Paris. Below Bisco's 
Falls, it receives Stone's and Smith's brooks, 'and at South Paris, 
Stony brook, which is its last tributary received in Paris. Below 
South Paris, where the Androscoggin is the boundary between the 
two towns, the river receives from the Norway side an important 
tributary, the ontlet of the great pond In Norway. There are sev- 
eral falls on the river and its tributaries which have been utilized, 
and which will be more particularly described in another place. On 
the main river are water privileges above, and at West Paris, at 
Snow's and Bisco's Falls, at Jackson's and at South Paris. The 
mills at North Paris are on the Moose Pond branch. The falls on 
Stony Brook, near South Paris, w^ere the first utilized and here 
Lemuel Jackson built the first saw and grist mills in town. The bed 
of the Little Androscoggin made it possible for a railroad to be con- 
structed through the town. The Grand Trunk road enters Paris 
from the south, near where the river goes out, and crossing it below- 
South Paris, it follows its curve all the w^ay to the northwest corner 
of the town, going out into Greenwood through the channel worn 
out bv the river on its wav into Paris. For ages, had this little 



84 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

stream onee much larger and probably marking the course of a 
large arctic river, been lowering its channel, making cuts through 
the hills and filling up the valle3-s and preparing the way for this 
gi'eat international thoroughfare of travel and traffic. There is in 
town a number of gravelly ridges formed by glacial or Karae rivers. 
The waters of the upper Androscoggin lake region once united in 
one grand stream which flowed froui Lake Welokennebacook south- 
ward through a very low pass and down the valley of Black Brook 
and Ellis River. From Rumford Point, the course of the Kame is 
up the vallev of the West branch of the Concord River, thence 
through a part of Bethel, and through a low pass in Woodstock to 
Brvants Pond.* The Kame through Bethel and through a part of 
Woodstock has been called the "Whale's Back" for a hundred years. 
It passes down the Little Androscoggin, enters the town at the 
northwest corner passes through it, and keeping straight on south- 
wardly passes through Poland, New Gloucester and Graj'. at the 
latter point forming a series of reticulated Kame-plains. In its pas- 
sage through Paris, it does not have that regularity of form that it 
does farther toward the north, being frequently broken and divergent 
from a right line, yet sufficiently well defined for the practiced eye 
to trace it. 

The only i)onds, are Moose Pond near North Paris, and Hall's 
near the southeast part of the town. The former is the larger, and 
besides receiving a supply from the watersheds formed b}' the hills 
in the vicinitv, it has an inlet which rises in the Spruce Hills on the 
east line of the town, and which before reaching the pond, unites 
with one from Sumner and another from Woodstock. The water- 
shed formed by No. 4 Hill, Singepole and the hill north of it, sup- 
plies Hall's Pond, and its surplus waters flow southerly into Oxford. 
Near North Paris, is a chalibeate spring having a stiong sulphurous 
taste and smell, and whose waters are quite popular with some for 
their supposed medicinal (qualities. 

The Geology and INIineralogy of Paris are much the same as those 
of the entire region of northern Maine west of Penobscot river. 
The rocks are the primary' or azoic series above which tlie other 
series are wanting till we arrive at the tertiary clay, dihnium and 
alluvium. Some coarse limestone may be found upon the hillsides 
alternating in strata with gneiss. Granite is alnnidant both as a l>ed 
rock and in the form of boulders ; some of it is suitaltle for rifting 

*rn)f. stoiR'V '■Kanieti of Maine." 



IIISTOKY OF PARIS. 85 

and cutting for building purposes, Init the great proportion of it is 
not. Dr. Jackson thus describes the geologj' of Streaked mountain : 
'•It is composed of a coarse variety of granite which has burst 
through tlie surrounding gneiss that recline upon its sides, and form 
a large proportion of its mass. The granite appears in huge veins 
which run east-north-east and west-south-Avest. The gneiss alter- 
nates with granular limestone suitable for agricultural purposes. 
The granite veins are rich in large and lieautiful crystals of l»eryl, 
black tourmaline and large plates of mica : common garnets also 
abound, and quartz cr^'stals line cavities in the rock. It Avill be 
observed by the geologist Avho may visit tliis mountain, that the 
strata of gneiss have evidentl}- been forced up by a sudden and vio- 
lent eruption of the granite ; for not only are the strata turned up 
and contorte<l, but fragments of gneiss have been torn ort" l)y the 
intruding rock, and are seen imbedded in its mass. The strata also 
recline upon the granite through which passes the anticlinical axis 
of the strata." He thus speaks of the mountain itself: '\Streaked 
mountain is an important landmark for the country around, owing to 
its commanding situation. From its summit a most interesting 
panoramic view may be seen of the towns, lakes and mountains 
around, and it has justly become a place of resoi't on account of its 
picturesque scenery." He found the height of the mountain to be 
925 feet above Paris Hill and 1756 above highwater at Portland. 
This gives Paris Hill a height of 831 feet above the sea level. He 
found the bearings of several points from the top of Streaked moun- 
tain to be as follows : Pleasant Mountain in Denmark, nortli i)eak 
south 65 degrees west : southern peak, south 60 degrees west and 
the central peak, south 64 degrees west. Kearsarge Mountain in 
New IIanii)shire. south 82 degrees west ; Paris church, north 68 
degrees west ; center of Norway village, south 77 degi-ees west ; 
Hebron Peak, south 30 degrees east; Singepole Hill, south 54 
degrees west : Norway pond was found to be two degrees and fifteen 
minutes below the horizontal line from the mountain. Bog iron ore 
exists in town : Dr. Jackson speaks of finding it on the estate of 
Dea. Porter near Greenwood, but not in sulHcient abundance to sup- 
plv a furnace. There is a tradition that bog iron ore taken from 
Ripley's hill, was taken to Boston on horseback, there smelted and a 
set of harrow teeth made from the proceeds, but this needs authenti- 
cation. The rare and valuable group of minerals found at Mount 
Mica bv Elijah L. Hamlin, have a reputation among mineralogists 



86 HISTORY. OF TARTS. 

the world over. Dr. Jackson speaks of them as ''plates of crystal 
mica from six to ten inches square, beryl of various shades of green, 
limpid and smoky quartz, lilack, green, blue and red tourmaline, 
-rose quartz, feldspar, garnets, &e." Dr. Jackson was able to 
obtain a set of these minei'als for the State cabinet. Speaking of 
these rare tourmalines in a later report, Dr. Jackson said: '"Thej^ 
are green tourmaline, of a rich pistachio, olive and emerald green 
•color, frequently transparent, and equalling the em?rald in be>auty." 
Since that time, many of these stones have been cut and are used 
for ornamental purposes. The Mount Mica tourmalines are in many 
respects unique, as admitted by all good judges. Besides these 
remarkable stones, the deposit has yielded many other minerals, 
some of which are interesting and rare. Among them may be men- 
tioned Cassiterite, Amblygonite, Lepidolite, Clevelandite, Spodu- 
mene. Zircon, Brookite, Cooksite, Beryl, Lencopysite, Garnet. 
Apatite, Smoky and Rose quartz, and other minerals of lesser note. 
Dr. Jackson also described a consideral)le deposit of the black 
oxide of manganese which Ik found near Abiathar Tuell's place. 
One more extract from this same report is of interest: "As we 
descend from Paris Hill, we come to a small stream on which there 
is a saw mill. At the level with its waters, the l)arometer stood 
(Sept. 20), 29. ST; temperature 65. Ascending from this point to 
the summit of a hill over which the I'oad crosses, barometer stood 
fit 29.351, temperature 69 ; this indicated the rise of the hill above 
the stream to be 560 feet. Paris Hill is seen to the southeast nearly 
on a level with this place. Aliove it to the eastward is Streaked 
mountain, and further to the left, the mountains of Hebron. 
Speckled mountain in Peru, presents its lofty and abrupt escarp- 
ment to the north, northeast. Indeed, the whole landscape to the 
eastward is truly magnificent, composed of heaving masses of lofty 
mountains of granite, with richly wooded valleys, and here and there 
scattering houses relieve the wilduess of the scene." 

The Flora of Paris presents no points of special interest. The 
original growth was composed largely of hard wood of the various 
kinds usually found in this latitude. The beech, yellow birch and 
the sugar maple, were always conspicuous among forest trees, the 
white ash upon the hills and the yellow and lirown ash and the elm 
in the lowlands. Along the Androscoggin, the white pine grew 
luxuriantly and also the white maple and fir, while in some localities 
jipon the iiigli hills, the spruce and hemlock predominated. Among 




Mount ^Ika anu Stiikakkd Molniain. 



IlISTOKY 01" PARIS. 87 

the smaller *>rowtlis. were found the alder, the wild jtear and elierry. 
the white bireh. poplar, moosewood, dogwood, and upon the sunny 
slopes, the sumach. The Amerieau linden or baswood was a valua- 
ble forest tree, and in the swamps was found the fragrant white 
cedar. The long list of noxious weeds so damaging to the farmer, 
was unknown to the early settlers, except so far as they had ol)tained 
knowledge of them before coining here. INIany of them have found 
their wav across the sea, from the old country, since Paris was 
settled. Here in the spring time, blossomed the lienjamin, both the 
white and^ scarlet varieties, the .Solomon's seal, the Sanguinaria. and 
scores of other indigenous plants which for ages, had '-wasted their 
sweetness on the desert air;" around the ponds and along the l)Ot- 
tom lauds of the river, blossomed in beauty, the I'hodora, the hard- 
hack and the laurel. The flowering shrubs were the wild pear, wild 
cherry, the dogwood, the wickopy, the mountain ash and the elder. 
All along the Androscoggin, in early spring, the scarlet blossoms of 
the white maple were conspicuous, while the curious fronds of the 
many varieties of fern then as now, found their way out of the cold, 
damp earth, in a most mysterious manner. Braml)les then grew in 
open glades, and in their season blossomed and bore delicious rasp- 
lierries and blackberries which bird and beast appropriated ; the 
mild eyed violet looked up from its lowly bed by the stream, and 
even the wild strawberry was growing, blossoming and l)earing its 
fruit here, with all the others, long before the advent of man. The 
fireweed too, must have been indigenous here, for it readily sprang 
up on the margin of every burnt piece, and the growing croi) was, 
ere long enclosed in a border of pinky bloom. 8iich was tlie flora 
of Paris when a committee of the grantees first came to this region 
in 1771 for the purpose of locating a township for settlement. It is 
doubtful however, if their attention was as much directed to these 
forms of beauty, as to the strength and richness of the soil as indi- 
cated by the luxuriant growth of the trees, the size of the streams 
and their capacity for propelling machinery, and the outlook gener- 
ally for a good agricultural town. And a uoljle primeval forest 
growth doubtless covered the entire township at the time. All the 
evidence which has come down to us, goes to show that the view of 
this region from the top of Streaked mountain, as Josiah Bisco and 
his party saw it in 1772, was grand and beautiful. The density of 
the forest hid the inequalities of the laud, and on that leafy June 
day, the explorers might well think themselves looking down upon 
an emerald sea. 



88 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

All accounts agree that wild animals were very plenty here before 
the settlers came to disturb them ; this was a favorite hunting ground 
for the Indians, and later for the settlers in the border towns. Here 
Snow had a camp and hunted with his companion, Stiachfield, and 
it was near Snow's Falls that he met his tragic death at the hands 
of the enraged Indians whose chief he had slain. Moose and deer 
were plenty and also bears and wolves. Of fur-bearing animals, 
foxes and sable were found in the woods, and mink, otter and lieaver 
around the ponds and on the river and larger brooks. The most 
formidable wild animal was the American panthei", but fortunateh' 
they were onlv occasionally met with. After the settlers came, one 
of these animals chased a man named Macomber from the north 
part of AVoodstock to Paris, and was seen prowling around the 
house where his intended victim had taken refuge. Then there were 
wild cats, loupcerviers, raccoons, aud several varieties of the squirrel, 
including the black, gray, red and striped, or chipmunk. Partridges 
Avere in plenty and easily secured, as they were but little acquainted 
with man and his wicked ways. Ducks were also abundant in the 
ponds, aud pigeons in their season. Trout could l)e taken from the 
brooks at an}' time with the proper appliances. The memory of the 
writer goes back to the time, fifty 3'ears ago, when speckled beauties 
weighing from one to two pounds, were quite abundant at the "rips" 
and in the "'deep holes" of the Little Androscoggin at West Paris, 
and the patient angler with baited hook, i"arely went home disap- 
pointed. Fly-fishing was then unknown in that region. The Ham- 
monds had hunted here before they came to settle, and probabh' 
others whose names in this connection, have not come down to us. 
Many of the early settlers were experienced and expert woodsmen, 
and as the settlement grew and the surrounding towns became dotted 
with clearings, as their foes increased, the larger game retired before 
the advancing civilization to the northern wildernc^ss in the lake 
region, and hunting as a business in the settled towns became profit- 
less and was aV)an(loned except bv the thriftless. 

From what has been said of the character of the rocks, it will be 
readily understood that Paris has a granitic soil. In other words, 
that the basis of the soil was formed by the disintegration of granite 
and that the constituents of the granite which are quartz, feldspar 
and mica, form the bulk of the soil. Lime has been spoken of as 
existing in connection with gneiss, and small quantities of lime will 
be found mixed with the other constituents. This soil had been 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 89 

"gathering fertility from tlie repose of ages," and eveiy year's crop 
of forest leaves which had drawn nutrition largely from the atmos- 
phere, added fresh fertility to the land. Vegetable mould was there- 
fore, mixed with tlie granite constituents, forming a strong and fer- 
tile soil, all ready as soon as the trees were cut and removed and the 
land subdued, to produce heavy crops of corn, potatoes, the cereal 
grains and the best grasses. Such a soil when boulders and cobbles 
abound, is hard to subdue and bring into cultivation, and hard to 
cultivate, but when once subdued and when well treated, it will 
always respond in bountiful harvests. Paris is a good town for 
stock husltandry. and this industry should be made more of a spec- 
ialty. The hills afford the best of grazing, and a large proportion 
of the arable lands of the town is excellent for grass. The town is 
well watered : some localities are springy, and such places would be 
greatlv improved by drainage. On the river are belts of bottom 
land composed of alluvium, narrow geueralh" but occasionally widen- 
ing into broad and fertile fields. Above Snow's Falls is quite a 
large area of Ioav ground, known years ago as the "'Bemis Meadow ;" 
this has been found very profitable to the owners, A'ieldiug large 
crops of grass year after year without expense in dressing or tillage. 
The southwest part of the town is more level, it being the beginiug 
of that broad plain which takes in the south part of Norway, and 
extends far into Oxford. The soil here is a sand}- loam, easily culti- 
vated and excellent for corn-culture and truck-farming. 

As a whole, Paris is above the average of Oxford county towns 
for purposes of agriculture, and cultivated to its full capacity, it 
would support a much larger population than it ever has. The time 
will doubtless come when the tide of emigration toward the cities 
and toward the far west will be staid. Let us hope that the day is 
not far distant when the hill-side farms of Paris will be reoccupied, 
the worn out lands be recuperated, the now waste places be made 
pi'oductive, and the young men and women of the town seeking and 
finding useful and remunerative employment at home, instead of 
going to the west, to the laud of inundations, blizzards and cyclones, 
or rushing off' to the cities where the whirlpools of dissipation and 
crime are even more dangerous and destructive. The committee of 
the grantees who selected and mapped out this township, were men 
of judgment and foresight. They intended it as a farming town, to 
be occupied l\v a people who would engage in agricultural and 
pastoral pursuits. The first settlers, generally men of intelligence 



90 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

unci of the strictest integrity, came here to subdue and cultivate the 
soil, and we have no evidence that any one of them put his hand to 
the plow and longingly looked back to tlie exhausted farm and over- 
populated town he had left in the old Bay State. They desired to 
make homes for themselves and their posterity, l)ut hoAv many of the 
names of the early settlers have become extinct in Paris I And 
how many of those found here, have tired of the farm, and are try- 
in"' to get a livino- iu some easier wav ! 



ctiaptp:!} XVI. 

ANNALS OF PARIS. 

Toirn Officers to 1800. — Tov:n Proceedings. — Accidents and Inci- 
dents. — Direct Tew of 1798, Shoicing Persons and Property Ta.ved, 

and amount of Tax assessed. 

1794. 

The meeting this year occurred on the last day of March at the 
house of Lemuel Jackson. Jonathan Hall presided and Daniel 
Stowell was chosen clerk. The following town officers were elected : 

For Selectmen, Isaac Bolster, Daniel Staples and Jonathan Hall. 

For Treasurer, William Stowell. 

For Assessors. David Andrews, Abijah Hall, and Tliomas Stevens. 

Abijali Hall was chosen Collector and Constable, agreeing to collect 
for sixpence the pound. 

For Tythingmen, Isaac Bolster, Daniel Stai)les. Abner Shaw, 
Lemuel Jackson, Nathan Pierce and Merodach Smith. 

Highway Surveyors, Isaac Bolster, Joseph Swift, Seth Morse, 
Thomas Stevens, Nathan Pierce, Lemuel Perham, Joshua Besse, Jr., 
Caleb Cushman and John Grav. 

For Fence Viewers, Thomas Stevens and AVilliam Stowell. 

For Deer Reeves, Benjamin Hammond, Abner Rawson. 

For Hog Reeves, James Morse, John Daniels. Levi Jackson and 
Eleazer Cole. 

Solomon Bryant was chosen surveyor of lumber. Merodach B. 
Smith, surveyor of short lumber, and Isaac Jackson poundkeeper. 

Twelve roads laid out by the selectmen were accepted at this 
meeting. 

^t a meeting the 7th of April, it was voted to accept the cross 



HISTORY OV PARIS. 



91 



roads as agreed upon by the proprietors of the town, and then the 
vote was reconsidered and the snltject referred to the sehH-tnien. 

Fift\- ponnds were raised for the repair of roads, tifty pounds for 
the support of seliools in addition to that raised the year previous, 
and the several districts were allowed to have the unexpended 
balances of last year. It was voted to raise no money for 
preaching. 

A large number of l)ills for services in various directions were 
allowed, largely for laying out roads. Jacob Twitchell was allowed 
nine shillings for keeping Mehitable Honeyfoot, Dr. Cyprian Stearns 
the same sum for doctoring her and Nathan Nelson two ijonnds and 
seventeen shillings for caring for her and running her out of town. 

The next meeting occurred on the seventh day of April for the 
purpose of voting for State and county officers. The qualilications 
for voting as expressed in the call, were that they must Ijc male 
inhabitants, twenty-one years of age and upward, having a freehold 
estate within the Commonwealth, of the annual income of three 
pounds, or any estate to the value of sixty pounds. The voting 
showed the following results : 

For Governor, Samuel Adams. 32. 

For Lt. Governor, Moses Gill. S"- 

For Senatoi-s, William Widgery, 42. 

Joseph Noyes. 28. 

Josiah Thatcher, 8. 

Another meeting was held June 16th, when several roads were 
accepted and the selectmen were instructed to make alterations 
in school district limits when requested l)y the inhabitants. This 
meeting was adjourned to September 1st, when Jonathan Hall Avas 
chosen agent of the tow^n to attend the General Court on account of 
taxes. A committee of five was chosen to survey and measure the 
town and make a plan of it, the same to be returned to the secre- 
tary's office in Boston, on or before the first day of June following. 
Isaac Bolster, Nathan Pierce, Daniel Stowell. Josiah Bisco and 
Joshua Besse, Jr., were chosen as the committee. The committee 
was allowed each four shillings a day for services, except Daniel 
Stowell, surveyor, who was allowed five shillings. A proposition 
to send a delegate to Portland conventio^. was again negatived. 

The first Monday in November, a meeting was held to vote for a 
member of Congress; William Widgery had 14 votes and Peleg 
Wads worth 8. ♦ 



92 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

At a meeting on the 17th of the same month, it was voted tliat 
each school district shoukl be entitled to receive the money for school 
purposes which such district should pay into the treasury. Thirty 
pounds were raised for defraying the expenses of the town. Another 
effort w\as made to choose a member of Congress, at a meeting at 
the house of Levi Jackson, January 12, 1795. The vote stood, 
William Widgery 34, Peleg AVadsworth 20. It was voted to have 
Mr. James Hooper preach upon proljation until the next March 
meeting, and a committee consisting of Thomas Stevens, David 
Andrews, Levi Hubbard, Josiah Bisco and John Willis, was chosen 
to see how Mr. Hooper would settle as a minister in the town. 

It was voted to have five burying places in the town and Abijah 
Hall, Levi Hubbard, Josiah Bisco, David Andrews and Nathan 
Pierce were made a committee to lay them out. 

1795. 
The annual meeting was held on the sixth day of April. David 
Andrews was made moderator and Josiah Bisco clerk. 
Town Officers : 

Selectmen, Lemuel Jackson, 
Levi Hubbard. 
Nicholas Chesley. 
The selectmen were also chosen assessors of taxes. 
Tythingmen, Daniel Whitney, Nathan Nelson, Jai)heth Washburn, 
Lemuel Jackson, Jr., John Besse and Joseph Swift. 

Surveyors of highways, Isaac Bolster, Luther Pratt, Jonathan 
Hall, Peter Durell, James Bowker, John Willis, Benjamin Hammond, 
Daniel Staples and Edward Andrews. 

Fence viewers, Asa Barrows, Isaac Bolster. 
Deer reeves, Wiuslow Rickard, Caleb Cushman. 
Hog reeves, Wm. Stowell, Joseph Hammond, Lemuel Perham and 
Timothy Smith. 

Surveyors of lumber, Solomon Bryant and Merodach Smith. 
Constable and collector, Abiezar Andrews. 
Poundkeeper, Isaac Jackson. 

School committee, Daniel Stowell, Thomas Stevens, Nathan 
Pierce, Caleb Cushman, Lemuel Jackson, Josiah Bisco, Abner Raw- 
son and David Andrews. 

It was voted that all roads laid out by the town up to this date, 
might remain unfenced, provided the owners of the land should 
place no obstruction across them except good gates or bars. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 93 

The report of the committee to confer with Mr. James Hooper 
was accepted, and the town made choice of Mr. Hooper as its 
minister. A hundred pounds were raised for the repair of ways, 
fifty pounds for schools and sixty to defray town cliarges. 

On the question of separating Maine from Massacluisetts, the 
votes stood 19 in favor, and 20 opposed. 

On the same day votes were thrown for Governor and Senators as 
follows : 

For Governor, Samuel Achims, 5G. 

For Lt. Governor, INfoses Gill, 33. 

For Senators, Wm. Widgery, 20. 

Joseph No3'es, 24. 

Stephen Longfellow, IG. 

AViUiam Martin. 11. 

On the Gth day of May, a meeting was held when a unanimous 
vote was passed in favor of a revision of the constitution of the 
commonwealth. 

On the 30th of November, at a meeting calleil for that purpose. 
Lemuel Jackson was chosen delegate to a convention in Waterford, 
called to consider the question of erecting a new county from the 
northerly portions of York and Cumberland. The meeting was 
adjourned to Dec. 7, when Mr. Jackson made a report. A com- 
mittee was chosen to confer with the towns in the northern part of 
Cuml)erland and York, with reference to the formation of a new 
county, and Josiah Bisco, Daniel IStowell and Jonathan Hall Avere 
selected as the committee. Josiah Bisco was chosen a delegate to 
the second Waterford meeting, Avhich was to assemble at the house of 
Nathaniel Chamberlain. 

1796. 

The annual meeting took place INIarch 31. David Andrews was 
chosen Moderator and Josiah Bisco Clerk. 

Selectmen, Isaac Bolster, Levi Hubbard and Nathan Nelson. 

Assessors, Daniel Stowell. Abijah Hall and Jairus Shaw, 

Treasurer, John Willis. 

Collector and constable, Lemuel Jackson, Jr. 

Tythingmen, Seth Morse, Timothy Smith, P^dward Andrews, 
James Bowker, Samuel Durell and Levi Jackson. 

Surveyors of roads, Jonathan Hall, Isaac Bolster, Lemuel Holmes, 
Abijah^Warren. Nathan Pierce, Samuel Durell. Daniel Staples. Asa 



94 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

PeriT, Jacob Twitchell. Abner Rawsou, Jairus Shaw and Asa Bar- 
rows. 

Fence viewers, William Stowell and Seth Carpenter. 

Hog reeves, Allen Dwelley, Isaac Bolster, Jr., Solomon Bryant, 
Jr., John Xason, Benj. Hammond, and James Lebroke. 

Field drivers, John Daniels, Jr., Allen Dwelley and Sylvanns 
Robbins. 

Snrveyors of lumber, Solomon Bryant and Merodach B. Smith. 

Ponndkeeper, Lemuel Perham. 

School committee, Abijah Hall. Joel Robinson, Joshua Besse, Jr., 
Nathan Pierce, John Willis, Josepli Swift, Ebenezer Rawson, David 
Andrews and Abner Rawson. 

A committee on accounts was chosen, which was also directed to 
hear complaints concerning over-taxation. Joel Robinson. Jonathan 
Hall and Seth Carpenter were chosen. 

It was voted to raise fifty pounds for the support of schools, and 
twenty pounds to purchase a stock of annniition for the town. One 
hundred pounds were raised for tlie repair of ways, and tliirty 
pounds to be laid out in clearing out the new county road through 
the town. This road was laid out from the southeast corner of the 
town of Paris, diagonalh' through the town, through No. 3 (Wood- 
stock) and a part of Bethel, to Rumford. It was "voted to choose 
a suitable person for a magistrate," and the choice fell upon Josiah 
Bisco. The connnittee on accounts, reported that Joliy Caldwell w^as 
overtaxed for the year 1794, and recommended a reduction. At an 
adjourned meeting, an abatement was made to Seth Morse and Peter 
Durell. The votes this year stood : 

Governor. Samuel Adams, 54. 

Lt. governor, Moses Gill, 27. 

Increase Sumner, 13. 

Senators, John K. Smith, 31. 

Daniel Ilsley, 20. 

Daniel Davis, 5. 

Stephen Longfellow, 4. 

Jonathan Hall, !• 

It was voted to choose a committee to join any towns in any 
proper measure respecting the proposed new county, and Isaac Bol- 
ster, Josiah Bisco and Daniel Stowell were chosen. 

It was voted to allow the accounts of the several persons, who 
worked on the countv road, amounting in the whole to thirty-one 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 95 

pounds. Olio shilling and sixpence. Among those who worked iwe 
the following whose names had not before appeared in the records : 
John Tuell, Stephen Warren, David Dudley, James Brooks and 
Jacob Gurne^^ 

John Greenwood was allowed $4.27 as the part of Paris, for his 
services in attending the General Court relating to the proposed new 
county. This is the first time in the records that dollars and cents 
are used to express the currency. 

Rev. Paul Cotliii visited the town June 25th, and in his Journal, 
says: ''T'is a good place ; the clover and herdsgrass were headed 
in the road." He adds : •'2r)th, Sabbath. Preached all day from 
John 15 :14, to about three hundred hearers, very attentive, decently 
dressed and well behaved ; making the largest and most hopeful 
assembly to which I have as yet spoken. We met in a barn of 
Capt. Bolster's. He is sociable and hospitable." 

1797. 

The annual meeting was at Lemuel Jackson's, March oOth. 
David Andrews was made moderator and Abijali Hall, clerk. The 
following were chosen : 

For Selectmen, Lemuel Jackson, Isaac Bolster and Levi Hubl)ard. 
• For assessors, John AVillis, Daniel Stowell and Jairus Shaw. 

For treasurer, John Willis. 

For collector and constable, Lemuel Jackson, Jr. 

For Tythingmen, Isaac Bolster, Jr., Sylvanus' Robbins. 

For Highway surveyors, Jonathan Hall, Isaac Bolster, David 
Dudley, Abiezar Andrews, James Bowker, Jonathan Shurtliff, 
Abner Rawson, Asa Perry, Jacob Twitchell, William Stearns. 
Josiah Bisco, Thomas Stevens and Solomon Shaw. 

For Fence viewers, Daniel Staples and Daniel Whitney. 

For Hogreeves, Nathaniel Pratt, Eleazer Cole, Daniel Whitney, 
John Billings, John Daniels and Edward Andrews. 

For Field drivers, Daniel Whitney, Samuel Hammond and Lemuel 
Perham. 

For Surveyors of lumber. Solomon Bryant and Merodach Smith. 

For School Committee, Jonathan Hall, Caleb Prentiss, Nathan 
Pierce, Joshua Besse, Jr., Lemuel Jackson, Lemuel Holmes, Abner 
Rawson, David Andrews and Simeon Pond. Sixty-five pounds 
were raised for schools, and it was voted to "annex the inhabitants 
.on the county road in the Perry district, to the Solomon Shaw dis- 
trict." It was voted to abate Samuel Bennet's taxes, and the poll tax 



96 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of Merodach B. vSmith, Joshua Besse and Abiezar Andrews. A 
committee was chosen to regulate the road and school districts. 
Toted to build a Itridge across the river at Bisco's Falls. A road 
was accepted from between the house and barn of John Rickard 
upon lot No. 1 in the 9th range, and ending at a point described 
between Paris and Hebron. Two hundred pounds were raised for 
repair of roads and one hundred dollars to defray town charges. The 
town was gradually adopting the decimal currency system, though 
seemingly attached to the old method of pounds, shillings and pence. 
The bridge to be built at Bisco's Falls, was put up at auction, and 
bid oft' by Josiah Bisco at sixty-seven dollars. 

Politics does not seem to have run very high in Paris in those early 
years of the town, for though there wei'e more than a hundred voters 
in town at this time, less than lialf that number voted for Governor, 
at a meeting on the od day of April. Moses Gill had 3."), Increase 
Sumner 7 and Elbridge Gerry ;]. At a meeting on the 10th of May, 
the town voted on -the question of separation from Massachusetts, 
•11 in favor and 17 opposed. A committee was chosen consisting of 
Abner Shaw, AVilliam Stowell and Jonathan Bemis to settle a con- 
tested road case, between David Andrews and Abijah Warren. 
Rev. Paul Coffin came again and preached here Sept. 3d. He says : 
"The Baptists heard Mr. Hooper and the Methodists heard a Stone- 
man so that I had only about one hundred hearers, very attentive 
and respectful. Paris would make a fine Parish, if united." 

I7:i.s. 

Isaac Bolster, Levi Hubbard and Jonathan Bemis were made 
selectmen, and Daniel Stowell, Jairus Shaw and Abijah Hall, 
assesors. Lemuel Jackson, Jr., again bid otf the taxes and was 
chosen collector and constable. ' For surveyors, Jonathan Hall, 
Isaac Bolster, Timothy Smith, Edward Andrews, James Bowker, 
Elias Partridge, Asa Perry, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., Jonathan Bemis, 
Asa Barrows and Samuel King. For Fence viewers, Nathan Pierce, 
Isaac Bolster and Ebeuezer Rawson. For Hogreeves, Caleb Pren- 
tiss, Abraham Bolster, David Ring, Jacob Gurney, Joseph Ham- 
mond, Wm. Faunce and Job Lurvey. For Field drivers, Rol)ert 
Wightman, Daniel Whitne}- and Lemuel Perham. Simeon Pond, 
Samuel King, Thomas Stevens and Jairus Shaw, were chosen sur- 
ve.yors of lumber. For School committee, Lemuel Jackson, Jona- 
than Hall, Caleb Prentiss, John Besse, Lemuel Holmes, Caleb Cush- 
man, David Andrews and Simeon Pond. Surveyors of brick 
moulds, Thomas Stevens and Job French. 



niS^TORY <»F PAKK">. 



97 



Siine(^ii Tond. Win. StoJirns, Joiiiitluiu Bemis, Job French, Aaron 
and CaU'ti FiilU'r wviv deelnred organized into a school district. 
"\'oted tiiat the inliahitants to the north and nortlieast corner of the 
town from ^Ir. Gnrney's, be a separate school district." At an 
adjonrned meeting at the house of Lemuel Jackson. Ai)ril 2d, a move 
to adjourn to JNfr. Jackson's barn was voted upon and carried. The 
report of the committee to regulate the road and school districts was 
not accepted. Only twenty-eight votes were thrown for Governor 
this year, twenty-seven being for Increase Sumner. For Senators 
Stephen Longfellow had twenty-tive votes and Daniel Davis twenty- 
live. 

Mr. Cotiin, the Missionary, preached here at the house of David 
Andrews. "'With him, a good man, I had much religious discourse. 
Called at Seth Carpenter's and gave counsel to his wife and Taylor's 
sermons. N'isited the wife of John Nason and gave her Hemmen- 
wav's sermons. Counselled the wife of Abraham Bolster and gave 
her Taylor's sermons." 

A direct tax was assessed upon the real estate of the county this 
year, and as showing the land owners in Paris, and showing their 
financial standing at this time, it is here given in full. A large pro- 
portion of the inhal)itants were not taxed for houses, indicating that 
the log cabin having but little mone}- value, was still the abode of 
many. 

•'Valuation of Houses and Out-buiUIings in Paris, and liouse-lots not 
exceeding- two acres, as a basis for tlie direct tax of 17!>S. Daniel Stowell 
was Assistant Assessor. 



Xamks. 


AssEssKi) Value. 


Names. Ass 


KSSEI) VaLIE. 


Isaac Bolster. 


!«;410 00 


Levi Jackson, 


290 00 


Isaac Bolster, .Jr., 


120 00 


Samuel King, 


150 00 


Abraliani Bolster, 


175 00 


Seth Morse, 


550 00 


.Fames Bowker, 


100 00 


Simeon Pond. 


120 00 


.lonathan Bemis. 


•_>r)0 00 


Nathaniel Pierce. 


110 00 


Joseph Blake, 


ir)0 00 


Caleb Prentiss, 


145 00 


Stephen Blake, 


120 oa 


Ebenezer Rawsoii. 


1.50 00 


Philip Caldwell, 


180 00 


Abner Rawson, 


215 00 


Nicholas ("liesley. 


306 00 


Steplien Robinson, 


180 00 


Caleb (ushman, 


33ri 00 


•Foel Robinson, 


150 00 


John Daniels. 


.335 00 


Tiniotliy Smith, 


200 00 


John Daniels. Jr.. 


130 00 


Daniel Staples, 


150 00 


Ephvaini Field, 


300 00 


Solomon Shaw, 


180 00 


Jonathan Hall, 


280 00 


Wm. StOAvell, 


310 00 


Benj. llannnoiul. 


300 00 


Daniel Stowell, 


550 00 



98 history of paris. 

Nami;s. Assessed Vai.ie. Names. Assessed Value. 

Joseph llaimiioiid. $130 0(1 Thomas Stevens, $160 00 

Levi Hubbaid. 3H0 ()(i .lairus Sliaw, 180 00 

Lemuel Jackson, J50 (»() Cyprian Stevens, 300 00 

Lennxel Jackson. Jr., 320 00 Joseph Swift. 180 00 

Isaac- Jackson. I."i0 00 .John Willis. 280 00 

Forty persons in Taris at this time, occupied houses, and proha- 
hl}- frame houses which, with their lots, were considered worth one 
hundred doUars each, and were therefore taxabk'. The two best 
Iiouses in town w^ere those of Seth Morse and Daniel Stowell, but 
these could hardly be regarded as extravagant, their value being put 
down at only five hundred and fifty dollars each. A large majority 
of the houses assessed, must have been of small dimensions and 
cheaply built. 

••\'aluation ot i.aiuls, Lots and Buildings, the l;itt( 
one hundictl dollai>. and not included in the i)n'c('din<i- list. 

OwM'.iv's" Nami;>. 
David Andrews. 
Edward Andrews, 
Abie/er Andrews, 
Asa Barrows, 
Isaac Bolster, 
Isaai- Bolster, Jr., 
Abraham Bolster, 
John Billings, 
James Bowker. 
Jonathan Bcmis. 
.lohn Besse. 
.loshua Besse. Jr.. 
.I(W(ph iilake. 
Alnier Benson. 
Scih Benson, 
ichabod Bryant, 
Daviil Bryant. 
Josiah Bisco. 
Solomon Bryant, 
Luther Brett. 
James LeBroke, 
Moses Buck, 
Eleazer Cole, 
Calvin Cole. 
Philip Caldwell. 
Joseph ( hurchill, 
Nicliolas Chesley, 



after ol' 1 


ess value than 


iling list. 




Acres. 


^■Al.^ATION. 


1.50 


.S350 


100 


300 


ii;(» 


31)0 


lilt 


230 


200 


950 


00 


430 


00 


430 


100 


240 


00 


4.-)0 


000 


1300 


100 


2<J0 


07 


235 


(J8 


190 


(iO 


140 


00 


200 


7)0 


100 


•••JO 


100 


300 


700 


70 


200 


100 


400 


00 


230 


200 


300 


,")0 


300 


oO 


240 


90 


500 


120 


220 


14'.t 


800 



IHSTOUY OK PARIS. 



99 



Owners" Xa.mks. 
Consider Cole. 
Caleb Cushniaii. 
Seth Cai-i»eiiter. 
.lolm Daniels. 
John Daniels. .Ir., 
Asa Dean. 
Barzillai Dwelley, 
Allen Dwelley. 
Samuel Durell. 
Peter Duii-li. 
p](lnmn(l l)(>an. 
David Dudley, 
Job French, 
Aaroji Fuller, 
Caleb Fuller. 
Ephraini Field, 
Barnal)ee Faunee, 
AVni. Faunee. 
Jacob Gurney. 
John Gray. 
Alfred Gates, 
Jonathan Hall. 
Abijah Hall. 
James IIooi)er, 
Henry Hill. 
Benj. Hammond, 
Joseph Hammond, 
I.emuel Holmes, 
Joseph Holmes, 
Sanniel Hammond. 
Levi Huliljard. 
Lemuel Jackson. 
T^emuel Jackson, Jr., 
Isaac Jackson. 
Fevi Jackson. 
Solomon Jordan, 
Sanuiel King, 
Seth Morse, 
James Morse, 
Silas Maxim, 
Sanniel Maxim, 
Elias Partridge. 
Simeon Pond, 
Joseph Perry. 
( 'ornelius Perkins, 
I.uther Pratt. 



A( RI>. \'AI.I ATION. 

29J) io;w 

139 730 
230 1070 
lOi) 300 

60 240 

50 200 

50 200 

100 400 

80 500 

100 400 

100 400 

77 230 

200 500 

100 250 

400 12S0 

100 230 

200 200 

100 400 

100 220 

00 500 

100 450 

100 450 

100 exemjited 

100 1S() 

00 750 

00 400 

100 350 

100 300 

100 120 

140 600 
1800 4130 

140 780 

199 1000 

00 650 

66 300 

299 1000 

499 1125 

99 420 

99 380 

40 100 

99 380 

99 380 

34 100 

50 75 

100 370 



100 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



Owners' Names. 
Xathaniel Pratt, 
[.einuol Perliiini, 
Xathaniel I'ieiTP, 
Asa Perry, 
Caleb Prentiss, 
Kbene/er Kawson, 
Abuer Kawsou, 
Luke Hyersun, 
Geo. Kyerson, 
David King, 
Stephen Pobinson, 
Aj^ji pDbinson, 
.Fohii IJobinson. 
.John Keeord, 
Isaac Keoord, 
Triah Hipley. 
Sylvanus Pobbins, 
Daniel Staples, 
Wni. Stowell. 
Daniel Stowell, 
VVni. Stearns, 
.Tairus Shaw, 
Caleb Swift, 
Wnv. Swan, 

Wni. Swan. .Tr.. 
'I'iniothy Smith, 

.Toseph Swift, 

(;Till)ert Shaw, 

Abiier Shaw, 

Solomon Shaw, 

Thomas Stevens, 

Asa Sturtefant, 

.Joseph Sturtefant, 

Cyprian Stevens, 

.Tosiah Smith, 

.Jonathan Shurtleff, 

Sanuiel Stephens (non-resident) 

.Jaeob Twitehell, 

•John Tuell, 

.John Tuell, .Jr., 

Abijali Waireii, 

David Walton, 

.Jonathan Walton, 

liobert Wightman, 

.John AVillis, 

Daniel AVhitney, 



Acres. 


Valuation, 


.-)() 


!$100 


80 


100 


149 


6.50 


150 


700 


(id rods 


300 


395) 


1200 


242 


800 


100 


200 


100 


200 


100 


150 


399 


2230 


199 


580 


199 


500 


09 


300 


.{0 


25 


59 


250 


100 


250 


159 


1270 


499 


2080 


;}49 


1830 


300 


550 


199 


500 


200 


480 


50 


110 


50 


110 


99 


500 


99 


500 


100 


200 


99 


400 


99 


400 


199 


COO 


50 


120 


110 


230 


99 


700 


90 


(iOO 


100 


.350 


lOO 


000 


99 


300 


100 


2.50 


50 


100 


200 


350 


130 


190 


100 


1.50 


100 


2.50 


549 


12.50 


100 


400." 



HISTOKV OF PARIS. 101 

Tlio wliole number of resident tax payers at this timt'. was one 
hundred and eighteen. Samuel Stephens who had purchased the 
center lot and was taxed for it, had not yet come. The number is 
considerably greater tlian of those wlio signed the petitions and 
remonstrances relating to tlie incorporation of tlie town six years 
])efore, showing that the gain in population had been as rapid as 
could reasonably have been expected. After the close of tlu? Revo- 
lutionary war in 178.'), a large number of patriot soldiers sought 
homes upon our eastern lands and of these the town of Paris had its 
full share ; and they continued to come until after the close of the 
century. Probably at the time the above tax was assessed, there 
were more or less residents of I'aris not owners of real estate and 
so not taxable. 

17!)9. 

The meeting was at Lemuel Jackson's, on the 4th of March. 
Seth Morse, Levi Hubbard and Ebenezer Rawson, were chosen 
selectmen, and Jairus Shaw, Daniel Stowell and Abijah Hall asses- 
sors. Abijah Warren bid off the taxes and was chosen collector 
and constable. The road surveyors this year, wei-e James Morse, 
Isaac Bolster, Joseph Holmes, Jacob Gurney, Nathan Pierce, Daniel 
Staples, Benj. Hammond, Lemuel Jackson, Simeon Pond, John 
Rol)inson and Thomas Stevens. Tythingmen, John Willis and Job 
Lurvey. Fence viewers, Nicholas Chesley, Simeon Pond and Isaac 
Bolster. Hogreeves, Samuel King, John Robinson, Caleb Swift. 
'Seth Benson,} Barzillai Dwelley, Henry Hill, Philip Caldwell and 
"Saiiiuel Bryant. For School committee. Lemuel Jackson, Seth 
Morse, Daniel Stowell, Solomon Jordan, Lemuel Holmes, Edmund 
Dean, David Andrews and William Stearns. For Field Drivers, 
Daniel Whitney, Edmund Dean. Caleb Swift and Aaron Fuller. 
For Surveyors of Luhiber, Solomon Bryant, Samuel King, Jairus 
Shaw and Jacob Twitchell. Voted three hundred dollars for the 
support of Schools, and two hundred pounds for the repair of roads. 
The accounts against the town this year were rendered in dollars, 
dimes and cents. Forty dollars were raised for town charges. 
Forty-eight votes were thrown for Governor, forty-seven being for 
Gov. Sumner. Seventy votes were thrown for senators, Stephen 
Longfellow 30, Daniel Ilsley 24, and Daniel Davis 16. The asses- 
sors were directed to go to each person's house in the discharge of 
their duty. The cornmittee on the contested road before referred to, 
reported that in their judgment the inhalntants in the northeast part 



102 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

of the town would be better aecomniodated by the locution that led 
by Caleb Fuller's house and to Bemis' Mills. The report was 
accepted. 

1800. 
Jonathan Bemis, moderator, and Abijah Hall, clerk. The old 
board of selectmen was reelected, and Jonathan Bemis was chosen 
assessor in place of Jairus Shaw. Road surveyors, James Morse, 
Isaac Bolster, David Dudley, Abiezar Andrews, Nathan Pierce, 
Daniel Staples, Benj. Hammond, John Willis, Jonathan Bemis, 
Luther Pratt and Solomon Shaw. For Tythingmen, Alfred Gates 
and Jeremiah Rolf. Fence viewers, Barnabee Faunce, Josei>h Ham- 
mond and Ebenezer Rawson. Hogreeves, Alfred Gates, Samuel 
Smith, Asa Robinson, Joseph H. Hall, Ezra Brett, Job French and 
George Ryerson. School Committee, Lemuel Jackson. Solomon 
Shaw, Joel Robinson, John Besse, Jairus Shaw, Edmund Dean, 
Al)ijah Warren and Wm. Stearns. For treasurer, Wm. Stowell. 
Field drivers, Daniel AVhitney, Asa Roljinson, Abner Shaw and 
Caleb Fuller. Surveyors of T^umbei-. Jol) French, Thomas Stevens, 
Samuel King and Jairus Shaw. Mewers of brick moulds. Job 
French and Thomas Stevens. Voted to raise four hundred dollars 
for the support of schools and seven hundred dollars for the repair 
of roads. A report was made on five surveys for roads and 
accepted. The selectmen were instructed to petition the (general 
Court for permission to sell the public lots in town. Abner Rawson 
bid off the taxes and was made collector and constable. At an 
adjourned meeting, April 2d, one hundred and fifty dollars were 
raised to defray town charges. A committee of three was chosen to 
treat with Polder Hooper, the minister of the town. Forty-six votes 
Avere polled for Governor this year, at the meeting in April. Those 
only were permitted to vote who had a freehold estate yielding three 
pounds income, or any estate valued at sixt}- pounds. At an 
adjourned meeting April 28, a committee was chosen to locate the 
bridge across the river, l)elow Jackson's mill. The committee 
appointed to settle with Elder Hooper, reported : 

'•That in behalf of the town, your committee have received from 
Mr. James Hooper, a quitclaim deed of the lots of land number five 
in the seventh range, and one hundred acres of the north part of lot 
number eighteen in the ninth range, said lands belonging to the 
right of land granted to the first settled minister ; also the said 
James Hooper agrees to relinquish all the right of improvement that 



HISTOHV OK TARIS. 103 

he has in the right of laiul in Paris which was granted for the use of 
the ministry, and for the seeurity of the said Mr. James Hooper his 
heirs and assigns, against the chxinis of any minister that may here- 
after be settled ; your (committee) are of the opinion that the town 
of Paris should pass a vote that they will never hereafter settle a 
minister in said town of any denomination whatever unless the 
minister or ministers which are settled, shall agree to and relinquish 
all the right or title that he or they might claim or challenge, in the 
right of land granted in said Paris for the first settled minister, and 
that this report with the doings of the town thereon, be recorded iu 
the town records. The foregoing is huml)ly submitted by your 
committee." James Hooper, 

Levi Hubbard, 
Seth Morse, 
Ebenezer Rawsox, 

JOSIAH BiSCO, 

Pari.^. Ajiril 28. 1800. Daniel Stowell. 

This report was accepted, and at an adjourned meeting it was 
voted to sell the land released ]>\ Mv. Hooper. A committee of 
eight was chosen to revise and recommend alterations in the school 
districts if any should l)e considered necessary. Forty-eight votes 
were thrown for member of Congress at the meeting Nov. 3d, of 
which Pcleg Wadsworth had 34 and William AVidgery 14. 

This brings the abstracts of the town records down to and includ- 
ing the year I.SOO. Full lists of town officers have been given to 
show the introduction of new names, but hereafter this will be 
omitted. Full lists of the municipal officers from the first will appear 
in the aijpendix, and hereafter the abstracts of records will be con- 
fined to matters of general importance. It is to be regretted that 
reports of committees were not more generally spread upon the 
records. Reports of committees to divide the town into school dis- 
tricts with bounds and names of heads of families in each district, 
would be of special interest, as giving the names of all the families 
in town. But none of them were recorded and most probably none 
of them are in existence. 




104 IIISTORV OK PARIS. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

EFFORTS TO DIVIDE THE TOWN. 

Statistics of Paris. — Dii'isio7i Proposed. — ^^ofed Dovn in Tovjn- 

Meeting. — Petitions and Renionsfrances. — The Project Fails. — 

AnnaJs Continued. 

1801. 

The Ibllowiug Statistics of the iinproveinents and resources of the 
town are from a return made this year to the INlassachusetts Secrc- 
taiy of State : 

Polls, IG years of age and not over 21, 2!). 

Polls ratable, 21 years of age and upwards. 141. 

Polls not ratable and not supported b^- the town, 8. 

Polls not ratable and supported by the town, 2. 

Dwelling houses, Gl ; barns, 78 ; Potash works, 1. 

Grist mills, 2 : saw mills, 2. 

Tillage lands including orchards, 98 ; doomed for 100 acres more. 

Wheat, 4G bushels; rye, G4 ; oats, 25; corn, 98."); peas and 
beans, 19. 

Acres u{)hind mowing, 456 : doomed 500 acres more. 

Tons hay (1 year's product), 458. 

Acres pasturage, 416 ; doomed for 700 acres more. 

Cows, 473; horses 3 years and upward, 107; oxen 4 years and 
upward, 188 ; steers and cows. 4 3'ears and ui)ward, 40.") ; swine 6 
months old and over, 243. 

Acres unimproved lands, 11,752; acres unini[)rovable lands, 
4857 ; acres used for roads, 373 ; acres covered with water, 880. 

Six hundred dollars were raised for roads and four hundred for 
schools. Ebenezer Hutchinson and Jeremiah Rolf were made a 
separate highway and school disti'ict. Jonathan Shurtletf was 
allowed fifteen dollars for keeping his brother Thomas. Tliis amount 
per year was allowed for several years. An adjourned meeting was 
held April Gth at the Center School District. All the previous meet- 
ings had been held at private houses. The north end of the school 
district where Thomas Stevens lived, was set otf into a separate dis- 
trict. The question of a iiew county was again agitated, and Setli 
Carpenter and Ebenezer Rawson were chosen a committee to visit 
the towns in northern Cumberland and York, and arrange for a con- 
vention to meet at Paris, to consider tlic subject. The convention 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 105 

was appointed for the second Wednesday of October foUowino'. and 
Josiah Bisco was antliorized to represent Paris in the same. 

1802. 

The meeting was called at the Center Scliool House. Five hun- 
dred dollars for schools and one thousand for roads. Rev, James 
Hooper was voted the interest on seven hundred dollars due for 
ministerial land sold. At the April meeting, several new roads were 
accepted and others discontinued. A meeting was called at the 
South School house September 22. among other tilings, "to know 
the minds of the town, whether thev will petition the General Court 
for a division of the town :" also "to see if the town will choose an 
agent to present such j^etition and to act thereon as thev may think 
proper." At this meeting, the town voted not to be divided, the 
vote standing forty-one in favor of division, and fifty-one opi)osed. 
An adjourned meeting was called at the Center School house, Nov. 
1. to vote for member of Congress; Gen. Peleg Wadsworth had 
twenty-two votes, all that were thrown. The committee appointed 
to sell the north side of lot l-S in the Dth range, re}>orted that they 
had advertised and sold the same to Alexander Thayer of Buekfield, 
for S701. The next record is a warrant for a school meeting in the 
'Jth school district, issued to Pxlward Andrews, "to see if the dis- 
trict will agree to. build a school house." 

The movement for a division of Paris made this year, was a very 
strong one, the petition bearing the names of some of the leading 
men in town, and it probably might have succeeded had there not 
been an equal array of strength against it. The real animus of the 
movement is not indicated by any of the papers employed in the 
case, and at this distant day it can only be a matter of conjecture. 
The petitions and remonstrances belong to the history of the town, 
and are given verbatim, in full. The original orthography is also 
preserved. 
'•To the Honorable Seuiite and Ilou^e of Representatives in General Court 

assembled. 

We the Subse-ril)ers Inliabitants ot the Town of Paris in the County of 
Cumberland and Couuuonwealth of Massachusetts humbly Sheweth: 
Whereas the Town of Paris aforesaid is Twice as long" as it is wide, that is 
nine miles long and four and a half wide, your I'etitioners pray your 

Honours to divide said Town and Incorporate lialf of said Town 

into a Town by the name of with the privileges of other 

Tow ns in the Common wealtli : divide the privileges of said 'I'own : also the 
reasons of om- prayers are, we wish to be preparing for ]iublick buildings 



106 



IIISTORV OF PARIS. 



whk-h we euniiot do as the Town now i.*. Ami as it always was the design 
of tlie i)roi)rietors and their Plan to have Two 'ro\\ ns. \\e expect the Hon. 
T^egislatnre will See the reasona]>leness of onr reriuest tlic Town is large 
two foot Companies and considerable part of a Company of horse are in 
Said Town, we pray that the Town may be divided on the line bet\\ en four- 
teen and tifteen numbers of Lots being tlie most central line and as in duty 
bound shall ever I'rav. 



Paris, Sept. 1. 1S(L'. 
Daniel StowcU. 
James Morse. 
Bar/illai r)welle3 . 
Ichabod Bryant. 
James Dunham. 
Isaac Eeckard. 
Elijah llobinson. 
Stephen Howe. 
Caleb Prentiss. 
Isaac Bolster. Jr. 
Lnther Brett, 
Silas Maxham. 
Henry Hill. 
Benjanun .Teneson. 
Abraham IJolster. 
Ednmnd Knight. 
John Stai-bird. 



(ieo. King. 
P>.ra Brett. 
Lewis Monk. 
Allen Dwelley. 
Joseph N. Hall. 
Calvin Cole. 
Powse Bisbee. 
Eleazer ( 'ole. 
•Joseph Swift. 
Thomas Stevens. 
Isaac Roister. ■ 
Jonathan Hall. 
AVm. Stowell. 
Seth ]Mois('. 
Abijah Hall. 
Jonathan Slniitletf. 
.Jesse Briggs. 



Thomas Hill. 
Samuel King. 
David Durell. 
Samuel Durell. 
Joseph Churchill. 
Phillip Caldwell. 
Koi)ert AVightman. 
Asa Sturtefant. 
•Joshua Besse. 
John Besse. 
.Joseph Besse. 
Wm. Bent. 
Pufus Brett. 
Alfred Gates. 
Wm. Swan, .Jr. 
Timothv Smith. 
Caleb Swift. 



Pkthion i"<»i{ l)i\i>ii>N No. _>. 
To the Honorable Senate and Ho\ise of Ifepreseutatives in (;ciu lal < ourt 
assembled in Boston. The Petition of the Subscribers Freeholders. Inhaba- 
tance of tlie town of Paris in the Cnmity <>f (inuberland humbly sheweth 
that when the Town of Paris was laid out by the Proprietors it was laid 
out nine miles long and four miles and half wide with a view that in some 
futur time it might make Two Compact Towns the time is arived that it 
Becums Nessasary that there l)e a devision that the Enhabatance may bet- 
ter detarmine where to Set houses to meet in for Pulillck Worshiji. and 
also To Build School Houses for tlie enstruction of youths which if they 
are set up as the Town now stands wherevei- a devision takes place they 
will in great Masure Becom useless your Petitioners would further Shew 
that there is a large Piver Running through the Town, whereby the Poads 
are So laid out, that as the meetings are now held in Tow n. many of your 
Petitioners have to go Seven or Eight Miles to Meeting. For these and 
other good Causes not mentioned your Petitioners Pray your honours to 
take there Case into your wise Consideration and that there b(^ a devision 
line Pun from East to West through the Center of the Town and that the 

North part Be Encorparated into a Town by the Name of or 

otherwase as your w isdom shall direct, and that after the devision each 
Town have an F(iuil Higlit to Knjoy all the Previleges that shall fall within 



IIISTOHV (II" rAiii> 



107 



there respective Bounds uiul also to have an K(|uil 
tliat Has ai-isson on the Sale of Several lots of laud 
vaudue withiu there Respective Bouud-^ />'// onhn- <>/ 
tioners as in duty bound ever Pray. 
Paris, Septoiilfrr till- Is/. /S(>-J. 



Simeon Pond. 
David Andrews. 
Jonathan Beniis. 
Abijah Warren. 
Job Lurvej'. 
John Tuell. 
Daniel Pond. 
Edward Andrews. 
Caleb Bryant. 
Wm. Walker. 
John (t. T'lawford. 
Simeon Walton. 



Beuj. Walton. 
Jolm (iray. 
Silvanus Kobbins. 
Moses Buck. 
Asa Barrows. 
Wm. Stearns. 
Seth Benson. 
Ebenezer Hutchinson. 
Daniel Shaw. 
( 'aleb Fuller. 
Aaron Fuller. 
1 )avid Andrews, Jr. 



Ki^hl lo what money 
that has been sold By 
Co^^-Mvluch vour Peti- 



Abie/er Andrews. 
Henry Prentiss. 
Samuel llanunond. 
Enoch Hammond. 
Jeretniah IJolf. 
Artenias Rawson. 
.lohn Robinson. 
Sanuiel Brigo:s. 
r>emuel Perham. 
Eleazer Dunham. 
Peter ("hase. 



STATK.MKNT ok MlMOII-Al. OlTUKItS. 

A number of the inhabitants of the town of Paris having Petitioned the 
Honorable (Jen. Court for a Division of sd. Town, and tlie Honorable 
Court having directed the Town to be notified to shew cause if any they 
have why the prayer of stl. petition shovdd not be granted. The Greatest 
part of the Iidiabitants of the town having expressed their minds upon the 
subject by signing a Remonstrance against dividing sd. town, it was 
thought to be most for the interest of the town that a Representative should 
be chosen to Represent the town in the (ien. Court, for that purpose the 
inhabitants were warned to meet on the ninth day of May inst.. to choose 
a Representative. The town being convened some objections were made 
by those persons who were for dividing the town against the legality of the 
warning of sd. meeting and against sending a Representative because the 
cost would be l)urdensome to the town they further objected because that 
a list of voters was not posted up previou's to the meeting. The Selectmeu 
then informed the town that they had searclied all the Laws in the posses- 
sion of the Town < lerk and no law was in his possession was found which 
directed the assessors or selectmen to post a list of voters for Governors 
and Senators and Repiesentatives. Then a motion was made to take the 
sense of the town by a vote wliether they would proceed to the choice of a 
Representative and it passed in the attirmative by a great majority. After 
sd. vote a newspaper was produced, containing a Law directing a list of 
voters should be posted up by the Assessors Ac previous to tlie meetings 
for Governor &c &c. but the town viewing their interest to be at stake 
could not conceive that they were deprived of a Con.stitutional Right merely 
for want of information contained in a Law they were not possessed of, 
nor had any knowledge of. and being sensible that the interest and Reputa- 
tion of the Town would suffer if they were not Represented, they there- 
fore proceeded and cho(jse a person to Represent them, and we are confi- 



108 HISTORY OF I'ARIS. 

(lent that no pei-sons voted that were not (lualitied aceoi-ding- to the Consti- 
tution to vote. The opposite party tlid not di.si)nte any person wlien they 
presented tlieir vote, and the choiee was unanimous, not a Dissenting vote, 
and we presume to say tliat if a list of voters had been posted up the 
Result of the meetino- w ould have been as it now is, as to the Choice, the 
foregoing is a true Representation of tlie proceedings of the town at tlieir 
meeting for the choice of their Representative. 
J'Kris, 3Ia>j 9th, ISOS. 

(Signed) Ehexkzek Ram'son, ) Selpctmen of 

l.KVi HiBBAiii), I Paris. 

Jaikus Shaav, I , 

SETII ( AUrENTEH, | 
AlsNEl! Rawsox, Tallin CJfrk. 

REMONSTKAXt'E. 

To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts in (ieneral C'ourt Assembled. Wliereas a Number of the 
inhabitants of the 'I'own of Paris have presented a Petition to the Hon. 
General Court ]jraying for a Division of said Town, and said Petitioners 
having Delivered an Attested copy of their Petition with the Order of the 
Hon. Court thereon to the Town Clerk of I'aris. The Subscril)ers Inhabi- 
tants of the said 'I'own Most Respectfully Repiesent to your Honors, that 
a Considerable number of the inhabitants who Signed I he Petition afore- 
said were incautiously drawn in to set their names to it, by Persons who in 
Our Opiinon are seeking tlieir own Inteiest more than that of the Town, 
and we beg leave to State to your Honor that a Considerable number of 
tlie Signers of said Petition, Perceiving their Krror were willing that an 
act of indescretion, should give place to sounder judgment, tlierefore they 
Gave their voices against a Division in a Public Town Meeting, Called to 
take the sense of the town upon the subjec-t at whidi meeting out off 
upwai-ds of ninety voters there were only forty-one in favor of a Division. 
Thus the i)ronioters of the Petition with as full evidence as they could 
have, that a ( onsiderable Xuinber of the i)ersons who had unwarily signed 
their Petition together with a very Considerable Majority of the Town were 
against a Division, have nevertheless presumed to present said Petition to 
the Hon. General Court; and their Petition, contains some Reasons as 
groundless as their conduct in some instances is exceptionable vi/, their 
Representation tliat the Proprietors, always. Designed the Town, for two 
Towns, is without any Shadow of Pi'oof , for no act of the Proprietors will 
Discover the least Design of any such intention, and we can upon good 
authority say that the only i-eason why tlie Town was laid in its present 
form was to avoid as much bad and include as much good land as possible, 
another Reason is that a large Kiver runs througli the 'i'own, which is said 
to Dist-ommode the laying of Roads, we here Observe to youi- Honors that 
the River runs length ways of the Town, and would l)e as great an obsti-uc- 
tiou to Roads if the Town was Divided as it now is ; but the Hiver being 
not more than four or five Rods wide is no great Obstruction, and we 
humbly conceive that if there were no River in the Town, and the land was 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



109 



of the same (Quality that it now is the Koads would liave been laid but 
little it' any Diflerent from what tliey now are. being- laid out to aceonnno- 
date the first Settlers and (ienerally lead to the Centre of the Town and 
now serve tlie greatest i)art of tlie Inhabitants bettei- than if tlie Town was 
Divided; and with Kegard to public Building a Division rould make no 
material Difference tliere being ah-eady four School Houses already erected 
in Town, and as to houses for public worship the inhaliitants having a 
variety of Opinions in Kegard to Keligious matters, none are lilvely to be 
Uuilt except it l)e by Subscription, and as soon as the Town gave tlieir 
voice against a Divisicm. a number of the inhabitants entered into an agree- 
ment to build a Meeting House and have contracted with worliinen to build 
said House whicli is to be set in the most central place to accommodate the 
inhabitants. As to the Companies of Malitia, the Inhabitants being chiefly 
young and middle aged persons few are exempt from Military Duty whicli 
may account for their being two Companies which are not large; as for 
other Keasons not named, we can Conceive of none Except it be to advance 
the interest of a few individuals wlio if tlie Town is Divided will be near 
the Centre of each Town. Tlius liaving Kepresented to your Honors a 
state of facts both with Regard to the Petitioners and the Town, We Hum- 
bly Ofter our Reasons Against the Division of said Town ; First because 
much the greatest part of the inhabitants are against it; Secondly because 
we think it would Depreciate both the Interest and character of the town 
and prevent its population as no person woukl incline to Settle in a Town 
whose Interest and i-haracter was Sinking. Thirdly because we should be 
Divested of some privileges we now have ; in particular that of being Rep- 
resented in the General Court, and also excluded from future privileges 
which we think are Sufficient Reasons for a humble Remonstrance against 
a Division of said Town. We therefore Humbly Submit the Consideration 
of the foregoing to your Honor and if Consistent with your ^^■isdonl Still 
let us Remain undevitled which as in Duty bound ever iiray, your Peti- 
tioners (Signed.) 



Oliver Hubbard, 
.Joseph Hammond, 
James Daniels 
.lohn Daniels, 
.Jolm Daniels. ,Tr.. 
Josiali Smith, 
Cyprian Stevens, 
Jesse (.'umings, 
Solomon Jordan, 
John Billings, 
John Willis, 
Ephraim Rowe, 
•loseph Willis, 
Thomas F. Chase, 
(iartlner Chase, 
Levi Rawson, 



Levi Hubbard, 
Jarius Shaw, 
Richard Gerrish, 
Jonas Bisco, 
La/arus HathaAvay. . 
.lames Broke, 
Isaiah Willis, 
Nathaniel Pratt, 
Seth Carpenter, 
Lemuel Holmes, 
Caleb Cushman, 
Joseph Holmes, 
Daniel Staples, 
Sam'l P. Croswell, 
Benjamin Hammond 
Lemuel Jackson. Jr. 



Samuel Stephens, 
Wm. Ryerson, 
Job French, 
Xathan Pierce, 

Jr. Lemuel Jackson, 
Oilbert Shaw, 
John Reckon!, 
Winslow Reckord, 
Benj. Cooper, 
•Joseph Perry, 
James Bowker, 
Samuel Maxham, 
John Besse, Jr., 
Solomon Shaw, 
Moses Twitchell, 

, Lazarus Hathaway, 



no 



HISTOKV OF PARIS. 



Hufiis Alboilsoii. 
Kdiimiid Dean. 
Elias Partridge, 
Uriah Kipley, 
George Ryerson, 
Ijuke Kyersoii, 
Perez Chureliill. 
Josiali Bartiett. .h\ 
Coineliiis Perl<iiis, 
Daniel Fobes, 
Setli Fobe.s, 
Josiah Biseo, 
Ebenozer Pawson. 



Josepli Blaise, 
,Tose])li Sturtevant, 
Asa Dean, 
Asaph Churchill, 
Xit'holas ( 'hesley, 
Jacob Twitchell, 
Benj. C'liesley, 
.\niasa Fobes. 
Isaac Jacks<»ii, 
Enos Buxton, 
Nathan AV'oodbury. 
Jonathan Cuuimiugs, 
Jonas ( 'ununings, 



Luther Pratt. 
Moses Buck, Ji., 
David Dudley, 
James Lebarou, 
Abiier Rawson, 
John Warren, 
Gershoui Cole, 
Eleazer Cole, 
I^uke <)\v<'ns, 
Abner Shaw. 
Merodach Smith. 



KkM()N.sti;an( K Xo. 2. 

'I'he Honorable (iencral Court may hereby l)c inlormed that the Sub- 
scribers were signers to a Petition lor a Division of the 'i'own of Paris, 
which Petition ^^as Presented to us Ijefoi'e we liad any jirevious knowledge 
of any Such design and being nnich Imj)Oituncd and urged on by Sugges- 
tions, which now appear to us groundless and calculated to mislead those 
whom the promoters of sd. Petition could find unprepared eitlier by a fore 
thought uj)on th<' Sul)ject themselves and unassisted by the advice or 
opinion of others. In the foregoing Situation the Subscribers were inad- 
vertantly led into an Error of Signing, but after the promotion of Said 
Petition, were I'onvinced that a decided majority of the Inhabttants in Pub- 
lick 'I'own Meeting were against a Division, also knowing that a mimber of 
the Sul)scril)eis acted in Said meeting against sd. Division and others of us 
withheld our votes from being in favor of Said Division, Ave then flattered 
ourselves that our Xames would not have been made use of by them to 
accomplish a purpose which thej- then knew that we were opposed to, but 
to our SupiH'ise they liave done it. Therefore liaving now no other way to 
withhold our consent to Said Petition. We Pray the Tlonorable General 
Court to Consider us not as Petitionei's foi-. but against a division of sd. 
Town as we are in Dutv bound. 



Enoch Hammond. 
Joshua Besse. 
Timothy Smitli. 
.losej))! Besse. 
John Besse. 
Silas Maxham. 
Asa Sturtefant. 
Samuel King. 
Robert Wiii'htman. 



.loshua ]>esse. Jr, 
John 'I'uell. 
'I'homas Stevens. 
Caleb Swift. 
Jose])h ( hurchill 
Silvanus IJobbins 
Asa Barrows. 
Simeon Walton. 
Edward Andrew? 



.lohii Starbird. 
Abiezer Andrews. 
Jeremiah Rolf. 
Job Lurvey. 
John Robinson. 
Samuel Briggs. 
Moses Buclc. 



It will be noticed that the petitions for :i division of the town bear 
the names of 8.S persons, while the remonstrance has 85. The town 
in tlie first instance therefore, was verv evenly divided, but ''remou- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



HI 



strance number two." bears tlie names of twenty-tive of those who 
signed the petition for a division, and set forth that the}- did so 
under a misapprehension of the facts which had been misrepresented 
to tliem. If there liad been any chance for a division before, this 
would naturally have put a stop to tlu' i)i'oceedin<is, and doubtless 
tiie matter was disposed of in much the best way. 




CHAPTEK XVIII, 



THK KARLV SF.TTLKKS. 

T.li('ir Habits a tid Cnstouis. — Thfir DircIIiiia.s and Sv rrotindhuix. — 
Their Mode of Li ring. — Their Devotion to Things Sacred. — 
Tlieir Rude Farm Utensils. — Their Toils and Hardships. 

There are quite a nuinbei' of people now living in this town whose 
memory goes back to the days of small things, so to speak, to the 
time when rigid economy must be practiced in all the affairs of the 
household, and when industry and frugality were among the first 
lessons impressed upon the minds of the young. But the genera- 
tion now upou the stage of life knows little of these things, and it 
is for their benefit and for the information of those who will come 
after them, that this chapter is written. 

''Should ;iul(l :icrju;iiiit:nice ))e forg'ot, and never broug'ht to mind"::' 
''Should avdd aequaiiituncc ho fori>"ot. and the daJ^< of auld hmg syne?"" 

No : we should never forget our ancestors, the dangers to which 
they were exposed, their enforced economy, their privations and 
hardships endured, that they might leave comfortable homes to their 
posterity. 



112 Ill.STOKV or PAKIS. 

A saw aiul i>;rist mill wvvv Ixiilt «)n Stony Brook in 17H3, the year 
after the first settlers came. Previous to that, the settlers were 
oltliii\'(l to iio to Ni'w ( iloiicesti'r to mill, potiml theii' corn hy hand, 
or grind it in a hand mill. Some did one way and some another. 
The hand mill nscd by the Willis lamily is still in existence. \'ery 
little tlonr was nscd l)y the lirst settlers. If a small iiiiantity was 
obtained at any time, it was put away for '•'com|)any."' The lirst 
lutuscs were Imilt of lou"s and covered either with hemlock hark, 
peele(l oil' in .Iiine. ov with strips split iVom cedar or pine. The 
single loom below was used for kitchen, dining room, sitting room 
and sU'cping room. Over this was a room reached by a ladder 
wlii're the children slept. Tlie doors were made of planks hewed 
out with an axe, were hung on wooden hinges and fastened by a 
wooden latch. There were no glass windows, but light was aibnitteil 
l)y means of oiled i)a[)ei'. Oftentimes families moved in before 
chinnieys or even lirei)laces were constructed, the lire being built 
upon the ground, and the smoke escaping through holes in the roof. 
Chinnieys when built, were made of rough stones cemented by clay, 
and from the chamber through the roof, sticks of wood split out the 
I'ight size, were laid u[) cob-house fashion, the interstices being tilled 
with t-lay. The chinks between the logs in the walls ol' the house, 
were also fillecl up with clay or nnid, which when it became hard, 
made everything snug and warm. 'I'here was no lloor save the eai'th 
and this soon became hard and smooth undei- Mie constant tread of 
l)usy feet. The primitive crane was of wood hung horizontally over 
the lii'e from which were suspended "hooks and trammels" u|)on 
which the kettles were hung. .\ftei- the saw mill was Imilt. as tim- 
ber was e\i'ry wluMH' plenty, boards began to be used for covering 
houses and Ibr laying lloors, though it was eight years after the 
Jacksons came ln't'ore the first frame house was built. 

Tlu' lirst iVamc houses were small, of on*' story, and very low in 
the walls, generally not over seven feet betwet'u the ui)per and tlu' 
lower Hoors. Afterwards additions were made, as the families 
became larger, or the means for doing so became available. Fire- 
places were veiy large, taking in wood from four to six feet in length. 
In l)uilding a fir*', the first thing in order was a backlog, a section 
cut from a large birch, beech or maple ; upon this was placed a log 
a little smaller called the "Itack-stick ;" in front and elevated above 
the hearth, at first upon stones selected with reference to shape and 
size, and latt'r upon andirons, was i)laced the forestick, and upon 



HISTORY OV FAKIS. 113 

this was piled tho floft wood sutKcioiit for the puiposo. It iiuido a 
splendid lire, iiud in the eold winter evenings, its oenial wainitli and 
pleasant light reached the remotest eorner of the room, and made 
evervtiuno' cheerful. Wooden stools were used for seats, or chairs 
bottomed with strips pounded from the black ash. Against the wall 
were the shelves called "the dressers" upon which wt'ie placed tin; 
tin and wooden dishes, and perhaps a few pieces of crockery ware. 
Near bv hung the knife liasket. in this single room were also a 
cradle, a s[)inning wheel, a limm wheel, and at certain seasons of 
the yivu'. a loom. These were tlie nuisical instruments with which 
our great-grandmothers. anmsed themselves. This description is of 
tlie primitive house and its adornments. As additions were made 
to the house, or new and more connnodious houses l>iiilt. the liouse- 
jiold furniture was appropriately distributed to the vaiious ai)art- 
mi'uts. 

Tlu' diet of our ancestors was by no means \ aried, nor composed 
of the choicest viands. Bean porridge was a sta[)le article, because 
cheaply and easily made. Bread and milk and nnish and milk or 
molasses, formed a standard diet for the young who were taught to 
believe that it was next to their natural pabulum. Stewed peas 
sometimes took the place of beans. Kye could be easily grown on 
new land, and rve l»read. either unmixed or mixed with corn meal, 
was a very connnon article of food. Molasses was indulged in but 
sugar was rarely used. A single sugar loaf weighing live or six 
pounds, would last a family for a wliole y(>ar. l)eing brought out only 
when the minister or some other honored guest hapi)ened to come 
in. .Vrdcnt spirits were regarded as indisj)ensable and were found 
in every house. Families who were able to indulge in it, bought 
brandy and West India nun, while those whose means were more 
limited, contented themselves with New Kngland rum or potato 
whiskey which after a short time, they manufaetiu-ed for their own 
use. Fat pork was the meat generally eaten, though in the early 
times, wild meat, fish and wild fowl, were by no means scarce in 
their season. Tlu>v lived on coarse food, but good health and active 
employment gave them an appetite and relish for what they had. 

Xcvy little [n-ldo was shown by our ancestors in the matter of 
dress. The clothing of the first settlers was largely if not entirely 
of home manufacture, and made from wool and flax. Every farmer 
raised a Held of flax, a very rare sight in these days ; but to them it 
was indispensable. Cotton cloth and calico cost more than ten 



114 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

times as imich as now, and were beyond the reach of the majority. 
After being pulled, the llax was spread out and exposed to sun and 
rain until the wood}^ portion was well rotted, then it was broken, 
that is, the woody stalk was broken into fragments, after which the}' 
were whipped from the fiber by means of a wooden knife called a 
swingle. Lastl}' the swingled fll)re was drawn through a hatchel 
formed by long iron teeth set in a board. The flax was then spun 
on a small tread- wheel, while the tow, or that portion separated from 
the flax by drawing it through the hatchel, was carded into rolls and 
spun on the large or spinning wheel. In making cloth, the linen 
thread was used for warp and the tow yarn for filling, and the woof 
or web was called '■'tow and linen cloth." This was uschI for everv- 
day wear in summer by lioth sexes, for towels and also for bed- 
clothes. When used to make clothing, it was generally colored with 
the bark of certain trees or shrubs, or with coloring substances 
extracted by lioiling, from certain plants. Wool was picked and 
oiled 1)}' hand, carded by hand and then spun the same as the tow. 
It was sometime after the settlement, before a carding mill was built 
in J'aiis. and machine rolls made. But they came in time, and also 
fulling mills in which homemade cloth was fulled and dressed, and 
were regarded as great improvements as indeed they were, over the 
old methods. The men wore clotli breeches, and yarn stockings 
which came to the knees and were confined to the breeches I)v iron 
or l)rass buckles, sometimes but rarely, of silver. Ruckles were 
also Avorn on the shoes. Women wore long-waistcd dresses, aprons, 
Vandykes and coolers. Cloaks with hoods attached were common. 
Men wore wigs made of human or goat's hair, but later it became 
the fashion to wear the hair long, coml) it back from the forehead 
and fasten it with a ribbon or string. 

The method of going from place to place for quite a numlier of 
years after tlie town was settled was either on foot or on horseback. 
The husband in riding to church, sat in front, and his wife l)ehind 
him on a pillion. Blocks were ])lace(l at the churcii and at the 
house, the top reached by steps, from which the ladies could mount 
the horses. The roads at best were rough, and often i)arties in 
going to church were obliged to travel quite a long distance through 
the woods, through paths marked l)y spotted trees. The first 
wagons were large and clumsy, the bodies resting directh^ upon the 
axles, and the seats upon the bodies, without springs or anything to 
relieve or mitigate the Jolting over our rough roads ; there was little 



HISTORY OK FAKl.S. 115 

if any pleasure in riding in them, but they were found highly useful 
upon the farm and for going to mill or to market. The lirst chaise 
created a sensation in town, almost ecpial to that made liy the com- 
ing of the cars many years later. In winter, sleds were early used, 
and people often went to church or to visit their neighbors, upon a 
sled drawn by a pair of oxen. The story has come down to us of one 
man who, in times of scarcity of hay, would visit his friends quite 
often, and always with two pairs of oxen. 

Attending chuicli on tlie Sabbath, and observing the sacredness 
of that day, was the constant practice of our early settlers, and a 
duty, the importance of which the.y did their best to impress upon 
the minds of their children. The}' were the descendants of the 
Pilgrims and Puritans, and the faithful observance of the Sabbath 
was a highly prized legacy received from their ancestors. The 
masses went to meeting, none but tlie sick ever thinking of staying 
at honte. iNIothers took their babes in their arms, and the aged 
were also there, the two extremes meeting to honor the sacred day. 
No person staid away on account of poor clothes, for pride had not 
the power then that it has now. Six days they toiled with all their 
might, rising earl}' and often prolonging their labor till late at night, 
but on the Sabbath they rested. In the tarly times, churches were 
never warmed, and even when the lirst church was built on Paris 
Hill, the means for warming were ver}- inadequate. Fortunately, 
Elder Hooper's sermons were brief, rarely occupying more than half 
an hour, so that his hearers did not suti'er as they did in many 
places, where the prosy discourse would occupy two hours in its 
delivery. Strict attention was always paid to the minister, and 
sleeping in church was a thing unknown. The utmost decorum was 
also observed in going to and from the church, and also at home, 
during the entire day. Children were not allowed to indulge in play 
of any kind, and every outburst of youthful ieeling in this direc- 
tion, was checked and forbidden. They may have carried their 
notions a little too far, but certainly not as far as modern practices 
are carried, in the opposite direction. 

They were hospitable and neighborly. When a neighbor called, 
he was not permitted to leave until friendship had been pledged in 
something that was "warming and exhilerating." If one fell sick, 
all turned out and put in his crops, or harvested them, as the case 
might be, cut his tire-wood and looked after his comfort and that of 
his familv, in various wavs. Politeness was taught to children, 



116 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Obedience to parents, and respect to old age. Scholars on entering 
the school-room, always made their manners, and the same when the 
school was visited by the parents, by tiie minister or liy the com- 
mittee. These practices, trilling perhaps in themselves, tended to 
the decornm and general good appearance of the school, and also 
reacted ni)on the scholai's themselves, making them more gentlemaidy 
and lady-like in their deportment, in school and out. and doing them 
good in a variety of Avays. Girls in the days of which we are S])eak- 
ing, helped their mothers and did not consider it a degradation to do 
housework of every kind. In cases of emergency too, they often 
worked in the field, in planting time, drop[)ing corn and other seed, 
raking hay in its season, pulling flax, picking up potatoes, gathering 
fruit and husking corn. But carding, spinning, weaving, making 
clothes for the family, making l)utter and cheese, doing the house- 
work and taking care of the large families tiiat were fashionable in 
those days, kept the mother and her daughters pretty l)usy without 
out-door labor. 

The loss of Are In" the early settlers, was often attentled with con- 
siderable inconvenience. In the winter season it was easily kept, 
because it was kept burning nearly all the time, and when not burn- 
ing, it could be covered or "raked up," liut in summer it would often 
go out. When this happened, various means were resorted to for 
restoring it. Sometimes powder would be flashed in the pan of the 
old flint-lock gun, sometimes flint, steel and decayed wood were 
resorted to, but oftener. some one would be sent to the nearest 
neighbor and bring the fire in a dish, or rolling a piece of old cotton 
cloth tightly and lighting one end, it would burn very slowly Jxnd 
could in this way be carried quite a long distance. 

The farming utensils used by our ancestors were very rude when 
compared with those now in use. Plows were made of wood covered 
with strips of iron, and had straight handles. Of course good 
plowing was out of the question with such an implement. Hoes, 
shovels, and hay and manure forks, were made of iron, rudely con- 
structed and xevy heavy and unwieldly. Sc^'the snaths were nearly 
straight, and the scytlie l)ore little resemblance to the one now in 
use. They had no such implements as pulverizing harrow, horse 
hoe and rake, mowing machine, harvester, manure spreader, etc. 
No lal)or-saving machines at all had they, and the few simple tools 
they had were forged by the common blacksmith. Yet with all 
these disadvantages, they raised good crops and cultivated large 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



117 



areas, though of course, they labored niueh harder than farmers do 
in our day. Oxen were used to do the farm labor, and for many 
other purposes for which a horse is now employed. Hay and other 
crops for some years, were hauled to the barn on sleds. 

The early settlers were not without their superstitions. They 
believed in the signs of the zodiac, and did not put in their seed, 
harvest their crops or kill their meat without consulting the 
"almanack." to see if the sign was right. Many of them believed 
in Avitchcnift. and the belief in ghosts and hobgobl)lins was almost 
universal. To see the new moon first over the left shoulder, por- 
tended bad luck, and Friday was an unlucky day, anyway. It was 
regarded as a misfortune to be born on that day and nobody ever 
thought of l)eing married, starting on a journey or commencing any 
important work or business on Friday. Some people claimed to 
have the power or faculty of "charming" wounds or bruises, and 
thus easing pain. The sight of a comet foreboded war or some 
great national calamity, and an unusually bright northern aurora, or 
a meteoric shower portended the speedy coming of the "Judgment 
Day." Traces of these superstitions still exist in some families and 
localities, but as a general thing, they have disappeared. An old 
Almanac- maker ventured to say many years ago. that there was 
"neither sense nor reason in these things," and some people believed 
him. though others clung to their superstitions until the light of 
knowledge showed up their inconsistencies and fallacies. 





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118 HISTORY OF PAHTS. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

ANNALS CONTINUED. 

Abstracts from the Town Records. — Stirring Resolutions iDith Regard 

to the Direct Tax. — A Cold Seasoit. — Accidents and Incidents. 

1803. 

Five biindred dollars for schools and eight hundred for roads. 
"Voted to divide the school district where Nicholas Chesley lives, 
between Nos. 10 and 11." Josiah Bisco was chosen a committee to 
represent the town in the General Court. 

There were three accidental deaths this year which cast a gloom 
OA'er the entire settlement. March •20th a son of Caleb Cushman, 
aged 6 years, run under the axe of an older brother who was chop- 
ping wood, and his head was cleft in twain, killing him instantly. 
June "23, Oliver, son of Gen. Levi Hubbard was killed by a falling- 
tree, and July 25th, John, son of Abijah Warren, met with his 
death from a limb falling uj)on him while he was felling trees. 

The question of a division of the town which was agitated last 
year was passed over in silence so far as the records show, this 
year. 

1804. 

One thousand dollars for roads were raised, and five hundred for 
schools, and the usual vote was passed "to divide the school monej' 
by the estate in each district." The selectmen were directed to 
petition the General Court for permission to sell the school and min- 
isterial lands in Paris. At a meeting to vote for representative, 
Levi Hubbard had 43 votes, and Josiah Bisco 10. It was voted that 
the interest mone}' due the town be devoted to town purposes. It 
was voted to build two new bridges across the river this year, one 
at Bisco's trails, and the other near the northwest corner of the 
town. Jacob Twitchell contracted to build tiie bridge at Bisco's 
Falls for ninety-nine dollars. Permission having been received to 
sell the public lots, a committee consisting of Ebenezer Rawson, 
Josiah Bisco and Levi Hubbard, was chosen to sell and convey the 
same. Nineteen electors of President were voted for this year, and 
fifty-four votes were thrown for them. Hon. James Sullivan headed 
the list. The opposition list was headed b\- Hons. David Cobb and 
Oliver Wendell at large, and eighteen votes were cast for this ticket. 
Seventy-two votes, in all, were polled, more than were thrown at any 



IlISTOUV Ol" PARTS. 119 

previous election. The meetiuos were first called at the ''Meeting 
Honse," this year. 

1805. 

At this meeting. Dr. Samuel P Croswell was elected clerk. lie 
was a physician and trader. The usual amount was voted for town 
purposes ; also one hundred and twenty dollars interest money. 
Six roads laid out l»y the selectmen were accepted. A j)etition was 
presented from the school districts on the westerly side of the river 
asking that the lines of the districts might be readjusted. The 
petition bears the following names which shows some of the persons 
then living in that i)art of the town : David Dudley, Caleb Swift, 
Joseph Churchill, James Lebaron, Lemuel Holmes, Morton Curtis, 
Samuel Briggs, Ei)hraim Rowe, Joseph AVillis, Luther Pratt, Sylva- 
nus Robbins, Nathaniel Pratt, Josiah Bisco, Josiah Bartlett, Jr., 
John Robinson. Jonas Bisco, James LeBroko. Timothy Smith. 
Eleazer Cole, Lemuel Perhara. Josei)h Holmes and Lazarus Hatha- 
way. Levi Hubbard was elected representative. The committee 
appointed to dispose of the public lots reported the following : 

"•Lot 19-20 sold in three divisions, the tirst to Daniel Pond and 
David Bemis, for $G0'3 ; the second and third to Jeremiah Rolf for 
$1122; number 2 in the 9th range to Stephen Blake for $330; 
number 8 in the 5th to James Daniels for $307. These were the 
ministry rights, and the amount received was $2oG2. The two lots 
in the school right w^ere sold, the first, number 3 in the 8th, to Enoch 
Shaw for $700, and the second, number 3 in the 9th to Jacob Gur- 
ney for $768 ; total school fund, $1508." The selectmen were 
instructed to write to the town of Raynham, asking that town to 
take care of Job French. The town treasurer was instructed to pro- 
cure a pall for the use of the town, and deposit the same with the 
town's minister. At a meeting in July, the support of Jol) French 
was set up at auction and bid off by James Hooper at ten shillings 
per week. The town voted for Register of Deeds for the new county 
of Oxford : Josiah Bisco had 8, Isaac Sturtevant, 28, Joseph Rust, 
8, and Eleazer Hamlin 3. At a meeting the 18th of November, a 
committee was chosen to memorialize the General Court against 
making Fryeburg a half shire town. An agent was appointed to go 
to Taunton and Raynham to ascertain the legal residence of Job 
French. 

Oxford county was established this year and Paris became the 
shire town. The first term of the court of Common Pleas was held 



120 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

on the second Tuesday of June. Samuel Fiye of Fiyeburg pre- 
sided, with Samuel Pai-ris of Hebron and Luther Caiy of Turner as 
associates. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin was clcik. 

180G. 
Tweh'e hundred dollars for roads and five hundred for schools. 
It seems that Rev. James Hooper contemplated leaving town, for a 
committee was raised "'to treat witli Mr. James Hooper and see 
upon what terms he will tarry in town." The committee reported 
at the same meeting in substance as follows : 

''Said Hooper saitli if said town will give him the interest of tlie money 

for Avliieh the ministry land was sold, from tlie time of the sale of said 

land ammally, so long as said Hooper shall supply the pulpit in this town,, 

as minister of said town, it will give him full satisfaction." 

Isaac Bolster, 1 

Levi Hubbard. j 

Eben'r. Kawsox, |- Coimnlttcr. 

Sajil. Stephens, | 

•toel kohinson, i 

The report was accepted. It was voted to take off Joseph Cole 
and Peter Chase from their present school district and annex them 
to the Bemis district. Eleazer Hamlin received 50 votes for county 
Register to 21 for Joseph Rust. Three hundred dollars were raised 
for the support of poor and to defray town charges. This was the 
first pauper moue_y raised as such. Jonathan Shnrtletf 's annual sum 
for keeping his brother Thomas was increased to fort\' dollars, Aii 
action was authorized against any town where Job French belonged, 
for his support. Levi Hubbard received 80 votes for count}' treas- 
urer. Elias Stowell was elected representative, receiving SI votes 
to 15 for Jonathan Bemis. It was voted to give a bounty of five 
cents per head for killing crows. Tlie town clerk. Samuel P. Cros- 
well was absent from several meetings, and Zachariah Soule acted 
as clerk pro tem, except the two last when Alanson Mellen acted as- 
clerk. Several roads were accepted this year. 

1807. 

Alanson Mellen was elected clerk. Five hundred dollars exclu- 
sive of interest money, were raised for schools and twelve hundred 
for roads. A committee reported : 

''Your committee have agreed with Cyrus Hamlin, Esq., to fence 
21 rods on the west side of the jNIeeting House corner, for the sum 
of seventy-one cents per rod, and forever after to indemnify the 
town of Paris from an\' expense in fencing the same." The vote oa 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 121 

the question, of separation from Massachusetts stood 38 in favor. 43 
opposed. Abraham Bolster was allowed sixty-seven cents for bring- 
ing up the town's weights and measures from Portland. Lemuel 
Jackson, Josiali Bisco and Kbenezer Rawson were made a committee 
"to wait on the location committee ai)pointed by the Legislature to 
establish county buildings in this county." 

The following new names appear in town : Hector Fuller. Geo. 
Edwards. James Xoyes, Thos. Carver, Daniel Knight, Luther Dud- 
ley and Charles Renitf. all of whose taxes for 1806 were in part 
abated. \'oted to choose an agent to defend the town against an 
action brought for the support of Job French while he was in Port- 
land Jail. An agent was also chosen to defend the town against 
suits commenced for not keeping the roads in repair ; another agent 
to jjrocure the town a stock of powder : he was instructed to pur- 
chase one hundred and fifty pounds of powder and tifty pounds of 
lead. 

ISOS. 

Fifteen hundred dollars were raised for roads and live hundred 
for schools. Bartholomew Cushman was permitted to draw his pro- 
portion of school money and pay it over to Buckfield. At the 
annual election James Sullivan for Governor had 114 votes and 
Christoi)her Gore G7. This was much the largest vote (;ver before 
polled, and was a very good showing considering that the propert}^ 
qualification was still in force. For Lt. Governor. T^evi Lincoln had 
111, David Cobb 59, Amasa Fobes 3 and "Little" Amasa Fobes 3. 
For Senators. Levi Ilubl)ard and James Means had 101 each and 
Ammi R. Mitchell and Lothrop Lewis each 60. Levi Hubbard had 
72 votes fc>r county treasurer. Job French again appears, in the 
choice of an agent to defend the town against the suit of ^Ir. March 
brought for his support. 

The following new names appear this year in the doings at the 
several meetings : Abner Blake, George Doughty, Daniel Haney, 
Thomas trocker, Levi Crockett, Isaac Ham, John Packard, Asa 
Ricker and Patrick House. At the December meeting, voted to 
raise seven hundred dollars for the support of poor and other town 
expenses. The selectmen were instructed to assist Job French in 
obtaining some useful employment Among the accounts allowed 
was one of seventy dollars to Jonathan Bemis for hoarding Job 
French 35 weeks, and one of 834.50 to Josiah Bisco for expense in 
going to Portland to defend the town in the suit of Edmund March 



122 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

for the support of French. John True was set off from the Center 
school district and annexed to the first. 

1809. 
Among the new town officers this ^-ear, weie John G. Crawford, 
Amariah Harris, Moses Hodgdon, Geo. Ryerson, Abraham Hutch- 
inson, Beuj. Cooper, Amos Amsbury. Iciiabod Bryant. Nathaniel 
Howe, John Braily, Alvan Boyden and Noah Deane. Sixteen 
hundred dollars were raised for roads and five hundred for schools. 
Jonathnu Shurtleff, for keeping his brother, was allowed sixty dol- 
lars. Calel) Benson was chosen collector and was excused. Nathan- 
iel Howe's account of $24.00, as an attorney, was allowed. Voted 
that Elias Tubbs, Isaac Record, John Record. Benj. Cliurchill, 
Caleb Benson, Seth Gurney, Arodus Bryant, Icliabod Bryant. Wins- 
low Record and James Dunham be made into a separate school dis- 
trict. Elias Stowell was unanimously elected representative. Sixty 
dollars were raised to bridge over the river at Bemis' Mills. Joshua 
Glover's tax was abated. , 

1810. 

Giistavus Adolphns Goss was one of the selectmen and also treas- 
urer. Other new names mentioned were Alfred Gates, Elias Part- 
ridge and Simeon Walton. The usual amount of money was raised. 
Another generation had come to the stage of action, for Ebenezer 
Hutchinson, Jr.. Edward Deane, Jr., Asa Deane, Jr., and James 
Broke. Jr., were among the Hogreeves ; also Albion K. Parris. 
Daniel Fobes, Jr., was surveyor and John Record, Jr., was school 
committee. Henry Rust, Jr., received 120 votes for county treas- 
urer. Rev. James Hooper was allowed the interest on the minis- 
terial fund. At an adjourned meeting. Joseph Rust was chosen 
clerk pro tern. Jacob Twitchell was cliosen sexton. Seven hun- 
dred dollars were raised for town charges. ••\'oted to clioose a com- 
mittee to advise with the selectmen respecting poor prisoners who 
hath been committed to jail in tliis town and hath taken the benefit 
of law and whose expenses hath become chargeable to the town." 
A committee to number the school districts, reported as follows : 
Daniel Stowell's. 1 Samuel Hannnond's. 8 

Lemuel Holmes', 2 John Record's. l) 

Jairus Shaw's. 3 Samuel King's. 10 

John Robinson's, 4 Caleb Prentiss', 11 

Jonathan Shurtleft's, 5 Benj. Cooper's, 12 

Benj. Hammond's, G Geo. Ryerson's, 13 

Job Liyvey's, 7 Simeon Walton's, 14 



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123 



January 19, there was a violent northern gak-. vvhicli miroofed 

several buildings and blew down Joseph Bessey's barn. Feb. lo, 

Law3-er Howe was attacked b}- Benaiah Dow and l):ully injured. 

(see account elsewhe-re.) 

1811. 

Among the new names in tlie list of town oliicers, are Stephen 
Blake. Jr.. INIicah Walker, Rufus Brett, Thomas Farrar, Isaac Cum- 
mings, Jr.. Haven Hall, Isaiah Whittemore and Isaac Knight. 
Albion K. Parris was chosen agent for the town ''to transact business 
under tlie direction of the selectmen." Voted to receive lots 2, 3, 4 
and ."), in the first range in the town of liuckfield, into Paris, ^'oted 
to build a powder house, and the selectmen were made a committee 
for that piu-pose, tlie house to be built within one hundred rods of 
the meetinghouse. Jairus Shaw was directed to look up the old 
plan of the town wliich showed the division into school districts. 
Jonathan Shurtletf was allowed seven shillings per week for the suj)- 
port of his brother. The town declined to abate the taxes of Den- 
nis Haskell and Mannasseh Powers. Four lumdrtd tlolUvrs. in addi- 
tion to the regular appropriations, were raised to be expended on 
roads, under special agents. The overseers were directed to pro- 
vide for the suppoit of James Churchill. 

The following statistics of the town, compiled from returns made 
to the General Court at Boston, this year, are of interest : Numl)er 
of polls between IG and 21 years, 48; ratable polls over 21, 1!)() ; 
luimber of polls not ratable and not supported by town, 8 ; num- 
ber not ratable, supported by the town. 2 : number of dwelling 
houses, 142 ; shops. 3 ; distill houses, 2 : potasli, 1 ; grist mills. 3 : 
saw mills. 2; l)arns. 173; other l)uildings, 27; money on hand, 
•SI, 600; ounces plate, 7.'); acres tillage, 384; wheat crop, 1,384 
bushels; corn crop, l.)7; peas and beans, 53: acres upland mow- 
ing, 984 ; tons of hay, 984 ; acres of pasturing, 1,160 : unimproved 
lands, 18,373 : acres used for roads, 640 ; covered with water, 530 ; 
horses. 174 ; oxen, 260 ; steers and cows, 633 ; swine, 393. 

1812. 

The new names among the town officers were, Calel) Besse, Reu- 
ben Favor, David Bolster, John Whitehead, Ebenezer Tuell, David 
Marshall, Jr.. Benaiah Hanson and William Beals. The Rev. John 
Willis was chosen Pound keeper. Alanson Mellen was allowed 
$17.24 for recording births and deaths. Capt. Samuel Stephens, 
$4.50, for casting balls. Among the abated taxes were those of 



124 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Darius Andrews, Daniel Brett, Oliver Colburn. Jeremiah Howe, 
Nathaniel Hutchinson, John Knight. Micah Tiionias and Abner Fos- 
ter. Among the accounts, Hannah Walton was allowed Si 6.82, for 
boarding and nursing Hannah Littlehale, and. Dr. Ben j. Chandler. 
$3.30, for medical treatment for same : also $4.50 to Abraham 
Walton for cash paid to Dr. Seth Chandler for treating same. This 
year the town chose Levi Hubbard and Elias Stowell, representa- 
tives. Benj. Chesley was allowed $G.2o, for warning twenty-five 
town meetings from March 20, 1<S10 to May 4, 1S12. The next 
item savors of the war: .''Voted that the wages of the detached 
troops of this town be made equal to ten dollars per month per man, 
for the time the}* shall be in actual service, provided government 
does not make it equal to that." A committee to report resolves in 
favor of the General (iovernment, consisting of Albion K. Parris, 
Josiah Bisco and Eli;^s Stowell, submitted the following, which was- 
accepted : 

Prkamhi.e. 

"Whereas, our departed Wa.«hiiigtoii. in liis last a(hh-ess to liis tVUow 
citizens, declared : That the con.staucy of then- support was the essential 
]tr()p of his cftbrts and f^uarantee of his plans: tluit respect for the author- 
ity. i()ini)liaiic(' with the laws and aequiesence in the measures of Govern- 
ment are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Mbcrty : tliat 
all obstructions to the execut)n,i>' of the laws, all condiiuatious and asso- 
ciations under wliatever itlausible character with a desii>n to direi-t, coun- 
teract or control tlie deliberations, and action of tlie constituted author- 
ities, are of fatal con.se(piences, serving to organize faction and to put in 
tlie place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a i)arty: tliat 
party spirit serves alwaj'S to distrust tli<» public councils, enfeeble the pub- 
lie administration, foment riot and insurrection, and open the door to for- 
eign influence and corruption. 

"It is therefore ])y the inliabitauts of the town of I'ai-is, in public toAvn 
meeting as.sembled. 

"Eesolved, Tliat being sensibly impressed with the importance of the 
advice of our politii-al fatlier. and considering the very important situation 
of otir ])ublic concei'iis. that we are n()\\ in ojx-n hostilities witii a i)o\\erful 
nation, and have already just cause for a similar declaration with anotlier 
not less powerful, we view it as tlie duty of all llie friends of our com- 
mon country, by whate\'ei' party thev may be classed, to sui)port the Gov- 
ernment under which we live, comply with its laws and acquiesce in its 
measures. 

"IJesolved, That common and continued mischiefs of the sjiirit of paity 
are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of all wise people to discour- 
age and restrain it, jiarticularly at this crisis when the rage and violence of 
l»olitical dissension are kindling the animosit}' of one pait of our citizens 



HISTOKV OF PARIS. 12i) 

against anotlier. and fonnMiting- those t-ollisions that subvert the order, 
destroy tlie peace and enchiiiiier tlie liberty of a Ivepublicaii government. 

'•IJesolved, That we liiuhl}' estimate tlie immense value of our national 
union, considei-nii;,- it as the p;illadiuni of our ])olitieal safety, and as it was 
the opinion of our Washington that against this union, the l)atteries of 
internal and external enemies would be most eonstantly and actively, 
though often secretly directed, so we with him consider it the duty of every 
man to watch for its preservation with Jealous anxietj'; to discountenance 
whatever may suggest even a suspicion, that it can in any event be aban- 
doned, and to frown indignantly upon the first dawning of every attemi)t 
to sever or weaken that chain by Avhich we aie united." 

••And whereas, under the order of the comniaiider-in-chief of this com- 
monwealth of the 25th of April last, certain jicrsons were detached from 
the companies of the militia in this town, and were ordered to hold theni- 
.selves constantly in readiness to marcli at a momenfs warning, and where- 
as their compensation allowed by Government is inade(iuate, Therefore 

IJesolved, That the selectmen of the town of Paris be and thej- are hei-e- 
by authorized and directed to draw on the treasurer of said town in favor 
of each person detached under and l)y virtue of the order aforesaid, to the 
amount of a sum which together with what each pei-son so detached shall 
receive from Government, will be equal to ten dollars per month each of 
the persons aforesaid, so long as they shall be held in actual service in 
consefjuence of said detachment." 

The action of the town upon this report was as follows: '-Voted 
that the foregoing preamble and resolves l)e signed by the modei"ator 
of said meeting and the town clerk, and forwarded to the editors of 
the Eastern Argus and Portland Gazette for publication." The poll 
taxes of Dea. John Willis and of Jacob Twitchell and Jacob Twitch- 
ell, Jr.. were abated. In April of this year, James Lebroke fell 
from a building and was killed. He was a native of Paris, France, 
and came to this country in the French tieet, after which he served 
three years in the Continental arm}-. Dea. John Willis died in 
July of this year, aged 56. He was one of the very first settlers. 

1813. 
Benj. Chandler was chosen clerk, Thomas F. Chase, Collector, 
and among the other new otiicers were Daniel Cole, Moses Allen, 
Moses Marshall, Isaac Allen and James Putnam. The usual amount 
of money was voted. Seth Carpenter and Alfred Gates were two 
new selectmen. Two hundred and tweuty-three votes were thrown 
for Governor. James Churchill was put u[) at auction, or rather 
his support, and was struck off to Stephen Kobiuson at Sl.O'S per 
week. Among the taxes abated were those of Jonathan Brown, 
Joel Fuller, Jereiuiah Winslow, John Nason. Jr., Charles Hale, 



126 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Joseph Wing, Jonnthan Johnson and Adonivani BhUvC. A commit- 
tee was chosen to petition the General Court to make valid the 
doings of the town. At a meeting January 1, 1814, it was "voted 
to instinct our representatives to use their influence in General 
Court to have this commonwealth assume its proportion of the direct 
tax and }iay the same into the treasury of the United States agree- 
ably to the provisions of the act laying said tax, and petition the 
Legislature for that purpose." This certainly shows commendable 
loyalty to the (general Government, on the part of the voters of 

Paris. 

1814. 

Five hundred dollars was still the amount raised for educational 
purposes, and tifteen hundred for highways. It was voted to dis- 
continue the road l)etween Edward Andrews' and William Leth- 
bridge's. Two liundred and sixty-six votes were thrown for Lt. 
Governor. Among the bills allowed was one to the town of Sid- 
ney for the support of Robert Wightman's family. The half-shire 
town question was again agitated, and a committee was chosen to 
remonstrate against it. Seventy-five dollars were raised for build- 
ing a bridge across the river to Little's Grant, (Woodstock) by 
John Ivo1)inson's. A committee ot three consisting of Josei)h Rust, 
Benj. Chandler and Henrv Prentiss was chosen to draft an address 
to the Legislature, and also to take into consideration the expediency 
of passing resolves on the political situation of the United States, 
the State of ^Massachusetts and the District of Maine. 

The following draft of an address was presented and accepted : 

''To tfic Hoiionibh- Senate and House of Eei^resentatives of Massachu- 
setts, in (xeneral ( omt assembled in Boston, in January, ISI.^. 

The inhabitants of Paris in tlie county of Oxford in le,i>al town nieetin<2,- 
assembled the twenty-first day of January, 181."), to take into consideration 
the very i-rltical and alarming- situation ot our country and particularly the 
District ot Maine, on account of the enemy being permitted to occupy a 
part ot said District — deem it one of their inalienable jjrivileges in com- 
mon with tlie otlier eiti/ens of this connnonwealth. in an orderly and peace- 
able manner to assemble to consult upon the common good ; give instruc- 
tions to their representatives, and to request of the Legislative l)ody, bj'" 
Avay of address, petition or remonstrance, retlress of tlie wrong tlone them 
and ot the grievances they suffer. 

We view with regret the opposition of tlie government of this State to 
the l^niteti States ; believing it has a most jternicious efleet and will, if per- 
sisted in. ultimately end in our total discomfiture and recolonization. We 
feel it a dutj' incumbent upon us to declare tliat we believe the General 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 127 

Governnieiit acted jirudciitly and widely in making- war against the British 
Nation: that had they continned to atttMni»t to treat witli tlieni till the 
present time, not only our <-onnneroe would have been captured and con- 
demned, but that a larg<'r mnnber of our seamen would liave been prisoners 
and deprived of employment. 

We are sensible that it is tlie duty of every citizen of tiie union, to sul)- 
niit to privations w hich result from a state of war. and clieerfuily con- 
tribute towards its support, but on rellecting on tlie suffering, and dilli- 
culties with whicli the necessaries and comforts of life are* ol)tained, we 
view with astonishment the conduct of tlie Executive and I^egislature of 
this State, in the waste of public money at this time of cahunity and gen- 
eral distress. 

We humbly beg leave^> ask, why has this State not assumed tlie direct 
taxr Wh}^ the expensSBf the Hartford conventions Are we not fully 
represented in the Legislature y Have not the northern states a full and 
respectable number of rei)resentatives in the Congress of the United States? 
Is this a proper time to alter the constitution or even intimate a dissolution 
of the union? Or have we been deceived and elected men unable to legis- 
late and do honor to themselves and country, and justice to theii' con- 
stituents? We are of opinion that the enemy could not have obtained and 
kept quiet and peaceable possession of a portion of the District of Elaine, 
had it not 1)een for the opposition of the government of this State to the 
government of the United States — and that a speedy termination ouglit to 
be put to the frequent cori-espondence, trade and commerce now carried on 
between our internal and external enemies, and that if a force of militia 
which is in the i^ower of this State to call into operation were embodied 
and stationed near the posts of the enemy, it would discourage them from 
holding any of our territory they now possess in this district, and prevent 
their merchandize from being smuggled into any other jiart of this State, 
and the disgrace of those citizens who are tempted l)y the prospect of gain, 
to visit and traffic with them. 

We therefore request the Honorable Legislature of the State aforesaid, 
to unite with the general government, and support such measures as they 
recommend to free the seai'oast from every invasion of the enemy, and 
show to the world that notwithstanding ])arty divisions about the adminis- 
tration of the general government, the people in this State are deter- 
mined to support their i-ights and liberties as freemen, against every for- 
eign invader."" 

The same committee reported on the "Political Situation"" the following 
preamble and resolves : 

''AVhereas it is the opinion of the inhabitants of Paris aforesaid that the 
war declared by the United States against Great Britain was just and right 
in tlie sight of (lOd and our country, and deserves the unanimous support 
of every American belonging to the union and the approbation of all neu- 
tral nations — 

Therefore. Kesolved, That as citizens of the United States we will no 
longer consider ourselves bound by the «ommands and ordei-s of the State 



128 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of Massachusetts, than the State shall compl}' with the eoustitiition and 
the laws, and supj)ort the government administered by the congress of the 
United States chosen by the people. 

Bcfiolri'd^ That in case of an open iel)ellion of the State of Massachusetts 
or the Xew England States in general or any of them, against the Ignited 
States, we will support with all the means in our ])ower the General Gov- 
ernment of our country. 

Eesolrt'ih That measures ought inunediately to be taken to expose to con- 
tempt all persons avIio may be known to conmiunicate directly or indirectly 
with our hostile enemy except by command or pei'mission of the I'nited 
States Government. 

BesoJrod^ That we will not trade directly or indirectly with any meichant, 
trader, or otiier person for goods or merchandizj^of any name, nature or 
(]uality when we have sulticient reason to l)elievt^iat he was knowing to 
said goods or merchandize being brought into this State contrary to the 
laws of the Ignited States. 

Besolrcil^ That shoiUd the federal towns in this commonwealth prevent 
the collection of the direct taxes ami internal duties, as some of them have 
threatened, it will become the duty of republican towns to suspend the 
payment of the State taxes, till they can ascertain whether the money is to 
be made use of for the public good, or in supi)ort of rebellion." 

This report was iiecepted, and it was voted that the resohitioiis be 
adopted and a copy fnrnisluHl the Eastern Argus for publication. 

1815. 
An article in the warrant was "to see if the town will vote to 
petition the County commissioners to discontinue the road begiiiing 
in Runiford, leading through No. 3 and entering tlie north end of 
Paris near Samuel Hammond's to Capt. Jonathan Bemis' farm, and 
Mr. Simeon Pond's to tlie guide board leading to Runiford, or at 
anything thereof." It was voted so to petition. It was also voted 
to build two bridges, one across the cove east of Stowell's mills so 
called; this with earth: and one across the river below Stowell's 
mills. The width of each was to be 24 feet. At a meeting holden 
January IG. a petition to the Legislature was presented and adopted, 
asking for the separation of the District of Elaine from Massachu- 
setts, as follows : 

'■To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Eepresentatives of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in General Court assembled. January, 
1816. 

'•The inhabitants of Paris in the county of Oxford in legal town meet- 
ing assembled, l)eg leave in their corporate capacity, to rei)resent that the 
time has now arrived wlien the District of Maine ought to assume the 
manaijement of its own attairs; when the citizens of the District ought to 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 129 

exeivisc thoso litjlits s«h-uic(1 to them by tln> constitution of the United 
States, and l)e erected into an independent State: that riiiht we now claim. 
We now re-iiecffnlly as!< your honorable body, to dissulNc our political 
connection with Massacinisetts proper: Ave do it fi-oni a sincere conviction 
that our intei'ests most imperiously demand it; we do it from the belief 
that you will UKtst cheerfully y-rant our request when satisfied that it is the 
wisli of the people; that wish we now express to j'ou. and this expression 
of our opinion we are confident coincides with that of the District in i^en- 
eral: one sentiment now prevails on this subject witho(U reoard to i)arty 
politics: there exists with all classes, an unusual dejiTee of interest; those 
sectional objections which have heretofore existed, are in a great measure 
done away, and a most zealous determination is manifested to persevere 
until the ,n'r«'at object is effected. 

We have long- been sensible that however desirous ^lassachusetts may Ix' 
of administei-iuii- our aflairs for our best ii'ood, it is beyond her power; it is 
utterly imi)Ossible for any legislature to manage so distant and extensive a 
territory so advantageously as could be done by itself. Our local j;ituatioii 
requires a different policy. We know of no reason why this right should 
be denied us: we in \ain seek some cause whj^ a District separated by the 
ocean and an inde[>endent State, from ]Massachusetts, having an extent of 
territory ecpial to all the rest of New England, a population exceeding two 
hundred and seventy thousand, and resources equal to any State this side of 
the Hudson, should be denied the privilege of governing itself; it is incon- 
sistent with the spirit of our republic! 

We are therefore called l)y a sense of e(|uity and justice, by a sentiment 
of honoi- and independence, by a solemn duty we owe ourselves and our 
posterity, to i)ray your lionorable body for iuunediate separation. It lias 
ever been held as a self-evident proposition, "that the District of Maine 
ought to become a State whenever its population and i)roperty should be 
sulticient to render its government respectable." Again we say, that time 
has arrived. A\'e ha\e the population, the means and the talents to make 
.Maine one of the most "'respectable" States in the union. 

And we humbly pray that you will take the sul)ject into seriovis deliliera- 
tion. that you will, at your present session, adopt some measure which will 
eflect the objei-t of your petitic^ners and which will tlie most pronq)tly 
secure to us the establishment of a separate and independent State." 

Four inches of snow fell this year, the 19th of May. 

1816. 

Job Lurvey was permitted to draw his school money and pay it 
out at such place as he could best be accommodated. The interest 
of the ministerial fund was voted to Elder Hooper, as usual. A 
vote on the question of separation stood 129 in favor and 55 
opposed. At a meeting September 1st, delegates w^ere chosen to 
attend the convention called at the church near the college in Bruns- 
wick, agreeable to an act of the Legislature, to consider the subject 

9 



130 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of separation. Rev. James Hooper and Hon. Albion K. Parris- 
were chosen. Another vote on the question of separation stood 157 
to 59. Several roads were accepted and others discontinued l)ut the 
town business as a whole was of minor importance. The direct tax 
prayed for by the town came upon them this year, and the names of 
the tax payers, amount of taxable proi)erty and amount of tax are 
given in the next chapter. * 

This was a cold year, still well remembered liy elderly people. 
The following monthly journal of the weather during that mem- 
orable year, is worth being preserved. Fires ran in tiie forests of 
this and the adjoining towns during the late summer months, des- 
troying a large amount of wood and timber, and in some localities 
nearly ruining the soil. The peculiarities of the season were not 
confined to New f^ngland, but extended throughout the middle and 
what were then called the western States. There was great suffer- 
ing among the poor and esj^ecially in places newly settled. 

•■■.Jaimarv was mild, so much so as to render lii'es almost needless in sit- 
ting i-ooms. Deccmlter, the month immediately jnceediiiii' this was very 
cold. 

February was not very cold: witli the exception of a few days, it was 
mild, like its pi-edecessor. 

Marcli was cold and boisterous, the tii'st half of it. the remainder was 
mild. A great fresliet on tlie Ohio and Kentucky rivers caused great loss 
of property. 

Api'il began warm, and grew colder as the month advanced and ended 
Avith snow and ice with a temperature more like A\inter than Spring. 

May was more remarkable for frowns than <niiles. IJuds and fruits were 
frozen — ice formed half an incli in thickness — corn killed and t lie fields were 
again and again replanted until deemed too late. 

June was the coldest ever known in tins latitude. Frost and ice and snow 
were common. Almost every green herb was killed. Fruit nearly all 
destroyed. Snow fell to the depth of ten inches in Maine, several inches 
in Vermont, and it fell to the depth of three inches in the interior of Xew 
York : it fell also in Massachusetts. 

July was accompanied by frost and ice. On the morning after the 
fourth, ice formed of the thickness of common window glass, throughout 
New England- and New York, and some parts of Peniisylvaina. Indian 
corn was nearly all killed ; some favorably situated fields escaped. This 
was true of some of the hill farms. 

August was more cheerless if possible, tlian the summer months already 
passed. Ice was formed half an inch in thickness. Indian eoi-n was so 
frozen tliat the greater part of it was cut down and dried as fodder. 
Almost every green thing was destroyed both in this country and in 
Europe. Papers received from England said, "It will be remembered by 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 131 

the present generation that the year 181(5 was a year in wiiicli there was no 
summer/" Very little corn in tlie Xew En<ilan(l and Middle States rijjened. 
Fanners supplied themselves from the corn i)roduced in ISlo for seed in 
the Spring of 1S17. It sold for from four to live dollars a bushel. 

September furnislied about two weeks of the mildest weathei of the sea- 
son. Soon after the middle, it became very cold and fiosty. ice foi-Miiiig a 
(piarter of an inch in thickness. 

Octol)er produced more than a u>iial share of cold weather: frost and 
ice connnon. 

November was cold and i)lustering. Snow fell so as to make sleigiiing. 

December was mild and comfortable. 

We have thus given a brief sunnnary of the '-cold >ummei- of ISK;.'" as 
it was called, in order to distinguish it from otlier cold seasons, 'i lie winter 
Avas mild. Frost and ice were connnon in every month of the year. Very 
little vegetation matured in the Eastern and Middle States. The sun's rays 
seemed to be destitute of heat throughout the sunnner: all nature seemed 
clad in sable hue. and men exhibit. 'd ik. little anxiety concerning the future 
of this life." 

The late IJev. Kawson Dunliam of AVoodstock, a resident of Paris in 
1810, in a comnuuiication to tlie Oxford Democrat in 1S7;;!. said of the cold 
sunnner : 

"In 181(), June 7th, snow fell 2 inches. I rode from Hebron to Liver- 
more tliat day on horseback and came very near freezing. It was so cold 
that it killed the birds: English robins were picked up as well as all kinds 
of birds, frozen to death. Frost every mouth tliat year. In 1817 t-orn was 
worth .S2.00 and $-2.:>0: wheat from 82.00 to $H.in) pt-i- bushel." 



CHAPTER XX. 

DIRECT TAX OF 181(). 

Following is a list of the inhabitants of Paris in 1816, lial)le to be 
taxed, and the amount assessed against each. This tax was pro- 
vided by an act of Congress passed the .3th day of March. 181G, 
and was assessed upon lauds, lots, dwelling houses, shoi)s, «S:c. 
Joseph Howard of Browntield was collector for this county, and 
Ebenezer Poor of Audover. for the sub-District including Paris. The 
total tax assessed on the whole country was $3,000,000. and tlu; 
proportion of Oxford coiuit\' which then included Turner, Liver- 
more, Jay, Weld and Carthage was §5,585.31. or one six hundred 
and fifty-fourth part of the whole. The tax list is given in full here 
to show the number of tax-pajers residing in the town at the time, 
and also to convey some idea of the financial standing of each, but 



132 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

as personal property was not taxed, it only shows each approxi- 
mately, for the names of those not possessed of real estate do not 
appear, while those whose property consisted mainly of i)ersoual 
property were taxed for only a small part of their real possessions. 
The names of several non-resident owners are omitted from the list. 



Names of 


Amount of 


AMoI NT OF 


Taxable Persons. 


Taxable Phofkrtv. 


Tax. 


.John Andrews, 


>iH-2r> 


.$0 


71 


Darius Andrews, 


23.5 




52 


Moses Allen, 


490 


1 


00 


David Andrews, 


2,033 


4 49 


Abie/er Andrews, 


304 


1 


77 


Jon"n. Allen, Agent, 


1,.5.57 


3 42 


Isaac Allen, 


2.51 




55 


\\'in. Bent, 


313 




69 


Abraham Bolster, 


1,223 


2 


69 


Edward Andrews, 


993 


2 


19 


I.utlier Brett, 


3.55 




73 


Franiis Bends, 


418 




92 


Aiuzi Brett. 


3()0 




80 


Isaac Bolster. .Jr., 


1,202 


2 64 


David Bolster, 


l.KiO 


2 


57 


Hufus Brett, 


283 




62 


Levi Berry, 


3.52 




77 


Stephen Blake, .Jr., 


(579 


1 50 


Isaac Bolster, 


2,1()4 


4 


76 


Martin Brett. . 


105 




23 


Setli Benson, 


1,049 


2 


31 


p]noch Bvunhaui, 


027 


1 


38 


Alansou Briggs, 


240 




53 


David Benii.s, 


235 




52 


.losiah Bartlett, ' 


;!J3 




66 


Wni. Beal, 








Seidell Bartlett, 


249 




77 


John Bonney, 








.Joseph Besse, 


313 




70 


Sani'l Bunipus, 


285 




52 


Zebulon Brjant, 


42 




09 


John Besse, 


470 


1 


03 


.Ion"n Ballard, 


375 




82 


Aniasa Bartlett, 


.512 


1 


12 


Elijah Bates, 


1,035 


2 


20 


Asa Barrows, 


752 


1 


60 


Caleb Besse, 


251 




65 


Devi Bartlett, 


84 




19 


Arodus Bryant, 


107 




36 



IIISTOUV OF PARIS. 



133 



Namks of 


A.Aiorxr OF 


Amou 


NT OF 


Taxahi.k Person's. 


Taxabi.k Proi'krtv. 


Tax. 


AVui. Beny. 


80tt 


1 


70 


Kob"t A. Bradinan. 


77t; 


1 


00 


Ichabod Bryant, 


4S1 


1 


6.5 


John Bonnev. Jr.. 


8-2:) 


1 


81 


Amos Bivaur. 


84 




10 


John Besse. .Ir.. 


5;j3 


1 


18 


AVidow Lucy Bryant. 


2(>] 




57 


Asa Barrows, Jr., 


4! to 


1 08 


Bailey Bodwell, 


84 




10 


T. O. Bickford, 








Jon"n Beniis, 


8,071 





7.5 


•Jon'n Beniis. Jr., 


418 




02 


James Bemis, 


418 




02 


Ezra Cary, 


888 


1 


04 


Solomon Cloutnian. 


418 




02 


David riiftbrd. 


],0!)1 


2 


41 


Benj"n ('heslej-. 


.•ui 


1 


04 


riiilip Caldwell, 


no.') 


1 


00 


Bartholomew Cushmau, 


31»5 




87 


Benj'n Chandler, 


•282 




02 


Isaac Cunmiings, 


0.50 


1 


45 


Caleb Cushman, 


1,010 


3 


57 


Daniel Cummings, 


aOlt 


1 


25 


Thos. F. Chase, 


027 


1 


37 


Timothy Chase, . 


2!)lt 




05 


Jon'n Ciunmings, 


470 


1 


03 


Jonas ( 'unnnings, 


201) 




00 


John (x. Crawford, 


G2H 


1 


37 


Eben Cushman, 


418 




02 


Gershom Cole, 


0.5!) 


1 


45 


Jesse Cummings, 


1,010 


3 


50 


Benj"n Cooper, 


ry-.u 


1 


13 


Simeon Cunnnings, 


42S 




05 


Sprague Churchill, 








Jerathmael Colburn. 


027 


1 


31 


Thos. Crocker. 


740 


1 


03 


Jesse Cushman, 


204 




45 


Peter Chase. 


7;n 


1 


01 


Dan'l Cole, 


45.') 


1 


00 


Perez Churchill, Jr., 


500 


1 


25 


Nicholas Chesley, 


731 


1 


01 


Sam'l Chesley, 


301 




80 


Seth Carpenter, 


1,04.5 


2 30 


Nathan Cloudman, 


1,174 


2 


50 


T.uther Carv, 


380 




85 



134 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



Names of 


Amount of 


Amount of 


Taxable Person;?. 


Taxable Property. , 


Tax. 


John Deering, 


831 


1 82 


Edmund Dean, 


1,323 


2 91 


Noah Dean, 


121 


26 


Edmund l)ean, Jr., 


278 


52 


John Danit'ls. Jr., 


1,630 • 


3 59 


Asa Dean. .Ti-.. 


711 


1 50 


Barzila Dwelley, 


438 


97 


Peter Durell, Jr., 


669 


1 48 


Eleazer Dunham, 


691 


1 52 


David Durell. 


1,199 


2 46 


Daniel Dudley, 


251 


55 


John Daniels, 


1,151 


2 53 


Eben Daniels, 


413 


92 


David Dudlej', 


884 


1 94 


Rob"t Deering, 


292 


64 


James Daniels, 


825 


1 81 


Joseph Daniels, 


648 


1 43 


Eben'r Estes, 


418 


92 


Caleh Fuller, 


565 i 


1 44 


Aaron Fuller. Jr.. 


209 


46 


Aaron Fuller, 


2,296 


5 05 


Barnabee Faunce, 


242 


54 


Dan'l Fobes, 


507 


1 12 


Ei.irni Fields, 


209 


46 


Billings F(.l)es, 


378 


34 


r>o\veli. Fuller »fc Co., 


105 


23 


Keubcn Favor, 


522 


1 14 


John Favor, 


286 


85 


John Fogg, 


418 


92 


Eben H. Goss, 


731 


1 67 


(irosvner. 


84 


19 


Jaeol) (iurney, 


229 


51 


Alfred (Jates, 


890 


1 96 


Joseph (iallison. 


25 


06 


<iustavus A. (loss. 


859 


1 89 


Jt>lni Gray, 


993 


2 18 


Moses (rannnon, 


261 


57 


Solomon Hall, 


593 


1 33 


Natli'l How, 


519 


1 14 


Thos. Hill, 


105 


23 


Lazarus Hathaway, 


487 


1 08 


Heirs of Lemuel Holmes, 


543 


1 20 


James Holmes, 


555 


1 23 


Solomon Haekett, 


555 


1 23 


Benj"n Hannnond. Jr., 


1,098 


2 42 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



135 



Names of 






Amount of 


A:moi NT OF 


Taxable Persons. 




1 


'AXABi.E Property. 


Tax. 


Sam'l Hammond, 






418 




92 


Henry Hill, 






329 




73 


l>avicl Harlow, 






559 


1 


23 


Haven Hall. 






519 


1 


14 


Hu?sell Hnliltanl. 






2,133 


4 


70 


I^azarus Hathaway 


. Jr.. 




313 




69 


Thos. Hill. Jr.. 






1,5G5 


3 


44 


Amariah Harris, 






700 


1 


54 


<'ynis Hamlin. 






1,714 


3 


77 


r.evi Hubbard, 






2,539 


5 


81 


.losepl* Hanniiond. 






827 


1 


80 


Moses Hodgdon, 






313 




09 


Abijah HaU. 






1 ,540 


3 


40 


Do. for estate of 1' 


. H. IFall, 


■ 








Do. for lieirs of J. 


H. Hall, 


817 


1 


80 


Do. for lieirs of T. 


O.JIall. 


1 

J 








Frederie X. Hall. 






. 207 




58 


Jacob How. 






320 




71 


Josiali .Tackson. 






257 




50 


Nathaniel .Jackson, 






292 




04 


Beni'n .Tackson. 






251 




.55 


Lemuel .laikson. .F 


' ••! 




2.143 


4 


~-) 


Lemuel .lackson's heirs, 




3.010 


7 


90 


Leumel .Tackson, 3d, 




4,287 


2 83 


Sylvanus Jackson, 


for Robert 








Moody, 






522 


1 


14 


Isaac Knight, 






517 


1 


14 


(Jeorge King, 






3.34 




74 


Francis Keen, 






251 




5.5 


Edmund Knight, 






739 


1 


03 


A/.el Kinsley, 






925 


2 


03 


Sam'l King. 






1 ,403 


3 


21 


Josei»h IJnsey, 






574 


1 


28 


Jacob Lebroke, 






313 




09 


James Lebroke, 






444 




98 


\Vm. Lethbredge, 






528 


1 


17 


Sanfl Larrabee, 






201 




57 


Job Lurvey, 






313 




09 


Seth Morse. 






],2(« 


2 


55 


Do. for David Mor 


se, 




830 


1 


86 


Joseph Merrill, 






376 




82 


Isaac Merrill, 2d, 






167 




37 


liobert Moody, 






.519 


1 


14 


Win. Merrill, 






376 




82 


Josepli M<'< a lister, 






391 




80. 



136 HISTORY OF PARIS. 



Namks of 


Amoint of 


Amount of 


I'axaui.f: Ffksons. 


Taxable Pkofektv. 


Tax. 


Silas Maxim. 


909 


2 00 


'i'hos. A E. M.Miili, 


509 


1 12 


Isaac Merrill, 


209 


46 


Moses Marshall. 


;^9G 


87 


Dan'l Maeoinber, 


911 


2 00 


Win. Mixer. 


1,500 


3 30 


Dan'l No1)le, 


52 


11 


l.nke Owens, 


522 


1 14 


•Tohn ct Cliarles I'orter, 


689 


1 52 


Joseph Perry, 


552 


1 21 


Abra'in Pray, 


449 


99 


T.utlier Pratt, 


783 


1 72 


Dan"l Pond. 


673 


1 48 


Simeon Pond. 


470 


1 03 


Henry Prentiss, 


1,548 


3 41 


Albion K. Parris, 


155 


34 


Asa Pei-ry, 


1,050 


2 31 


Caleb Prentiss, 


857 


1 89 


Elias Partrido-e. 


975 


2 14 


Xath'l Pratt. 


350 


77 


Benj"n Pi-att. 


553 


1 22 


Simeon Perkins, 


214 


■ 48 


Isaac I'ecord, 


54() 


1 20 


Andrew Eecord, 


62 


14 


Jolui Eecord. .Ir., 


583 


1 30 


Asa Kobinson. 


1,191 


2 62 


Georti'e IJyerson, 


355 


78 


Abner Pawson, 


--. 2.334 


5 14 


T.uke Pyerson. 


66V) 


1 48 


John Poyal. 


321 


70 


Estate of Josepli Pust, 


52 


11 


Sam'l Pawson, 


2,363 


5 19 


Emer Pawson. 


783 


1 73 


AVinslow Pecoi'd. 


507 


1 12 


Sylvanus Pobbins,. 


527 


1 17 


John Pobinson. 


2.260 


5 19 


Nath'l lUissell, 


5S3 


1 28 


Uriah Eipley, • 


1,202 


2 65 


Samuel Eobinson, 


1,510 


3 32 


Eben'r Pawson, 


3,824 


8 41 


"\Vm. Eyerson, 


45(i 


1 00 


Steplien Eobinson, 


3,782 


8 33 


Josepli Sturtevant, .Jr., 


5(i4 


1 24 


Solomon Shaw, 


857 


1 89 


(iilbcrr Sliaw, 


520 


1 14 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



137 



Namks ok 


Amount ok 


Amok 


XT OK 


TAXAlil.K PKKSOXS. 


Taxaulk PrOI'KRTY. 


Ta 


X. 


Widow Abiiiail Sliaw. 


23.T 




52 


Alva Shurtlert". 


41S 




92 


Jos('i)li Sturtevaiit. 


l,-2()-J 


2 


65 


.}on"n Sliiutlert'. 


l;«7 


2 


94 


Elias Stowell. 


;^,8S(> 


7 


44 


( 'a lob Swift, 


IMS 


2 


88 


Thos. Stevens, 


940 


2 07 


Will. St () well. 


3,(J8(> 


8 


00 


SaiiTl Steveui*, 


i,:ws 


2 


99 


Daii'l Smith. 


52 




11 


Jairus Shaw, 


1,82;^ 


3 


98 


Win. Stearns, 


2,040 


5 


82 


Dan"! Stowell. 


3,138 


6 


91 


'riinothy Smith. 


836 


1 


83 


•Tosiah Smitli. 


967 


2 


13 


Xicliolas Smith. 


28 




06 


I)an"l Stowell. Jr., 


783 


1 


72 


Joseph Swift. 


1,150 


2 


53 


Nicholas Smith. .)r.. 


285 




63 


"Widow Sarah Stevens, 


1,254 


2 


75 


Isaac TiteomI). 


277 




60 


David Twitohell, 


484 


1 


00 


Dan'l Staples, 


1,609 


3 54 


Mercy Staples, 


700 


1 


54 


"Widow Esther Thayer, 


418 




92 


Isaac Thayer, 


286 




63 


Abiather Tuell. 


762 


1 


67 


Ebeii'r Tuell. 


919 


2 02 


Heiij"ii Tucker. 


439 




97 


Moses Twitchell, 


39() 




87 


John Valentine, 


773 


1 


69 


Adna Trilxm. 


460 


1 


01 


Stephen Waslihurn. 


449 




99 


Jacob WinsIo\\. 


543 


1 


19 


Patience Willis, 


G37 


1 


41 


Do. as (iuardian for Louis AVillis, 219 




49 


Abijah Warren, 


689 


1 


52 


Simeon Walton, 


305 




67 


Wni. ('. Whitney, 


209 




46 


Levi AVhitnian, 


160 




35 


Bela AVynian. 


368 




81 


Seth Willis, 


667 


1 


48 


Lsaiah Whittemore, 


362 




79 


3Iicah Walker 


683 


1 


50 


AVm. Walker, 


772 


1 


69 



138 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



Namks of 
Taxaule Persons. 
Isaiah Willis, 

Do. as Guanliaii to Xat. Willis, 
Will. Warren. 
8usan ct Marv Willis. 
John Whitehead, 



Amount of 


Amount of 


Taxarle Property. 


Tax. 


1,104 


2 44 


illis, 219 


49 


198 


43 


418 


92 


.588 


130 



CHAPTER XXI. 



the aborkjines. 

We are not aware that the Indians 
ever had a village or encampment 
within the limits of this town, but that 
they were often here, there is no donlit. 
They hunted the moose and deer in 
our forests, set traps for the beaver 
and other game on the river and 
^ larger brooks, and caught an abund- 
^ ance of speckled trout in all our 
streams. The course of the Little 
Androscoggin formed one of their 
thoronghfares between tlie ocean and 
the lakes. In going to the northern 
lakes from the sea-coast, they often 
left the Great Androscoggin at Pejyp- 

scot Falls, (Lewiston,) and passing up 

the Little Androscoggin t(? Bryant's Pond, they either struck across 
to the Great Androscoggin at Kumford and by way of Ellis river to 
Andover, and so up Black brook to the middle lake, or they crossed 
from Bryant's Pond to the head-waters of Alder river and down 
this to its mouth near Bethel Hill, then across to Bear river follow- 
ing up which they reached Umbagog lake at the month of the Cam- 
bridge. The fact that no deposit of Indian relics and no signs of 
an Indian burying place have ever been discovered in this vicinity, 
indicate that they never had a fixed abiding place here, yet the find- 
ing of an occasional stone implement, an arrow or spear head, a 
chisel or gouge or stone axe, proves that they were once here, 
though probably only temporarily. 




mSTOKY OF PARIS. 



139 



When Europeans first visited the coast of Maine, they found num- 
erous tribes of Indians inhalnting our forests, and wherever fish and 
game did most abound, there the Inchans were the most numerous. 
They had their own well-defined limits which all understood, and no 
tribe overstepped the l)oundaries of another except to provoke a 
war or to carry one on. The great tri])es that inhabited Maine were 
the Abenakis and the Etechemins. The former inhabited from New 
Hampshire to the Penobscot and the latter from the Penobscot east- 
ward. The Abenakis were divided into four smaller tribes, as fol- 
lows : The Sokokis inhabited the valley of the Saco ; the Anasagun- 
ticooks, the Androscoggin and its tributaries : the Wawenocs, the 
coimtry east of Merrymeeting Bay, and the Canll)as or Kennel)ecs, 
from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake, on each side of the 
river. These trilies were again subdivided into smaller bodies, 
according to locality. The Pigwakets or -Pequakets were at Frye- 
l)urg until nearly destroyed by Lovewell and his party, in 1725. 
There was no doubt a sub-tribe of the Anasagunticooks at Bethel, 
perhaps one in Rumford, and certainly one in Canton, called the 
Rockomekos. The Indians occupied the fertile intervals on all our 
principal rivers. Here they raised their corn, the lands, when the 
country was first settled by the English giving evidence of having 
been cleared at a very remote period. The squaws cultivated the 
corn, using the rudest of implements, and when the soil l)eeame 
exhausted,dressing it with the offal of animals and fish. Perhaps 
the most intractable tribe of Indians in the State was the one inhab- 
iting the valley of the Androscoggin. There was an ''irrepres- 
sible conflict" between them and the whites, as long as they had the 
means to carry on war. But like all the other tribes within our lim- 
its, their decimation and utter extermination were only questions of 
time. The Pequakets were destroyed l)y Lovewell ; the Norridge- 
wocks by Captains Harmon and Moulton, other tribes fell in a simi- 
lar manner, and finally, the scattered remnants of several hostile 
tribes went to Canada and settled on the St. Francis river, where in 
1759 they were nearly anihilated by Col. Rogers of New Hamp- 
shire and his brave companions in arms.* 

There is a tradition that the Rockomekos or Rockemegos, as they 
have been called by some, were destroyed by being decoyed over the 
Falls at Lewiston. We do not avouch for the truth of the stoiy, 
although we have heard it from our earliest childhood, and told by 

♦Belknap's History of New Hampshire. 



140 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

those who claimed to have learned it of the first settlers. The story 
as told was brietl}' as follows : The Rockomekos had planned an 
attack npon the feeble settlement at Brunswick, and after celebrat- 
ing according to their ancient custom, the rites to propitiate the 
malignant deities they worshipped, they embarked themselves and 
their families in their canoes. The shadows of evening fell upon the 
river before they arrived at the Falls, and they sent two of their 
number forward to kindle fires upon the banks of the river just 
above the cataract.* From some reason nevei- made clear, the fires 
were kindled below and the lilaze gleamed up among the pines at 
the foot of the descent. The little fleet bearing the dusky warriors 
and their wives and children, came on, and, deceived by the signal, 
they were speedily carried into the swift current where no human 
power could save them. The}- had scarcely time to raise the death 
song before they were hurled over the cataract and perished. None 
escaped to tell the tale of ruin, save the two who occasioned the dis- 
aster. The date of this occurrence is fixed by tradition at the year 
1088. It has been said that the two Indians who were sent forward 
to light the signal fires, came across some white hunters near the 
Falls Irom whom they obtained some ardent spirits, and becoming 
partialh' intoxicated, the}' told their business, learning which, the 
white hunters dispatched them, and then built the fires l)elow the 
Falls to decoy the maraudering party to ruin. This, too, rests 
entirelv upon tradition.* 

Among the prominent Indians of the Anasagunticook trilie, was 
Worombo, who in 1()84, sold and gave a deed of the territory on the 
Androscoggin to the "Upper Falls." It has always been a matter of 
doul)t what falls were meant here, whether Fejypscot, (Lewiston,) 
or Kumford. The Indians always claimed that they never deeded 
away the lands on the Androscoggin, through Bethel and aliove. 
The last of the once powerful and warlike tril»e of Anasagunticooks 
was Matalluek, known in cheap literature as "the lone Indian of 
the Magalloway." He lived fur many years at the narrows of I'mba- 
gog lake, and is well remembered 1)y many i)eople now living. He 
died about forty ^ears ago. Several places in the lake region per- 
petuate his name. Another Indian, supposed to have been of the 
Anasaounticooks, was IMollv Ockett. She came from Canada to 



*Another account attributes the destruction of the Indians of tlie Rockomeko tribe, to 
the small pox, witli which it lias been said tliey were attacked about tlie year 1755, and 
nearly tlie wliole tribe swept a■^^•ay. 



HISTORY OV PARIS 



141 



Frveburg and from thence to Bethel, where she ehiinied ownersliip 
of the soil in the right of her ancestors. She often passed throngh 
this town, and many old people rcmemljer her. A mountain in 
Woodstock 1 tears her name and also a rock in the lake region. She 
visited Andover Avhen Ezekiel ^Merrill, the first settler was tirst there, 
and was a freqnent resident in that town where she died many years 
ago, and her remains were committed to the earth in the cemetery 
near the village. The Little Androscoggin as a tributary to the 
larger river, was claimed by the Anasagunticooks, and parties of 
this long extinct tribe, were those who once had a thoroughfare 
through this town and whose rude implements are still occasionally 
turned up by the plow. 

"They wai^ted like the April snow 

In the warm noon; they shrank away; 

And fast are followed as the)' go 
Toward tlie setting day."' 



CHAPTER XXII. 

CHARACTER OF THE EARLV SETTLERS. 

The prosperity of a town and its standing among other towns 
depends largely on the character of its founders, and in this respect, 
the town of Paris was uncommonly fortunate. The first comers, 
though not men of culture, were well educated for their times, and 
were men of honor, integrity and liusiness capacity. Lemuel Jack- 
son, who was somewhat advanced in years when he came, had been 
a successful man of business and accumulated quite a fortune. He 
purchased several entire rights, paying cash for them, and when he 
came to Paris he l)rought (juite a sum in silver money and represent- 
ing a much larger sum in the depreciated currency of Revolutionary 
times. In some respects, he was the father of the town, and his 
influence was almost unliounded. John "Willis, the son-in-law^ of 
Jackson, was a valuable citizen. Deacon of the church and a licensed 
preacher, a man of excellent character and leading a life which even 
at this distant day is fragrant of good deeds. Gen. Levi Hiibbard 
was in some respects, the foremost man in town. He had seen 
much puV»Uc service liefore he came to Paris, and was well qualified 
to lead off in the business of the new town and county. The three 
Stowell brothers were well-trained to business, and the record left 



142 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

by Daniel Stovvell when town clerk, shows him a man of superior 
intelligence and well educated. He was early, a Justice of the 
Peace. Capt. Isaac Bolster was the pioneer trader, a man well 
acquainted with business and always kept in town office. Josiah 
Bisco, the only one of the grantees who settled in Paris, stood high 
in the esteem of the Proprietary, served on the most important com- 
mittees, and helped in lotting" out the township. He was the first 
one selected by the town to be appointed a civil magistrate, and was 
much in town office. The Nelson brothers and Nathan Pierce were 
men of superior intelligence in lousiness affairs. 

Jonathan Bemis was ago-ahead, business man, built mills, cleared 
up land and made improvements in every direction. The Robinsons 
were great farmers, clearing up large areas of land and raising 
luxuriant crops of grain and grass. One of these brothers, one 
year, raised fiftj' acres of rye on new land. Daniel Staples had a 
large farm, cut large crops of hav and kept the largest herd of cat- 
tle in tcnvn. The three Kawson brothers were men of energy and 
enterprise, men of judgment, shrewd in business, and successful in 
the accumulation of property. The Cummings family which came a 
little later, were valuable acquisitions and have ever since held tlieir 
prominence in town. 

Then there were the Chases, the Hammonds, the Prentisses, the 
Shaws, the Kings, the Carpenters, the Stevenses, the Stearnses, the 
Halls, the Morses, the Fullers, the Shurtlefts, the Hathaways, the 
Fobeses, the Fieldses, the Mellens, the Andrews, Thomas Crocker, 
the Cushmans, and others of those who came prior to 1800, or near 
that time, all of whom were men of character and just the right 
material for planting and rearing a new town in the wilderness. 
Some of them had lieen well educated in the schools, while others 
had been schooled in active military service, a service which, while 
it well fitted them for pioneer life, taught them, at the same time,, 
the great value of American citizenship. Every hive has its drones, 
and every community its sluggards, and the records show that Paris 
was no exception, but such characters were uncommonly rare. The 
great majority- of the early settlers were industrious, enterprising 
and economical, and very soon after their first clearings were made, 
they had conifortal)le homes and pleasant surroundings. They were 
religious men, members of the church, and encouraged their min- 
ister by being constant in their attendance upon his ministrations. 
They were not without their faults, but their failings were greatly 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 143 

overbalaiiced bv their good qualities. They left tlieir impress upon 
the town which has ever given it a prominent position in affairs of 
county and State. 

When in 1801). Paris became the shire town, and the county offi- 
ces were established here, there was a re-enforcement of talent 
which soon became an element of strength in town and county. Dr. 
Cyrus Hamlin came as Clerk of the Courts and took up a permanent 
residence on the Hill. He at once became a leading citizen and 
retained that position to the time of his death. The legal men that 
gathered here when the Oxford bar was organized and became resi- 
dents of the town, were men of culture, learned in the law, and 
became distinguished iu their profession, and some of them in poli- 
tics. Such names as P^nocli Lincoln, Albion K. Parris, Joseph G. 
Cole and Stephen P^mery, need only to be mentioned in this connec- 
tion. The first two l)ecame governors, the last two Judges, and all 
are too well knoAvn to require any farther notice from us. Their 
coming into town was marked l\y better management of municipal 
affairs, by more attention to educational matters, by a higher patriot- 
ism which found expression in resolutions passed and spread upon 
the town records, by temperance eflbrt and bj' greater care in look- 
ing after the morals of the community generally. They were good 
lawyers, but they were something more ; they were men of charac- 
ter, of broad and expansive views ; statesmen in the highest sense 
of the term, and their iufiuence was powerful for good, and lasting. 
Though long since dead, by their precepts still remembered, and by 
the exaniple of their lives, they yet speak to the people of this town 
in words of unmistakable import. 




144 IIISTOHV OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER XXII r. 

AN^'AI,^5 COXTINUEy. 

1817. 

The support ol" the town's poor was sold at ani.tion. James 
Churchill was struck off to Perez Churchill, Miss Walton to Jonathan 
Shurlletf', at seventy-five cents per week for ''board and tobacco," 
and Widow Statira Wightuian with lier youngest child, to Moses Mar- 
shall. Five hundred dollars were still raised for schools, and fif- 
teen hundred for roads. The town voted to grant the request of 
Andrew Kecord and others, to be set otf with their estates from 
Paris to Hebron. This set off was from the southeast corner of the 
town. One thousand dollars were raised for defraying town charges. 
Tlie town voted not to send a representative to the General Court. 

1818. 

Reuel Washburn was chosen town agent. One hundred and fift}' 
dollars were raised 'for the repair of the meeting house, and Levi 
Hubbard, Elias Stowell and Samuel King were made a committee to 
expend the same. It was voted to "suspend the law prohiljiting 
the destruction of useful birds, passed Feb. 12, 1818." It was 
voted to build a bridge across the river, on the road leading from 
Caleb ^Swift's to the county road near Thomas F. Chase's. "Voted 
to set oft" Levi Berr}' and others into a school district, beginning at 
the town line on the western side of said town of Paris on the late 
line which separates double lot 25 and 2G from double lot 27 and 28, 
and to continue on said lot line easterl}' as far as their present dis- 
trict extends, and including all to the northward of said line within 
the said town of Paris ;" also voted to annex William Berrv and 
Stephens Drake to this district. This road was discontinued from 
land of John G. Crawford to Woodstock line, and the selectmen 
were instructed to view all the roads in town and repair all such as 
needed it. ^'^ot(.'d to discontinue a road leading from Samuel Ham- 
mond's to Woodstock line, and one by Asa Thurlo's in said 
Woodstock. 

1819. 

Seven hundred and fifty dollars were voted for schools. ]Molly 
Walton's support was bid off by Abiezer Andrews at 92 cents per 
week, tobacco to be furnished her to the amount of six pounds. 



HISTOKV OK PARIS. 145 

Mrs. Slatira Wightman was struck off to Joshua Carpenter at sev- 
enteen cents per week for board, and her daughter to Joseph Penley 
at nineteen. The bird law was again suspended. A committee of 
three, Setli Morse, Simeon Cummiugs and Stephen Knierv. was 
chosen to draft a code of by-laws for the town of Paiis. The 
Selectmen were made a committee to l)uild a stone pound. A com- 
mittee to \\ew the timber of the old pound, reported that ''they 
found but thiee sticks and they good for nothing." Moses Mar- 
shall's bill, a dollar a day was allowed and forty cents for spirit 
$9.40, and for the second item "Mncluding spirit," $25.03. The 
town again voted to petition the Legislature for a separation of the 
District of Maine from Massachusetts. The vote this year stood 
171 in favor and 40 opposed. Dec. G. the town voted on the new 
constitution for the State of Maine, 89 in favor and 17 opposed. 
The hrst steel axles ever made in town and perhaps in the county, 
were manufticturcd on the Hill this year. The Andrews House at 
South Paris was built during the summer : it has been much enlarged 

since. • 

1820. 

A committee to make rules and regulations concerning schools 
was chosen, cousisling of Cyrus Hamlin, Benj. Chandler and 
Stephen P^mery. This committee reported that a committee ot 
three be annually chosen l»y the town whose duty it should be to 
examine into the qualification of teachers and direct the general 
course of study in the public schools. This was a new departure. 
Heretofore agents, one for each district, had been chosen, who acted 
not only as agents but committeemen. The report was accepted 
and its recommendations adopted. Stephen Emery, Jairus S. Keith 
and Henry Prentiss were accordingly chosen the first school com- 
mittee of Paris. The town this year voted that from and after the 
first day of December to the first day of April, no neat cattle should 
be suffered to go at large under a penalty of twenty-five cents for 
each beast at any one time, and that horses and swine be restricted 
from going at large during the whole year, under a like penalty. 
This vote was in accordance with the i-eport of the committee on by- 
laws, and was the first of the kind passed. "William King received 
the unanimous vote. 180 votes being polled, for governor of Maine. 
The property qualification for the right of suftrage, does not appear 
in the warrant of this year. It was voted to complete the deck and 
door of the meeting house, and Dea Joseph Lindsey was chosen to 

10 



14(3 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

take care of the house. Col. Ebenezer Rawson was chosen agent 
to rebuild the bridge near Bisco's P'alls, and it was voted that he 
take all of the timber that "comes down from above," for that pur- 
pose. 

1821. 

Voted to discontinue the road leading from Wm. C. Witham's by 
Levi Berry's to the county road. Witham lived on part of double 
lot 27 and 28 in the third range, and Berrv on part of 27 and 28 in 
the second. One thousand dollars were raised for defraying town 
charges. The town agent was instructed to oppose the acceptance 
of the road prayed for by Amos Town and others. It was voted to 
build a bridge over the river on the road leading to Wm. C. 
Witham's. This was probabh* at or near the site of the present 
])ridge at West Paris. It was voted to choose a committee "to 
examine scliool masters and inspect schools agreeably to a law of 
the State." Three families were put up at auction and bid otl" by 
Abraham Bolster, "a cow to go with each famih* which is to be well 
supported as well as the families, till next March meeting, he, said 
Bolster, to have the benefit of their labor." 

The first term of the Supreme Judicial Court was held here com- 
mencing on the second Tuesday of June. Prentiss Mellen was 
Cliief Justice, and Wm. P. Preble and Nathan Weston. Jr., asso- 
ciates. Rufus K. Goodenow moved here this year, to fill the posi- 
tion of Clerk of Courts. A bell was purchased this 3'ear. tlie stor}' of 
whicii is told in the following record of the court of sessions. It is 
the same bell that now swings in the belfry of the Baptist church, 
and has called the citizens of Paris to church and to court, since 
that time — over sixty years ago. 

OCTOBKK TKRM, 1 
Court of Sesjiioiis, 1821. ) 
'■'■Suliscn'ptioii for the Bell : 

Whereas the Court of Sessions for the ( ounty of ( >xforil liave passed an 
order for the appropriation of one liundred and thirty dolhiis lo lie i):ii(I 
out of the Treasury of said County, to be applied, witli such other stuns 
as uiay be procured by i)rivate subscriptiou to defraj^ the expense of a bell 
for tlie use of said County and the persons who may become interested 
therein, in such manner that the use of tlie same l)y tlie ( ounty may never 
))e interfered witli : 

We, the subscribers, therefore, in consideration thereof, and for our per- 
sonal convenience and benefit, and for divers other considerations there- 
unto moving us, hereby constitute and appoint Cyrus Hamlin. Levi Hub- 
l)ard, Simeon Cmnmings, Benjamin Chandler, Thomas Crocker. Ebenezer 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



147 



IJawxm. .John Daniels. .Ir., Moses Haninioiid. Jacob .laekson and Enoch 
Lincoln our agents and attorneys to procure and cause to be swung'in the 
centre meeting house in Paris, in said County, a bell as aforesaid, by means 
of the sum so appropriated and the sums severally set by us against our 
respective names, and in our names to make any contract or contracts for 
and on account of said iJell and to bind us respectively to the payment of 
tlie sum by eacli of us below subscribed — and we severally promise and 
affree to and with our aforesaid agents and attorneys to hold them harm- 
less and indenmified against such contract oi- contracts to tlie amount by 
us severallj' set against our respective names and to pay over to them the 
said amount on or before the first day of January next. 

And tlie said Ilandin. Hubbard. Cummings. Eawson. ('handler. Crocker, 
Ilannnond. Daniels. Jackson and Lincoln on their jtart severally pronnse 
and agree to and with the subscribers that tliey will on or before the first 
day of .lanuary next pay for the use and purpose aforesaid tlie sums by 
them set against their respective names and that they will appropriate all 
the pi-oceeds of said appropriation from the County 'I'rcasury and the sub- 
scriptions of indivi(hials to that object to procuring a bell as aforesaid and 
causing the same to be swung in said meeting house. 



Cyrus Hamlin. .^20 00 

Benj. (handler. 10 (JO 

Levi Hubbard. 8 00 

Simeon Cmnmings, 10 00 

Jacol) Jackson. 12 00 

Moses Hammond, 10 00 

.fona. Cunnuings, 2 00 

•loseph Lindse^', 2 90 

Win. S. Chesley, 1 00 

Micah Allen, 1 00 

John F. Dyer, 1 00 

Cyprian Steven^, 2 00 

•Tonas Cummings, 3 00 

riiomas Crocker, 10 00 

.Toseph Jackson, 5 00 

Jairus S. Keith, 2 00 

K. K. (ioodenow, 5 00 

Isaiah Whittemore, 5 00 

Thos. V. ( base, 2 00 

Asa Barrows, 1 00 

Sam'l Chesley. 1 00 

Joseph Daniels. 2 00 

Isaiah Fuller, 2 00 

Kansom Dunham, 2 00 

Josiah Smith, Jr., 5 00 

John Daniels. Jr., 6 00 

Richard Blake, 1 00 

James Daniels, 3 00 



Solomon Hall, $\ 00 

<iill»ei-t Shaw, 1 00 

Isaac Frost, Jr., 2 00 

George Ryerson, 3 00 

Edmund Dean, 1 00 

Elislia Fitts, 1 00 

Benj. Chesley, 3 00 

John Fuller. 2 00 

David Twitchell, 1 00 

Daniel Macomber, 3 00 

Elias Partridge, 3 00 

Abner Rawsou, o 00 

John Besse, Jr., 1 50 

Paissell Hubbard, 5 00 

Luther Lombard, 4 0^ 

Ebenezer Rawson, 00 

W. Bent. 1 00 

Alden Fuller, 2 00 

Timothy Chase, 1 00 

Thomas X. Stowell, 3 00 

Amos Bartlett, 1 00 

Jonathan Beniis. .Jr., 3 00 

Francis Bemis, 3 00 

James Beniis, 3 00 

Simeon Perkins, 1 00 

Phineas ^lorse, 1 00 

Stephen Blake, 1 00 

Thos. Hill, Jr., 1 00 



148 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



Caleb ( 'usliiiiaii. 
tSain'l King'. 
Jolm Woodbury, 
Natlianiel Harlow, 
Benj. Haiinnoiul, 
Levi AVillis, 
Jairus Shaw, 
Asa I'erry, 
Alanson Melleii, 
Cobb Ferry, 
Edward Aiidiews, 
D. Daniels, 
I'riali IJlplev. 
l)ani<'l Pond. 
George King, 
John Dennett, 
Sanuiel »Stowell, 
Lewis B. Stowell, 
Simeon Chipnian, 
Kufus Sto\\ell, 
Elias Stowell. 
Seth Mors(% 
Daniel Stowell. 
Stephen Kobinson, 
Edward Dean. .Ir.. 



$4 00 Nathaniel W. Greene, 

3 00 Enoch Linet)ln, 
2 00 Abraham Pray, 

2 00 Henry R. Parsons, 

5 00 Aaron Fuller, 

2 00 Silas Maxim, 

4 00 Moses Twitcheli, 
2 00 James Hooper, 

5 00 Stephen Emery, 
1 00 Xoiih Curtis. Jr., 
1 00 John Gray, 

1 00 Alva Shurtleli; 
H 00 r.uke Ryerson, 

2 00 Jerathnri Colburn, 
2 00 (ieo. Pyerson, Jr., 
1 00 John I'rinee, 

1 00 Joseph Penly, 

1 00 X. Smith, Jr.. 

1 00 Micah Walker, 

2 00 Asa Dean. Jr., 

2 00 Isaiah Willis, 

3 00 Simeon Walton. 
T) 00 Israel Peeoi-d, 

ii 00 Benj. .laekson. 

1 00 Simon S. Stevens, 



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The foi-egoing' i)aper having been read, the ( ouit direet the Clei-k to 
reeord it for the l)enetit of all eoneerned.V 



1822. 

Daniel Stowell was allowed live dollars for counterfeit money 
received while town treasurer. The school committeemen this year 
were Enoch Lincoln, Stephen Emerv and Elijah L Hamlin. Joseph 
Morse asked for compensation for having his horse lamed by a hole 
in the highway. June lOth Jairus Shaw's buildings all destroyed 
by fire. 

182rJ. 

It was voted that the selectmen be assessors and also overseers of 
the poor. Twenty-three hundred dollars were raised for roads, nine 
hundred for town expenses and seven hundred for schools. The 
agent was instructed to oppose the petitions of Henry Rust and 
others, Peter C. Virgin and others and Simeon Cummings and 
otliers, for roads througli Paris. The town voted to assume the 
defence in the case of Jeduthan Wellington against Aaron Puller. Jr. 



niSTOKY OF TARIS. 149 

1824. 
Five hundred dollars were raised for military and contingent 
expenses. The commanding officers of companies were authorized 
to draw from the treasurer twenty cents for each soldier in the town 
who should actually attend the muster. The Jeduthan Wellington 
case came up again, and a committee was appointed to enquire into 
the nature of his claims. July 25. David Twitchell's barn was 
struck by lightning, but by prompt action the fire was extinguished 
before much damage was done. In July of this year, Mr. Asa Bar- 
ton who kept the Oxford county Bookstore, started a weekly paper 
called the Oxford Observer. This was the first paper printed in the 
towui, and the second in the county. Its appearance was hailed with 
delight by all classes and it received a good local patronage. Two 
mails per week from Portland began to be received, and one from 
Waterford. Benj. Woodbury and others, petitioned to be set off 
from Bucktield and annexed to Paris. 

l.S2o. 
The overseers of the poor were instructed to put out Hector 
Fuller's children, "if they do not support themselves." The repre- 
sentative of Paris was instructed to oppose the petition of Levi 
Whitman and others, praying that land may Ije set off from Paris 
and annexed to Norway-. The third Wednesday in September was 
held the first meeting of the Oxford County Society for the Improve- 
ment of florals, at the Baptist meeting house. The Oxford County 
Bible Society. James Hooper, President, held a meeting at Paris. 
Levi Whitman, Joseph Shackley. Moses Ames and Daniel Young, 
all of Norway, petitioned the Legislature to set off certain lands 
from Paris and annex them to Norway. Cyrus B. Norris opened a 
blacksmith shop in town, Jairus S. Keith was admitted to practice 
law. Simeon Pond died in April, aged 91. He had been a soldier 
in the French and Indians wars and also in the war of the Revolu- 
tion. Mrs. Mary Pond died aged 80. Amos Fuller took the hotel 
at the liill, formerly occupied Vty Simeon Norris. 



150 HISTORY OK rAKIS. 

CHAPTKK XXIV. 

Earli/ Oxford Count)/. — Tlie Eaih/ Xeighhora of Xo. 4 People. — 

Some Statistic,-^ of 0.ifonl County Towns. 

Paris being the shire town of Oxford county since tlie county was 
erected in 1805. a brief cliaptor on the settlement and progress of 
the towns in, this vicinity may not be devoid of interest in this con- 
nection. The grant to Gen. Joseph Fr^-e, was the first made within 
what is now or was formerly Oxford county. This grant was made 
March 3d, 17G2, and in the following year the first settlers came 
from Concord, N. H. The first four were Samuel Osgood, Moses 
Ames, John Evans and Jedediah Spring. The town grew quite 
rapidly, and had a sufficient population in 1777, to justify an act of 
incorporation, (apt. Henry Y. Brown of Haverhill, Mass., having 
received a gra^nt of a tract lying next to and south of Fryeburg, was 
about the same time energeticalh* pushing a settlement iu that direc- 
tion, and in 17()8 had a dozen or more families located. This town 
was not incorporated until ni«e years after Paris. A settlement was 
first made in Lovell in 177!) ; Deiuiiark in 1788 ; Ilirain, 1774 ; Por- 
ter, 1781; David McWaine came to Waterford iu 1775, and other 
settlers came a few years after. Bethel, one of the original Canada 
townships, was granted iu Jiuie, 17()S. u clearing began in 1774, but 
not much was done toward a settlement till 1780. There were ten. 
families in Bethel in 1781. The first settler went into Rumford in 

1780, but he with two or three others who were there at the time of 
the Indian raid on liethel in August, 1781, fied to New (iloucester 
and did not return for a year. Benj. Spaulding felled the first trees 
in Buckfield iu 177(;, and Thomas Allen and the Buck brothers 
moved iu a year later. Ilebi-ou. including Oxford, was granted to 
Alexander She|)ard, Jv , March S. 1777, and settlements were made 
two years later. The fu'st settlers came to Norwny iu 17;S(!, and the 
town was incor[)orated in 1707. A settlement was commenced in 
Newry, previously called Sunda}' River Plantation and Bostwick, in 

1781. Among the early settlers weri' several from Newry in Ire- 
land, who gave name to the town. K/.t'kiel .Merrill from Andover, 
Mass., found his way to Andover, ^Nlaine in 1786, and for two years 
was the sole settler. Livermore, formerly in this county, previouslv 
called Port Koyal and Liverton, was first settled in 1779. Turner 
was granted to Joseph Sylvestei- and associates, and called Sylvester 
Canada. Its settlement was l)egun the vear 1 771 or 1 772. Canton then 



HISTOKV OF PARIS. 151 

including Jay. granted to David Pliipps and associates, was settled 
about tlie same time as Paris, as were also Sumner and Hartford, 
previously called West and East Buttertield. Dixfield once called 
Ilolmantown and named for Dr. James Dix, was settled by the Hol- 
mans and others in 1795. Gilead, once called Peabody's Patent, 
was settled soon after Bethel. Woodstock was settled in 17;>H, 
Albany in 1800 and Greenwood in 1802. The minor towns in the 
county came along later. Weld formerly in Oxford county, was 
settled in 1800 and Carthage in 1803. 

When the tirst settlers came to Paris, their nearest neighbors on 
the east were in Puckfield. eight miles distant ; on the north were a 
few families in Pumford and still more in liethel, l)ut more than 
twenty miles away ; on the west was McWaine at Waterford, some 
twelve or fifteen miles distant who was troubled at the near approach 
of neighbors. Southwardly from Paris, a beginning had probably 
l)eeu made in Hebron, and there had I:»een a settlement in Poland 
which then included JMinot and Auburn, for several ^ears. In 1 7(!''>, 
eight years after the conquest of Caua^la. the lirst settler, Natiiauiel 
Bailey, came to Poland, tlien called Bakerstown. AVhen Paris was 
first settled, therefore, the wilderness had been invaded all along the 
line, on the Saeo and on the Great Androscoggin from Gilead to 
Turner, and at many points within these limits. The comparative 
growth in population and wealth of the principal towns in Oxford 
county is shown in the following tables compiled from the census 
returns of 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1820. No returns were made from 
No. 4 in 1790, probably because there was no plantation organiza- 
tion. The same is true of several other towns and perhaps for the 

same reason. 

Porri-ATiox. 

Tn>r)is. 7 7!)(t. 1S80. ItilO. 1820. 

Aiulover 22 1 75 2(54 ;}(!S 

Albany 6!) IC") 2SS 

Bethel TOO Gl(j 97;") 1,207 

Browntield 2.")(l 288 388 727 

BiK ktield 4:):{ 1 ,002 1,2")! ] .501 

Denmark 43(! !)72 

Dixlield 403 595 

Dixtield and Mexico 137 

Fryelnirg- 547 734 1 ,(K)4 1 ,057 

Giieail 88 215 328 

Creeuwood 273 392 

Hartford and Suiinicr 1S!> 

Hartford 243 720 1,113 



152 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



Tnvns. 1790. 1800. 

Hebron, including Oxford 530 1)81 

Hiram 192 203 

Ja,y, including- Canton 108 43(1 

TJvennore S<i3 

Jjovell and Sweden 147 

Lovell 

Mexico 

Newry !t2 

Norway 44S (i09 

Paris . ! S44 

Peru 

Porter 272 

Runiford 2<;2 

Sweden 

Turner 34!) 722 

Waterf ord 1 ."")() ."13.") 

Woodstock 

Weld 

Agricultural Statistics, 1820. 



1810. 


1820 


1,211 


1,727 


336 


972 


1.107 


1,614 


1.500 


2,174 


365 




202 


430 


14 


148 


202 


203 


1.010 


1,330 


1.320 


1,894 


92 


343 


292 


487 


629 


871 




249 


1,129 


1,726 


860 


1,035 


236 


50!t 


318 


495 



'I'owxs. 



Andover 

Albany 

Bethel 

Browntield 

BuckfieUl 

Demnark 

Dixlield 

Fryeburg* ■ 

Gilead 

Greenwco.l 

Hartford 

Hebron 

Hiram 

Howard's Gore. 



!» bJD 



71 

78 
564 
119 
580 
184 
183 
412 
174 

41 
375 



Jay 

Lovell 

I-ivermore 
Mexico . . . 
Norway - • 

Newry 

Paris.' 

Peru 

Porter • . . . 
Kumford. . 
Sumner . . . 
Sweden . . . 
Turner . . ■ . 
Waterford 
Woodstock 
Weld 



4()0 
1(!9 

17 
551 

79 



*Fryeburg li:i<l 7'2(l acres of tre; 



37 
291 

61 
580 
100 

71 
221 
373 

80 
77() 
313 

32 
I 164 
<h me; 






225 

196 

1208 

459 

1335 

731 

574 

()96 

222 

144 

1518 

1921 

489 

53 

1354 

2()() 

259 

105 

772 

119 

1705 

159 

272 

1225 

1475 

381 

2505 

1441 

365 

309 



1779 

55 

1988 

114 

16 
1080 
2637 

273 
2058 
1533 

199 

426 



43 

36 
165 

81 
190 

84 

61 
136 

37 

34 
143 
183 

74 

9 

189 

58 
274 

11 
168 

32 
244 

32 

78 
120 
129 

39 
265 
161 

26 

()3 



o7 
21 

122 
52 

111 
49 
51 
85 
31 
26 
87 

118 

44 

6 

129 
19 

157 
11 

109 
26 

154 
20 
26 
97 
85 
16 

154 

110 
22 
39 



110 

60 
210 
130 
288 
158 
105 
222 

5(! 

42 
183 
301 
132 
8 
295 

5(i 
315 

26 
254 

74 
274 

58 

77 
173 
17-J 

61 
334 
186 

56 

86 



151 
91 
435 
211 
536 
242 
199 
354 
130 
123 



t3 



338 
196 
675 
264 
815 
483 
499 
548 
190 
144 



4141171 
6511125 
196 380 



53 

1361 

129 



18 
618 
113 
7541982 

66 105 
4()8' 772 
146 179 
699'l250 
102 181 



141 
384 
247 
95 
676 
447 
162 
189 



295 

1036 

1091 

243 

1673 

512 

295 

245 



1091 

1398 

1668 

451 

3168 

1935 

200 

479 



idow yielilinjf 6()i( tons of hay. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



153 



E 

No. of 
Uistrirts 

Aiidover 3 

Albany 4 

Hrowiifiold 9 

I'.uckfiold 13 

Hetliel 14 

( aiitoii (I 

Carthai^e 4 

Denmark 12 

Dlxfleld 7 

Fryeburjjli 14 

(iilead 3 

Greenwood . !) 

Hartford 15 

Hebron 17 

Hiram 11 

Jay 8 

Lovell J» 

Livermore 14 

Mexico 'A 

Norway 10 

Newry 2 

Porter 5 

Paris 10 

Peru (; 

Rumford 10 

Sweden 5 

Sumner 8 

Turner 1(1 

Walerford 

Woodstock 8 

Weld ;•) 



UrCATlONAI. 


, 1825. 








Xo. of 


Am't 


Am 


\'t 


roiiiddtion., 


. Schohirs. 


Jiaixf'd. 


Ex /tended. 


1825. 


17.{ 


SU2 00 


.•SI 50 


00 


400 


12() 


120 00 


120 


00 


307 


mo 


249 00 


298 


80 


850 


706 


529 50 


607 


16 


1700 


f-OO 


408 10 


502 


84 


1400 


2i)0 


200 00 


239 


13 


700 


81 


08 99 


68 


99 


210 


397 


299 77 


333 


28 


800 


400 


240 00 


240 


00 


800 


490 


400 00 


490 


00 


1250 


144 


112 00 


127 


0(> 


400 


255 


202 00 


202 


00 


050 


597 


453 00 


453 


00 


1250 


720 


(!91 00 


(591 


00 


1750 


381 


381 00 


381 


00 


800 


482 


339 23 


417 


29 


1800 


236 


100 00 


225 


08 


470 


960 


703 75 


871 


31 


2400 


109 


100 00 


100 


00 


225 


037 


550 00 


563 


70 


1500 


160 


122 00 


122 


00 


340 


255 


194 80 


218 


91 


020 


817 


700 00 


830 08 


2200 


205 


152 23 


152 


23 


450 


413 


306 96 


348 


99 


1100 . 


167 


100 00 


164 00 


380 


497 


408 87 


416 00 


1200 


932 


599 00 


799 


00 


2000 


394 


344 82 


414 


90 


1200 


211 


150 00 


101 


25 


450 


282 


200 00 


200 


00 


500 



154 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

ANNALS CONTINUED. 

Esq. StovelVs Certificate. — Redistricting for ScJtooJs. — Resignation 
of Elder Hooper as Minister of the Towv. 

1826. 

Thomas Webster was cliosen town clerk. The town's poor were 
all struck otl" to John Daniels, Jr., for four hundred and thirty-five 
dollars for one year. It was voted that the cows helouging to the 
town now in the hands of the town's i)oor, be sold by the selectmen. 
Among the returns of qualifications of officers this j'ear, the follow- 
ing is recorded : 

'•To Thomas Webster, Es<x., clerk of the town of Paris, &f. Be it 
known unto yon and I hereby make it known as aforesaid, that on this 
lifteentli day of April, A. D., 182(;, C'apt. John :Millett of said town resid- 
ing in and near tlie city or villag'e of Cape Ann. appeared^ on the day afore- 
said, witli liis head uncovered, his naked arm uplifted in Higli street, to 
wit in Mechanic's Eow, and under no other covering than the blue arch of 
the celestial canopy, made solemn oath before me the subscriber, one of 
the Justices assigned to keep the Peace within and for the county of 
Oxford, that lie being duly chosen one of the Hogreeves of, in and foi- said 
town during tlie cui-rent year, that he would weW and faitVifully execute 
the duties of said office according to the best of liis ability and understand- 
ing. 

Before me, Levi Stowki.l. Jinftict- nf tin- Fi'iirc." 

The town voted to oppose by all fair means the location or open- 
ing of a road leading from Fuller's Corner in Norway to the guide 
board near Capt. Samuel Rawson's. and a committee was appointed 
to carrv out the wishes of the town, which at an adjourned meeting 
reported it inexpedient to continue any further resistance to the road, 
and that measures ought to be taken to open the same. The report 
was accepted, and five hundred dollars raised to be expended on the 
road under the direction of the selectmen. This vote was recon- 
sidered at a subsequent meeting, and the job of building the road, 
and bridge across the river, was let to Moses Hammond for six hun- 
dred and fifty dollars. A meeting was called Nov. 27th, to choose 
a representative in place of Enoch Lincoln, resigned. While cele- 
brating the fourth of i\\\y by firing a cannon, the charge prematurely 
caught fire and Henry Young, Hannibal Hamlin, John Willis and a 
son of Robert Wightman were more or less injured. One morning 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 155 

the citizens at tlie Hill awoke and found that the local paper office, 
the Observer, had disapi)eared during the night, and were much 
chagrined to learn that Barton had moved it to Norway. P.y means 
of an ox-cart and in the still hours of the night, the entire estab- 
lishment, press, types and paper had been smuggled away. April 
19, Dr. Levi AVillis of this town, died in Pearlington, Miss. A 
campmeeting was held in town in September, the managers of which 
publicly expressed their thanks to those who attended ''for their 
good decorum, religious regard and polite Ijehavior." 

1827. 
An article in the warrant was to see what action the town would 
take with regard to a road proposed to be built from Rumford to 
Paris. The matter was left with the town agent and a committee who 
were instructed to attend the court and also to show the ditferent 
routes to the viewing committee of the court. 

1828. 
The committee on defining the limits of the several school Dis- 
tricts in town, consisting of the Selectmen and Stephen P^mery, sub- 
mitted an extended report which was spread upon the records. 
Leaving out the boundaries as specified in the re})ort, the following- 
are the lots embraced in each district : 

No. 1 — Daniel Stowell's. 

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in range 1. 

'• 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ^' 2. 

" 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 '■ 3. 

'• 1, 2. 3, 4. 5, " 4. 

No. 2 — Seth Morse's. 

Lots 7, 8, 9 in range 1. 

" 7. 8, 9 '• 2. 

'• 7, 8. 9. 10 " 3. 

•' 6, 7, 8 '' 4. 

No. 3 — John Whitehead's. 
Lots 10. 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, IG in range 1. 
" 10, 11, 12. 13, 14, 15 " 2. 

'• 11. 12, 13. 14 " 3. 

No. 4 — Levi Rawson's. 
Lots 17, 18, 19 in range 1. 

" IG, 17, 18, 19 '• 2. 
" 15, 16, 17. 18, 19 " 3. 



156 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

No. 5 — Jairus Shaw's. 

Lots 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 in range 1. 
" 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 " 2. 

" 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 " 3. 

" 19, 20, and westerlj^ part of 21, 22 in range 4. 
" westerly part of 23, 24 in range 4. 
" 25, 26 in range 5. 

No. 6 — William C. Witham's. 

Lots 27, '28, 29 in range 1. 

^- 27, 28, 29 " 2. 

" 27, 28, 29 '* 3. 

•• 27, 28, 29 •' 4. 

No. 7 — Thomas Hill, .Jr. 
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and south half of 6 in range 5. 

- 1,2,3,4,5 " 6. 
West part of lot No. 1 " 7. 
Southwest part No. 4 ''7. 

No. 8 — Samuel King. 

No. half of lot <• in range 5. 

Lots 7, 8, •' 5. 

'• 6, 7, 8 " 6. 

'' 6, 7, 8 •• 7. 

- 6, 8, 9 •• S. 

No. 9— Paris Hill. 
Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 15, 16 in range 4. 
'• 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15, 16, 17 '' 5. 
'• 9, 10. 11. 12, 13, 14 ^' 6. 

No. 10 — Col. Kaavson's. 
Lots 15. 16, 17, 18, 19 in range 6. 

- 15. 16, 17, 18. 19, 20 " 7. 
'• No. ^of 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, •' 8. 

15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, '' 9. 

No. 11 — Danikl Pond's. 

Lots 17 and east | of 23, 24 in range 4. 

•• 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, '> 5. 

" 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, " 6. 

'' 21, 22, 23, 24, " 7. 



H13TOKV OF PAULS. 157 

No. 12 — Washburn's Mills. 
Lots 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 in range 5. 
- 26, 27, 28, 29 ^- 6. 

'* 27, 28. 29 '' 7. 

No. 13 — Ezra Tcbus.' 
Lots No. E. part of No. 4 and 5 in range 7. 

2, 3. 4, 5 " 8. 

3, '' 9. 

No. 14. — Caleb Prkntlss.' 
Lots 7 in range 8. 
" 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 in range 9. 

No. 15 — Isaiah Whittkji<»re's. 
Lots 10, 11. 12. 13, 14 in range 9. 
" 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 - 8. 

" 10. 11, 12, 13. 14 '' 7. 

No. 16 — Asaph KmRKDOE's. 
Lots, east part 24 in range 7. 
•' 25, 20 in range 7. 

" 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 in range 8. 
" 21. 22. 23. 24. 25, 26, 21. 28, 29 ■• 9. 
Accepted l»y a vote of the town Marcli 31, 182.S. 

Nov. 3, the town voted for electors of President and Vice Presi- 
dent for the Oxford District; Cornelius Holland had 155 votes, and 
Levi Hubbard 132. For Delegates at large, Isaac Lane and Daniel 
Rose had 149 votes, and Simon Nowell and Thomas Fillebrown 118. 

1829. 
The selectmen as a committee were requested to rei)ort what 
amount should be paid the proprietors of the Paris meeting house 
for the privilege of holding the town meetings in it. "It was voted 
to set the paui>ers up at auction to be struck off to the lowest bid- 
der." Eighthundi-eddollars were raised for the support of the poor. 
Samuel Stearns was allowed ten dollars for a counterfeit l)ill received 
of the town treasurer. A road was accepted from Foxvvell Swan's 
to Woodstock line, more especially to accommodate Job Lurvey. 
The suit commenced by Stephen Emery iu behalf of the town, 
against Joseph INIatthews of Buckfield, relating to the poor on the 
territory set otf from Buckfield to Paris was approved. The com- 
mittee on paying rent for meeting house recommended that the town 



158 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

pay fourteen dollars per year hereafter, and one hundretl and forty 
dollars for the past ten years. The following list of jurors was 
accepted, the first recorded on the town records : Micah Walker, 
Isaac Cunimings, Jr., Wm, Walker, Frederic N. Hall, Thomas N. 
Stowell, Rufus Stowell, Lewis B. Stowell, Thomas Clark, Charles M. 
Jones, Dan'l Stowell, Thos. Hill, Jr., Abijah Hall, Jr., Galen Field, 
Lazarus Hathaway, Dan'l Cunimings, Joseph McAllister, Adna Tri- 
bou, James Deering, Seneca Brett, Hezekiah Pike, Stephen Blake, 
John Deering, Dan'l Noble, Samuel King, C\'prian Hall, Samuel Deer- 
ing, Lewis FoUet, James Daniels, Noah Curtis, Austin l*artridge, 
P>ancis Bemis, Beuj. F. Crawford, America Thayer, Phineas 
Stearns. Simon S. Stevens, Ezra Tubbs and Stephen Robinson. 
The saw mill at Bisco's Falls was carried off this year b}' a freshet. 
Elder Hooper sent in his resignation as minister of the town to take 
effect after April first. The resignation was accepted and the inter- 
est on the ministerial fund was A'oted him, up to April first, 1833, 
and the following resolutions passed : 

"The town of Paris having received from the Rev. James Hooper 
his resignation as the settled minister of said town and deeming it 
to be a suitable occasion to express their sentiment in relation to the 
subject, therefore 

Besolved. that while the}' regret the ill healtli of the Rev. James 
Hooper and his consequent inability to attend to further pastoral 
duties, they entertain a grateful recollection of his early and lasting 
attachment to this people, his fidelity to them in his ministerial rela- 
tions and the deep interest which he has always manifested in their 
Av el fare. 

Besolced, that the affectionate regard of his })eople attend him in 
his old age and their ardent wishes that peace and happiness may 
crown his decline of life, and that he may enjoy the consciousness 
and the reward of liaving faithfully discharged his duty." 

Voted, on motion of R. K. Goodenow, that the interest which has 
arisen on the ministerial fund for the last year be given to Rev. 
James Hooper witli a full reliance tliat he will make such a disposi- 
tion of it after remunerating himself for his ministerial services, as 
shall be just and proper. That ecjual and exact justice will be done 
by him so far as it relates to all sects and denominations who may 
have any legal or moral right to any i^art of said sum. 

1<S30. 

Timothy J. Carter, Esq.. presided at the March meeting. An 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 159 

extended report was made by the committee concerning the town's 
poor, and the best and cheapest method of caring for them. TJie 
year past had been an nnfortunate one, and quite a numl)er required 
help who had maintained themselves before, the cause being sick- 
ness or accident. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

ELDER hooper's ''A SHORT HISTORY OF PARIS." 

The First Clearing and Setflemenl. — Who ivere Early Settlers. — 
Historical Incidents. — Brief Address to the People of Paris. 
December 14. 1880, Elder Hooper wrote a short sketch for the 
'•Jeffersonian," wliicli he called ''A Short History of Paris," and 
which appeared in the columns of tliat paper. Paris had been set- 
tled half a century, and most of those who came in first were dead. 
But a few were living, and among them was Patience Willis, said to 
have been the first white woman in town. John Daniels was ^ also 
alive, who was said to have felled the first piece of trees. Elder 
Hooper had been in town thirty-five years, was familiarly acquainted 
with all the early settlers and also had living and intelligent wit- 
nesses to consult at the time he wrote the article. Under the cir- 
cumstances, it would be strange if his data were not in the main 
correct, and doubtless they were ; the doubtful authenticity and cor- 
rectness of some of his statements, has been expressed elsewhere. 
The letter is introduced because it is worth preserving in connection 
with the history of the town, and is probably its first written history. 
It is introduced in this place, because in the chronological arrange- 
ment of the volume, it belongs here Its statements are to be taken 
and weighed in connection with statements and evidence upon the 
same topics presented in another part of this volume, and for what 
they may be considered worth. The article referred to is as fol- 
lows : 

"The town of Paris was griinted in tlie year 1771, to Capt. Joshua Ful- 
ler of Watertown, :N[ass.. and his company, for their services in the old 
French war, when they were under the Kiiii-- of England. The first trees 
tliat were felled in town, were cut by Mr. John Daniels, who is yet alive. 
The lot on which the clearing was first commenced is the same on wliich 
the Meeting house, Com-t House and other public buildings now stand and 
includes almost all the village on Paris Hill and was sold at that time for 



160 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

ail iiuii ketth'. Corn was tirst raised in Paris in the year 1780 by Isaac 
Jackson and Lemuel Jackson, Jr. Soon after this time, old Mr. Lenmel 
Jaclison came to Paris and l)rou<];lit witli liim about fourteen hundred dol- 
lars and greatly lielped the settlement of the town. With liim came his 
son, Levi, and liis son-in-law, Deacon John Willis. I shall now give a list 
of those wliom I consider tlie tiist inliabitants of this town : John Daniels 
and his son John, Asa Barrows and Maladii, Abner Shaw. Thomas Stev- 
ens, lieiijamin Hammond. Josiah Smith, Josej)!! Hammond, Nichohis Ches- 
ley, John Besse and his son John, Asa Dean, .Joseph I'erry, Asa Perry, 
Iriah Pipley, Seth Morse, James ilorse, Isaac Bolster and liis son Isaac, 
Jonathan J fall, Abijah Hall, Jonathan Shurtlett" and his son Jonathan, 
Peter Durell, Peuben Hubbard. Levi Hub1)ard. Wm. Stowell, Daniel Stow- 
ell, Elias Stowell, Elijah Pobinson, Stephen Ijobinson, Daniel Staples, Seth 
Carpenter, Elias Partridge, Eben Xelson, Abner Pawson, Ebenezer Raw- 
son, Caleb Cushman, Aaion Fullc)-, Simeon Pond, .Tonathan Bemis, William 
Stearns, Abijah Warren, Sylvamis Poljbins, Haiiiabee Faunce, John Tuell, 
David Andrews, Edward Andrews, Abiezei- Andrews, John (Tray, Edn)und 
Dean, Nathan Xelsou, Solomon .Jordan, Merodat'h Smith. Timothy Smith, 
Joseph Swift, Caleb Swift, William ('. Whitney, (mad<' a beginning with 
tlie tirst settlers, but soon after removed,) Lemuel and Joseph Holmes, 
James Lel)roke, Josiah Piscoe, Jairus Shaw, Sanuiel King, George King, 
Solomon Bryant, Eleazer Cole, William Swan. Jacol) Twitchell, Jesse 
Hriggs. Nathan Pierce. Asa Pobinson, Silas Maxim. The tirst white male 
child born in Paris was Jose])h Daniels. The wife of Deacon Jolni Willis 
was the tirst \\ onian wlio came to Paris and it is yet alive. 'I'his town \\ ;is 
at tir<t I ailed Number Four. It was incoi'porated l)y tlic :iaiin' of Paris 
in i:'.)3. 

The tiist i'hysiciaii that came to llii- town was Dr. lianielt, but lie did 
not stay long. Dr. Cyprian Stevens was the first doctor who settled in 
Paris. He died in ISOli. Dr. Brooks lived in this town several years, also 
Dr. Croswell. Dr. Dean and Dr. Hanunond. Dr. Cyrus Ilandin afterwards 
settled here, who died in lS2!t ami Dr. BenJ. Chandler, who died in Ai)i'il, 
]x-27. 'Tho now prat-ticing physicians are Asaph Kitteridge ami Job Holmes. 
The tirst minister settled in Paris was James Hooper, who was ordained in 
179."): .John AVillis was ordained as an Evangelist in 1.S12. and .Joseph Wal- 
kei- in 1.S21. Elder With.im has been (trdained sime. .Varon Fuller, Jr., 
was also a minister, but was not ordained in Paris. Daniel Stowell was 
the tirst jx'rson commissioned as a justice in tow m. 'i'lie meeting-house on 
Paris Hill was built in ISO.J. The Comity of Oxford was formerly a jiart 
of Cumberland and \()rk, and was organized into a district County in 1805. 
The first .Judges of the Conuuon Pleas were Simon Frye, Sanuiel Parris of 
Hebron, and Luther Cary of Turner. The tirst ( lerk ofthe Courts was 
Cyrus Handin. who served in that ollice many years. Benj. Chandler was 
( lerk one year. Thomas Clark succeeded Cyrus Handin and was succeeded 
by Kufus K. < Joodenow. the ])resciit clerk. The second bench of Judges w ere 
Benjamin (ireenlief of Berwick, .Judah Dana of Fryeburg, and William 
Wiilgerv of Portland. The ('otu'ts of ( ommon Pleas are u<:>w held bv 



HISTORY UK TAKIS. 101 

E/eki(^l Wliitiiiiiii. 'I'hc first Judge ot l'i<tl);ite \v:is IJcv. Mr. Fcsseiuloii. 
lie soon (lied ;iii(l .Iiuhih l);iii:i was appointed to that ollice. \Vli»^ii Maine 
heeanie a State. Dr. Henjaniin (handler was appointed .ludge of Probate 
and so continued till his death. Stephen Emery was then appointed and 
still eontiniies ,hidge of I'robate The follow iiii:' peisdiis and in the fol- 
lowinii' (inler, have been IJegisters of Probate, vi/. : Sainut'l A. Uradley 
and Tiniotliy Osgood of Fryeburg. IJenel \\ashl)urii of I J\crniore. Thomas 
\Vei)Ster of Fryeburg and Thomas (lark of Paris, the present Pegister. 
The following persons liave been Sheriffs of tlie County of Oxford: (ien. 
Learned of Pivermore, who ran away and injured his bondsmen about six 
thousand dollars. Hannibal Hamlin of ^Vaterfol■(l, (Jen. ^VIciMillan of Frye- 
Iiurg. Cyrus Hamlin of i'aris, and William ( '. \Vhitney of Oxford, the 
])resent Sheriir. Fe\i liultbard was the tirst (ounty Treasurei-. I!cnr_\ 
Pust. .Jr.. was the st-cond. and Alanson Mellen is the third and in-esiMiI 
Treasurer. A printing ])ress was established in Paris liy Asa Partim. in 
1824. The first lawyer wlio made a stand in town was Z. Soule. Since 
that time there lias been Xathaniel Howe, Albion K. Parris, iMioch Lin- 
coln, Stei)hen Kmery, Timotliy J. ('arter and .Joseph (i. Cede. The three 
last now live in Paris. Levi Stow ell also made a stand as a law yer in Pari~. 
for a short time. 'I'here never have been but two oi-daiiied ministers in 
Paris, wliose labors have been confined to this tow n. viz. : .Tames lloo])er 
and .Tose])h AValker. 

The first jx'rson who was killed in Paris was Oliver Hidtbard by the fall 
of a tree. The second was a .young man by the name of AVarren who was 
killed by the limb from a tree. Three jjersous have l)een drowned here. 
Tile first was a nuin b}' the name of Frost from liethel. He and another 
man went out to .slide on the ice on the Lord's day; both broke through, 
but one was saved. Before the settlement of the town a man by the name 
of Snow, was killed by the Indians at a place on the Little Androscoggin 
Piver, in this town, which has since been called Snow's Falls. When the 
town was first settled a boy was lost and no vestige of him or clothes w as 
ever found. He was a brother to Daniel Macomber who now lives in Paris. 
Aliout 181.") two men w eie drow ned. They w ashed sheep in a cold day and 
after they had done they plunged themselves into the rivei- and were 
drowned. Their names were Allan and St rout. ( aleb ( 'u>lnnaii had a son 
killed l)y falling under the axe of his brother wJieii cutting wood at the 
door. Tlie following persons liave committeil suicide: Mrs. Carpenter. 
Nathaniel Stearns and Penjanun Pratt. Two men have perlslied in the 
cold supposed by intoxication. The (congregational meeting house in this 
town was built in 1817. The Baptist Meeting house was built in 180;}. by a 
committee of the following persons: Ebenezer Paw son. .lairus Shaw. 
Lemuel Jackson, Jr., Benjamin Hammond, and Xathanic 1 \Voodbury. 
Jonathan Bemis, Joliii Daniels, Jr., and Samuel Stephens have since joined 
the committee. The committee have lost considerable money by building- 
said iiouse unless there is generosity enough in those who attend meeting 
to relieve them. If the subject is taken into serious t-onsiileration by them, 
they would soon relieve tlie proprietors from their burden and indenmify 

11 



1(j2 history of PARIS. 

tlieni in full. If there was no nieetinir house on Paris Hill, one nuist be 
huilt which would be attended with i;;reat expense. If the rising genera- 
tion w ho are soon to be and some who already are, in possession of their 
fathers' propertj', woukl come forward and relieve the connnittee, they 
would do honor to their fathers and to themselves, "i'oung men of Paris, 
what is more disagreeable than to pass through a rich town and see no 
meeting house, or to see one shattered and decaying for the want of care 
and attention y AVhat is more honorable to a town than to see a good meet- 
ing house kei)t in good repair — a minister of the everlasting gospel com- 
fortably supported, and the people attending on tlie i)ublic worship of God 
on the Lord's dayy My young friends, we are too apt to think that what- 
ever relates to tiie worship of God and our eternal salvation, may be 
neglected until we have attended to everything else ; not considering that 
God has enjoined it upon us "to seek first the kingdom of God and his 
righteousness." I have this opinion of you, young men, that if you should 
seriously consider upon this subject, you would not let the labors of your 
fathers fall to the ground to the dislumor of your fathers and yourselves. 
If you do. what will those who travel through the town say of you"^ Will 
they not say that the spirits of the fathers have not descended to the sons'? 
If I was a young man inheriting my father's estate or expecting to, one of 
two things I would do: I would do my part towards the meeting and for 
the support of the i)ublie worship of (iod. or I would move out of town, 
where they would not have a meeting house or a minister. Vou know 
young men, that I am not writing to you on my own account but on yours 
and for your good. I have preached the gospel to you from your infancy, 
without charge or expense to you. and l)ut very little to your fathers. I 
nmst soon leave you and the meeting house. Soon you will see me no 
more ascend the pulpit — you will soon be deprived of seeing my bald head 
and hear my faltering voice. The doctrine I have preached to you I am 
willing to live and die by. 

I have written this short history to revive in the minds of the old, the 
things which they have seen and to inform the rising generation of what 
has taken place. The first settlers of Paris were principally fi-om the 
counties of Plvmoutli and Worcester in Mass. They were healthy, strong 
and enterprising. Tliey hail to sutler many privations, and endure much 
hardship, but the Lord prospered their labors and they soon became 
wealthy and independent farmers. They have given to their children a 
good English education, and if the children maintain the honor. of their 
fathers, they will do well. The town of Paris has never been veiy litigous. 
Tliere has never been a lawsuit on the sul)ject of religion in this town. 
Tlie number of inhabitants at present is 2307. There are between two and 
three hundred who are professors of religion. If half of them be found 
with oil in their vessels at the last day, it will be well for them. There are 
manv I hope who have the oil of grace who have not yet made a profession 
of religion. The religious denominations in Paris are Baptist, Freewill 
IJaptist. Methodist, Gongregationalist and Universalist. The number of 
those who profess religion is small compared with the whole. It is high 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 163 

time for the inhal)itauts of this towu. to seek tlie Lord while he may be 
found for we shall many of us soon exehan^je tinu- for eternity, and appear 
before the .jud-n.enl seat of Christ; and if we live and die n'e-lecting the 
Son of God and the only Savior of sinners, where lie is -one we ealmot 
.'orne. May God grant that yon may ail receive Chi-ist, that you may 
re,-eive power to become the sons ,.f (ioil. As for myself. I ean say of you 
who are and those who have been inhabitants of Paris, you have treated 
me well and I hope that what few days I have to live wi'th you I shall l)e 
taithful to (iod. to you and to myself." Jamfs Hoofku 

Paris. Dt^r. ISHO. 



CHAPTER XX\ II. 

ANNALS CONTINUED. 

1.S31. 
Job Holmes was elected clerk in place of Alanson Mellen who had 
held the office for many years. TweJity-tive hundred dollars were 
raised for roads and one thousand for schools. A committee was 
chosen -'to investigate the subject relative to Rev. James Hooper; 
to search the record to see if he is legally dismissed as to his minis- 
terial labors in the town of Paris." Several roads were under 
indictment at this time, notwithstanding the large sums raised for 
road pnri)oses each year. A new road was accepted around the 
Robinson Hill, so called, and Samuel Deering was chosen agent to 
expend two hundred dollars raised for cutting it out. 

1832. 
S2.500 for roads, and 81000 for schools. Rev. James Hooper was 
voted the interest on the ministerial funds for his services the past 
year. Each man in town was permitted to allow one cow to run iu 
the road; all other neat stock prohibited. §300 in money addi- 
tional, raised for roads. The selectmen reported the limits of the 
two companies of infantry in Paris as follows : -Beginning on the 
east part of said town between lots 14 and 15. crossing the'^town on 
said line to the west. The foregoing line to be the limits between 
the north and south companies of infantry in the town of Paris, 
excepting lots 15 and 10 iu the first range and lots number 15 and 
li; in the second range ; these lots to belong to the south company ; 
all the town south of this line to belong to the south company and 
all north to the nortli company. 



164 lUSTORV OF PARIS. 

1833. 

Simeon Walton was chosen clerk. Rufus K. Goodenow, Luke 
Chase and Joseph G. Cole, school committee. Seven poor persons 
were disposed at auction for one year at prices ranging from five 
dollars to fifty-three dollars The ministerial interest was again 
voted Elder Hooi)er. Tlie town business this year was entirely rou- 
tine. The Jetlersonian newspaper was moved to Portland in the 
spring of this year, and August 20th, Geo. W. Millett of Norway 
and Octavus King of Paris issued the first number of the Oxford 
Democi"at, a paper that came to stay. The annual meeting of the 
Oxford County Tem[)erance Society was holden at Paris Hill, 
August 12th. Total abstinence from intoxicating drinks was urged 
at this meeting as the only safe and tenaltle ground. Isaac Knight 
late of Paris died in liotliel. Mrs. iMary, wifeof James Perry, died 
in Montville, aged 72. 

1834. 

It was voted to authorize the licensing by the proper ofticers. of 
persons to sell wine, rum and other spirituous liquors at their stores 
or shops. Benj. Hawkins was allowed to draw liis school money 
and expend the same in Oxford. A meeting was called Sept. 8. to 
vote on an amendment to the constitution ; onh seven votes were 
thrown, all in tavor of the amendment. The selectmen in the 
months of ()ctol»er and November, perambulated and rencAved the 
lines between Paris and the several adjoining towns, and their sev- 
eral reports are duly recorded. The fence viewers settled division 
fences between Abigail Rawson and Patience Willis, and between 
Henry Rust of Paris and Moses Ames of Norway. Hon. Stephen 
Emery, delivered a temperance address ou tJu' Hill New Year's 
day. INIrs. Huldah, wife of Thomas Chase dietl, aged 7U. Job 
Holmes left town tiiis year and was succeeded by James M. Buck. 
Miss Hamlin comiuenced a select school for Misses, April 2S. jNIrs. 
Nancy, wife of Simon Stevens drowned herself in a fit of mental 
derangement, Aug. 8, aged 36. Mrs. Susan Jackson died Dec. 2, 
aged 73. The Democrat says that Ebenezer Cnry of Paris was mar- 
ried in Minot after a tedious courtship of one hour, to Mrs. Hannah 
Davis of Salem, Mass. Simeon Cummings advertized his carding 
and fulling mill for sale in Feln-uary. Alfred Andrews, Sullivan 
Andrews and Isaac Butterfield formed a co-i)artnershii) May 26. 

183.^>. 

$3500 were raised for roads ; also $150 to repair indicted roads. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 105 

Daniel Curtis was permitted to draw his school money and expend 
it in Woodstock. Neat cattle were prohibited from running in the 
highways of the town. Sewall Crockett and Godfrey G. AVater- 
hoiise bought out Thomas Crocker and went into trade at the Hill. 
The project of a railway from Portland to (Quebec was talked up 
considerably this year. The 5;)th anniversary of our National Inde- 
pendence was celebrated at Paris Hill. An appropriate ode to the 
American Flag was read l)y Miss A. A. Rawson. The Rifle com- 
pany was paraded and a standard delivered by Miss H. L. Hamlin, 
in a very excellent speech. Ensign David R. Ripley responded. 
Appropriate exercises were then held at the meeting house; an 
oration by Hon Timothy .T. Carter, a collation served, and then 
regular toasts. It was a very interesting and enjoyable occasion, 
ami in strikiiig contrast with some of the early celebrations. July 
9th, the United States engineer passed through the town on his way 
to (,)uebec, exploring for a suitable place for a railway. Hon. 
Stephen Emery delivered the Fourth of July oration at Turner. 
Dea. Isaac Bolster died July 'J, aged Gil. Jesse Cummings died 
Oct. Dth. Micah Allen came from Norway and set up the tailoring 
business at the Hill. 

18;3(;. 
S4.')00, raised for roads, ''to be expended in the usual mode." 
The treasurer of the town was directed to collect the interest on the 
mmisterial funds and place the same at interest, allowing it to accu- 
mulate, until otherwise ordered by the town. Henry Hawkins was 
set off from District one in Paris, and allowed to join the nearest 
district in Oxford. The Democratic electors for President polled 
157 votes, and the opposition ;U. IMaj. Russell Hubbard died Feb. 
15, aged 4'J. Hon. Levi Hubbard died Feb. l«th. He came into 
the town early and was ever among the foremost citizens. He was 
a civil magistrate, representative, ccnnicillor, cV;c. Mr. ,Tohn 
Daniels died March 29, aged 92 years. He is said to have felled 
the tirst trees for a clearing in this town, and was here with his 
family among the tirst. Charlotte, wife of Aliiather Tuell died Oct. 
9, aged 50. Dr. James M. Buck died Nov. Oth. He was the son 
of Moses Buck of Sumner, greatly beloved as a physician and 
respected as a man. He was aged 28 years, and -flUed the meas- 
ure of his short life with usefulness and honor." John Butterfield 
Mas found suspended by the neck in his chaise house, Nov. 7 ; life 
was extinct. He was an honest and industrious man but subject to 



166 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

periods of great despondency. Seth Morse, Jr., died Nov. 24, and 
a juiy returned a verdict of "died from intemperate habits." Tiie 
Oxford Democrat office took fire Nov. 21 ; damage about $100. 

1.S37. 
Isaac Harlow was made town clerk, and Timothy J. Carter was 
moderator. Action was taken at this meeting with regard to a road 
by Snow's Falls, and a committee appointed to examine the ditlerent 
routes. S4000 for roads. Five hundi-ed dollars additional were 
raised to be expended on the new county road from Barnabee 
Faunce's house to Ebenezer Rawson's, and the branch road from the 
same to Washburn's mills. It was voted that the town receive its 
proportion of the public funds known as the "surplus revenue." A 
committee of three was raised to buy or bargain for a town farm. 
At the usual April meeting Elder Hooper moved "that the surplus 
money received l)v the town of Paris shall be disposed of by divid- 
ing it per capita among the inhabitants of the town, each head of a 
famih' to give his note for the amount his family shall receive, the 
note to be left with the town treasurer and paid, should the payment 
ever be demanded by the United States : provided that town j>au- 
pers shall not receive any part of the revenue, l)ut that their i)ro- 
portion shall go to the town." This motion was amended in" R. K. 
Goodenow so far as to dispense with notes, the recipients only being 
required to give receipts, and as amended, was passed, 126 to S3. 
At a subsequent meeting a set of several resolutions was offered by 
JLlder Hooper i)roviding rules for the distriltutiou of the surplus 
revenue, and were passed 136 to 112. Rufus Stowell. ^licah 
"Walker and Isaiah Whittemore were chosen a committee to receive 
the money from the State. The subject was up at the next meeting. 
Mr. Goodenow's amendment was reconsidered and a note with suffi- 
cient sureties was rerjuired of every recipient of the surplus revenue. 
The (piestion as it came before the several meetings, was quite 
sharply discussed, some wishing the money appropriated to the use 
of schools, some for general town purposes, Init a majority wished 
to have it divided per cajjita, and it was so distril)uted. It was 
voted that future town meetings should Ite notified by posting a 
notice at Paris Hill, one at South Paris and one at "Washburn's 
Mills. Voted to authorize the selectmen to contract with John Por- 
ter and George King to build a town house under the new meeting 
house for the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars. It was voted 
to rei)air the bridge over the Androscoggin river at tlie Soutli Paris 



HISTOUV ()!• PARIS. 167 

factor}'. Moses Dudley died in Feliriiai\ . He was the son of tlie 

late Luther Dudley. Dr. Asaph Kittredge moved from North Paris 

to the Hill in January. Dr. Thomas H. Brown succeeded to , the 

practice of the late Dr. Buck. He first took rooms at the house of 

Simeon Norris. Levi Stowell. Es(i., Attorney at Law, moved from 

Dixfield to Paris this vear. 

1838. 

The committee appointed to purchase a town farm reported that 
they had purchased the farm of Joel B. Thayer, including the ser- 
vices of himself and wife. The report was accepted and the doings 
of the committee ratified, 103 to G4. Voted to choose a committee 
of one from each religious society who shall ascertain where each 
man will have his money expended. Chose Luke Chase, James 
Deering, Ebenezer Drake, Sibley Chase, Luther Washl)urn and 
James Perry. Voted also that the committee receive the money 
now due from the town treasurer, and pay the same to their respec- 
tive societies for the support of preaching. The governor vote this 
year stood for John Fairfield 36 7 ; for Edward Kent. L32. At the 
September meeting, it was voted to accept the town house and to 
allow John Porter $137.50, for brick which was not contained in his 
original contract. Mr. James Perry died Felj. 13th. He was a 
revolutionary soldier. Benj. Hammond died Fel). 28, aged 77. 
Josiah Smith formerly of Paris, died in Lincoln March 11, aged 71. 
Col. Wm. Kyerson died March 18, aged 08. The Union House was 
opened at the Hill by Nathan M. Marble. The 4th was celebrated 
this year. Prayer and remarks by Elder Hooi)er, Declaration of 
Independent-e read by Isaac Harlow, and oration l)y Charles 
Andrews. Dea. Caleb Prentiss died in Octolter. aged G7. The 
Oxford County Temperance Association met at the Hill in Octobei'. 
Levi Whitman, Esq.. presided and an address was delivered l)v Kev. 
Caleb B. Davis. 

1S3'J. 

Eleazer Shaw was elected town clerk. He had invviously lived 
in Woodstock and been clerk of that town. Among the highway 
surveyors was Wm. Swan. Jr.. who had returned to this town after 
many years' residence in Woodstock. Rev. Caleb B. Davis had 
assumed the pastorate of the Baptist church and was chosen chair- 
man of the school committee. The several town lines were per- 
ambulated and renewed this year by the selectmen. The Paris Hill 
Temperance Society met at the meeting house January 10th, and 



1G8 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

was addressed by Rev. M. Stockman. On the "idth of January 
there was a severe freshet. The saw mill owned l)y Simeon Cum- 
mings was carried away l)y the ice ; the l)ridge near b}' also carried 
away. ^Nlrs. Hannah (Standish) wife of Dea. Daniel Fobes died 
early this year. She was born in Duxbur}', Mass., on Captain's 
Hill, and was a descendant of ]\Iiles Standish. Adam Turner died 
3Iay 12, aged 70, and Col. El)enezer Kawson, July 26, aged 77. 
Dr. Cyrus Hamlin of Calais, formerly of Paris, died in Texas, June 
IC. 

1840. 

.S;iOOO were raised for roads. 82000 for town charges and $'J00 for 
schools. It was voted to petition the county commissioners for an 
alteration of the Snow's Falls road so that the h)catioii below the 
Falls may be on the east instead of the west side of the river. For 
Governor, John Fairfield, .'37H votes; P2dward Kent 13G. For elec- 
tors of President : the Democratic ticket 386 votes ; the Whig 
ticket, 141. Lydia, widow of John Tuell, died Feb. 26, aged 90. 
Mrs. Charitv. wife of Capt. Chandler Cushman, was killed by a 
horse August 11. She was returning from a lecture on Paris Hill 
and drove into a shed to get out of the rain. The shed was too low 
for her to sit upon the seat as she drove in, and slie seated herself 
in the bottom of the wagon, in front of the seat, having her 
umbrella in her hand. The horse was frightened and kicked, she 
receiving the blow in her head. She died instantly. Joseph Besse 
died Aug. 18, aged 80. 

1841". 

Luther Washburn was allowed fifty-six dollars for money paid out 
in a suit against John Dean. The town refused to take measures to 
prevent Daniel Curtis from l)eing set off from Paris to Woodstock ; 
also half a lot of number 29 in the 4th range, that Thomas T. Lur- 
vey owneil. $3000 dollars were raised for roads, an extra $1000 
for the Snow's Falls road, $1000 for town charges, $900 for schools 
and $300 for outstanding bills. A constitutional amendment pro- 
viding for biennial elections and l)iennial sessions of the Legislature, 
was voted on this year, and resulted yeas 46, na3's 246. On the 
(piestion fixing the number of members of the Legislature at 151, 
the vote stood yeas 253, nays 14. At the meeting Sept. 20, the 
selectmen reported the building of 575 rods of the Snow's Falls 
road, and a bridge across ]\Ioose Pond stream ; also that the road 
was nearly completed. For governor, John Fairfield had 370 votes. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 16^ 

J^dward Kent 98 and Jeremiah Curtis IS. Tlie latter was the candi- 
date of tlie Liberty or anti-slavery party. John Gray died Aug. ;iO, 
aged 77. He had a family of 15 children, all of whom lived until 
the youngest was 30 years old. Mrs. John Gray died Oct. 30, aged 
78. Mrs. ]Mary, wife of Jonathan Bemis, died Nov. 14. aged 78. 
A Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society was organized at the 
Hill with Benj. Walton as Secretary'. 

1842. 

\'oted that the income of the ministerial fund be. distributed 
among the various religious societies according to the wishes of the 
legal voters. For Governor, John Fairfield had 309 votes, Edward 
Robinson 50, and James Appleton 14. Sept. 25th, Gilman Tuell's 
horse became frightened at the crossing of the east l)ranch, above 
E^lijah Swan's, and ran otf the end of the bridge with the wagon, 
severely injuring Mr. Tuell and his sister wlio was with him. and 
killing liis child. March 29. Mrs. Eiizal)eth, widow of Col. Ebene- 
zer Kawson, died, aged 78. July 4th, the Washiugtanian and 
and Martha Washington Societies of South Paris and Norway met 
with those at the Hill and had a grand celebration. Two thousand 
people were addressed I)v Geo. F. Emery, P2sq. The "Washing- 
tociau Society at North Pai'is was addressed by Hon. Charles 
Andrews. Dec. 17, died Elder .Tames Hooper, aged 73. 

1.S43. 

Mr. Gilman Tuell having notified the town of the injuries he sus- 
tained on account of a defective bridge, the whole matter was left 
with a special committee consisting of Rufus K. Goodenow, Geo. 
F. PLmery and Joseph G. Cole, and tliis committee was to report at 
the adjourned meeting. No report is on record. It was decided to 
rel)uild the l)ridge near the woolen factory at South Paris, and the 
matter was left with the selectmen. The doctrine of Miller, predict- 
ing the second advent and the winding up of all earthly atfairs was 
preached in town this year and created considerable excitement. A 
few people neglected to put in crops and others to harvest them, and 
the town authorities felt called upon to interfere. The delusion con- 
tinued throughout the year and in some neighljorhoods did much 
harm. Day after day was set for the second advent, ascension robes 
in some cases were i)repared and many ridiculous performances were 
gone through with by thcjse who emljraced this creed.. 3Irs. Wm. 
Pidgin, late of Paris, died in Portland. She was the widow of Rev. 
Wm. Pidgin and was born in Dracut, ]\Iass. Mrs. Sarah Twitchell 



170 mSTuKY OF PAUI3. 

died, aged 90 3'ears. Gilbert Shaw died June 6, aged 71. Luther 
Brett died suddenly June 23, aged 72. Samuel Hammond died Oct. 
19, aged 73. 

1844. 

At a meeting on the sixth day of Ma}- of the municipal officers, 
Nathan M. Marble and Geo. Bridgham were licensed as innholders 
and retailers of strong liquors, and Ansel Field and Jarvis C. Marble 
were licensed to retail strong liquors from their shops in Paris. At 
the annual election James Appleton had twenty -one votes, a slight 
gain for the anti-slavery party ; Hugh J. Anderson had 352 and Ed- 
ward Robinson 01. Thetreasurer of the town at the November town 
meeting, was directed to hire a sum not exceeding five hundred dol- 
lars to pay an execution held against the town by Gilman Tuell for 
damages growing out of accident before mentioned. The selectmen 
were made a committee to trv and effect a settlement with Gilman 
Tuell. and also with Ebenezer Tuell for injury received b\' his daugh- 
ter. The vote for electors of President stood, for the democratic 
ticket, 315 votes ; for the whig. 02 and for the anti-slaverv ticket, 
headed by Samuel Fessenden. IG votes. The town lines were again 
perambulated and renewed. 

Asa Perry, an early settler, died June is. nged 88 years, and 
INIarch (.th. died Mary, widow of Gen. Levi Hubbard, aged 80. 
liebecca. relict of Benj. Hammorid. died Fel). 12. aged 81. She was 
of Gloucester, Mass. Edmund Dean, formerly of Taunton and a 
Revolutionary soldier died Oct. 24th. Nov. 17th. Rachel, widow of 
Jonathan Shurtlefl". aged 71). 

1845. 

At the annual meeting, Stephen F.mery, P2sq., moved as the sense 
of the town, tiiat persons not exceeding three in nnujlier, be licensed 
l\v the selectmen, treasurer and clerk, to sell wine, brand}', rum and 
other strong liijr.ors, who shall give satisfactory bonds as required 
by law, and that they shall not sell to any person for other than 
medicinal and mechanical purposes, and that said municipal officers 
be instructed to prosecute all violations of the license law ; that such 
licensed persons shall keep a record of the names of persons to whom 
spirituous liquors are sold, with the date, kind of liquor and quan- 
tity sold, and that in licensing innholders and victuallers, it be espec- 
ially stipulated in such license, that the}' shall not sell any rum, 
brandy, wine or other strong liquors for any i)urpose whatsoever. 
The motion prevailed. It was voted that the school committee be 



niSTOKY OF PAKIS. 171 

instructed not to visit any school in town at the expense of the town, 
unless requested to do so bv the districts to settle difficulties, and if 
there should prove to be no ditHculties to settle, the expense to l)e 
paid by the district, "^'oted that the selectmen l)e recjuested, in 
behalf of the town, to take such measures as they shall deem legal 
and expedient to arrest the evils which attend some of our citizens 
professing a belief in Millerism, so called, and to avert the danger of 
such persons becoming a town charge." John Deering died July 
26th, aged 84. Oct. 21st of this year, the house of Joseph Penley 
was entered in the night-time, and quite a large sum of money taken. 
Mr. Penley advertised his loss and addressed the burglar and 
thief through the colums of the Norway Advertiser, in a character- 
istic and unique manner. There was a mass temperance meeting at 
the Hill January 8th. Hon. Samuel F. Brown of liuckfield presided, 
a,nd resolutions against the traffic in ardent spirits were introduced 
by K. K. Goodenow, discussed and passed. A railroad meeting 
was held at Bridgham's Hotel, South Paris, March 7th. Xoah Lunt 
was arrested and taken before Judge Cole, Apr. 2, charged with dis- 
turbing the peace by calling at persons' houses in the night time and 
preaching that "the church and the world were rejected of God." 
A severe hail storm al)Out a mile in width passed through Paris, 
July 22, doing a great amount of damage to crops. Mrs. Abraham 
Pray died Dec. 11, aged 70. 

1846. 

The town passed the same vote "with reference to the sale of liq- 
uors in town as was passed the previous vear. The vote of the pre- 
vious year relating to visiting schools by the committee, was 
rescinded. Voted to raise forty cents on each inhabitant for the 
support of schools, to be computed according to the last census. 
Repairs on the poor-farm buildings were provided for, to be con- 
ducted with "rigid economy." Voted that the selectmen and agent 
l)e a committee to settle or not to settle with Dr. Kittridge and 
Oliver H. Dyer, for injuries from defective ways, and with Oilman 
Tuell for the loss of his child. At a meeting in November, an agent 
was chosen to superintend the building of the l)ridge at Snow's 
Falls. 

Asa Robinson died January 12th of this 3'ear ; also January 18th, 
Benj. Cooper, aged 76. In January, the express carrying the Eng- 
lish mails went through from Boston to Montreal, by the way of 
Portland, in 26 hours. The time required the previous year was 32 



172 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

hours. Alfred Gates, formerly of Paiis, died in Carroll, January 22^ 
aged 81 3'ears. A daily line of stages to Portland, was run by G. 
G. Waterhouse. Ilannali. relict of Jacob Paine, died in Greenwood, 
aged 93. The farm buildings of Sullivan Andrew^s were burned 
Sept. 4th : loss ^2,000. Daniel Cunimings died Feb. 4, aged 66 
years. Feb. Gth, Mrs. Tabitha Pearson died, aged 74. 

1847. 

The choice of school agents was referred to the several districts. 
At a subsequent meeting this vote was rescinded and school agents 
chosen for each district in town. $4 000 were raised for the repair 
of roads, S2U00 for the support of the poor and other town charges, 
and $1200 to pay outstanding debts against the town. The Gov- 
ernor vote this year stood, for John W. Dana, 297 ; for David 
Bronson, 54 ; for Samuel Fessenden, 05. The proposed constitu- 
tional amendments for electing governor, senators and representa- 
tives b}' a plurality instead of a majority vote, was defeated b\' 
about four to one. James Bowker, Esq., died May 16, aged 58 
vears. P21ijah, son of Luther Washl)urn was killed in Boston l)y 
being run over by a team, aged 22. Mrs. Sally Brett died Oct. 16, 
aged 78 3-ears. Abiezer Andrews died Dec. 21, aged 77. 

1848. 

Four thousand dollars were raised for highwa3's, and voted tiiat per- 
sons might pay their road taxes into the treasury within a time specified 
at the rate of fift^y cents on the dollar. Joseph G. Cole was chosen 
a committee to investigate the finances of the town. The making 
of the Snow's Falls ro.-id was left in the care of the selectmen. The 
vote for Governor stood Dana (Dem.) 305 ; K. L. Hamlin (Whig) 
62; Samuel Fessenden, (Free Soil) 67. For electors of President, 
the Democrats polled 281 votes; Whigs 72 and the Free soilers 95. 
The railroad leading towards Paris was com))leted during the year 
to Mechanic Falls. G. G. Waterhouse, i)roprietor of the stage 
house on Paris Hill was appointed conductor on the Atlantic and St. 
Lawrence Railroad. He had been a stage man for a long time, 
l>egiuning as driver and afterwards becoming contractor. His 
appointment to the Railroad gave great satisfaction to his numerous 
friends in this vicinitv. The discovery of gold in California created 
(•onsideral)le excitement in Paris and vicinity and many Avere talking 
of making the long and dangerous journey round Cape Horn in 
search of the root of all evil. The political campaign this year was 
unusually exciting, and the election of Gen. Taylor to the presi- 



H4ST0KY OF PAKIS. 17-5 

denc}', a surprise to many. Sylvamis Kolibiiis Ibniierly of I'lymouth, 
died Nov. 8, aged 85 years. Asa Tl)ayer died Dee. 1. aged 81. 
The frame of the Oxford Normal Institute was raised Apr. 8. The 
(luestion of the removal of the county l)uildings from Paris was 
agitated in tlie local papers during the summer largely growing out 
of the location of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad. Naomi. 
wife of Jesse Briggs, died ]May Itth, aged NO, and Ma}' 4. Mrs. 
Martha Bartlett, aged 93. Hannibal Hamlin was elected United 
States Senator in May, to fill out the term of John Fairfield, 
deceased, and in place of Wyraan B. S. Moore, who had been 
appointed during the recess of the Legislature, by Gov. Dana. 
The vote in the House stood 93 to 4.5, and in the Senate, 23 to 4. 
News of peace with IMexico. reported in Paris in June, was received 
with satisfaction. Daniel Folies died June 20, aged 75. Barn of 
Silas Maxim struck by lightning and burned July 13th. The Oxford 
Normal Institute, met and chose a Board of Tiustees of whom Hon. 
Stephen f>mery stood first on the list, Oct. 7. The Bnckfield Branch 
Railroad Company was organized in November. The body of 
Joseph Pratt was found in the river a short distance below Snow's 
Falls, Nov. 3d ; supposed case of suicide. He was 67 3'ears of age 
and had no relatives in Paris. The Oxford Normal Institute com- 
menced its first term November (!, Avith Ebenezer P. Hinds as Prin- 
cipal. 

i.s4:i. 

Town voted to pay Aretas Mixer fifteen dollars for injury to his 
steer: to annex Benaiah Moody to District 17 ; chose the following 
a committee to investigate the town's finances : John Dennett. 
Charles Andrews and John Porter. EUiridge (^ray obligated him- 
self to collect the taxes in one year, at the rate of three cents on 
the dollar. The selectmen peranibuhited and renewed the town 
lines in the month of November. Among the deaths this year were 
the following of quite elderly people : January' 4, Levi Rawson. aged 
04. In January. Mary, wife of John Whitehead, aged 72. Feb., 
Hannah, wife of Silas Maxim, aged nearly 79 years. March 8th. 
Betsey Perry, aged 86. Dr. Aaron Young was this year appointed 
to teach the natural sciences, in the Normal Institute. James 
Hooper, formerly of Madl>ury, N. H., died May 29th, aged (15. 
August 2d. Polly B.. widow of Elias Stowell, aged 77 years. Oct. 
1, died John Daniels, aged 78. He was the son of John Daniels 
-and a lad of twelve vears when his father moA^ed into this town. 



174 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



SeA-eral persons left town this year for the California gold fields. 

l.SoO. 
The selectmen were empowered to divide school district number 
2o, if they thought best. $5000 raised for roads, $1100 for support 
of poor and other town charges and 40 cents per capita for schools. 
The treasurer was directed to collect all the interest due on the 
ministerial and school funds. The cars run to South Paris January 
1st. Thursday May the loth, the jail was broken open and three 
prisoners confined therein escaped. They were Otis Walker, John 
Reil}' and Aaron Fuller. They evidently had help from the outside 
as the solid granite which held the bolt was broken. Jesse Drew 
was jailor and offered a reward of one hundred dollars fur their cap- 
ture. Walker and Reih' were retaken in Denmark the same week, 
but Fuller was never captured. Years afterward he returned to the 
county traveling as a clock repairer. He had formerl}' been a 
preacher. Among the deaths of people this year, were, July 4, 
Lucy Swift, aged 89 ; Mrs. Jane Dunham, wife of Eleazer Dunham, 
died in September, aged 76. She was a Bryant of Pl^'mpton, a 
niece of Solomon Brvant. our early settler. W. Huey was killed 
Sept. 13, while blasting on the line of the Railroad at Snow's Falls. 
The house of John A. Holmes ("Swearing John") was burned at 
South Paris, Oct. 28. The Rochester rappings began to excite some 
attention in town late in the year. AVm. Stearns died Nov. 25, 
aged 80, and Dec. 2i»tli, John Whitehead, aged 71. The Insane 
Hospital and Maine State Prison were both Inu-ned during the year. 




HISTORY OF PARIS. 175 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

ANOTHER BRIEF RETROSPECT. 

Ill a former brief resume the sul)jects most referred to were '-land 
grants," '•surveys," "roads," "clearings," and other matters per- 
taining to pioneer life in the wilderness. But everything is now 
changed, and how changed ! Only those who have passed through 
the transition period in a town's history, can fuU^' realize it, although 
some idea can be formed by visiting our border settlements where 
new towns are 3-et springing up and are in every stage of develop- 
ment. Such new settlements may l)e found' along much of our 
northern frontier and more especially in the great county of Aroos- 
took. It is 1850, and pioneer life in Paris has long since ceased, 
and the sturdy woodsmen who broke the wilderness for us, and their 
faithful wives who shared their toils, their privations and hardships, 
have passed away. The second generation from the first settlers, 
sons and daughters who came with their parents into this wilderness, 
have also deceased, save here and there one who has lived beyond 
the period usually allotted to man, for the town has now been settled 
about seventy years. The active business men and women of Paris 
are now either of the third generation from the early settlers, the 
sons and daughters of those who came in later, or else they them- 
selves have recently moved here from other places. There are man^* 
of this latter class, as the new names in the census of this year go 
to show. 

While we should never forget the toils and privations endured 
bv our forefathers in hewing out for us these pleasant homes, because 
should we forget their cost, they might be less valuable in our eyes, 
yet it is pleasant to turn from a contemplation of the rough scenes 
through which our history has hitherto necessarily taken us, to those 
pertaining more to civilized life ; from the wide stretches of forest 
broken only here and there by a settler's little clearing, to the broad 
fields and meadows teeming with their rich harvests of grass and 
grain ; from the few rough paths cut through the dark woods, to our 
broad and eas}- thoroughfares forming a net-work all o\'er the town ; 
from the low, log cabins and hovels of the settlers, to the well 
arranged and neatly painted homes of our farmers ; from that con- 
dition of isolation if not of penury, that only the bare necessities of 
life could l)e obtained or artbrded, to i)lenty and even luxurious liv- 



17G HISTORY OF PARIS. 

ing ; li"oni limited means of ediu-ation and religious instruction, to 
conveniently constructed school houses, and funds and teachers in 
plenty, and in each quarter of the town, temples consecrated to the 
worship) of God ; in short, from all tliose conditions of danger, of 
drudgery, of exposure and want which all those must sutler who 
open up a new settlement in the wilderness and which render such 
an undertaking under the most favorable circumstances, so much to 
be dreaded and so hard to be endured, to those other and far differ- 
ent conditions that surround and embellish, and go to make up 
civilized life. 

In the reception and transmission of intelligence, there has been 
a marked change. The postrider's horn has not been heard for 
many years : that was succeeded by the mail wagon, a veritable 
lumlier cart, Imt a necessity when the mail matter had increased so 
that it could no longer be carried ujion liorse-back ; following this, 
we had the larger and more commodious carriage resting upon 
thoroughbraces, and this was a most decided improvement over the 
old wagon, the body of which rested directly upon the axles ; and 
lastly we had the coach, roomv, comfortable and even elegant, and 
with its frequent relays of horse, the journe}' to Portland or Augusta 
was no longer a very great hardship. These coaches came here from 
Portland three times a week, and we really felt that our connection 
with the outside world was quite com|ilete. But in the year 1850, 
a greater change has taken place ; the cars are running twice daily 
from Portland to South Paris and back, and the journey to the sea- 
board which had previously taken the ])est part of a day, can now 
be accomplished in a couple of hours. Almost since the first settle- 
ment of the town, our farmers have lieen in the halnt of hauling 
their farm truck to Portland and exchanging it for family supplies ; 
now the market has been brought as it were, to their very doors. 
The prices of farm products has thereby been greatly enhanced, and 
the cost of groceries and other supplies not produced on the farm, 
materiallv lessened. And with the cars, more wonderful still, came 
the electric telegraph. The cars have reached Paris and the road 
bed is being constructed through the town, and three years later, 
railway traffic will be opened the entire distance l>etween the Atlantic 
ocean and the St. Lawrence River. The business of the country 
through which it passes has been completely revolutionized, and in 
all its branches must be adjusted to new conditions. Flourishing 
villages on the old stage lines will be deserted and speedily go to 



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HISTOKV OK PARIS. 177 

decay, while lianilets as if by magic, wiil spring dp m the stations 
of the railway. If the first settlers could only come back and 
revisit the scenes of former days, how would they open tlu'ir eyes in 
astonishment at the gigantic changes which the inventive genius of 
man has wrought ! Not one of them, not even Daniel Staples, once 
one of the greatest farmers in early Paris, cultivating a hundred or 
more broad acres, and wintering a hundred head of horned cattle, 
but who spent all his substance in experiments to perfect perpetual 
motion and died a town pauper, in his wildest flights of fancy, ever 
dreamed of coaches propelled by steam or intelligence transmitted 
by lightning. Yet in 1850, this is an accomplished fact, and right 
here in Paris too. 

How dififerent the journey l)etween Watertown, Worcester, Sut- 
ton, Bridgewater, iNIiddleboro', Plymouth, and Paris now, as com- 
pared with what it was when the tirst settlers came. They first 
journeyed to Boston and thence l»y sailing packet, to Falmouth or 
Yarmouth ; or else they took the long and tedious overland journev, 
occupying several days. From Falmouth, they found passable roads 
to New Gloucester, but from that point to No. 4. the w^ay lav 
through the wilderness, and the journey could only be made on foot 
or on horseback. Now the journey from any of the towns named, 
can be made in ease and comfort, in less than a day. These are 
indeed great improvements, but it cannot be denied that with them 
have come some things not so desirable. The acceleration of speed 
by the utilization of steam, has so diminished the distance between 
city and country, that they are placed, as it were, side by side, and' 
the vices peculiar to the former are extended in a greater or less 
degree, to the latter. It brings among us also, to a greater extent 
than before, the fashions and follies of city life, more extravagant 
practices in dress and modes of living, so that the simple tastes and 
frugal habits of the early settlers, are in danger of being entirely 
abandoned and forgotten. But it is always so ; the good never 
comes to us unmixed with evil : 

"f^ach pleasure hath its poison too, and every sweet a snare." 
Our duty in all such cases is plain ; we must not be "overcome of 
evil, but overcome evil with good." "We cannot if we would, stop 
tlie wheels of progress and the only way left for us is to try and 
adjust oiirselves to whatever new conditions life's changes may 
impose. 



178 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

ANNALS CONTINUED. 
1851. 

The selectmen were instructed to investigate the Snow's Falls road 
damaged by the railroad and see that the legal rights of .the town 
were maintained. Ezekiel Jackson was allowed forty dollars for the 
loss of his horse from a defect in the Rawson l>ridge. Folia Rawson 
was permitted to ))ay fifty cents on the dollar in full for her highway 
tax for 18")(). January 3, died Sarah Howe, aged 85, and March 
22. in Lincoln, Deborah, widow of Dea. Josiah Smith, aged 81. 
They were among the early settlers of this town. Rev. Joseph 
Walker died April 11. He was a graduate of Bowdoiu College and 
long the able and faithful minister at South Faris. April 15th 
occurred a very severe storm of snow and rain, doing considerable 
damage in town, and much more in other places. Jane, wife of 
Alva Siuu-tlert'. died June 4. aged 04. Abraham Fray died June 21, 
aged 71. September 2.">d. there was a destructive tire at Norway 
village. Bennett's hotel, Dennisou's store and other proi)erty to the 
amount of $15,000 were burned. It was veiy smoky on that and 
the following days. The fire was sujiposed to have been purposely 
set, and arrests were made. 

I.S52. 

Geo. L. Mellen was elected town clerk in place of Hiram Hub- 
bard who had served for several ^-ears. The selectmen were 
instructed to require the town liquor agent to keep a list of all per- 
sons to whom he should sell liquors, the kind and quality sold and 
the price pnid, and that he sell to no person not an inhabitant of the 
town ; it was voted that no trader or tavern keeper should be licensed 
to sell liquor. For electors, the Democratic ticket polled 294 votes, 
the Whig 93, and the Free Soil 40. Thomas Clark died Feb. 12th, 
aged 72. He was formerh' a bookseller in Portland, and had lived 
in Lisbon and Hebron before coming here. Silence, widow of Giil- 
bert Shaw, and daughter of the late Eleazer Cole, died July 24th, 
aged 77. Mrs. Anna, widow of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin and daughter of 
Elijah Livermore, Esq., of Livermore, died August 25. aged 77 
^ears. Hon. Sidney Perham was nominated for Clerk of the Courts, 
but declined to run. The son of Wm. M. Barton, formerly of 
Paris, was drowned at Oxford, Oct. 9. Another exciting political 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 179 

campaijin eanie off this year, resultin<i- in tlu' defeat of the Whigs 
wiio had been in jmwer four ^ears. 

18.")3. 

\'oted to Iniikl the newly hud road between Rnfus Stowell's and 
the lirick store, and five hnnih'ed dolhirs were raised to l)e exi)ended 
in material for a bridge; a eoinuiittee was chosen to draft a plan lor 
a bridge. John Cumniings was set off from school district number 
six and annexed to the Bacon district in Greenwood. The whole 
number of votes for representative to the Legislature was 4'.I4, and 
Mark H. Dunnell had 297, and Geo. P. Hooper m7. April 1st, 
Mrs. Betsey, widow of the late Elder dames Hooper died, aged 8!) 
years. Slie was the daughter of Benj. Stowell. Esq.. of Worcester, 
and her first husband was Reuben Hubbard, one of oui' early set- 
tlers. .She was married to Mr. Hooi)er in 1802. June ."id, the 
dwelling house of Mrs. Nancy Packard on Paris Hill was struck by 
lightning and badly damaged. Several persons were in the house at 
the time but no one vvas seriously hurt. 

1S54. 

The choice of school agents was left with the several districts, 
and 5(» cents per capita were raised for the support of schools. Five 
hundred dollars were raised and placed in the hands of the bridge 
committee of last year. For Representative to Congress. John J. 
Perry had 284 votes, and Wm. K. Kimball 248. The lines of the 
town were again perambulated and renewed, in the month of Octo- 
l)er. Cajjt. Seth Morse died May 8, aged 1)0 3'ears, 5 months. 
.Sept. died Geo. King, aged 75. The dwelling house of Tristram 
Hersey of South Pai'is was burned Oct. 9th, under such circum- 
stances as to leave no doubt tliat it was incendiary. Mr. Herse}' 
had been a strong advocate of temperance and prohibition, and had 
taken an active part in the enforcement of the law. A call for a 
l>uV)lic meeting was issued, signed by Rnfus S. Stevens, and others, 
over which Henry R. Parsons presided, and at wdiich resolutions of 
sympathy for Mr. Hersey were passed, and denunciatory of the ras- 
cals who had caused his, buildings to be fired. A committee w^as 
chosen to solicit subscriptions who pledged themselves to give one 
entire day each to the work. December 25, at 8 o'clock in the after- 
noon, a l)all was fired into a room in the house of Moses Hammond, 
passing very near the head of Seth Sampson for whom it was no 
doubt intended. He had been making a vigorous war on the rura- 
^('Uers, and was attending court for that purpose, at the time he was 



180 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

fired upon. December 27th. the store of Stevens and Shurtleft" at 

South Paris was Ijroken into and j)roperty to the amount of two 

hundred doUars carried away. In the early part of the winter, 

Charles Davis sold the Stage House, on Paris Hill, to Ambrose 

Buck of Ruckfield. JNIr. John Kilbourne died aged G4. No one 

knew anything of his relatives or of his former place of residence. 

Benj. Chesley died in Lincoln, in December. He went from this 

town with others to open up a settlement there, when that region was 

a wilderness. 

1855. 

The business transacted at the March meeting was entirely rou- 
tine. Asa Woodbury was chosen collector of taxes at 2\ cents on 
the dollar. Elbridge Gray had been collector for a number of years. 
The selectmen were instructed to exercise their judgment with regard 
to a change in the location of the newly laid out road between Elias 
Stowell's and the Brick store. For Governor, Anson P. Morrill had 
337 votes, and Samuel Wells 2fil. Several proposed amendments 
to the constitution were voted upon relating to electing certain otli- 
•cers by the people, and generally in the negative. This was the first 
time in its histoiy, that the town voted otherwise than democratic iu 
the election of Governor, and it has never voted democratic at the 
September election since. The Sons and Daughters of Freedom had 
a fair and levee at South Paris, January 9th and 10th. Rev. Caleb 
B. Davis died in Portland, January 12th, aged 47. He succeeded 
Elder Hooper in the pastorate of the Baptist church at the Hill, and 
w^as an able and efficient man. He did good work in the temperance 
field. May 20th. the dwelling house of Elbert Clifford was burned. 
Whitney Cummings of Sunnier took charge of the jail in June. 
The oreat rum riot took place in Portland, June 4th and 5th. under 
Neal Dow's administration. One man was killed whose name was 
John Robbins. July 4th, South Paris had a grand temperance cele- 
1 (ration. Mrs. Jeuette Loring, wife of Hon. Stephen PLmery, died 
Sept. 21t, aged 55. A severe rain-storm occurred the first week in 
October. The Androscoggin rose seven feet, and all the low lands 
along its course were covered. Considerable damage was done to 
roads and bridges. Nov. 4th, ISIrs. L. D. Moore was fatally burned 
at Norway. David Bolster, son of our early settler died at 

Mechanic Falls, aaed 7."). 

1856. 

Henrv E. Hammond was elected clerk in the place of Charles T. 



niSTOKY OF PARIS. 181 

Mellon. Beuaiah Dow, for school purposes, was set on to Wood- 
stock. Charles lieniis took the taxes to collect at 2 i)er cent. Five 
hiiudred dollars were raised to repair l)rid<4es. and four hundred to 
open the road from the King school house to Paris Caj^e. For 
Governor. Hannihal Ilauiliu had 3i)4 votes, and Sanuiel Wells 227. 
For electors of President, the Republican ticket polled 398 votes, 
and tlie Democratic, 174. Widow Jemima Robinson died Jan- 
uary 80th, aged 81. She was a Haskell of New Gloucester, and 
the widow of Stephen Robinson who died many years l)efore. In 
Feliruary, Mrs. Isabel Woodward died at South Paris, aged 90. 
April 29th, Samuel King aged 8."). He came quite early into town 
and had been a prominent citizen. Widow Hannah Conn died at 
the north part of the town, in April, aged over 90 years. She was 
a sister of Asa Barrows, early in this town, and widow of Jonathan 
Conn of New Hampshire, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary 
war and who died at Hamlin's Gore some sixteen years before. In 
June, A. J. Blake, formerly of Paris, was murdered in California. 
His age was 2G. Bartholomew Cushman, formerly of this town, 
died in Woodstock March 17, aged 80. Simon Fickett was drowned 
at West Paris, the first of October. He owned a mill the're, and 
there having been a heavy fall of rain, he stood by the river and was 
stoo[)iug forward trying to measure the depth of the water, when ho 
lost his l»alance and fell in He floated down the stream for several 
rods in sight of persons who were on the bank, Imt all efforts to 
reach him wei-e unavailing. He moved into town a few years before, 
from Woodstock, and was an enterprising and energetic citizen. 
The dwelling house of Darius Fobes was burned Nov. 23d. The 
political campaign this year was unusually exciting. The newly 
organized republican party run John C. Fremont and the democrats 
James Buchanan. The democrats were triumphant. 

1857, 
Five thousand dollars raised for the repair of roads, tax payers 
to have the privilege of i)aying 58 cents on the dollar in cash, if they 
prefer. \'oted to have the reports of the selectmen and overseers 
printed together and distributed among the taxpayers. Raised $800 
to open the road from Hebron to South Paris, and S300 to repair 
the bridge at North Paris. A meeting of the county commissioners 
was held in Buckfield in August, to consider the matter of a new 
road from Buckfield to South Paris. Lot M. Morrill for Governor 
had 368 votes, and Mannasseh H. Smith, 220. A new jailor's house 



182 HISTOKV OK I'AKI.*. 

was built by the county counnissioners and finished earh- in tlie year. 
The first term of Paris Hill Academy was commenced in March by 
Oscar D. Grover. A. 11.. of" Bethel as principal. Elias Partridge 
died March Gth, aged 91 years : Abigail, wife of Stephen Paine, died 
Feb. 14, aged 76. March ^(itli, Mrs. Keziah, widow of Luke Ryer- 
son died, aged 80. March 24, Mrs. Joseph Sturtevant, aged HH. 
In April, the body of Antliony Smith of Norway was found in an 
out of the way place near South Paris, where it was supposed to 
have lain for two weeks. Mrs. Sarah, wife of Samuel Bryant of 
Woodstock, died from the effects of burns, May 14th. She was 
formerly Sarah Jordan of Paris, and Mr. Bryant was her fourth 
husband. The following additional deaths of old people occurred 
thig year: June 21, the widow of Benj. Cooper aged s.s ; David 
Marshall, aged SO. He was the sou of Moses Marshall, and was 
with his parents when they made their escai)e from the Indians in 
Bethel, in 1781, and on theii- way, sj)ent several days at Jackson's 
camp in Paris. Polly, widow of Geo. King died, aged 7(1. Aug. 
17, died Calelt Fuller, aged 8<3| years. He was one of the early 
settlers and came from Plymoutli County, Mass. The Congrega- 
tional Society at South Paris, l)uilt a parsonage this year. Fbeu 
Thayer fell from a barn and died from the effects of his injuries, 
Sept. 2.'). His age was GO. Dec. Gth. Deborah Drake, widow of 
Dea. William Berry, died near West Paris, aged 72. Dec. 24, 
Algernon Sidney, son of Hon. Kufus K. Goodenow. died at Buenos 

Avres. 

IS.-) 8. 

It was voted to dispense with a superintending school committee 
and elect a supervisor of schools. Seventy-five cents on the dollar, 
cash, was permitted to be paid as an equivalent for the highway tax. 
Voted not to accept the report of the selectmen. Five hundred 
dollars raised for the repair of the bridge at South Paris. A meet- 
ing was lu'ld in .June to vote ui)on the act of the Legislature 
approved April 7. ls,3G, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, 
and upon the act approved Marcli '2o^ 1858, for the suppression of 
drinking houses and tippling shops. The vote stood for the pro- 
hibitory law of 1858, 2G0 ; for the license law of 1856. 6. Col- 
lector's sales of land for non-payment of taxes, was recorded this 
year for the first time. Died Feb. 4th, Wm. Warren, aged 88 years. 
March 4tli, Mehitable, widow of the late Samuel Perkins formerly 
of Middleboro', aged 88. The woolen factorv at South Paris was 



HISTOKV Ol PARIS. 183 

taken out during the .seiusuii. and a first class tlour mill put in, in its 
place. Isaac Mauu formerly of Kandolpli. Mass., died March 22, 
aged 74. May 21. Silas Maxim, one of the pioneers of the town, 
aged 1*2 years. April 24, Wni. Bent, another early settler aged 1)1 
years. .Jol» French died Se[)t. Kth. aged nearly 86. Alvah Hersey 
rebuilt the house burned last year, a fine building and finished late 
in the year. The editors of ]Maine made an excursion to Aroostook 
in September of this year, with the view of spreading before the 
people such information regarding that remote region as might con- 
duce to its settlement. Dea. Cornelius Perkins died, aged 83, 

1859. 

Action was taken at a special meeting in February, with regard to 
the petition of Titus O. Brown and others of Norway, asking the 
Legislature to set off certain territory from Pai'is and annex the same 
to Norway, and strong resolutions were i)assed against it. A com- 
mittee of three was chosen to remonstrate in the name of and in 
behalf of the town, against the proposed measure, and adopt such 
measures at the expense of the town to prevent the consummation of 
the project, as the exigencies of the town might require. $5,000 
raised for roads. 82,000 for town expenses. S900 to comj^lete the 
road from North Paris to Sumner, and 8200 to commence the new 
road from South Paris to Bucktield. Kesolutions were passed relat- 
ing to the contest with Norway, and a committee, consisting of 
Alvah Black, II. S. Stevens and Richard T. Lurvey, api)ointed to 
resist the passage of the bill througii the House, it having already 
passed the Senate, and in case it should become a law, to take meas- 
ures for having the wrong redressed by the next Legislature. The 
selectmen and school committee were instructed to have their annual 
reports i)rinted and ready for distril)ution, one week before the 
annual meeting. A meeting was hehl in June to vote on the act to 
aid the Aroostook yailroad company. Approved Ai)ril 4. 185'.i. The 
vote stood, for the act. 8 ; against the act. 163. 

Hon. Sidne\' Perham having been elected, was sworn in as Clerk 
of the Courts. January 1. The deaths of aged people in the early 
part of this year were, PY^l). 14. Mrs. Peter Chase, aged 80: Ma}' 
15, Oershom Cole, aged 79 ; June 7, at South Paris. Capt. Stephen 
Pratt, born in Middleboro', Mass.. aged 80. A Mount Vernon 
Association was formed by the ladies this year, the object being 
to raise funds for the purchase and care of the Washington place at 
Mount \'ernon. Va. Mrs. Arabella Carter was at the head of the 



184 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

organization liere, and man}- of the ladies in the town became mem- 
bers. John Hart, son of Henry E. Prentiss of Bangor, formerh' of 
this town, died at the Insane Hospital, Angusta, JuW 3, aged 21. 
He was a medical student, and was there assisting the superintend- 
ent and studying the special treatment required there. He was a 
graduate of Union College, and a ^oung man of great promise. 
Moses Twitchell died Sept. ;», aged 80. .Tames Daniels died in 
Bethel, Sept. 23, aged 81. He was a son of our early settler, John 
Daniels. Sept. 11, Stephen Paine died, aged 82. Oct. 6, Wm. 
Clark Whitney died at Norvva}-. He came to Paris from Worcester 
with the early settlers, but soon moved to Norway. The Universal- 
ist Chapel at Paris Hill was dedicated Oct. 9. 

1800. 
Eighteen hundred dollars were raised for schools, S2,.')00 for poor 
and other town charges. S4.000 for roads, S500 for the road at West 
I'aris, and S500 for the mouutain road. Ttie proprietors of the 
Baiitist meeting house were permitteil to put a fiu'uace in the east 
end of the town house. John Bird of Xorway, was permitted to be 
annexed to school district Number .'). Another series of resolutions 
was passed with regard to the Norway "land grab," the bill having 
become a law in 18.51t, and the Legislature of 1800 having refused to 
restore the territory to Paris, and a committee consisting of Alvah 
Black, Rufus S. Stevens and Wm. A. Rust, was appointed to pre- 
pare and present the petition of the town to the Legislature of 1861, 
asking that justice might be done them, and to take such meas- 
ures relating thereto, as might be considered uecessarv. At a meet- 
ing in June, it was voted to discontinue the new road laid out near 
Locke's Mill at West Paris, and repair the old road and bridge at that 
place. Israel Washburn, Jr., received 410 votes and Ephraiin K. 
Smait, 252. Republican electoral ticket polled 413 votes and the 
Democratic, 175. January 17, died Merrill Chase, aged 87. He 
was the father of Alden Ciiase, Register of Deeds, and formerly of 
Woodstock. Dea. Isaac Mann, formerly of Randolph, died March 
21, aged 74. He had been a Deacon of the Baptist Church over 
25 years. Timoth}' Chase died Eeb. 15, aged 70. A saw mill was 
put in operation b\' Woodbury. Phelps & Co., at South Paris, this 
season. Mrs. Mar}-, widow of Col. Simeon Cummings, died Sept. 
25, aged 71. Politics ran very high this 3'ear, and in the national 
election the Republican part\' was victorious. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 185 

18G1. 

The Legislature of this yeai' adjusted I*}' coniproniise the law ease 
between Paris and Norwa}', so that Paris was fairly satisfied. At 
the March meeting, a resolve was passed asking the selectmen for a 
statement of the expenses involved in the case, to be made at the 
next annual meeting, and also for a particular statement of tlie 
town's liquor agency. A series of resolutions was adopted, • -hailing 
with hearty satisfaction the act of the Legislature in restoring the 
territory set off in 1859." and tendering the thanks of the town to 
those members especially who, l)v their speeches contributed so 
largeh' to the success which had attended the efforts of the town's 
committee. A meeting was licld in .Tune to see what action would 
be taken for the support of the famihes of those who had enlisted 
and gone to the war. The selectmen were fulh' empowered to fur- 
nish necessary supplies to such families, and also to the families of 
those who should enlist within the year. Widow Lydia Briggs died 
at No. Paris, March >!. aged S4. She was the widow of Luther 
Briggs, formerly of Paris, and daughter of Solomon Bryant, our 
earl}- settler. Jonas Cummings died, aged 80, and Phineas Stearns, 
aged 68. The breaking out of the war of the rebellion created 
intense excitement here and elswhere, and the loyal spirit developed 
in Paris was such as her sons will have reason to be proud of in all 
time to come. Public meetings, flag- raisings and recruiting were the 
order of the day, and the highly satisfactor}' result may be found in 
the chapter devoted to the subject. Sept. 5, Victoria Dunn, daughter 
of David Dunn of Oxford, was run over and killed by the cars, at 
South Paris. Supposed suicide. Wm. AYalker died Nov. 2, 

aged 85. 

18G2. 

Six thousand dollars were raised for roads, SI. 700 for schools and 
$1,500 for poor, etc. The selectmen were authorized to continue 
assistance to the families of soldiers. Voted to pay the Moderator 
$3.00, and David Jordan and Elbridge Gray $1.00 each for keeping 
order as constables. A special meeting was called in March to take 
action upon a project of Francis Whitman, to have certain Paris ter- 
ritory annexed to Norway, and Alvah Black was chosen a commit- 
tee to resist the attempt, should it be made, and it was voted as the 
sense of the meeting, that should the project be pressed, the commit- 
tee should give Norway legal notice and petition the Legislature for 
a restoration of the old line between the two towns. A special 



186 HISTOKV Ol' I'AKIS. 

meeting was held in Jnly to see about raising money for bounties 
for soldiers that should enlist on the quota of Paris. Voted to 
instruct the selectmen to raise $.'5,100 for the i)urposes indicated in 
the call, and that one hundred dollars be paid to each soldier who 
shall enlist on the Paris (juota under the last call, and the three 
Captains of the Militia in town be appointed a recruiting connnittee. 
At a meeting in August, it was voted to pay Si 00 to each volunteer, 
and in case a draft should be resorted to, to pay $100 to each drafted 
man; it was also voted to pay $100 to each enlisted man for nine 
months, under the last call. At a meeting Sept. 1, twenty dollars 
additional liounty was voted to each man that would enlist on the 
quota of Paris, under the last call for troops, and the selectmen 
and treasurer were instructed to issue town scrip to the amount of 
$5,100, in notes of $100 each, payable in one, two and three years, 
with interest annually, to l)e sold at its face value. A committee of 
ten was chosen to warn out the several companies of Militia and 
notifv the inhabitants of Paris to meet at South Paris, Saturday, 
Sei)t. 0, at 1 o'clock P. M. The following were the committee: 

E. P. Chase, A. C. Kussell, P,. AV. P,ryent. Alvah Black, A. AV. 
Stearns, Thos. C. Cushman, S. R. Carter, Wm. A. Rust and Geo. 

F. Hammond. Among the deaths were Simeon Walton, March 9, 
aged 8.') ; in Lincoln. JNIay l.S, ^Nlary P. Chesley, formerly 
of Paris. Ma}' 2o, Cushman Ryerson. James Dennett's stable at 
South Paris was Imrned in November. February- 20 of this year, 
there was a very severe gale, which unroofed many buildings : the 
court house chimney was l:)lown down, crushing through the roof and 
doing considerable damage. 

18(;;3. 
The proceedings of the spring meeting were of the usual charac- 
ter. At a meeting in July it was voted to pay drafted men or their 
substitutes three hundred dollars when mustered into the Inited 
States' service. At a meeting in November, it was voted that the 
town j)ay three hundred dollars to each person who would volunteer 
on the (piota of Paris, under the last call for troops, to be paid 
either in money or town scrip. The terrible war was the all 
absorl)ing topic The 3-ear previous, with its second Bull Run defeat, 
the loss of manv men and several excellent officers, the nearly drawn 
battle of Antietam, the loss at Aldie, and numerous reverses in the 
west, had l)een one of discouragement, but at the close of this j'ear 
atlairs were looking brighter. The highest wave of the rebellion 



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187 



had l)een met by the union forces at Gettysburg, and the tide turned 
l)ack never to return. The Mississippi had been opened to the sea, 
and the western conciueroi- who liad the confidence of the country, 
was coining to lead the old army of the Potomac to victory. Among 
the deaths of elderly people this year, was that of Hon. Rufus K. 
Goodenow, March 24th, aged 73 ; Caleb Cushman. Vvh. l.ith. aged 
79 ; Ezra Hammond, March 22, aged ()6 ; and Caleb Perry. August 
2.5. aged 70. January 19, Stephen Chandler was found dead in his 
barn-yard ; supposed heart disease ; October Henry E. Prentiss pre- 
sented School District No. IG, a library; this was the district in 
which he attended school. 

1864. 
Voted to raise SI 300 to pay the interest on the town del>t. Voted 
that the law reoorts belonging to the town T)e deposited in the 
Oxford county law library for safe keeping. At a meeting August 
22. the municipal otiicers were autiiorized to issue the scrip or notes 
of the town to an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, and 
that tlie selectmen with one from each school district, be a conmiittee 
to solicit the inhabitants to cash the same at par. At an adjourned 
meeting Aug. 2.'>th, voted to raised $137'), for the purpose of enlist- 
ing soldiers to fill the (juota of the town under the last call. This 
meeting was adjourned to Aug. 27th, when it was voted to pay $500 
to anv citizen of Paris who would enlist for three years. At this 
meeting the vote passed at a previous meeting with regard to issu- 
ing town scrip was reconsidered, and another and a similar one was 
passed. At the Sei)tembei' meeting upon a resolve amending the 
constitution so as to allow soldiers of the volunteer service to vote 
wherever they might be, the vote stood 413 in favor and loO 
opposed. The Repul)licau electors of President received 421 votes, 
.and the Democratic, 21(). At a meeting in Decemljer, a committee 
consisting of H. N. liolster, Hiram Huljliard and Peter C. Fickett, 
was chosen to canvas the town and see how much of the town scrip 
the inhabitants would take. Dec. 24th, a meeting was held and 
§900 raised for the purpose of enlisting men. The selectmen 
were authorized to procure forthwith soldiers enough to fill the 
present call, and for that purpose, to use all the money in their 
hands raised for the purpose, and to borrow a further sum not 
exceeding twelve thousand dollars : voted that it is the sense of 
this meeting that the selectmen give the enrolled men of the town 
a chance to put in substitutes, provided the town shall not thereby 
be subjected to any additional expense. 



188 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

The coiitnu't for an extension to the Court House, was awarded 
to Horatio Austin, including materials and labor, for $1,000. Mr. 
D. W. Davis, Superintendent of the railroad machine shop in 
Augusta, a native of Paris, died January 2.3, aged 38 ; also at Phil- 
adelphia, January 30, James H. Cummings, formerly of Paris. Elea- 
zer Dunham died January G, aged 93 years. He was a native of 
C'arver. ^Nlass., but had lived here G6 years. The flouring mill at 
South Paris enlarged and greatly improved. Dr. -lob Holmes of 
Calais, formeily of Paris, died March first. Rev. Alanson South- 
worth, pastor of the Congregational Church at South Paris, died 
March 2.?. Mrs. Polly Fuller tlied ISIarch 22, aged 71, and 
Mrs. Rachel, wife of Seth Fobes. March 25. aged 84. Very 
sickly iu Paris in March and Apiil. atfections of the lungs pre- 
dominating. Gideon Powers, aged ^0, made 140 lbs. of maple 
sugar. June 20, a severe tornado swept over much of Oxford 
county, destroying crops and doing other, damage. The hail 
was drifted in some places to (luite a depth. Alfred Andrews, Esq., 
died Dec. 14, aged 64| years. J. H. Jackson's buildings were 
burned on the 8th of December. Station house at South Paris 

partially burned Dec. 30. 

l.SC.o. 

Seventeen hundred dollars were raised for schools, $2,000 for poor 
and town charges, $5,000 for roads, $<),000 for town del»t and $3,300 
to pay men who might enlist to fill the quota of the town ; the select- 
men were directed to issue town notes to soldiers who would take 
them. The selectmen were instructed to pay a bounty of $300 per 
soldier, on the town's quota, and to negotiate a loan of $5,000 to 
provide for present liabilities. The town voted its disapproval of 
the Superintending School Committee being interested in the sale of 
text books used in the town. Hannah, widow of Dea. Isaac Bol- 
ster, died January 25, aged 87 years. Dr. Charles Russell of West 
Paris, sold out and moved to Fayette. David Clifford died March 
1, aged 81. Capt. Edward P. Chase sold his stand to Benj. W. 
Bryent for $3,500. Dr. Wm. A. Rust moved to Portland. Salute 
fired and fireworks, at South Paris, April 11, to celebrate the sur- 
render of Lee's army of Northern Virginia. J. C. Marble's powder 
mill in Buckfield, blown up "again" Apr. 28. Joseph Penley. a 
former resident, fatally injured by being run over by the cars while 
walking on the track in Portland. Store of Stephen D. Hutchinson 
entered and robl)ed of goods worth two or tliree hundred dollars. 



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189 



June G. May 31 , at No. Paris, died \a dia. n-licl of the late Barthol- 
omew Cushman, aged 85 years. Geo. A. Wilson. Attorney at Law, 
came to South Paris. The l)laeksniitli sliop connected with the 
foundry at South Paris, burned. jMrs. lluldaii Cununings, widow 
of the hxte Jonathan Cummings, claimed right of dower in certain 
real estate in the village at Paris Hill, deeded by her late husl)and. 
Benj. W. Bryent, Esq., Attorney at Law, died very suddenly .luly 
21. of diphtheria. Mill pond at South Paris froze over Oct. 31. 
Dea. Thomas Stevens died Nov. 2(), aged (U. 

186G. 
K. 1). Marshall was chosen collector, and it was voted that all taxes 
be paid before the first of February following. \'oted that the select- 
men be authorized to purchase fifteen acres of woodland, adjoining 
the town farm in Buckfield, at $15 per acre. $8,000 voted to meet 
maturing debts of the town. 

, Dwelling house of Geo. \V. Young at West Paris, burned January 
7th. The West Paris Land and Petroleum Company organized ; H. 
G. Brown, President, W. A. Pidgin Secretary. Second week in 
January, over a foot of snow fell. Mrs. Jane Reed died at South 
Paris, aged 92, March 22d. April 5. died Emily Bemis, aged 80. 
The village at Paris Hill was much improved during the summer by 
the erection of new buildings and the repair of old ones. The terri- 
ble conrtagration in Portland July 4th, created great excitement in 
town. Prof. Geo. L. Vose settled in town this year. June 23d, 
Simeon Farnuni died at West Paris, aged 02 : he came from Rum- 
ford to Paris. A. P. Andrews bought of S. B. Locke, Esq., the 
mills at West Paiis. South Paris Lodge of Masons built a new 
Masonic Hall. Jonas Cummings died in Nov., aged 87^ years. 
Simeon Cummings, deceased, left $500 to Paris Hill Academy. In 
a NovemVjcr gale, the car house at South Paris was demolished. 
Widow Sally Merrill died at South Paris Nov. 10, aged 72. The 
new flouring mill at West Paris went into operation. Jonathan W. 
Felton died December 25, aged <so. 

1«G7. 
Eight thousand dollars raised to meet town lial)ilities. in addition 
to the usual sums for roads, schools, etc. The town in May voted 
again on the law for the suppression of drinking houses and tippling 
shops, the vote standing 93 for the intensified law. to 18 opposed. 

January 27th, died Seth Fobes, aged 86. T. Hersey sold his 
interest in the Plough nianufactorv at South Paris, to F. C. Merrill. 



190 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Rev. Will. H. Walker accepted a call to the Baptist church at the 
Hill. C'apt. Emor RaAvsou died April 27th, aged 83 years. Rufus 
S. Stevens built a store at Minneapolis. Minn., preparatory to going 
into business there. Dec. 20, the livery stable of Elbridge G. 
Bridghani of South Paris was burned, supposed incendiary. Gideon 
Powers now aged 84 years, made 350 lbs. of uiaple sugar last spring 
on the S. P. Stearns farm. Thomas Hilborn formerly of Paris, died 
in Milton PL, July 13. aged 80. On the same day died Mehitalile 
(Keith) wife of Moses Hammond. She was born in Bridgewater. 
Mass.. Dec. 16. 1794. Her mother was Betsey, tlie sister of Jairus 
Shaw, an early trader in Paris, and the former wife of Thomas King. 
In Roekford, 111., June 12, died Sophronia, widow of C'a[)t. 
Stephen Robinson, once of Paris. Caleb Besse of Woodstock, once 
of Paris died Aug. 2d, aged 83. Hiram P. Knight formerly of 
Paris, died at Vandalia, 111., from eating green corn Ijoiled in a brass 
kettle. S. R. Xewell, the new Register of Deeds, bought the stand 
owned by Alden Chase. Nov. 15, Wm. A. Pidgin sold the Oxford 
Democrat to Maj. Fred E. Shaw. A son of Wm. (t. Little of West 
Paris, fireman on the G. T. R., aged 19, was killed in November, 
bv being struck by a bridge at (iorham. N. H. Rev. .Air. Wheel 
wright was installed at South Paris. Dec. 4th. 

186.S. 

"Voted that the superintending school committee make no repoit 
for next year." Voted to allow a discount of 3 per cent ou all taxes 
paid on or before the 25th of November, and chai-ge interest on all 
taxes unpaid after that date. $5003 were raised for town debt, and 
the selectmen were authorized to hire a sufficient amount to meet 
the demands of the town, l)eyond that sum. Voted to divide school 
district No. G. The old road from the junction near T. C. Cush- 
man's to the town line was discontinued. A special meeting was 
called March 28th to choose a town treasurer, in i)lace of ]Mr. 
Woodbury who declined to serve, and Albert M. Hammond was 
chosen. 

At the meeting of South Paris Lodge of Masons January 7, reso- 
lutions were adopted concerning the death of Joseph Gallison 
deceased, in Woodstock, aged 90 years, and Horatio G. Russ. 
deceased at Turner. Major Thomas Stowell died at South Paris. 
January 11, aged 79. Dr. Asaph Kittridge died in New Haven. 
Conn., Feb. 0, aged 75. He was a practicing physician in Paris 
nearly fifty years. Capt. Wm. Noyes died Feb. (>, aged 78 years. 



IIISTOKY OK TAKIS. 191 

He once kept a hotel at Greeuwood eity. Dr. Nelson II. Norris 
came to Paris this year. Gilbert T. Chase aged 7!>. was t'onnd dead 
in his bed Fell. 1!'. A Post of the G. A. K. organized at South 
Paris March 9. Sylvanus Jackson, son of the pioneer Lemuel Jack- 
son, died March 25, aged 83. He was among the first children liorn 
in Paris. John Parsons died suddenly at South Paris April 24th. 
April 25, the store of F. A. Young and the grist mill of A. P. 
Andrews at West Paris, were broken into and robbed of (juite a 
qnantity of goods. The rogues were captured. Died in Darlington, 
Wis., April 22, Laura, wife of Lewis Stowell formerly of Paris, and 
daughter of f^benezer Tuell. The house and stable of John Bick- 
nell of South Paris were partially bui-ned May 20. Mrs. Patty, wife 
of Col. Cyprian Cole of Greenwood, died May 2od ; she was the 
daughter of Ebenezer Tuell of North Paris. The office of the Paris 
Flouring Mill Co., was entered by burglars, the safe blown open and 
robbed of 8204. Elder Wm. C. Witham aged 75, a former resident 
of West Paris, was fatally injured in Buckfield. July 22, l)y being 
thrown from a load of hay. Kdnuind Allen died at South Paris, 
Auu'. 2;), aired 8G. RoUo M. Cole, son of the late Judge Cole, died 
Sept. 1.'), of typhoid fever, aged 2.'). In Soutli Paris. Sept. l;3. 
Mrs. Sarali. widow of Levi Stowell, aged To^ years. F;benezer 
Morton died at South Paris Oct. 12, aged (j8. The soldiers' monu- 
ment at South Paris Iniilt this year. Capt. Micah Walker, an early 
settler, died Sept. 16, aged 8il. Nov. 25th, died Polly, wife of 
Josiah Dudley, aged 80 years. 

1869. 
(Jne thousand dollars in money, and §6000 to be expended in 
labor, for the repair of roads, and 88000 for town debt. Voted to 
refund the money paid in taxes on the parsonage, since such prop- 
erty was exempted from taxation, by law. \'oted to instruct the 
selectmen to abolish the liqnor agency. AVm. K. Kimball. Sidney 
Perham, Wra. R. Howe. Alvah Black and Hannibal G. Brown were 
appointed a committee to investigate the financial affairs of the town. 
Voted to publish the warrants for future meetings in the Oxford 
Democrat. Voted that all poll taxes shall be due on or before the 
first of July next, and all other taxes due and payable on or before 
the first day of August, and tiiat six per cent interest be charged on 
all unpaid taxes after that date. The selectmen were instructed to 
procure sufficient warming apparatus for the town house. At a 
special meeting in November, the selectmen were instructed to peti- 



11)2 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

tion for a discontinuance of the bridge across Stony brook near John 
F. Pratt's, and as much of the road each side as may not be needed 
for the use of the town ; also to petition for a discontinuance of so 
much of the Utility road as is between the road leading by Capt. 
Swan's, and the road leading by John Whitman's. 

Mrs. Lois Rawson died January 1, aged 84. Capt. Thomas Hill 
died January 18, aged 89^ years. He had been a resident of Paris 
.SO years. Maj. John Dennet died at South Paris, Tuesday Feb. 2. 
At South l\aris, March 10, Mrs. Philinda Morse, aged 80. Ebene- 
zer Tuell died at North Paris, March 20. aged 90 years, the oldest 
person in town. Mrs. Desire (Harlowj) Felt, died in Portland, 
April 10. She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Stephens form- 
erly of Paris. Alva Shurtleff died at South Paris, April 30, aged 
nearly 83. May 13, the foundry of F. C. Merrill was partially 
destroyed by fire, loss covered by insurance. Sally Ryerson, wife 
of Josiah J. Knight, died July 1. aged 71 ; she was formerly of 
Paris. Alpheus Shaw died in Portland, July 25 ; he was a son of 
Solomon Shaw who came to Paris in 1795, and had been in business 
since 1808. Soldiers' monument at South Paris dedicated July 5. 
Mrs. Mehitable, widow of the late Judge Cole, died Sept. 17th, aged 
59. She was born in Bethel and the daughter of Nathan Marble 
and Mehitable Freeland, formerly of Sutti^n. Mass. The Oxford 
Register, a weekly paper, started at Paris the first of October. 
Terrible freshet on the Little Androscoggin, Oct. 3. Fifty thousand 
logs went out of the boom of the South Paris Flouring company, 
and the mills were only saved by great effort. The bridge at Snow's 
Falls was carried away and the upper l>ridge at South Paris nearly- 
destroyed. The bridge across Moose pond stream above Snow's 
Falls was carried away, and many others of lesser importance in 
different parts of the town, including all but one on Stony brook. 
The work shop of Dea. Elbridge Fobes burned Dec. 14. Mary, 
widow of Zadoc Keene, died Dec. 20, aged 88 years, 10 months, and 
at West Paris Nov. 18, Liberty Hall, aged ()4. 

1870. 

The report of the committee to investigate the affairs of the town 
was read and recommitted, with power to send for persons and 
papers necessary to complete a full investigation. F. H. Skillings 
•was elected town clerk in place of H. E. Hammond, who had held the 
position since 185G. Alexander S. Thayer, America Thayer and H. 
G. Brown were made a committee to sell the town farm, and take 



HISTORV OK PAUIS. 103 

measures lor the purchase of another. Voted to tax dogs one doUar 
each. The municipal officers were instructed to obtain and sell or 
exchange for town notes, the bonds of the State of Maine due the 
town on the equalization of bounties ; also to fund the town debt to 
the amount of $14,000, at a rate of interest not exceeding 7 3-10 
per cent. At a special meeting June 5th, the committee on town 
farm, were authorized to take a deed of the one purchased, in behalf 
of the town, and thirty-five hundred dollars were raised for the pur- 
chase of the farm. The lines between Hebron and Paris were per- 
ambulated and renewed, and stone monuments set uj) at the angles 
and crossings. 

Feb. 17th, Eli Aldrich was drowned at Bacon's Falls on the Little 
Androscoggin while attempting to cross at the bridge. The water 
was three or four feet on the bridge and running with such force as 
to sweep him away. Considerable wood and lumber piled on the 
banks of the river in Paris was carried away. The freshet was 
severe throughout the State. Rev. W. H. Walker of the Baptist 
church at the Hill resigned in iNIarch. Capt. Jesse Howe died at 
West Paris March 2, aged 84. He was the son of Jacob Howe, the 
first mail carrier in Oxford county. Mrs. Abby (Bradbury,) wife of 
Jonas Hamilton, died at South Paris, March '2S, aged 81. Mrs. 
Thankful, widow of the late Caleb Cushman, died June 14. aged 83. 
Sampson Andrews died Jr.ly 16. aged 57, and Mrs. Esther A. Dean, 
June 13, aged 85. Mrs. Lucinda Ripley, once of Paris, died at 
Great Falls, N. H., Aug. 7. aged 78. Tuesday Aug. 9, there was 
a severe thunder storm in Paris. The barn of Dea. Joel B. Thayer 
was struck b}- lightning and destroyed with its contents ; the house 
was cleared, but saved by great effort and a favorable change of 
wind. Samuel B. Locke, Esq., died at West Paris, Aug. 10, aged 
69 years. The census of the town was taken this year ; number of 
inhabitants 2775. The Norway Light Infantry mustered on Paris 
Hill and went into camp in September. Sept. 7. Henrv McKenney 
died at South Paris, aged 91 years. Margaret McFadden died at 
the same place Sept. 16, aged 82. Benj. Hammond formerl}' of 
Paris, died in Lincoln, Oct. 24, aged 82. The citizens of Paris 
Hill raised nearly $3000 to purchase an engine to be placed in the 
steam mill built by John Willis, afterwards the sled factor}'. Capt. 
Wm. E. Goodenow of Norway, a practical printer, left for Kansas 
in the fall of this year. Sarah, (Cooper,) wife of John Billings, died 

13 



194 HISTOKY OF PARlf. 

Nov. 10, aged G7. A inoveini'iit was made toward the close of the 
year, for a steam mill at AW^st Paris. 

1871. 

Samuel R. Carter was elected town clerk. The committee, on 
investigating the affairs of the town, reported that no meeting of 
the committee had been held during the year; it was voted that the 
investigation he continued, and the connnittee were instructed to rei)ort 
on or before the next meeting, the report to be printed and distril)uted 
to the inhabitants of the town. The town treasurer was authorized to 
refund the balance of the town debt at a rate of interest not exceed • 
ing six i)i'r cent ; the selectmen were instructed not to appoint a 
li(luor agent : dogs were exempted from taxation, the publication of 
the warrants in the Oxford Democrat was discontinued, and also 
the road from Addison J. Abbott's to W. W. Dunham's. 

Rev. Adam Wilson, formerly pastor of the Baptist church on l^u-is 
Hill, died in Waterville, Januar}' lo, aged 77. Feb. 12, Ziba 
Andrews, Jr., of AYoodstock, brakeman, was killed at West Paris, 
a car passing over him. Mary, (Dudley) wife of Dea. Joel B. 
Thayer, died March 3U, aged 7-1. Moses Hammond died Apr. 10, 
aged nearly -SO. Mrs. Salome, wife of Samuel Perry, died Apr. 12, 
aged 68. The sled factory was built during the spring and early 
summer, the capital being raised among the citizeils of Paris Hill. 
The steeple of the Free Baptist church at West Paris, was struck by 
lightning. May 1 , doing considerable damage. Mrs. Sally Walton 
died June 3, aged [)2. Zil[)h:i, widow of the late Nathan INIarshall, 
and daughter of Eleazer Dunham, died May 31, aged 73. Lightning 
struck in several places in the north part of the town and in (Green- 
wood and Woodstock, May 4. On the occasion of Barnum's Circus 
exhibit at South Paris, Albion Andrews of the Andrews House, was 
robbed of $7.')0, probably b\' some follower of the circus. Caroline 
P., wife of America Tha3-er, died August 4, aged 71 years. She 
was a daughter of Caleb Prentiss. Charity Dudley, widow of David 
Dudley and daughter of John Tuell, an early settler of this town, 
died in Woodstock, August 1st, aged 91 3'ears. ^Irs. Nancy Dunn, 
widow of the late Daniel Dunn, died in Bethel, Sept. 20, aged 92^ 
3'ears. They formerh" lived in this town. 

1872. 
Geo. A. Wilson was chosen town clerk. The school agents were 
authorized to emplo3' teachers in their respective districts. The 
treasurer was authorized to collect the school funds and give treas- 



niSTOKY OF PAKIS. 195 

urer's notes or receipt s for the same; it was voted to accept the 
report ot the committee to investigate the financial affairs of the 
town and to indefinitely postpone the whole matter. The Republican 
electoral ticket, headed by Samuel E. Spring, received 370 votes, 
and the Democratic, headed b^- Wm. H. Simpson, 16G. Horatio E. 
Swasey was elected Supervisor of Schools. At a special meeting, 
Nov. If), voted to exempt from taxation for ten years, any manu- 
facturing establishment within the limits of the town, when the 
amount of capital invested exceeds ten thousand dollars. Mrs. 
Ann, widow of the late Fhineas Morse, died January IS, aged 73 ; 
January 14, Mrs. Betsey Gross Parsons, aged 7D ; January 7^Mrs. 
Martha, widow of Ezra Stevens, aged 83; January 1."), Haddassah 
Kimball, widow of Luther Stone, formerly of Waterford, aged 87. 
Silas Maxim died Feb. 8^ aged 80 ; Jacob Jackson, aged about 80. 
March 1, Mrs. Huldah Crockett, aged 80. March 2, at AVest Paris, 
Consider Fuller, aged 92, a native of Plymptom, Mass. March 25, 
Capt. Peter Hardy, aged 72 ; 24th, Mrs. Peleg Hammond, aged 60. 
Eleazer D. Marshall, son of the late Nathan Marshall, was instantly 
killed b}' being run over by a freight train, at West Paris, April 12. 
Capt. John Andrews died at No. Paris, March 5. aged 81. Ma^' IG, 
the railroad bridge over the river at South Paris, took fire and was 
entirely consumed. On Thursday morning following, the roof of 
the railway station took fire and about thirty feet of it was burned. 
June 1, Josiah Dudley, formerl}' of Paris, died in Portland, aged 80. 
Mr. Samuel Briggs, an elderly man at Snow's Fall's, June 12, was 
drowned in the river. Died in ^Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Ljxlia 
(Chase.) widow of Asa Barton, formerly of Paris, aged 77. Three 
deaths from malignant typhoid fever occurred on High Street, in the 
family of Sidney Farnnm, in July and August. Aug. 22, died Mr. 
Thomas Crocker, aged 84. Aug. 25, died Amos H. Bennett, aged 
79. The house of Wm. L. Chase of No. Paris, was burned, Sept. 
12. Rev. A. A. Ford preached his farewell sermon at the Baptist 
Church, on the Hill, Oct. 2. A pulp mill was put in at Jack- 
sou's Mills, during the summer. The farm buildings of John W. 
Willis, near West Paris, were entirely consumed bj- fire, Oct. 28. 
Rev. Dr. H. C. Estes, was called to the pastorate of the Baptist 
Church. Dec. IG. 

1873. 

Voted to tax dogs one dollar each, to the owner or the one hav- 
ing the dog in his possession. The matter of Free High Schools 



106 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

was incletinitely postponed. The treasurer, at a special meeting, 
was authorized to hire $2000 for the repair of bridges, and Wm. A. 
Frothingham, Alex. S. Tha\er and Horatio Austin were a committee 
for expending it, with instructions to spend a portion of it on a sub- 
stantial bridge at North Paris. Jonathan Warner died April 2, aged 
86 ; April 25, Cvprian Hall, aged 80 ; at BiTant's Pond June 6, 
Soijhia, wife of Capt. Benj. F. Crawford formerly of this town; 
June 21), Eliza Yates, aged 74 ; Dec. 17, Taey, wife of Asa Wood- 
bury, aged 65 ; Feb. 5, Wm. Young, aged 67 ; Fel). 15, Rebecca 
Twitchell, aged 8;> ; Feli. 28, Susan, widow of Joseph Briggs, aged 
78. ^January 16, in Sm^-rna, Levi Berry, Jr., a former resident of 
this town, aged 72. Aug. 2, Capt. C. H. Ripley's barn was struck 
In* lightning and somewhat shattered but not burned. Emerson 
Colburn, son of Jerathmel Colburn. was killed on the railroad track 
at Mechanic Falls, Aug. 18. 

1874. 
Two thousand seven hundred dollars raised for schools, S2000 for 
poor. $6000 for roads and $3000 on town debt. "Voted not to tax 
dogs." The line between Paris and Norway was perambulated in 
November. The superintending school committee gave notice that 
they had adopted Monroe's series of Readers for use in town. Died 
June 16, Nath'l Knight, aged 72 ; March 20, Luc3' B. Rawson, aged 70 ; 
May 13, Olive B., wife of Mark Rawson, aged 73 ; June 19, Polly, 
wife of John Lombard, aged 81 ; June 17, Bezaleel White aged 75 ; 
Sept. 22, Charles Decker, aged 63 ; Oct. 22, Elisha Morse, aged 73 ; 
Nov. 20. Polly Field, aged 79. Feb. 15, died Rev. Clementine A. 
Parker, a preacher of more than ordinarv abilitv, aged 56 years. 
April 17, Dr. Augustus Harris of Colebrook, N. H., a native of th's 
town, was fatally poisoned by taking tincture of aconite, supposing 
it to be tincture of rhubarb. A. Russell, son of Dr. Charles Rus- 
sell of W^est Paris, was drowned in the river at Middletown, Conn., 
while bathing, in June. He was a student in the University there, a 
young man of much promise. Sewall C. Chase, formerly of Paris, 
died in Portland, June 12. Col. Henry R. Parsons died suddenly, 
Oct. 4. Charles A. Black accidently shot himself at Brunswick 
while removing a cartridge from his pistol. Ball struck between the 
eyes and completely flattened against the skull, Ijut he was not 
seriously hurt. The forest-tent caterpillar went through the town in 
the summer, stripping the forest trees of foliage, and in some cases, 
orchards. Samuel D. Weeks and Benj. Walton died in November. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 197 

1875. 
The selectmen were autliorized to appoint highway snrveyors for 
the enrrent yeav. Eighty- cents per capita were voted for schools. 
On petition of citizens residing in the vicinity of Snow's Falls, a 
new school district was formed embracing tile families of Geo. W. 
Hammond, Thos. E. Stearns, Jno. D. Briggs, EliM. No3"es, Charles 
Davis, .John Black, Geo. A. Briggs, Scott L. Farnnm, J. O. Ripley, 
T. H. Gledliill and John Gledhill. Amendments to the constitution 
were voted upon at the September meeting as follows : Relating to 
the election of senators b}' plurality vote ; to special legislation and 
corporations : to power of governor to pardon ; to appointment ot 
judges of municipal and police courts ; to taxation : to abolishing 
land agency : to constitutional convention ; to bribery at elections ; 
to codification of amended constitution ; the vote in favor on each 
proposed amendment was practically unanimous. At a special meet- 
ing. 8700 were raised for building a barn and necessary out buildings 
on the town farm. The widow of Oliver Porter, formerly wife of 
Ezra Hammond late of Paris, died in Waterford, .January 20, aged 
70. A T^iterary Societv was organized at the Hill, Pel). 15th. 
Alvah Black, President, and Walter H. Estes. Secretary. Feb. IG, 
the Oxford County Poultry Association was organized at South 
Paris; A. F.. Shurtleff. President, Abel C. T. King, Secretary. 
Mrs. Fanny Freeland, wife of Henr}' M. Bearce of Norway, and 
daughter of Gen. Wm. K. Kimball of Paris, died Feb. 16th, aged 
30 years; Feb. 11, Sidney, son of Alex. Thayer, of Paris, died in 
Norwa}'. aged 28 years. Fel). 24. died Asa Dunham, aged 85 years ; 
January 31, Daniel H. Blake of South Paris, aged G6 ; January 14, 
Dexter Giles, aged 41. Mrs. Mahala (Walton) Newell, wife of Sum- 
ner R. Newell, Register of Deeds, died Feb. 25, aged 65. Mrs. 
Hannah, wife of Col. Orrison Ripley, died in Wakefield, Mass., Feb. 
21, aged 67. Dea. Levi Thayer died June 5, aged nearly 82. In 
June of this year, there was an invasion of the forest tent cater- 
pillar which stripped the trees of their foliage over a large area of 
northern Oxford county, and did great damage to forest, fruit and 
ornamental trees. Mrs. Mary J. (Walker), wife of Jonas Bisbee, 
died at North Paris, Maj' 28, aged 62. John Parsons born in 
Jatfrey, N. H., .lune 17. 1781, was living in P^aston, 3Ie., in .Tune 
of this year. He lived man}' years in Paris. Aug. 1, three 
prisoners. Chase, Merchant and Dunlap, escaped from the jail at 
Paris Hill. Aug. 19, a terrible tornado swept across the town, doing 



198 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

niucli damage. The hirge havn at tlie Paris town farm was com- 
pletely demolished, and other damage was done to fruit trees, &c., 
to the amount of nearly 81000. Aug. "iOth. died Mrs. PoUa (Free- 
land) Rawson. aged nearly 'J7. Sept. 2, Gen. Wm. K. Kimball 
committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. Sept. 7, 
Micah C. Allen, formerly of Paris, died, aged 42. Oct. 19. a head- 
less skeleton was found in the woods near South Paris which created 
much excitement. Late in the autumn the Oxford Kegister was 

moved to Norway. 

1876. 

The selectmen made report of their doings with regard to th*e 
Crocker fund which was accepted. Kepul>lican clectorial ticket 
polled 41.5 votes; Democratic, 20o. The claim of Z. C. Perry for 
damage, was referred to the selectmen. "Motion to tax dogs did 
not prevail." The selectmen were directed to have the warrant 
printed in their next report. It was voted not to choose a town 
agent. John Black was elected collector for the ninth consecutive 
term. 

In Fel)., A. H. Mason and P. J. Parris bought out the interest of 
Mr. Whitman in the Oxford Register. Feb. 12th, died Lyman Bol- 
ster at Bryant's Pond, aged 67. He was the son of Dea. Isaac Bol- 
ster, and was born in Paris. Wm. Chase of Paris died March 12, 
aged 55 ; his death the result of an injury from being run over l\v 
the cars at South Paris. P2mnia J., wife of Elisha B. Taylor, and 
daughter of Dea. f^lbridge Fobes. died in Knobnoster, Missouri, 
March 29, aged 24. Died April 16, Mrs. Sarah A. INIurdoek, aged 
60; April 26, Mrs. Hannah, wife of Silas Maxim, aged S2. Mr. 
Stevens Smith, formerly of Waterford, died very suddenly on the 
Hill, Sept. 13. aged 80. Charles W. Bemis died Sept. 15, 
aged 70. Oliver W. Clark died Sept. 17. aged 87. A 
daughter of George and Mary INTarshall of West Paris, aged 4 
years, Nov. 13, was choked to death by the shell of a metallic 
cartridge which she was holding in her month and accidently swal- 
lowed. Mr. Edward Dean died Sept. 14, aged 92, the oldest per- 
son in Paris. Sebra Dunham died the first of December, aged 80. 
He was born in Middlel)oro', and was a year old when his parents 
moved to Paris. 

1877. 

Died January 1, Mrs. Rachel, widow of the late Charles Porter, 
aged S2 ; January 4, at North Paris, Dea. Enoch Whittemore, aged 



mSTOHV OK I'AKIS. I'JS) 

04. At the March term of the court, the trial of lanthe Morgan of 
Bethel for the imirder of her infant child, drew a large crowd. She 
was convicted. Col. Sampson Dunham died March 'Jth, aged GO. 
March 20th, died William Stearns, aged 86 years, for 81 years a 
resident of this town. Kev. J. A. Seitz was engaged to occup}- the 
Universalist church at the Hill, this year, commencing in May. Rev. 
George Briggs died at West Paris May 17, aged 68. Mr. Murdock 
committed suicide at the north part of the town, in May, by taking- 
poison. The paper mill at Snow's Falls was burned June 5, loss, 
sixteen thousand dollars. The property lielonged to John Kerselake, 
who bought it of the heirs of Wm. Chase. Mrs. Hannah, widow of 
the late Otis Bent, died in South Paris June 1, aged 82 ; June 12. 
Sarah, widow of Reulien Favor, aged 05. Moses Swan died in 
Courtland, Cal., July 9, aged 7G. He was the son of Wm. Swan, 
and was born in this town. Col. Samuel F. Rawson died at 
^Mechanic Falls, Aug. 25, aged 65. Oct. 21. Sarah J. Prentiss, 
daughter of the late Henry Prentiss, died in Bangor. She was a 
nurse in the hospital during the war, and the disease of which she 
finally died was probably contracted there. Her age was 54. The 
question of moving the county seat to Norway was much agitated 
during the fall, and was carried before the Legislature. Norway 
made a good fight for the much coverted prize, but was defeated. 
Three deaths of old people occurred during October : Gideon Swan, 
formerly of Paris, died in Woodstock, aged 93 ; Harvey Fuller at 
North Paris, Oct. 2d, aged 84, and at South Paris. Jacob Winslow, 
aged 89 years, 7 months. A heavy rain storm the last of Novem- 
ber caused a sudden rise in the river, and resulted in considerable 
damage. The mill yard of F. L. Willis was swept entirely of lum- 
ber. At the annual meeting this year, Hiram Chase, Geo. O. Chase 
and Ezekiel Dammon with their estates were set off from School 
District No. 11, and annexed to No. 12. The selectmen were 
instructed not to license a liquor agent. Jonathan Starbird was set 
off from School District No. 15 and annexed to 8. Dr. Isaac 
Rounds having refused to qualify as school committee, F. T. Crom- 
met was appointed in his place. Selectmen of Paris and Norway 
made a division of the Rumford road for the purpose of keeping, it 
in repair. A special meeting was called Nov. 24th, to see what 
action the town would take in relation to the proposed removal of 
the county buildings. The selectmen were authorized to send an 
agent or agents to Augusta to oppose the removal. 



200 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

1878. 

Will. Bent of South Paris died DoeeinlxT 12, aged 7!>. March 
19, Mary D., wife of F. C, Merrill, aged 46. In .May, Oliver P. 
C'uniniings of Paris obtained a verdict of $1'), 708. 33 against the 
Grand Trunk Railway, for injuries received Marcii (*, 1875, while in 
the employ of the company as an engineer upon the train going from 
Lewiston to Portland. Mrs. Paulina Fohes died ^lay 30, aged 77. 
]Mrs. Cynthia Swift aged 77, died at South Paris, and June 17th, 
^Irs. Iluldah Cuinmings, aged 7-1. Sunday evening July 21, a 
severe thunder shower passed over Paris Hill. The stable of Dr. 
T. H. Brown was struck, and that, with the house and other build- 
ings, was consumed. iNIost of the personal property saved. The 
spire of the Universalist church was struck at the same time, and 
the south end of the chui'ch badly shattered. While Dr. Brown's 
house was l)urning. three other fires could Ix- plainly seen in different 
directions, probably kindled by the electric bolts. Died in North 
Paris, July 31, ^Irs. Thankful (Briggs), wife of Benaiah bloody, 
aged nearly 88; Aug. 13, Abigail, wife of Luther Stone, aged 64. 
The Odd Fellow's Hall at South Paris was built this year. Sept. 28, 
Austin Buck committed suicide at South Paris, by taking arsenic. 
Oct. 'Jth, a whirlwind passed through the tow-n doing considerable 
damage to fruit trees. Oct. 11, the old Parsons barn at South Paris 
was burned, containing about 30 tons of hay belonging to ditferent 
parties. Nov. 14, a Union Farmers' Club organized at (irange Hall, 
South Paris. Oct. 18, died Lucy B., widow of the late Cyprian 
Hall, aged 82 ; Dec. 22, Martha Greene, daughter of the late Joseph 
G. Cole, aged 42 ; Dec. 29, Eunice, wife of David Jordan, aged 72. 

At its annual March meeting the town voted that the liquor agent 
be instructed to sell liquors to no one out of town, and to no one 
except on physician's prescriptions, during the year to come. 




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CHAPTER XXX. 

THE CKNTEXNIAL CELKliHATION. 

Elaborate Preparations. — PJeamid Weather and a Great Day for 
Paris. — AiMress of Welcome by Gocernor Perhaih. — Addresses on 
Various Subjects, Poems and Music. — Dinner in the Mammoth 
Tent. — Six to Eight Thousand People Fed. — Toasts and Responses. 
— Aiiliquarian Display. — Annals Closed. 

1870. 
Sunrise on Sept. lltli. was amiouneed ])y the tiring of a Paris 
centennial gun. From tlie first announcement to the cU)se of 
daylight, the town was a scene of constant activity. Citizens of 
Paris and visitors from neigiilioring towns began to arrive on "the 
Hill" shortly after six o'clock, A. M., and before noon the crowd 
numbered about six thousand persons. The earliest visitors had 
the good fortune to note particularly the preparations which had been 
so carefully made for tlu-ir leception. At the north end of the vil- 
lage, a streamer was drawn above and across the street, from Air. 
Carter's to the Parris stand. Above Madame Carter's gate was the 
following inscri[)tion : 

'•The first frame house built in Paris. P>ected April, 1789. The 
first 4th of July ever celel>rated in Oxford county was upon these 
grounds, in 1789."* 

Mr. S. R. Carter's house bore the inscription '-erected in 1808." 
Over the entrance to the old grave yard, one read "Ancestors and 
friends, tliough dead, are not forgotten." Streamers floated across 
the streets from Miss C. C. Cummings's to the residence of Elbridge 
Fobes, and from Hawl<es & (Jarland's store to the cottage of Airs. 
Ann Brown. Mrs. lirown's house was elegantly decorated with 
flags and national emblems. Tlie liaptist church was decorated with 
flags. Mr. L. B. Smith of Portland, a relative of Mrs. Wm. Chase, 
liroiight a large quantity of bunting to assist in decorating the Ham- 
lin lionu'stead. now the property of Mrs. Chase. In one line he 
placed English, Frencli, S[)anish, and German ensigns, which he had 
l»rocured from vessels in Portland harbor. A large elm tree, in 
front of the house, was entwined with red, white and blue. This 
tree was marked, '-The Hamlin Tree." It was planted by Hon. 

*Itis sail! that Dr. Samuel Taylor ilelivered tlic oration on this occasion and that he 
^poke from the head of a nim-hogshead. 



202 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

Haniiibiil Hamlin, in LS20. A large United States flag was hung 
from the Union llonse to the old Bemis stand, and another floated 
from the Oxford Democrat Otfice. The hotels were both elaborateh' 
decorated, as were also the buildings of Mr. J. H. Rawson, and the 
Court House. Again, streamers crossed the head of Lincoln street, 
from Dr. Brown's to the Crocker homestead, and from Hon. Alvah 
Black's to Mr. J. T. Clark's. Ex-Governor Perham's buildings dis- 
played a large number of beautiful flags, and the patriotic colors 
were also exhibited hei'c, by illuminations in the evening. J. C. 
Marble's buildings were also finely decorated. At the new cemetery 
was the inscription, ''We do not forget our honored dead." The 
"Common" and the tent were radiant with bright colored streamers 
aiid flags, while such mottoes as ''Paris welcomes her sous and 
daughters," "1770. Paris. 187t»," &c., were to be seen in every 
appropriate nook and corner. The decorations were very elaborate, 
and would have done credit to any city. 

The veterans of the late war, met at South Paris, early in the 
m:)rning. and there received the Portland Cadets and Ripley's Band. 
After marching through the village of South Paris, the companies 
broke ranks, and took carriages for Paris Hill. At the new ceme- 
tery, the military formed again, and marched to the village. Near 
the house of Jacob A. Daniels the militia was formed to receive the 
visiting company and the veterans. From this point, the whole 
military marched to the center of the village where the citizens were 
invited to "fall in" behind the militia. The invitation was accepted 
by but a small number, after which the company marclied around 
"the square," with Ripley's Band playing inspiring airs during the 
march. The Portland Cadets acted as a guard of honor to the 
President of the day. who with other distinguished guests took part 
in the parade. The parade terminated before the tent, where the 
band, cadets, speakers and invited guests took ])Ositions upon the 
platform, while the seats were quickly filled by town's people and 
visitors. 

Gov. Perhain called the assembly to order in the following brief 
and appropriate address of welcome : 

^^ Ladies and (Ti'nt'it'mi'n. ; Xativp and adopted .suns and daut/hters of Paris ; 

Brothers and sisters of a common parenta<je : 

In oonipliance with the request of a comuiittee representing the citizens 
of the town, it becomes uiy pleasant duty to express theii- sentiments of 
welcome and congratulation. 

We turn aside from our ordinary vocations to-day, to mark an epoch in 



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203 



the history of tliis ,iiraiul olil town. iSlie has railed hoiiic her sous and 
daughters ami invited her friends to celebrate tlie one hundredth anniver- 
sary of her settlement. We have come to recall the events ot the ])ast. and 
review the labors and sacritices, the heroic vii'tue and the indomitable 
cnerg-y that characterized tlie early settlers of this town; to pay a fitting 
tribute of respect and affection to tlieir memory: to express our gratitude 
for that firm, steady discipline and guidance by which they sought to pre- 
l)are us for life's great duties, and our obligations for the wisdom and 
Intelligent forethought that planted tlie institutions under which we are 
blessed to-day. In short, we come t(t recount the toils and achievements 
of a hundred years. 

The town of Paris points with pride to a long list of sons and daughters 
who have gone out from us, and who by virtuous lives and nol)le deeds 
have honored the town that gave them birth, and added imperishable lustre 
to her name, ^[any of these have gone to their reward in the better land, 
and to many otliers we now have the pleasure of extending a cordial greet- 
ing and most hearty welcome to the scenes of their childhood, to our homes 
and our hearts, and the festivities of this occasion. "Welcome, one and all I 
Thrice welcome to this joyous reunion of kindred spirits. And may the 
emotions that stir our hearts to-day inspire us to purer lives, to a more 
ardent patriotism and nobler endeavor."' 

Rev. Caleb Fuller of Hallowell, who had been invited to perform 
the duties of chaplain, did not arrive in season, and Dr. H. C. Estes 
of the village, in his stead, made a fervent prayer. 

The President then introduced Hon. Horatio King of Washington. 
D. C, who delivered the opening historical address as follows:* 
Friends and Fellon- Citizens: 

In the "History of the District of Maine," by James Sullivan, 
published in 17'.»5, there is an interesting map. showing the location 
of the principal lakes and courses of the rivers in Maine, and giving 
the names of towns in those parts of the district then settled. 
Except along the coast and bays from the St. John to the Penob- 
scot, there were less than half a dozen townships designated by 
name, and only comparatively few, marked and numbered, east of 
the Penobscot river. The portions which appeared then to be most 
thickly settled, lie on and between the Kennebec river and New 
Hampshire, and on the coast eastward from the Kennebec. There 
is a line indicating "those parts of the country most famous for 
being harrassed by the Indians, on and long after their first settle- 
ment." It runs from the coast a little west of Portsmouth, N. H., 
northerly to the source of Salmon river, thence northeasterly, taking 

*SonK' ixjrtioiis of Mr. King'ri address will hereafter appear under their appropriate 
headings and are omitted liere. 



204 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

in Newfield, Limerick, LiminCTton, Gray. New Gloucester, Durham, 
Bowdoin and the section east of the Kennebec to the Damariscotta, 
thence southerly to the ocean. Our own town of Paris, whose 
oblong square is indicated b}' dotted lines, is not only nameless, but 
is not even numbered on the map. A winding line, sliowing the 
course of the Little Androscoggin, is all that appears upon its blank 
face. Directly at the north was "No. 3," lying next east of which 
was "Butterfield Slip," while the names of the two sections or town- 
ships adjoining what is now Paris on the northeast, were Butterfield, 
now Sumner, I think, and Bucktown, now Buckfield. Hebron, Otis- 
field and Bridgetown had been respectiveh* so named but there was 
no Norway nor Waterford. Like Paris, whose name is believed to 
have lieen borrowed from the capital city of France, the territory of 
Norway stood waiting to be christened, while that of Waterford was 
known only as "old No. .5." 

So much for the map. However, we know that Paris, which has 
been called Plantation No, 4, was incorporated on the 20th of June, 
1793, and that white settlers made their appearance here as early as 
1779, when, according to Williamson's History of Maine, the first 
trees were felled in town, and crops were taken from the land the 
ensuing year. He states that the town was granted by the govern- 
ment, in 1771. to Joshua Fuller and his associates. Li his "Short 
HistoiT of the Town of Paris," published in my newspaper, the 
Jeffersonian, December 4th, 1830, Elder James Hooper, who was 
the first minister settled in this town, and who was ordained in 1795, 
states that this grant of June 11th, 1771, to "Joshua Fuller, of 
Wateitown, Massachusetts, and his company," was "for services in 
the old French war." 

r)n reference to the records of the original proprietors of the town, 
however, I have discovered that this date of June 11, 1771, is not 
strictly cori-ect. While that is the date at which the grant of a town- 
ship was made "to Capt. Joshua Fuller and his associates," the grant 
to them of the actual territory of Paris bears date February 11, 1773, 
and it expressh- annuls the former grant, whicli, through a miscon- 
ception of the pilot and committee sent to lay out the township, did 
not embrace the desired section. It also appears that, yet much 
further back, in February, 1735, the grant in the first instance, was 
made to Capt. Samuel Jackson and others, and that, owing to the 
fact that the township thus granted fell within the line of New 
Hampshire, it became necessary to change that grant for another to 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 205 

Capt. Joshiiii Fuller and others, who acted either in their own right 
or as the representatives of the original grantees. Where Elder 
Hooper found his authority for saying the grant to them was for ser- 
vices in the old French war. I have not l»een able to ascertain. 
Nothing of the kind appears in the grant, to which are attached the 
following conditions, viz : 

'•The grantees (sliall) within seven years settle Sixty Families in said 
Township, Build a House for the Publiek Worship of God, and settle a 
Learned Protestant Minister, and Lay out one Sixty Fonrtli pait of said 
Township for the first .settled Minister, one sixtj^-fourth ]>arl for the use of 
the Ministry, one Sixtj'-foiu-th part for the use of Schools, and one Sixty- 
fourtli i)art for the use of Harvard College forever: Provided it doth not 
exceed the Quantity aforementioned nor interfere with any former Grant." 
Elder Hooper says the first tre'es that were felled in town, were cut 
by Mr. John Daniels, who was still living at the date of his history, 
and that the lot on which the first clearing was commenced included 
nearlv all the village of Paris Hill, and was sold for an iron kettle. 
He says that the first corn raised in town was by Isaac Jackson and 
Lemuel Jackson, Jr.. and that soon after this, the elder Lemuel 
Jaclison came with his son Levi and his son-in-law, deacon John 
Willis, bringing what was then considered a handsome little fortune, 
about fourteen hundred dollars, which --greatlv helped the settlement 
of the town." 

Now. there is great doubt in respect to nearly every one of these 
statements. I have ascertained. I tliiuk, beyond question.' that 
Lemuel Jackson was the first settler and made the first clearing in 
this town. The spot thus cleared lies just westerly of the old bury- 
ing ground, a few rods south of wliieh he built a log house, wdiich 
was the first house built in town. It is very probable that Mr. 
Daniels assisted in making this clearing ; and in respect to the story 
of the iron kettle, it is suggested that Mr. Daniels was in modern 
phrase a "squatter" on some lot here — that he was obliged to relin- 
quish it, and that he received and accepted an iron kettle for the 
labor he had bestowed on the lot. Patience Willis, wife of deacon 
John Willis, was the first woman who came into this town, and 
Joseph Daniels was the first child born here. The first framed house 
erected in town was built in 1780 by Lemuel Jackson, and it is the 
same now occupied by Mrs. T. J. Carter. In this house three gen- 
erations of the same family have been born ; and what is most 
remarkable, in all this period of ninety years, there never has been 
but one death in the house, and that was of a hired woman, who 



20C HISTORY OF PARIS. 

came there out of health and died five da3-s onl}- after lier arrival. 
E(iually remarkable is it, perhaps, that onl_y one couple have been 
married in that house, and they both came there to have the cere- 
mony performed. 

In my searches in the Congressional Library. I found in tiie records 
of the Maine Historical Society (to which I am indebted for many 
of the facts in this address), a diary kept by the Kev. Paul Cotfin, a 
Congregational minister, who graduated at Harvard in 1751), and 
was ordained in ITlio. It contains a lirief account of inissionaiy 
tours which he made through various parts of this State including 
the town of Paris, in the years 1796, 1797, 179.S and 1800. The 
interest of tlu' items relating to this town induced me to transcrilje 
them as follows : 

179f5, June 2.5. Paris. From Kusttield to this we crossed Little Andros- 
coggin. Here is ;i predestinarian soeiety (>f Kajjtists under a Mr. Hooper. 
'Tis a good place. The elover and lierdsgVass were headed in the road. 

2(ith. Sabbath. Preaehed all day from Jolin xv:14, to about three 
hundred hearers, very attentive, deccutly dressed and well 1»ehaved, mak- 
ing the largest and most hopeful assembly to which I had yet si)oken. We 
met in a liaiii of (apt. Bolster's. He is soeiaf)le and very hospitable. 
Pode after meeting to Hebron, and put up Avitli a Mr. Bass [Bearce]. 
This place like all the rest, has some Baptists. Mr. Bass [Bearee] would 
give two hundred dollars with all his lieait to see the town united inider a 
Congregational nuiiister. No hopes of it I Just so [he distressiiiglv adds] 
in the rich township of Paris. 

1797, Sept. 2. Rustfteld. alias Norway. (Grasshoppers here and at 
Philips* (iore and Paris, hurtful. Jiode to Paris, and found all friends 
well, itartirularlv merchant Prentiss and (apt. Bolstei . 

1st Saht)ath. Sej)teml>er ;{. Norway and Paris. Preaehed at Paris from 
Matt, i :21 and Mark xv :!."), l(i; and then at \orway, from -U'remiab vii :- 
22, 23. At Paris the Baptists heard their minister Hooper, and the Metho- 
dists lu'ard a Stoneham. So that I had only about one hundred hearers, 
very attentive and respectful. Paris would make a fine parish if united. 
Ifustfield, Cunnnings' (Jore and Lee's Grant are incorporated or made a 
town, called Xorwav. (apt. Pust and his huly rode to Paris in a chaise, 
an<l heard two sermons. 

1798, Aug. 19. 1st Saftbath. Preaehed at Paris, two sermons from 
Psahus IxxivrlO and two texts more; and one sermon at Xorway, from 
Prov. v :22,2:{. 

Aug. 2G. Preached at the house of David Andrews in Paris. With him, 
a good man, I had much religious discourse. My text was 2d Timothy, 
iii :14, 15. 

21. Called at Seth Carj>enter"s and gave counsel to his wife, and Taylor's 
sermons. Visited the wife of John Xason, and gave her Hemmenway's 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 207 

sermons. CouuseltMl Al)rah:im Holster's wife and yave her Taylor's ser- 
mons. [It is i;ratif}'ing to see that the husbands did not appt-ar to need 
eounsel ! or. are we to infer that tliey were sin-liardened V] 

ISOO, An,i,^ 2U. Norway. Paris. Rode to Paris, the weather still dry 
and warm. Went to David Andrews" and preaehed to a serious aiidienee 
from Acts xxiv :"25. 

Alii;. .■{(>. Saturday. Paris. Pode hack to tlie centre of I'ai-is and put 
up with Daniel Stowell. Es<|. 

Aug. ;n. 2d Sabbath. Paris. Preached at the house of the S(|uire. 
from Luke xvi:2i)-31. Tlie audience was small by reason of rain, wbidi 
fell with small intermission from .5 A. M. to 4 P. .M.. a most seasonable and 
refreshing shower. Tlu'ee weeks l)efore this exactly, it rained all day at 
Buxton. Tlie Squire has a beautiful situation, very central, of five hun- 
dred acres of rich land. His house has a stoop and a])pears well. Hooper, 
the Baptist minister of the place, heard me in tlie afternoon, and conversed 
some time, with some judgment and apparent candor. 

The following trom the proprietors" records may be of interest: 
A particular account of the Xecessarys the Committee Purchased for 
clearing the Poad through Xo. 4 Township and their exi)enses upon the 
road to and from said Township, (viz:) 

To 200 lbs. of Pork at los., £l-'''0. 

>• 00 lbs. of Butter at 12s., •'{<>, 

•• 1(1.) lbs. of Cheese at 6s., 31, l'» 

•• 100 ll)s. of Rye flour, 21, 

■• 1 1-2 Ilund'd of Wheat flour, <)4. 10 

•• 2 llmid'd <.f do <S*^, 

•• Baking :5 Ilund'd of Bread at .")0s., 7, 10 

•• 2 Empty Casks to put the l)read in, 1, 4 

•• 3-4 Ilund'd Sugar, 4.o, 

•• 10 Gal. Hum at £4. 10 pr. (.al.. 48, 

•• 4 •• Sperits at £7. ](> pr. (;al., 30, 

" Tin ware, "i 1^ 

'' Two Iron Pots. 0, 

•" One Quarfr Ilund'd of Pice, 8, 8 

•' 12 lbs. Chocolate at 22s. i)r. lb., 13, 4 

•' 3 1-2 lbs. Tea at £5, 16 pr. lb., 20, 16 

•> One Peck of Salt, 2, 14 

" .5 axes and helves, 31, 16 

'' 1 (Quarter lb. of Pepper at 24s., 1, 4 

•• 1 Kegg for BiUter, 2, 2 

"• 1 (^)uarter of Ginger at 7s., 7 

•• 8 lbs. Shot at 12s., 4, 16 

The amount of expenses, on the road to and from the township, 
is stated at £302, Us. Among the items are the following : 

Paid at Davises, Xew Gloucester, ' £«^, 2 

" for a lamb, 6, 6 

" Keeping our horses, 15, 18 



208 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

The explanation of the apparently falxilous prices of the various 
articles in this account ma}' be found, doubtless, in the fact that it 
was stated in continental mone}', and at a time when one dollar of 
that money was worth only three cents eight mills — this lieing its 
current value in December, 1779, when the account was presented. 
Thus one peck of salt, for instance, at £2, 14s., continental cur- 
rency, reckoned at five dollars to the pound, cost about fiftv-four 
cents in gold ; tea, at £5, 16s. per pound, cost about one dollar and 
ten cents in gold; rum, at £1, ir)S., brought in gold al)0ut ninety- 
five cents a gallon — and so on. 

According to a statement obtained at the U. S. Statistical l»ureau, 
a one dollar continental bill was worth, in Octol)er. 1777. ninety-one 
cents, one mill; in Deceml»er, 1777, seventy-five cents, four mills; 
but in jNIarch, 1779, it had depreciated to ten cents, in April to nine 
cents, in June to seven cents, three mills, in September to five cents, 
five mills, in November to four cents, three mills, and in December 
to three cents, eight mills. 

What AVilliamson says of the early settlers in Maine generally is 
undoubtedly true of those who fixed their location in this town. 
"To clear woodlands of their rugged incumbrances, and render them 
smooth for the plough and scythe and fit for human habitancy, 
required a fortitude and persevering industry, which are never per- 
mitted to abate. The first settlers possessed these qualities in an 
eminent degree. Nor were their felicities all in pi-ospect. Rough 
as the log house may appear to the eye of luxury, it was usuallv the 
sanctuary of virtue, of health, of character, and the birth place of 
manv such as the world calls good and great. Even the merest wood 
cutter amidst his solitude, breathes a nectarine atmosphere and exults 
in his freedom, as he sees field added to field and cottage after cot- 
tage rise, until, the wilderness changes and brightens into towns, the 
products of honest adventure, and productive toil — the prospective 
dwelling place of prosterity in successive generations." 

In an interesting paper, read by Mr. William Allen, before the 
Maine Historical Society', in 1855, on the early Sand}' River Settle- 
ments in Franklin County, he said: "The common course of pro- 
ceeding with beginners, was, first to cut down the trees on five or six 
acres the first year, burn the ground over and plant with corn the 
next 3'ear and build a log house ; cut down more trees, remove the 
family in before harvest time ; live on corn meal one j'ear, raise 
wheat the third year and build a small barn ; raise English hav, 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 209 

wheat, rye, and corn the fourth j'car, and then the}' were in away to 
live comfortabh'. After living seven 3-ears in a log honse, every one 
had a right to build a framed house, if he could; they were then 
called old settlers. All who had nothing better than a log house, 
were b}^ common consent bound to give one new settler two weeks' 
accommodation and board when moving in." Whether similar 
practices and rules prevailed in the earl}' days of Paris, I am not 

advised. 

*********** 

This town is favored with a good number of water privileges, of 
moi'e or less power, the larger being at South Paris, West Paris, 
Snow's Falls, and at two or three other points on the Little Andros- 
coggin ; and Ston}' brook, Smith's brook, and Moose pond stream 
are also utilized for mill purposes at several places. In his history 
of Nprwa}', Mr. David Noyes says that during the early settlement 
of that town there was no grist mill in the place, and that settlers 
were obliged to go to Jackson's mill, in Paris, on the Stony brook, 
which he says wa^s but a poor apology for a mill ; or to what has 
been since called Ray's mill in what is now Otisfield, where they 
sometimes, in the winter, went on snow shoes with a bushel or two 
of grain on a hand sled. 

Jackson's grist mill and a saw mill, the first in this town, were 
located on the Stony brook, and were built by Lemuel Jackson about 
1783, prior to which the settlers were obliged to go for these accom- 
modations to New Gloucester. Taking a bushel of corn or grain on 
his back, the sturdy pioneer made his way by a spotted line twenty- 
five or thirty miles through the forest to that town, had it ground, 
and in like manner, returned w'ith his grist to his family. On one 
occasion when Mr. Peter Durell was proceeding through the woods 
on this errand, he was suddenly confronted by a huge bear, which 
disputed his passage until clubbed off by force of arms. I have 
this fact from my brother Alonzo, to whom it was related by Mr. 
Durell himself. In these days there were few roads in this section 
to admit of the passage of a horse, much less a wagon. Boards for 
a tal)le-leaf or shelf, were lugged man}- miles upon the back ; and 
it was long before horses, even for horseback riding, could be availed 
of to any great extent. Then, the women used often to ride behind 
the men, or the}' would take one or more of their children and travel 
long distances on horseback to visit their friends. 

The^population of this town appears to have been steadily on the 

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210 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

iucrease, probal)ly from its first settlement up to 1850; but the 
census of 18G0 shows a decrease of fift^-fivc in the preceding ten 
3'ears, and the falling off in the next decade was sixty-five, doubtless 
partly owing to the war of the rebellion. *Bv the census, the number 
of inhabitants of Paris was. in 1800. eight hundred and forty- fou r ; 
in 1810, thirteen hundred and twenty; in 1820, eighteen hundred 
and ninety-four ; in 1830, two thousand three hundred and seven; 
in 1840, two thousand four hundred and fifty-four ; in 1850, two 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two; in 18G0, two thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-seven ; and in 1870, two thousand seven 
hundred and sixty-five. We have not time to investigate the causes 
of this decrease ; but I venture the opinion that a majority, at least, 
of our native citizens, who have left town to seek their fortunes in 
other places, would have l)een happier and better off, proba1)ly, in 
nearly every other respect, had they settled down contentedly at 
home. 

History tells us that the earliest people of whom we have an\- 
record regarded everything ancient as venerable and sacred. When 
a Greek or Roman wished to sa}' that an^-thing was dear to him, he 
said, "That is ancient for me." We read also, that the ancient 
cities clung strongh' to their past, l)ecause they found in the past all 
the motiA'CS as well as all the rules of their religion. "A city did 
not believe it had the right to allow anything to be forgotten, for 
everything in its history was connected with its worship." 8o, in 
founding a cit}', religious ceremonies of a marked character were 
observed. First, a sacrifice was offered, then a fire of brushwood 
was lighted, and as an act of purification, the companions of the 
chief each leaped through the flames. Next, in a small trench of a 
circular form, each person deposited a little eartii In-ought from tlie 
country from which he had come, and in which he believed the souls 
of his ancestors were inclosed. On this spot an altar was set u}) 
and a fire lighted upon it. This was the holy fire of the city, the 
l.)Ounds of which were next marked b}- a furrow made with a copper 
plough-share, the plough being held ])y the founder in priestly robes 
and veiled head, chanting prayers, while his companions followed 
him. observing a religious silence. t 

Altliough the first inhabitants of our town found its boundaries 

*Wlien the census of 1850 was taken, the railroad was under i)roccss ol construction 
tliroui'li tills town, and nearly two hundred workmen were enuniei-ated who had only a 
temporary residence here; this accounts for the apparent fallinj; oil' in population in 1j<(;(i. 

f'The Ancient City," by Fustel de Coulanges. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 211 

traced to their bauds and therefore had no need of special ceremonies 
to fix its limits, like the ancients, they gave heed to all the sacred 
memories of the past ; and if they did not bi'ing deposits of conse- 
crated soil and kindle thereon tlieir altar fires, many of tliem knelt 
in daih' worship around the domestic hearth, and joined in tlie erec- 
tion of temples to the living God. Wc. too, who are here to-day, 
entertain for our predecessors wlio have passed from us, feelings of 
respect not unmixed with brotherly friendship, and a love that can 
never cease. We, too, would gather up as far as in our power, the 
leading incidents attending the origin and progress of our town, as a 
portion of the histoiy of our common country, interesting alike to 
ourselves and to our successors. At the close of this one hundred 
years, we come together with mutual greetings, thankful that oar lot 
has lieen cast in a land of liberty, and in one of the most remark- 
able epochs of the world's history, fraught as it is with extraordinarv 
developments in all the domain of human knowledge. What revo- 
lutions, what important changes in the atfairs of nations, what won- 
derful discoveries, what ingenious and startling inventions have 
taken place within the recollection of many here present ! " Fortunate 
are we to have been so situated, and happy in having Ijeen spared to 
join in this celebration here in our native town. With one of our 
favorite authors, may we not truly say : 

'•There i.s no place like the old place, wliere you and I were l)oin. 

AVhere we lifted up our eyes on the splendors of the morn I 

From the milk-white breast that warmed us; from the clinging arms tlial 

bore, 
"Where tlie dear eyes glistened o'er us, that will look on us no more. 

There is no friend like the old friend who has shared our morning days ! 

Xo greeting like his welcome, no homage lilce his praise I 

Fame is the scentless flower, with gaudy crown of gold : 

But Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fokl." 

And now, dear friends, ere we separate, let us swear allegiance 
anew, not only to our native town but l^o our whole beloved country. 
Resting on the constitution, let us see to it that only the worthy are 
allowed either to make or to administer our laws. Our onlv safety 
is in the virtue, integrit}' and constant watchfulness of the people, 
who should guard the ballot, the palladium of our liljerties, with 
unceasing care, and hold as a traitor every person who shall in aiw 
manner attempt to abuse or corrupt it. Thus, with able, honest and 
patriotic statesmen for our rulers, we have everything to hope for, 
and nothino; to fear. 



212 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Mr. King's address was followed by the singing of the following 
hymn, written by Miss Alice E. Maxim. The music for this^hymn 
was composed by W. S. Ripley of Boston. 

"GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE HILLS." 

God bless our native hills ! 
We pray to Him who Alls 

Our souls witli trust. 
Our fathers" God I Thou hast 
Our thanks for mercies past, 
For good in years to be, 
We humbly trust in Thee : 

Thy ways are just. 

(iod bless our native hills I 
Green woods and sparkling rills. 

This glorious day. 
Wherever we may roam, 
We find no place like home ; 
No other skies so fair, 
Nor sweeter sunnner air, 

Than here to-day. 

Dear old hills I We love thee ! 
Each rock and flow"r and tree. 

To us are dear. 
When spring and song-birds come. 
When summer roses bloom, 
When autumn tints are seen. 
Or winter reigns supreme, 

Tbuu'rt ever dear. 

(iod bless our native town I 
Sweet mem'ries cluster round 

Each hearth and home I 
With willing liearts and hands 
Our fathers tilled these lands. 
Our mothers loved us here ; 
They lived to bless and cheer 

In days agoue. 

God bless our native town I 
Her sons with honors crown. 

And blessings rare; 
For centuries to come. 
Make this the happy home 
Of daughters good and pure, 
In ways of virtue sure. 

As true as fair. 



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God bless the dear old town ! 
While angels lookino; down 

Send thoughts of love — 
From ancestors long gone 
To a bright heavenly home — 
From friends and kindred dear, 
Who once dwelt with us here 

In peace and love. 

Hon. Geo. F. Emery of the Boston Post, then read a poem 



entitled, 



OUK FAMOUS MEN. 

As Time with wing unfettered flies 
Beneath these smiling, native skies, 
And ushers in th" centennial year. 
Recalling scenes to memory dear. 
And treading soil our fathers trod, 
We've gladly sung, thanks to our God- 
He, though unseen, their pathway made 
When first foundations here were laid ; 
To doubtful step he showed the way. 
And by his grace we meet to-day. 

Our love for country knows no bound. 
AVith all her varied riches crowned ; 
New England has a special cliarm. 
For her our hearts are ever warm. 
But whereso'er our footsteps range. 
To points remote or regions strange. 
Our thoughts will linger near the hearth 
Associated with our birth. 

When foreign footsteps reach our shore. 
Our country's wonders to explore, 
What well arrests th' observing mind 
Are commonwealths which here they find. 
Our towns well governed by the choice 
Of rulers by the public voice. 
These, scattered thick on every hand. 
Embrace the glory of our land. 
Of these, none have a better claim 
To share the honors of such fame. 
Than Paris, where to-day we stand, 
One of the noblest of the land. 

Gould we retrace a hundred years. 
Though freely mingling smiles with tears, 
We gladly would the path pursue. 
And Seventeen Seventy Nine renew. 



214 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Not that we now would sul)Stitute 

The year of sowing for its fruit, 

But rather better try to draw 

The picture which our Jaclvsons saw. 

We can conceive enough of this 

To say "twas drear enough for AVillis, 

Men of rare pluck they were, we know, 

For all traditions tell us so ; 

Xor are we left alone to these, 

For in our day there have been pleas, 

Which demonstrate l^eyond a doubt 

The Willis race was hard to rout. 

But facts of earliest times I waive. 
These from our orator we have ; 
My muse prefers just now to show, 
AVhat all Parisians ought to know, 
That, as to men of large renown, 
Ours i* no doubt, the banner town ; 
The fact, I think, is very clear, 
That Paris has, in this, no peer. 
Not natives all were these I name, 
For this is not what here I claim ; 
But what I do intend to say. 
And can be proved on any day. 
Embracing with our native sons 
Those who have l)een adopted ones. 
More men of note have issued here 
Than can be seen or found elsewhere ; 
That is to say, remembering size. 
And census of the town likewise. 

By one consent our foremost sou. 
Who highest honors well has won. 
Is he wose name need not be told — 
To young "tis known as well as old. 
He little thought in school where sent. 
He would become Vice-President, 
Nor did lie dream while sticking type, 
For what he then was growing ripe— 
Yet step by step, from day to day. 
He onward pressed his upward way, 
Until, save one, their highest prize 
Awarded those bound high to rise, 
Was by the sovereigns of the land 
Placed cordially in Handin's hand. 
How well this nation's gift was borne. 
And all the laurels he has worn. 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

The uuif^e of lii'^tory will relate 
Much fuller at a later date. 
And justice done to you as well, 
Wheu we shall hear from M. & L. 

Proceeding now with rapid wing, 

Xext on the roll is Mr. King; 

Horatio, too, played well his part, 

Since here he learned the printer's art. 

His mind while handling printer's sticks 

Quite freely ran to politics. 

His genius i-ould not well be spanned 

By any town this side Portland ; 

Hence there he flew with type and press. 

And left his toAvusmen in distress. 

But what then brought regret and pain, 

Proved for himself and them great gain ; 

The path to honor it laid bare 

And in it all Parisians share. 

To Washington at last he goes, 

And honest skill and merit shows, 

Until, well worthy, there we see 

Horatio King our P. ^i. G. 

Still passing on. the next we see 

A Senator in A. K. P. 

Of him. perhaps, it may be said, 

Among the living or the dead, 

;More babies have for him been called 

Thau any other in the world. 

This is enough to flx his place, 

And shows how well he ran his race. 

The highest place he went to fill. 

Was where he watched the Nation's Till ; 

This well he did for many a year, 

As tnany know who listen here. 

From Forty Eight to Fifty One 
H. Hamlin Senatorial honors w^on. 
From Fifty One for six years more. 
He similar honors likewise bore. 
From Fifty Seven to Sixty One, 
Another Senatorial race he run. 
And, as by use pure metals shine, 
In Eighteen Hundred Sixty Nine, 
The people served him in that way. 
And have so done down to this day. 
His Senatorial life, I w-een. 
Has been the longest ever seen. 



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210 HISTORV OF PARIS. 

Next, p;issiii«i: on, th' observer sees 
A roll unusual of M. ("s. 
The first in time if not in fame. 
Was IIulil)ard l>evi — a jrreat name. 
His father in tlie deadly fight 
Fell on Quebec's embattled heiglit, 
A Captain brave, a loyal son, 
As ever fame innnortal won. 
All old Parisians used to boast 
The (General was alone a host. 
A man of pluek and neivous force, 
No obstacle could block his course. 
With generous heart anil open hand 
His operations all were planned. 
Good cheer around a game of Loo, 

Our fathers did not all eschew. 
Tradition says he used to sip 
Success insi)ired around his Flij); 
That in his day "twas understood 
'Twas part of man's essential food. 
Or, if not so, all men of note 
Knew how it helped a major vote. 
He in the year Eighteen Thirteen 
Was in the national Congress seen. 
He seldom spoke and never wrote. 
But always was on hand to vote. 
He fought the "Feds" with such a /est, 
That you can well suiinise the rest. 
In Nation, State, or in tlie Town, 
He always earned a just renown. 

Next Enoch Luicoln, honored name, 
And always worthy of his fame. 
Stepped to the front by one consent, 
And to the seventeenth Congress went : 
Three times the i)eo|)le placed him there. 
But he preferred the (Jovernor"s ihair. 
His race, though brief, was nobly run. 
And brilliant as the mid-day sun. 

Next Mr. Carter, Timothy J., 

And well remembered in our day. 

Our people chose with great applause, 

To help enact the nation's laws. 

But this ])right sun death's cloud obscured. 

Though with an honoreil name assured. 

Next on this list was Virgil D., 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 

As crisp and crank as e'er neeti he, 
A DtMUOt-rat from head to foot, 
And liardest of the hard to hoot. 
His views he would not if lie eouhl 
Conceal, or shape to modern mould. 
His friends he loved, his foes he fought. 
But compromise his soul would not ; 
lie never learned how to recede, 
But lived and died true to his creed. 

In Eighteen Handled Forty Three 
Our Hamlin in the House we see. 
In Forty Five again he goes. 
And Forty Six until its close. 

In Eigliteen Forty Nine or so, 
You sent to Congress Goodenow. 
For planning well, and })arty skill. 
None on the stage could him excel; 
A gallant Captain too he was, 
And early served his country's cause. 
Few of our townsmen better knew 
On all occasions what to do. 

Near by his side E. Gerry sat. 
With whom we students used to spat 
When poring over legal lore, 
Until in zeal we almost swore. 
Of course, when Bull his dogs set on. 
His voice was loud for Oregon. 
True to his faith E. G. still sticks, 
Especiallj' in j)olitics. 

In Eighteen Hundred Fifty One 

We find another native son 

In Congress, full of life and zeal. 

And anxious differences to heal 

■Tween North and South which then arose. 

The plan of "Compromise'' he chose. 

No man deplored the Nation's snarls 

More truly than our Andrews Charles. 

His genial nature all esteemed; 

Indeed, he always rather seemed 

Too winning for his i)arty foes. 

And that his major ballot shows. 

Near sat by hmi another man 
Who early Avas a young townsman. 
One of the lucky, pushing sort 
Which seldom from the goal come short ; 



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218 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

This need I not now .<top to show, 
His name was Robert Goodenow. 
Witli Lincohi here he studied law, 
And learned of him how writs to draw. 
In all the paths of life he trod. 
He loved the raee, and served his God. 

In Eighteen Hundred Sixty One 

We there espy another son. 

He hailed, by birth, from Mexieo, 

His name was AValton, Charles, you know, 

In starting ott" to play his part. 

He too learned here the printer's art. 

When weary of the i)rintei's stirk. 

He handled well his tiddle stick. 

For precedent for such relief 

If one's demanded in this brief, 

F^xamples many I could cite, 

Whicli clearly show that he was right. 

Thom. Jetterson will do for one, 

Of whom the world has said, "Well Done;"' 

If one is sought beyond the sea, 

The name of Gladstone well serves me ; 

I think the Judge if here about, 

AVould say this case is well made out. 

But printing was not to his mind. 

To law he soon became inclined. 

And that turned out to be his forte, 

As all of learned when in his court. 

Last on this list was Sidney Perham, 

Tlie mortal enemy of rum. 

Although the boys nick-named him "Sid," 

His sterling worth could not be hid. 

By his own merit he arose, 

And for three terms you gladly chose 

To send him to the Nation's seat, 

To speak and act as he thought meet. 

This, I believe, completes the roll. 

And now we'll take another stroll. 

And yet before this point we leave, 
You'll all agree, as I believe, 
"TAVould be unjust to them and you. 
Some candidates to shut from view. 
It often happens that the saint. 
Free from alloy and without taint. 
Is left far in the rear behind. 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 219 

Though not from hick of worth or iniml. 

Ill fact, all saints, as you well know, 

Witli the majority seldom go, 

A doctrine in a day of neeil 

Perhaps some here would like to plead. 

AVhile still we claim foi- our loved town 
The highest prizes for renown. 
And asking are there any more, 
Our eyes stray oflt" to luverniore. 
The reason you can well divine, 
For there Ave strike the Washburne line ; 
A race unequalled, so they say. 
For pusl) and pluck in any day. 
If by good chance one we can claim. 
Who bore that famous, honored name. 
The game is up, and we have won. 
The contest ended, and well done. 
Well, Paris has a right to boast 
Of one from this gigantic liost. 
Judge Euel here once studied law, 
And in the distance thought he saw 
Congressional honors beckoning him. 
He tries the course, and runs with vim — 
But all in vain — they rule him out, 
The Democrats for Ripley shout. 

Then there was Vinton, full of light. 
For what he thought was just and right. 
Of Free-soil troops he led the van, 
Xor did his gun Hash in the pan. 
"Twas not his fault that he then failed. 
For he from foes has never quailed. 
"What was the reason, ask you then? 
His ranks were found too short of men. 

Another worthy high to rise. 
Though failing to attain the prize, 
I think was Andrews, Sullivan, 
By all consent a handsome man. 
But this Avas not the only merit 
Which from this town he did inherit ; 
His energy and enterprise 
I need not stop to emphasize ; 
These are so Avell and largely knoAvn, 
Success some day his head must croAvn. 

Here, too, Avas Black, Avith recoi-d AAhite, 
And almost ahvays in the right. 



220 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

But he, like many a sainted one. 
In Ki'rht<M'n Seventy was outrun. 
Almost ei<;ht thousand him stood by, 
Though not enough to coiuiuer Frye. 
If others on this list should go, 
I'll thank my friends to tell me so. 
All names like these may well go down 
To graee the annals of our town. 

Of Maishals we have furnished two. 
O'er whom there is so nmch ado, 
By some thought dangerous at the polls, 
By some required to watch the rolls. 
But this is neither here nor there. 
From politii's I must forbear : 
Enough, I think, we've had of late, 
Tlie ai)i)etite of all to sate. 
Our tirst was I'arris, Virgil D., 
Whose gay. blue coat we almost see. 
Tlie last was Kimball, William K., 
A gallant Colonel or our day. 

But here we leave tliose high in station. 

Who in their times have served the Nation, 

And next, though briefly, I'll relate 

The story of our men of State. 

Yet, being still somewhat in doubt 

Wliere some come in or should go out. 

First 1 will mention among these. 

Electors, if my liearers please. 

These oflicers of high repute 

Hold a position in disi)ute. 

Some claim them to be national, 

But this is thought irrational 

By those who clamor for State Bights, 

When needful in our partv tights. 

We'll compromise, my friends, to-day. 

And let each man have his own way. 

Electors Presidential three, 

From Paris you and I can see. 

The first was Chandler, Dr. Ben, 

Who voted with the Adams men. 

The next was Hubbard, Levi, (Jeneral, 

Who i-an against the ticket Federal. 

He cast his vote for Andrew J., 

And helped him well to win the day. 

The last was Rufus (ioodenow. 

When "Tii)pecanoe and Tyler too," 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 221 

IJocaiiie Ills party's rallying cry, 

And had ''hard cider" for the dry. 

For Harrison, the records note. 

He helped to throw Maine's first Whij^ vote. 

Of (Governors, we've furnished four, 
And candidates for several more. 
The first was Parris, Albion K., 
How popular I need not say ; 
In Eiijhteen Twenty Two he served. 
The honor too he well des<'rved. 
Then Liiu-oln placed the chair of State 
From Twenty Six past Twentj' Eight; 
So famous was this noted son. 
None ventured by his side to run. 
In Fifty Seven succeeded him. 
Our most distinguished H. Hamlin. 
From Seventy One to Seventy Three, 
Our worthy I'erham next you see. 

Two others lan without success. 

AVhose names wen* woithy, you'll confess, 

For highest honors of the State, 

And would have graced the (iovernor's seat. 

First on this list, I think, was he, 

Wlio, were he living, here would be. 

He fondlj' loved his native town. 

As his whole record well has shown. 
He lielped Mount Mica to explore. 
And treasures found unknown before; 
He for the Pai'is Tourmaline 
Prepared the way its fame to win. 
Klijah Hamlin led the Whigs 
As well as when a youth the Jigs. 
The only reason of his blutt", 
Was that he gained not votes enough, 
A fault not his, l)ut of the folk 
Who then adhered to J. K. i'olk. 
Democracy in this man's day, 
AVas always sure to have its way. 
One other of our sons was rim, 
Thf)' (iovernor's honors never won, 
Kzekiel Holmes, the candidate 
Selected for the chair of State, 
By nien who set a ball in motion, 
AVhioh set the Nation in connnotion. 
For Liberty they sang and shouted, 
I'ntil. at last, all foes were routed. 



222 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

He and liis friends led oft" the chase, 
But others closed and gained the race. 
Tliongii ne'er pretending- to l)e able 
To innnortalize the ''Breakfast Tahle," 
He taught all liow to reap and sow, 
In th' '•'•Maine Farmer," 3'ears ago. 

Pursuing still tliis fruitful theme, 
We next approach the Conit .Supreme, 
Our first grave Judge was A. K. P., 
Whose name our townsmen often see. 
The next was Walton of our day. 
Of wliom we all are proud to say. 
At least, such is my firm belief. 
He well deserves to be the chief. 
The last is Virgin, full of mirth, 
By one consent of solid wortli. 
Once on the Hill, some years ago, 
As Academic records show. 
He taught the young and fresh idea 
How safel}^ through the world to steer. 
His wife Avas kin to Stowell blood, 
As good as any since the flood. 
And, by the way, did jou e'er know 
Judge Virgin the trombone did blow'/ 
Pi'ay, are tliere any special laws. 
Which to the Bench a fiddler draws'? 
Or any which, by dint of wind, 
A place upon it one can find"/ 
Tlien Paris miglit with truth A\ell boast 
Of Judges sound, and cpiite a Iiost, 
For fiddling, some were heard to say. 
Was all we did ):)oth night and day. 
And as to winds which always 1)1()a\', 
Tills Hill beats all the world, we know . 
Judge Virgin once Reporter was. 
And made a Digest of our laws. 

Two others of a lower sphei-e 
Resided most their lifetime here. 
The first was Cole, the late J. G., 
A man of merit, too, was he ; 
To him the public did concede 
The name of ])attern Judge indeed. 
Succeeded him our Stephen E., 
A man of precious memory 
To those, at least, who knew him best 
Before he reached his sacred rest. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 

lli.s iiauu' is linked with iiiaiiy a oau-io. 
Which, -not seciirinii' wide applausie, 
Does aid and higiily olevatt' 
All that is noble in a State. 
Among the first to well sustain 
The eause so potent throiiiiliout Maine, 
He gave his eftort and his heart, 
And acted well a brotliei-"s ])art. 
The widows and the orphans too. 
AVhen Probate Judge, he kept in view. 
From early life down to its end. 
Sound learning found in him a fi-iend. 
To sacred song and art divine 
His cultured taste did oft incline. 
But I must cease these filial strains, 
And pass to what for me remains, 
Besides judicial honors l)orne, 
(Let others say how nobly won,) 
My honored sire, our annals say. 
Attorney General was one day. 

Next at tlie Senate Board ste)) in. 

And see who Presidents have l)eeu. 

Presided once did Virgil 1)., 

And acting Governor, too, was he. 

Judge Virgin also held that place. 

Presiding well and with nmch grace. 

The tliird and last found in this seat. 

Whose merits need I not repeat, 

^^'as Vinton, who in point of date. 

Was President in seventy-eiglit. 

Three Speakers too. I think, all told 

Were chosen from our famous fold. 

The first was Hamlin, Hannibal, 

Who, all admit, presided well. 

The next was Andrews, Charles by name. 

Already mentioned in tliis roll of fame. 

The next and last was Sidney P., 

Our wortliy President whom we see. 

Xext, now descending one step more, 
The Council Clnunljer well explore. 
In Council of this noble State 
Three of our townsmen had a seat. 
The first we notice in this line 
Was Hubbard, L., in twenty-nine. 
The next was one for wealth renowned 
And on hard monev always sound. 



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224 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

His name was (looker, T., for short, 
AVho ready was to hold the fort,- 
When men opposed his will or way 
Or soujfht to lead his friends astray. 
A useful man he was to State, 
From early morn till evenin^j late 
He kept the Treasury in his eye 
And watched all comers "on the sly.*' 
One other tilled a ( ouncil chair 
Whose name by his consent I bear. 
Of him suffice it now to say 
He in good faith well served his day. 
And still one more I call to mind. 
Whom on this list you all can find. 
"Tis Washburn. Reuel, named before. 
Who generall}' hailed from Favermore. 
His life was pure, and record fair 
Because he measured by the "square."' 

Thus far, my friends, you will have seen, 
Attention here has wholly been 
Confined to ranks of civil life — 
Not heroes of the bloody strife. 
Not many, as occurs to me, 
In gilded epaulets we see. 
And yet we ought not to ignore 
Our brave and gallant ( onnnodore, 
Who in connection witli his liirth 
And service joined with solid worth, 
Both for himself and for our town 
Has justly earned a wide renown. 
His name is Phelps, our Thomas 8., 
Whose mother's, too, you now can guess. 

S. stands for Stowell — name historic — 
Suggesting also the heroic. 
His mother sprang from Uncle Bill, 
Who lived and died lielow the Hill. 
In eighteen forty Phelps first learned 
How naval laurels could be earned. 
And from that year dow^n to this day 
Has mingled in many a bloody fray. 
The Chiefs in Eighteen Sixty One, 
Foreseeing w hat must well be done, 
To organize with skill and care 
For what turned out no light affair, 
Chose him by ballot from the rest, 
Because of all they thought him best 



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To make a thorou^'h, broad survey, 

That we might earl\' win tlie (hiy. 

Thiouahoiit the war, iu bloody fight, 

He ii()l)Iy battled for the riglit; 

The stars and stripes he proudly bore 

Until secession was no more. 

For details of the well-earned fame 

Which gathers o'er his honored name, 

I must refer you to the roll 

Found at our Nation's cajiital. 

If others for this turgid rhyme 

Escape me at the present time, 

Whose gallant deeds deserve oui- thanks, 

And well might swell our honored ranks, 

Their names must for the nonce give way, 

To be rehearsed some other day. 

Just hei-e, however, we see one 

Who also was a naval sou. 

A surgeon whom most here have known. 

And long a doctor of our town. 

As Justly famous foi- his Avit, 

As for his skilly was Dr. Kit. 

Tho* when need be of quite stern mien. 

The Doctor was a joker keen. 

As such, he always was most ripe, 

When putting from his lighted pipe. 

Besides conferring couimon fame. 

He gave us many a historic name. 

Why, he Immortalized the Cape, 

The reasons now from me escape. 

He called the Xorth our "Taunton Green,"' 

Because the Tuells there were seen. 

Why "Sucker Harbor" is so famed. 

To some of us need not be named, 

For when up there we fished for trout, 

"Twas naught but sucker and hornpout. 

Among those who this town well served, 

The Doctor's fame was well deserved. 

\Vere not my time exhausted quite. 
And I at liberty to write 
^^^lat truly is within my heart, 
Of others who have played their part 
In paths well trod of high repute. 
While of life's honors in pursuit, 
I'd speak of many a worthy son 
Who County honors well have won. 

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226 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Tliose of tliein l:)orn within this town 
Or (.hosen from it for renown 
By yonr kind leave I will i)oint out, 
While wanderinij briefly here about. 

Of Sherifts, Hamlin led the van. 

A doctor skilled, a noble man. 

Whose gates and doors were all ajai- 

To welcome strangers from afar: 

The children's friend, as known l)y many, 

For whom he always liad a penny. 

The memory of his virtues still 

Is full of fragrance on the '•IJill." 

Of County Clerks, nine of thirteen 

►Selected from this town have ])een. 

Their names were Hamlin, Chandler, Clark, 

And every one a man of mark. 

Succeeding these was Goodenow. 

Then Cole, who sometimes went by name of ''.To,' 

Then Andrews, Charles, then Kimball Bill, 

And last, not least. Black, with us still. 

Of eight IJecorders, only one 
'Tis hardly fair to call our son. 
But he, for thirty years and more 
The office of Eecorder l)ore, 
A service never paralleled 
By any who that office held. 
Our ]\[ellen was a genial soul 
Whose merits all might well extol. 

Of Probate Judges, four of ten 
Have been selected from our men. 
The tirst was Chandler, Benjamin, 
AVhose name already we have seen, 
Then Emery S., then Rawson, L., 
Wliose qualities I need not tell. 
Last on this roll, drawn from this town, 
Was worthy Doctor T. H. Brown. 

Of Registers, six of fifteen. 
In Probate desks from us you've seen. 
The flrst was Clark, next J. G. Cole, 
Found also on another roll. 
Succeeded these, a man of skill, 
The accurate and courteous Stowell. 
Next comes my friend, John Goodenow, 
A classmate, as perhajjS you know. 
The next one's name I choose to skip, 



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HISTORY OF PARIS. 227 

That hardly will escape uiy lip. 
The last, I think, was S. K. Carter, 
And none than him was ever smarter. 

Of County Treasurers half almost, 
This town may be allowed to boast. 
First in this line was Hubljaixl, Levi. 
Whom none could skip if they should try. 
Then Major Mellen kept the purse, 
And County treasures did disburse. 
Then followed Stowell, ''Squire" Levi, 
Whose name, of course, none will pass by. 
Another still who kept your treasure, 
And always did things by square measure, 
Was Marble X., who always tished 
A trout from any hole he wished. 
Then there was Pidgin, AVilliam A., 
A journalist who ranks O. K. 
The sixth and last, who followed then, 
Was Shaw, now fishing after men. 
But I should be adjudged disloyal 
To overlook our Solon IJoyal. 
Who now just in from heated chase. 
Comes out ahead, and wins the race. 

Of worthies many who in town 

In offices secured renown, 

I must omit for want of time 

To mention in familiar rhyme. 

Did that pei-mit, I"d name D. D.'s 

Like Davis, Wilson and Estes, 

And King, whose life work and whose end 

Are famous as the Freedman's friend ; 

And learned i)rofessors, at least three, 

Our Lyford, Vose, and Stephen E., 

And Flora Barry, queen of song. 

And Dennett's name I would prolong. 

And Eipley, now near at your hand, 

The famous teacher of a baud. 

Of men quite famous, let me say, 

Was Father Hooper, in his day. 

Few men of all of early days 

Had traits more worthy of our praise. 

The unbefriended and the poor 

Were always welcomed at his door. 

He also preached just what he thought. 

And by his hands his living wrought. 

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228 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

And never bound by iron rule, 
He said and did what he deemed best, 
And never cared to please the rest. 
lie always made his sermons short, 
And best of nags he also bought, 
A little wine for stomach's sake. 
Like Timothy he used to take; 
Xor was it done behind the door, 
But often in the old red store. 
To make him change or bend liis will, 
\Vas past the power of human skill. 
Though in derision schools he held, 
In native strength few him excelled, 
lie loved, and labored, for the town, 
And in liis daj' gained wide renown. 

Of characters quite odd and rare, 
Our native town had its full share. 
Old Hector Fuller, grim and black, 
Of timid children cleared the track. 
Then there was witty Calvin ( 'ole, 
By right divine a J0II3' soid. 
And Colburn, too, whose funny ways 
Kemind us of our boyhood days. 
Among the queer ones we may note, 
Ben. AV'alton of the "anecdote." 
The man whose laugli nught well be sung, 
Was that strange fellow called Bill Young. 
Old Uncle Job, the hermit, too, 
Here naturally comes into view. 
Were naked history my delight. 
The names of many I could write, 
Wlio when town-meeting day came round. 
Were always early on tlie ground- 
Some were the last to leave it, too. 
As many a roguish boy well knew. 
But those peculiar days are fled 
And now are nimibered with the dead. 

The merchants who their marks have made, 

And won success in marts of trade, 

Such as our Shurtleff, Ambrose K., 

And several others of his day. 

Like Deerings, Shaws, and many more, 

flight worthily enlarge this score. 

Of those who of this famous town. 

For wealth have earned a wide renown, 

Three names just now I can recall. 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 229 

Perhaps the richest of them all. 
First in tliis rank, a native son. 
A million stromi' has fairly won. 
Our Deeiing- Willijun, in the AVcst. 
And, of onr men, one of the best. 
It t'onld not well be otherwise. 
The "Judge's" son was sure to rise. 

The second on tliis gilded roll. 
Whom next we meet while on this stroll, 
Though not a. native, years ago, 
Lived on the farm we call ••Biseo." 
His name is Parker, Harvey D., 
Whom at the ••Hub" you often see: 
A prince of landlords, hai-d to beat. 
Whose marl)le halls are on School Street. 
The next in ortler, native son, 
Who also other honors won. 
Was Prentiss Henry, son of Harry. 
Whom Abby Rawson here did marry. 
Both names may well excite applause. 
For generous aid to virtue's cause. 
For lawyers, doctors, ministers. 
And authors, teachers, editois. 
And landlords, traders, and the rest. 
Our town is noted for the best. 
Mechanics skilled, and farmers famed, 
Miglit also well to-day be named. 
But I forbear— my time is gone. 
And possibly your i)atience worn. 

Yet' I should be adjudged remiss. 
On an occasion such as this, 
Our motliers to exclude from view. 
Of such rare gifts and graces too. 
The matrons who this soil have trod. 
Were of a genuine, royal blood. 
They to society gave tone. 
And here their queenly virtues shone. 
All honor to their precious worth ! 
They to these famous sons gave birth. 
Here maidens fair and sisters sweet 
We were accustomed oft to greet. 
>Miile scenes so hallowed we recall. 
Blessed be the memory of them all. 

Xow closing this my grateful task. 
May not I one thing humbly ask? 
Is there no duty to be done. 



230 HISTORY OF PARTS. 

Before our race is fully ruu ? 

A town whose soenerj' is so gnind, 

Whose fathers, uobles of the laud, 

With gifts by nature strong and rare 

Combined with wise, sagacious care, 

Impressed their stamp on all we've seen, 

And V)enefa('tors true have been, 

Deserves to have its liistory teld 

And on immortal page enrolled, 

All that is worthy to be i-ead 

Of both the living and the dead. 

Rev. Dr. 11. C. Pastes read a paper giving a brief sketch of the 
churches and ministers in Paris, but as this will appear under the 
general head of P^clesiastieal History, it is omitted here. 

P^DucATioxAL History. 
Geo. A. Wilson, Esq., of South Paris, read the Educational His- 
tory of Paris, as follows : 

L(((li('S (did (Tcnthnacn : 

T was requested by your centennial conmiittee to prepare a brief address 
giving a History of Education in tlie town of Paris. T consented so to do, 
but at once found on attempting the same, that the history of education in 
tliis town from its earliest settlement to the present time, was a subject of 
such breadth and extent, and so intimately connected with all the religious 
and material growth and itrosjierity of the town, and required so much 
research and i)atient investigation, that it could not be fully treated in the 
few moments allotted to me in the exercises of the day. Therefore I shall 
but briefly touch upon a few of the most ujarked incidents, and in a gen- 
eral manner indicate the vast influence which the system of education 
adopted by our fathers has had, not only upon the fortunes of the indi- 
vidual citizens, but also upon the very lifp and growth of the town itself. 
In order to rightly understand the planting of that seed, which fell into 
such fruitful ground, and bore such a bountiful harvest, we ought to take 
a shoit glance at the tii-st settlers of the town, see who they were, from 
whence they came, and what impress they left upon the lives and charac- 
ters of those who have succeeded them ; but we can oidy l)rietly say that 
they came from AVatertown and adjacent towns in the State of Massachu- 
setts, and were men of integrity, honesty, native ability and acquired edu- 
cation. It is rarely that any new counti-y has such men for its founders. 
Coming in the prime of life and in the full sti-ength of a sturdy manhood 
from the parent State of Massachusetts, thej' lirought with them into the 
midst of this primeval forest, and then unbi'oken wilderness, that spirit of 
culture and patriotism and strong faith in the God given principles of free- 
dom and religious liberty, which were the distinguishing characteristics of 
the citizens of that State. Descendants of those who had willingly exiled 



llI^TOKY OF I'AKIS. 231 

tlieuiselves froiii fatherland fur c-onscit'iice sake, deseeiidauts of those who 
had heroically endured dangers and privations, the mere mention of which 
to-day. mijrht well cause the cheek of strong manhood to pale — to secure 
freedom for each man to worship God after the dictates of his own heart 
—themselves, many of them, fresh from tliat great conflict in which our 
nation was born, and in whose ears were still ringing the echoes of those 
glad bells which proclaimed Freedom ami Independence over this broad 
land, they came with strong hands and brave hearts to their great enter- 
pi-ise,— and it is mainly to their forethought, sagacity and earnestness in 
building up the free school system in this to-wn. that we owe our past suc- 
cess and present prosperity. 

As we open the old record books and sliake oft from their leaves the dust 
of nearly a century and a half, (for tlie Proprietors" records begin in 1735) 
we are struck with the beauty of the penmanship, and the force and cor- 
rectness of the language. Few records of the present day can at all com- 
pare with them, and as we further look and see the quaint expressions, 
strange to the ears of us to-day— such as "Jlis most sacred Majesty,"' and 
"His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay,"" we are forcibly reminded 
of the flight of time, and strange thoughts and visions of the startling 
events which have occurred since the hand guided the pen over the smooth 
surface of this page, and the generations which have come and gone like 
the leaves of the forest, come thronging upon us ; but we must press for- 
ward with our task. As I have said, the first grant of Plantation No. 4, 
as it was then termed, was made in 173;"); but that location failed on account 
of its being found lo be within the limits of New Hampshire, and it was 
not until 1773 that the Plantation was finally located whei-e is now the town 
of Paris, and in 1779 the proprietors" road was cut through from near the 
easterly corner to the northwesterly eornei-. the centennial of which occur- 
rence we celebrate to-daj\ 

The Grant was on condition that the i>roprietors should within seven 
years settle sixty families, build a house for the public worshii) of God, 
and settle a Protestant minister, and lay out one-sixti'-fourth part for the 
first settled minister, oue-sixty-fourth part for the use of the ministry, one- 
sixty-fourtli part for the use of a school, and one-sixty-fourth part for the 
use of Harvard College. These conditions were fulfilled except so far as 
the question of time entered into them, and when the grant was lotted out 
certain lots were set aside for the minister and ministry, and certain lots 
for a school. These remained unimproved for some years, until in 1799, 
we find an article in the wan-ant, to see if the town will devise some method 
to make the school land profitable. Xo action was taken under this article 
at the time, but at a subsequent meeting in 1804, the Selectmen were 
appointed a Committee to petition the General Court for leave to sell said 
lands. License was granted June 13, 1804, upon condition "that the net 
proi-eeds of the said sale be and shall forever continue to be vested in some 
of the public funds of the United States or of this conuuonwealth or mort- 
gage of real estate, and the interest arising from the sale of the said school 
right, shall be ai)plied towards the support of schools, and the interest 



232 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

arising- froin the sale of the iiiiiiisterial rig'ht shall be applied towards the 
support of the luiuistry." 

Previous to this, the IJev. James Hooper, the tirst settled minister of the 
town, had relinquished all his riglits in two of said lots to the town. I'lidcr 
the al)Ove license, Ehenezer Rawson, Josiah Biseo and Levi Hubbard were 
appointed a eommittee of the town to make sale of the lands, and they 
-were sold for .$4,530. 'J'his amount was invested, and the interest of about 
^3000 of this was applied generally by vote of town for the supi)ort of 
preaching, up to the jear 1843, when John Porter. James Deering and 
Joseph G. Cole were a])i)ointed a eonnnittee to investigate the matter, and 
on their report, the whole amount was carried to the School Fund, and from 
that time to the i)resent, the interest has been annually devoted to the sup- 
port of schools. Tliis was the oiigin of our present School Fund, and it 
constitutes a permanent fund for that purpose, with the exception that by 
some means unexj)lained l)y the records, the principal has been reduced to 
$3815. 

The Plantation was settled (juite rapidly after 1782, and in 17U3 was incor- 
porated as a town undei- the name of I'aris. What were the advantages 
for schools during the 11 years jjrior to the incorporation is not recorded, 
and we aiv forced to rely upon tradition, which simplj- informs us that pri- 
vate schools were held at various houses and taught by some of the settlers. 
At the incorporation of the town, it was (juite extensively settled, and it 
was divided into five school districts, although there were as yet no school 
houses in anj' of the districts. At the first town meeting, the clerk clearly 
ret'ords that it was voted to ai"cei)t the School Districts as divided ]>y the 
Selectmen in their report. He however fails to record what that report 
was, so tliat we are left somewhat in the dark as to what were the original 
limits of the districts. Tliis record reminds me of a story which they tell 
of Dr. True of Bethel. They say the Dr. was liding through Paris, and 
ou passing in tlie road by tlie house where ^laj. IJufus Stowell used to 
reside, was looking a])out, (the Dr. always has his scientific eyeoi)eu when 
traveling) wlien his attention was attracted by the huge bowlder still to be 
seen iu the field to the northeast of the road. His curiosity was excited 
and he left his team and went up to examine it. On inspection lie pro- 
nounced it one (jf the largest bowlders in this section of the country, and 
at once iletermined to write to the jKipers giving an account of this won- 
derful bowlder. AVishing to be very piecise as to its height, he informed 
the public that it was al)out half as high as the white l)irch tree growing 
beside it, without giving the height of the tree. As white birch trees vary 
somewhat iu their lieight, his description gave about the same idea of the 
height of the bowlder as the cleik's here gave of the boundaries of tlie 
district. 

The record, however, gives the names of the five persons wlio were tlien 
elected School Agents, or Committee, as they were then termed. They 
Avere as follows : 

Isaac Bolster, Abner Shaw, John Willis, Seth Carpenter, and >I. B. Smith. 
As these were all well known citizens, we can easily decide the general 
location of the districts. 



HISTORY Ol" PAKIS. 233 

Gen. Is;i:u- J{ol.<t(M-, who wa>i tlie gnuult'atht'i- of tlic lali- (iiilcoii llolsicr. 
resided where Jos. G. Penley now lives, and liis district iimst liave emljraeed 
what is now No. 1, tlie Bolster District and also what is now the South 
Paris District. Abner Shaw lived in the Shaw neii>hborhood. and \n< dis- 
trii-t embraced the King- District and the southeastern portion of the town. 
]\r. H. Smith, wlio was the great grandfather of Geo. S. Titeomb, resided 
on the farm where Freeland Swan now lives, and his district must have 
included all north of wliat is now South Paris and west of the river. 
John Willis resided on the Hill, in what was then called the Centre District, 
and Seth Carpenter in what is called now the Partridge District, including 
then all north of it. l"p to 1800, the town raised fifty pounds a year foi- 
the support of schools. In 1800 they raised it to 8400, and it increased 
gradually from tliat time forward. The .$400 raised in 1800 must have been 
as large a sum, in proportion, as we raise now, for in 1801 and 1802 the 
(juestion of dividing the town was seriously agitated, and was voted down 
twice. The last time, at a town meeting called for that purpose, and held 
Sept. 22d, 1802, when there -was a large attendance, the vote stood 41 in 
favor, and ol against a division of the town. We should judge from this, 
that there were about one hundred (pialified votei-s in town then. 

For the first twenty years, the (piestion came up annually as to how the 
school money should be divided, and was very earuestlj' contested, as to 
whether it should be divided according to the sum paid by each district, or 
according to the number of families in each district. The parties seem to 
have been very nearly equally divided, as for a number of years they alter- 
jiated — one party gaining the victory one year and the other the next. "We 
can see that human nature was nuich the same in those days as it is now, 
for frequently the defeated party were not satisfied with their defeat and 
attempted a reconsideration of the vote, so that some years they voted on 
it four tunes before the matter was finally settled. It reminds one of tlie 
fierce struggles we often have over the momentous question whether the 
ownev of a dog shall contribute one dollar towai'ds the public Reven.ue or 
not. It Avas not until 181;^ that the town finally settled down on dividing 
the money as now done according to the number of scholars between 4 and 
21. 

For the first ten years thei-e were no well defined school districts, but 
they were changed from year to year as circumstances seemed to reciuire. 
This state of aftairs did not seem to work well, and in 1800, Capt. Daniel 
Stowell, Capt. Jairus Shaw. Abijah Ilall, John Besse, Seth Carpenter, 
Abijah Warren, Col. Levi Hubbard, and Lieut. Jona. Bemis were appointed 
a committee to make a new division of the School Districts which when 
agreed upon should be decisive. 

In tliose days they rarely trusted a committee to take any decisive steps 
without consulting and reporting to the town, and here the}- incorporated 
in the vote the declaration that their report should be agreed upon by the 
to^^ n before it should be binding. From some reason this committee did 
not make any report, 1)ut they seem to have attended to their duty, as in 
1802, the districts were ten in number, but still without anv recorded 



234 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

boundaries. Thc^ difterent a^^eiits were, for the Centre Distrii-t, now the 
Hill — Benj. llaainiond. the grandfather of Geo, F., and H. E. Hannuond, 
who lived Avhere H. E. Hannnond now lives; for tlie southeast section of 
the town, Tlionias Stevens, who lived wliere J]lbert Cliftbrd now resides; 
for the southwest part of the town, including South Paris, Joel Robinson, 
who lived on what is now the town farm ; for the Hall neighborhood, Jona- 
than Shurtleff ; for that part lying north of South Paris and west of the 
I'iver, Joseph Swift, who lived in tiie house where John "Stevens now 
resides; for the Partridge District, Seth Carpenter, who lived at the four 
corners, where E. E. Hanson formerly resided; for the section noith of 
tliat, John Graj', father of Pobert anil Elbi'idge Gray, wlio lived where 
Sylvester Dean now lives ; for the Stearns District — then called the Bemis 
District — Jonathan Bemis, the grandfather of Charles and David Bemis, 
who then lived on tlie place where the late Asajih Bird lived, but afterwards 
removed to the Hill ; for the Harbor District, Seth Benson, the grandfather 
of our present Seth Benson, who livi'd just out of what is now tlie village 
of North Paris."' 

Thus matters went on until ISIO. when the numl)cr of districts had 
increased to 14, and for the first time the numbers were i-ecorded. 'i'hey 
were as follows, still without any recorded bounds : 

Daniel Stowell, Xo. 1. He lived on the old Stowell farm. 

T>enniel Holmes. Xo. 2. This was the Whitehead District. 

Jairus Shaw, Xo. S. Lived where Ennnor IJawson lives. 

.John Hobinsdu. Xo. 4. On the Preston Pobinson place. 

Jon"n Shurtlett", Xo. 5. Hall District, near where J. Cliurchill lives. 

Benj. Hammond, Xo. G. Centre District. 

Job lAirvey, Xo. 7. Tuell District. 

Sanmel Hannnond, Xo. 8. Xo Paris. 

•John Kecords. Xo. 1). S. E. corner. This District was nearly all after- 
wards set ort' into Hebron. 

Samuel King, Xo. 10. King District. 

Caleb Prentiss, Xo. 11. Mountain District, wliere Julius A. King lives. 

Benj. Cooper, Xo. 12. AVhittemore District. 

Geo. Ryerson, Xo. IS. Partridge District. 

Simeon Walton, Xo. 14. Dean District. 

I have been obliged to give the names thus at length, as the only means 
by which the districts could ))e identifieil. Still they do not seem to get the 
matter settled, for the very next year. 1811, the town voted for Capt. Jairus 
Shaw to look up the old plan of the town whereon the school districts have 
been divided, and fetch the same before the town at their next meeting. 
Thus matters remained generally until 1818, when Xo. 1 was divided, and 
the present Xo. 2 formed from a i)art thereof. From that time up to 1828, 
no great changes were made, but in tliat year a committee was again 
api)ointed to investigate the bounds of the districts, and they made their 
report, giving the limits and bounds of tlie 16 districts into which the town 
was then divided, which was entered ui)on the records, and the numbers 
given to the districts which they still retain, and now for the tirst time one 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 235 

could go to the records uud ascertain the bounds of the districts. Only 
four districts have been added to that number up to the present time, and 
we now liave twenty districts in town. At the lirst town meeting in 17!t3, 
it was voted tliat the inhabitants of each district shall Iniild a school house, 
or other\\is(' pi-ovide a place for keeping tlieir schools. No houses were 
however built for a number of years, and a variety of places were used for 
school rooms. In general, in sunnner, some convenient barn or otlier out- 
building was selected. 

Thus, schools were lield in Isaac Bolster's corn barn, also in a ])arn over 
in the Eobinson neighborhood ; also Wm. .Swan, who is now 87, informs 
me that in his early youth he attended school in the barn on the Smith 
farm, now occupied by Freeland Swan. This barn was taken down and 
forms part of the stable connected with the residence of T. J. Whiteheail, 
Es(|. Caleb Swift, who is now 82, informs me that he attended school in a 
little shoemaker's shop, built bj' his brother, Joseph Swift on the Churchill 
farm, and that in winter the schools were sometimes kept in Smith's house, 
this house was removed to South Paris afterwards, and is the house Avhere 
•T. (ui'tis now lives ; and sometimes in the house where Jos. Libby now 
resides. A school was kept for a number of years by Abijah Hall, father 
of Mrs. Charlotte Bolster, in his house, where John S. Barrows now lives. 
Schools were also held in various other parts of the town, and if we under- 
stand the matter rightly, children in those daj^s considered it a great thing 
to have even such poor privileges as these, and did not have to be coaxed 
and driven to fine school houses with all the modern conveniences of books, 
maps, globes, etc. If any st-holar within the sound of my voice thinks he 
or she is having a hard time of it. let him think of the poor advantages 
our fathers had, and the manner in which they used thos? advantages, and 
the great results which flowed therefrom, and take lieart and courage and 
pi-ess forward. 

During tVie first years of the town, an attempt was made on several occa- 
sions to have the town build some school houses as a town, lint it alway 
failed. 

In 1800, the first school house in town was built in the Centre District, on 
the lot of land where the house of the late Thos. Crocker stands. Through 
the neglect of the committee to take a deed, the title failed, and the build- 
ing was removed some years after to the lot where the brick school house 
now stands, on Lincoln street, the lot having been given l)y Lenuxel Jack- 
son. The old school house nmst have been completed in the Fall of 1800, 
for the town meetings which up to this time had been held at the house of 
T>emuel Jackson, in the Spring of 1801, were called at the Center school 
house. They continued to be held here up to Aug. 14, 1804, when the first 
town meeting was held in the meeting house just beside us. In August, 
1801, the .Selectmen issued a warrant to Edward Andrews to call a meeting 
of School District Xo. 9. (as then numbered) to meet at the house of Job 
Lurvey to see if they would build a school house. There is no record of 
any action under this warrant, and we conclude no action was taken under 
it. 



2.'U) 



IIISIOKV i)\' TAli'lS. 



'Pill' llisl rrliiihlc iiili'llij;riiri' of .my oIIht scliool house jit'ti'i' (llisi, is 
iiiiMiliiiii iii;iilr ill iSOri, ill iiiyiii^' oiil ;i lond ; (li.'i( il sliirts iic:irly opiiositc 
(lie school iioiisc iicir I.iciil. S:iiniicl l<iii;;"s. 'This is in tlic Kiii^- District, 
ami tiic prt'sciil house liicrc, slaiids on iicaily the same location as the 
oi'l;;'iiial house. In the same \ear, IS()."i, a school hoiisi' was luiill in tlie 
Keniis Disliici, now the Sleains I )isl licl , as we find in iSltC. at holli the 
March and Se|)|emher meelin^s ol I he low n, Lemuel .lac]< son applied to the 
(own to see what they would doahoiit i-elii'Vin<i' him onaeconnt of his hav- 
iii;;' lieeii ta\ed in the ISemis District I'or a seiiool house. The reconi docs 
mil s|:iic the i;ronnds of his application, liiil on liolh occasions the town 
i;'a\(' him Ic.isc to i-etire. .School houses were creeled (|uilc r.apidly after 
this, District No. I liuildim^ on<' at the fork of I he road where the old 
meeting' house .illcrwards stood. The sclioollion<c was reiiio\ed near to 
the Knight road, so-called, afti'i'w .irds nearly li.ick to iis first position, and 
then to its present location. 'I'he old school house in the Hall District, sal 
oil the Mall farm, and was afterwards removed to its pi'(>sent location. In 
the W hiiehead I )is| rici . I he si hool house was liiiill w here il now st.aiids, 
and llic frame ol llie present house is the fr.imeof (he lirsl house. In No. 
I, or the Itisco District, the lirsl school house w;is on the old eonnl> road, 
now disconlinned .ilionl SO rods north of liCmuel .lacUsoii's house. It 
stood there for a iminher of years, and many within the sound of my voice 
ciin reiiiemher attending' school there. It washurnt down, and relmilton 
the spot where it now stands. In tlii' j'artriduc Dist riet, th(> lirsl school 
house stood al the four corners ne.ir the ll.inson house, Iml was lin.ally 
chained to its prescnl location. Ol her houses were Imilt , so that in 1SI.">, 
every (ni;aiii/cd (list rid had a school house, such :is it was. 'They were 
not all of the iiit^'st construction, hut Ihev were comfort.ahlc. 'I'hey most 
all li.'id the lar^c, generous, op(>ii tire-place and Im^e chimney which was a 
feature in all hiiildinji's of that day; some of them had a wide projection 
over the lire-place; and the old folks record that one of the leaclu-rs used 
to ulili/e 1 1 1.1 1, w hen I he scludars were restless, hy posliiin' one of them Ul) 
there, whom he termed a crow, to watch .and reporl the idi;iiishness of the 
others. Inmost (d the houses, as they were repaired or rehnilt.the old 
open lire-placi- <;av e way to the more modern stove; thoui;h in the \Vhill('- 
more lUstrict, as late as ISIO, the waiiniiiii' apparatus consisted of an old 
potash kell le inverted and set upon hricks with a hole knocked Ihrouuh 
tlie holtom for the funnel ; and it was in the ashes under this old kettle that 
Master H.ailey used to warm his lieech rods piev ions to warminn- the 
.seliolars. In ISIS, District No. •_' vv.is tormed, and the Free .Masons united 
with the dislrici and Imill the (dd schotd lutuse on the lot where V. C Mer- 
rilTs storehouse now stands. 'The masons used the upper part as their liall. 
'I'liis served the district until tliey purchased the OxfordNormal institute, 
when it was lorn down, and put up a^aiii as (he frame work of the house 
owned hy /. ('. I'erry. in ISO.'i. there was an article inserted in the town 
warr.inl, to see if the town would raise a sum of money to hire a luiister to 
instruct the yonlli in llie art of siiii^iiii;-. I .'iiii sorry to s;iy, however, tluit 
the low n iunominiously passed over the article. In 1S-_>(I. the town chose 



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ils lirsi i('i;ul;ii- silioiil (■01111 nil Ice. vi/ ; Sii'iilicii l".iufi\ , ,l;iini< S. Kcilli mikI 
1 li'iiry Ti't'iiliss, ;mil :il llir -Mine 1 inn' |>rc<i rilinl I licir iliil ics, ;is follow s : 

"Isi. 'I'o cxaiiiiiir :ill ciiiiiiidMlc- lor ^iliooi mnslcrs miiiI school mi-- 
lic-^->('<, lictori' ihc\ ciiliT iipoii till' im|ioil:iiil diil \ of school iusiiiiclion: 
anil i;i\(' ccrl ilic.ilcs ol .ipiiidli.-il ion lo such of lliciii as shall he I'ounil 
jiioiicily iiiiajilicil llic cdliricalr ol I he chainiiaii lo Ik- ahsohilcly iicccs- 
saiv ill all cases. 

iM. 'I'lial it shall l><' ihc duly ol ihc chairiiiaii ol llic coiiiiiiil Ice alorc- 
said, lo \isil all schools in ihc low 11 laiii;lil hy niaslcrs, once near 1 he coni- 
tneiiccnicnl . and ai;:iin al Ihc clo>e (d each sidiool lo asccrlaiii Ihe Uind ol' 
hooks ii^ed ill ihe school, recomiiicnd such as he iiia\ a|>|>ro\e; lo e\ainine 
iiiloihe iiieihods ol insi lucl ion, and n'ivc such advice as he maylhiiiU 
necessary. Tlu' chairinaii ol' said coiuniillee previously ^iviiii;' notice lo 
Ihe school ai;'eiil and niasler ol the linie a|i|ioiiiicd lor llu' cxamiiial ion. 

.'id. rii.il Ihe ehainiian ol Ihe eoiniiiiiiee niaUi' .111 annual rcpoi 1 loihe 
town .11 llicir lirsI ineernii;-, .al'ler Ihe e\a iiiinal ion of Ihe schools, ol the 
niiiiilicr ol' -cliolars in each school. Ihe aniounl ol iiioiie\ a|iiiro|irialed ami 
I'Njiciidcd, .and Ihe lime ol ii-- colli iiiiia iicc. 

nil. 'rh.al il sii.ill lie Ihe duly of s.iid eoniiiiil lee. wilhoiil conipeiisalion, 
e\cepl lo ihe ch.aii 111,111. loi;-ellier w illi Ihe several school a^'eiil s, lo at lend 
Ihe chairinaii in his e\,iiiiiii,il ions (d lli<' scvi'r.il -chools al Ihe lasl e\aniiii 
alien, unless iieccss.aiiiv prev eiiled." 

These w ere I he d lilies enjoined upon I he coiuniillee. and a si rici ailheieiice 
lo Ihein al the preseni day will serve lo increase Ihe eUlcieiicv ol our 
schools. \\ I' h.avi' had lor leachers in past \e.iis iii;iii\ men who wen- 
celelnalcd in llieir prolessioii ill iJK'ir dav. 'i'lnae vv.is .lacoh Itradlnirv , 
W ho was called ,,|ie ol liie hesi le.lchers ol his day. Lewis l''ollel, who 
w .as considered soiiiew li.il I v ra iinic.i I, as he inarched alioul Ihe room wiili 
his Iwo tool ruler in his hand. I Lincy one ol iiiv he.irers can slill naiiem 
her his Icelinus, when Ihe old man. alter pnni'-hiiii;- Iwo or lliree, luriied 
around to him and s.iid, ■•j.uthi'r, I will selilewiih \ on in the morning." 
Al-o, K/ra Tnhhs, know 11 as Schoolm.isler i'lihliv, w ho . 1 1 w a \ s li.nl .1 nick- 
name lor every scholai. lie was .1 strict disciplinarian, and when he 
shouted. ".lohii, you hlockhead. sit up st rai^hter !" .I(iliii was apl to slill'en 

his hacklione im di.it. ^ly. i»ea..locl l>. 'I'li.ay ei, w ho is slill Ii v iiii;. a ml 

some ol my hearers c.ni slill r.'inemhi'r, without doulit, how loolish llie\ 
t'(dt, vv hen, alter ihcv were meir^row n, and c.iiiie in late, he made t hem 
staiiil in the Moor .and read aloud Ihe stor\ o| the li.id hoy w ho, climhini; 
the tree alli'r hirds" nests, ^'ol, hiini;' liom one ol tlu' lir.inches hy a Inde in 
his i;aiineiii~. i'lien there were \\ . \\ . \ ir^iii, now .liidi;c \ ii;;iii, llaiinihal 
llamliii. whoi.iu^hi his tirsi .and only schnol in this town, .and hosts ol' 
others whom I have not space to ineiilioii. 

rime al-o lorhids aiiv nieiil ioii ol t he ( )\ lonl N'orm.il I nsi il iile, .and I'aris 
Hill Ac.idemv. hoih in<t il ul ion- which have honored the town ami lell 
their impress upon many ol the piildii- men ol Our Sl.ile. \\ecanhardlv 
conceive (>r a ;;Teiiter ealaniily whiciicoulil helall this town lhantlial,h\ 
inilill'iaciK • nei;le<|. it -hoidd allow the -v-^lemol tree common schools 



238 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

to fall into disuse, and the foul and degrading- spirit of ignoranee to under- 
inine and destro.v the fair edifice wliich our fatliers have so nobly erected. 

Then came the dinner. This exercise was one of the most gigan- 
tic, and at tlie same time, one of the best conducted feasts of which 
history (town histor\') has spoken. It is no easy task to feed five 
or six thousand hungry people ; but the committee had made such 
systematic an-angenients that there was no jar, and but the minimum 
of confusion. Most of the young men and maidens of Paris were 
enlisted as waiters. At a private waiters' meeting in the town house, 
that building was completel}- filled ; and 3'et this host was onh' suffi- 
cient to supply the demands of the hungry multitude. The invited 
guests of each district were furnished with cards, and took their seats 
at the first table. The tables were arranged in the mammoth tent, 
and numbered accoi'ding to the School Districts in town. Before 
anything was disturbed, the teut presented a fine appearance. The 
tables were covered with fine white cloths, were laid with china, and 
flowers adorned every available spot. Notwithstanding man}' were 
fearful, the provisions were ample for all, and none went away 
unsatisfied on account of lack of food. There were bushels remain- 
ing after the feast was ended. 

When the company had been called together, after dinner, by Rip- 
ley's band, Mr. S. A. Bolster of Boston, read a history of the mili- 
tary men of Paris, which is omitted here to avoid repetition, as the 
complete military history of the town appears elsewhere. 

At the conclusion of Mr. Bolster's address, Hon. S. C. Andrews 
of Portland was introduced, and assumed the duties of Toast 
Master. 

He first called, '^Paris — past and present." Response bv Hon. 
Hannibal Hamlin. 

Mr. Hamlin's response was extemporaneous, and cannot be repro- 
duced. He spoke of the progress of the world and of Paris for one 
hundred years, from the time when this territory was an unbroken 
wilderness until now, when it is filled with the happy homes of thrift}' 
and intelligent men and women. He then narrated several anec- 
dotes of the early settlers of Paris, to illustrate their character and 
customs, and closed with a description of the surpassing beauty of 
the outlook from Paris Hill. 

The following hymn written by Hon. Geo. F. Emery, was sung 
by the whole audience, led by Ripley's band. 



HISTORY OK PAUIS. 239 

CEXTEXXIAI. HV.MN. 

(Ttoip Old Hundred.) 
O God, Most High I bow down thine ear, 
Our swelling song, deign thou to hear; 
And while to thee the voice we raise, 
Inspire each heart witli joyful praise. 

Thy Providence our Fathers led, 
AVhen here their tents at first were spread ; 
Their lives and labors thou didst bless 
With mercies rich and numberless. 

These hills and vales, this rugged soil. 
Attest the nature of theii- toil ; 
The wilderness which here they found, 
Xow smiles with blossoms all around. 

The varied fruitage of their care, 
We, their descendants, largely share ; 
The debt we own — their gifts we take — 
Their virtues, too, we'll ne'er forsake. 

As future yeais shall run their round. 
Let grace and mercy still abound : 
Crown thou our sons, of every age. 
With heaven's choicest heritage. 

"The Legal Fraternity," was responded to l)v Hon. Alvah Black. 

I feel honored in l)eing permitted on tliis occasion to sjieak for the law. 
and for the lawyers of Paris, past and present. It is an honor to be 
allowed to represent the law and the profession on any occasion, great or 
small. The greatness of the subject magnifies its representative, and what 
earthly subject can be greater than the law? constituting, as it does, the 
rules established, whether by legislation, the decision of the courts or the 
decrees of rulers, for the preservation of oi-der and the j)rotection of life, 
liberty and proi)erty. Coming down to us through the ages from different 
sources, expanded, improved and purified by the experience and wisdom 
of the learned and able men of all times, it has well been pronounced the 
perfection of human wisdom. It adapts itself to all the changes of times, 
places, circumstances and conditions, and ever casts its sheltering- arm 
about us, and interposes its protecting shield when danger assails. 

In the ordinary i)ursuits of life we little realize how entirely dependent 
we ever are upon the law for the safety of our lives, liberty and property, 
and for the hai)piness of home and all its blessings. Take away the law 
and chaos would come again, anarchy and violence would usurp the place 
of order and peace, the law of the strongest would universally prevail, 
and savageness and desolation would settle down on the land. 

This is no exaggeration. The experience and ol)servation of every man 
furnish convincing proof of its truth to ordinary intelligence. How impor- 
tant, then, that the laws shall be wisely administered ! The State has done 



240 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

its part. It has pi-Dvided iis with jmlges eminent and learned, and all the 
requisite ottieers, and has furnished us with suitable and neeessarj' build- 
ings, and all the paraphernalia needful to the < ourts. But all the learning 
of the law, all the wisdom of the Courts would be of little avail to the 
wants of the puljlie, witliout the intervening agency of the lawyer. His 
learning, experience, and skill, are absolutely essential to the i)roper pre- 
sentation in Couit, of the rights and the wi-ongs of tlie connnunitj', and 
for securing the ends of justit'e. The agency of the lawyer cannot be dis- 
pensed with in tlie administration of justice. Ages of experience have 
taught this. Ignorance and inexperience cannot with safety enter the 
Courts. Paris has been fortunate in its lawyers. Three-quartei-s of a cen- 
tury it has been the shire town of Oxford county, from the time of its 
establishment in 1805, and early became the lieadquarters of the legal pro- 
fession for the county, and held tliat position till a (comparatively recent 
date. Many lawyers have lived hei'e, many who have been an ornament to 
the bar, and some who have adorned the bench. We have had our I'arris, 
our Lincoln, our Emciy. our Cole, and others too numerous to mention 
iiei-e. ^\■hom the State and the nation hav<' delighted to honor, and in whom 
as members of the profession, we may justly take pride, and none for 
whom we are callf'd to blush. I would 1>e glad to give a sketch of all, and 
a more extended notice of the more prominent of our earlier lawyers; but 
time forbids. I will do what I can in noticing a part of tliem in their life 
as lawyers and citizens here. (The personal sketches of tlie lawj'ers may 
be found in anotlier idace.) 

'"The Medical Profession," was responded toby Dr. T. H. Brown 
of Paris, whose sketches of Paris physicians with additions, are 
given in another place. 

Dr. Brown closed his remarks as follows : 

•"Many reflections are naturally suggested by the foregoing facts, con- 
cerning the settlement, character and services of the medical profession for 
the hundred years just ended, during whicli the town of Paiis has emerged 
from a wilderness, to fertile fields, busy workshops and pleasant dwellings. 
The contrast between now and then is difficult to estimate, and almost 
inconjpreliensible. It required enterprise, courage and faith in the pioneers 
of this region, who first felled the trees in town, and prei)ared tlie wa}' for 
civilization. It also required courage, faitli and self-sat-rifice to undertake 
the practice of medicine, when the visiting must be done over new and 
rough roads, over streams Avithout bridges, and over the snow with snow- 
shoes, tlirough the deep forest and everywhere that men might choose to 
make a clearing or erect a cabin. Accidents and diseases, involving life, 
were as liable to occur in a new as in an old settlement ; and the necessity 
for the surgeon and the physician was often urgent and j^ressing. Cases often 
arose to test the ability of i)hysicians in those days. Many j'ears ago, a 
hardy pioneer, Capt. Abner Ravvson, rose early in the morning, and as he 
passed out of his dwelling in the dark, lie slipped upon tiie doorstep and 
fell to the ground, striking his hand upon a sharp axe, and severing tlie 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 241 

larjrest artery at the wrist. He l)led profuselj'. Tho phy.<ician oanie, but 
could not timl and sccurf the artery. Pressure was made over the artery 
to stop the bleedhiii- till the hand was ready to moitify. He had lost so 
nniuh blood that his friends yave him uj) t<> die. The jjostman wlio carried 
the mail across tlie country from Bridirton. lieard some one relating the 
case, and said he believed that if they would send for Dr. Farnsworth, he 
could stop tiie lileediny-. The Dr. was sent for and came and tied the artery 
and saved tlic vahial)]e life, on the point of i)erishino-. The profession of 
medicine in Paris, as we look backward, lias illustrated the common fate 
of all classes. Some have entered upon the stage of service and remained 
only a few months or years, while others have kept in harness, toiling up 
the steep ascent t»f life during a half or a (piarter of a centurj'. Some, 
after learning the hardships and responsibilities of surgery, have aban- 
iloned tlie practice, and sought more profitable or more congenial emi)loy- 
meut in other business or professions. Some have been the beneficiaries of 
popular favor, and been elected as State Representatives or county officers 
— in this respect, vieing with the farmers, mechanics and traders — the pro- 
fessions of law and theology, in their love of fame and tlieir care of the 
State. Others still have labored steadily, resolutelj- and perseveringly in 
the practice of their profession, among the rich and the poor, in storm and 
sunshine, in heat and cold— ambitious only to honor their calling, fidfil a 
sacivd mission, and benefit their fellow men. 

But notwithstanding the versatility of taste?, and the direction of the 
talents of the physicians of this town, it will be conceded on all hands, 
and everywhere, that the members of the profession in Paris, almost with- 
out excei)tion. have been worthy, reliable men, upright and honorable in 
every relatit)n of life. The inhabitants of Paris can therefore look back 
over the past century \\ ith pride and satisfaction, as they read the names, 
the lives and services of those who have passed away, while a grateful pos- 
terity will embalm their memory, and preserve its fragrance for future 
generations. Let us hope that those now living may, at the close of the 
next century, gain as fair a record and as just an appreciation. Anil what 
will another century bring forth 'i We would fain hope that our land would 
remain the great Western Republic, preserved in its integrity, with many- 
added states — all prospering in the arts of peace and plenty — all develop- 
ing into a higher civilization, a broader intelligence, a godlier Christianity. 
Tills shall be our hope to-day, and this the fruition of all the toils of genius 
and the creative power of mental and muscular force. But with the nuita- 
tions of the past century before us — with the fall of dynasties here — the 
changes in the form of government there — with the moral and mental attri- 
tion everywhere busy evolving new methods in science, morals and law, 
what may not be the possibilities in the way of change, in another century? 
If we can judge the future by the i)ast, revolution will touch and modify 
the profession of medicine, as it has touched and modified commerce, 
transportation, business, law and theology; and it is a somewhat melan- 
choly thouglit, that whiit we view with pride and satisfaction in all these 



242 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

thin<^s t(>-ih(>i, may. in om- liiindivd years, aye will, be forg'otteii and buried 
in oldivion. 

'".So sleeps the pride of former years; 

80 glory's thrill is o'er : 
And hearts that once beat high for praise, 
Now feel that pulse no more." 

"The State of IMaiiie,'' was represented bv Hon. "Warren H. Vin- 
ton of Gray. 

'•The Daughters of Paris," were represented by INIr-. H. E. Pren- 
tiss of Bangor, who spoke as follows : 

3Ir. Prcsidi'iit : 

It gives me muc-h pleasure to answer for the daughters of Paris, of whom 
iiearh' half of tliis vast assembly is composed. By their works ye shall 
know them. To-day we have partaken of their iMiunty. and we owe them 
our thanks. 

I take pleasure in again possessing my birthright by which I beeome a 
citizen if not a resujott of Paris. My home feeling has never left me, 
tliough sad the ehanges and long the absence. I can as easily i-emember 
tlie events of the last sixty years as I can recall the last ten. 

Of those of my age are Hamlins, Kawsons. Clark^;, Emery-;. < unmiings's, 
and Marbles, Ilubliai'ds and Hanunonds, Coles and Uiowns, of the Hill, 
and Prentisses, Kings, Stovvells, Maxims and Thayeis, of other parts of 
the town. 

Miss Eli/a Ifandin and >Iiss Sarah .lane Prentiss, long residents here, 
and both distinguished for their patiiotism, would proudly float the stars 
and stripes from their liouses, if their valuable lives had reached this tirst 
centennial aiuuversary. 

]S[y tirst api)earance on a stage was Feb. 5th, 1823, the day I was twelve 
years old, fifty-three years ago. I liave seen six of that company liere 
to-dav. Anotlier time, nearly on this spot, I assisted in the eei'cmonies of 
presenting a flag to the Paris Pifle ( ompany ; some of tliat comi)any march 
with the ■■ancients" to-day: how nuiny, I do not know. 

I am in full sympath}' with reminiscences of lion. Hannibal IJandin — 
the t-old meeting house in the days of Rev. James lloojier, and the 
impatience we felt with all sermons longer than the twenty mimites used 
by him. The story is told of ilr. Hooper saying that '"man went abroad 
doing business and looking out foi' his family, with his dog f()llowing him ; 
the women and cats staid at hom<'." There is some change now. Some men 
sit in the corner with the cats, and smoke. AVomen and dogs are sul)ject 
to taxation but neither can vote. 

Another anniversary may mark as great changes. What can they be? 

lu this connection, the following poem written by Mrs. Hannah 
(Maxim) Allen of Michigan, was presented: 




^'^l^J, .yWl^^^^^^ 



£^.^^^^^Z/, 



HISTORY OF I'AKIS. 

A Gi;KKTIX(i 'l'(» >n XATIVK III M.S. 

Ye grand old hills that loiiiid my ciiildhoud"!- home 
Keep watch and ward in solcnni majesty, 
To-day. my spirit spurns the l)Ounds of S])ace, 
And stands once more upon your siiimy slopes 
And greets you, hail, all hail! I love you still 
"With love as steadfast as your own c-alm strength. 
'I'o-day. I gaze on your familiar forms. 
And drink the airs that fan your lofty hrows. 
And trace, w irli kindling eye, the first faint sign. 
Of autumn with his slow, transtigurlng touch. 
The charm and pathos of Ins mellow days. 
On your lyoad uplands, and your fair, sweet vales. 
^Vhere Androscoggin winds, a silver cliain 
"With iewelled links of murmuring waterfalls. 
Anon my eyes grow dim, for while I gaze. 
The memories of long bygone years sweep in. 
A full flood-tide upon my soul, and lo ! 
The gray-liaired woman is a child again. 
I see my father with the thoughtful l)row 
That hid a life-long hunger of tlie soul; 
My gentle mother with her patient eyes, 
Treading her household ways with tireless feet, 
A cheerful burden-bearer through the years; 
The brother, in wliose whitening locks to-day 
The frosts of more than fifty winters lie. 
Sits in the winter fireside's genial glow, 
A youthful student delving patiently. 
For the rich ores of knowledge : by his side, 
The fair, blue-eyed child-sister, bending low. 
With her rapt face above the thrilling pilg(^ 
I see tlie humble cot that sheltered us : 
The liill-slope, smooth ami fair whereon it stood; 
The moss-grown ledge, and the old ajiple trees. 
Where sang the bobolinks, the long .Tune days ; 
Again I sit by the west window snuill. 
Where I was wont, "a dreamer born," to watch 
The sunsefs crimson banners streaming wide 
Above Mount Washington's sky-i)iercing i)eak. 
Or muse away the balmy sunnner eve, 
Witli crowding thouglits too deep for utterance- 
Strange, haunting visions of those radiant lieights, 
IMiere Fame flung wide lier gilded temple-doors, 
And beckoned from afar. Ah. idle dreams 
That vainly mocked the eager heart of youth. 
And left behind a long unrest and pain. 



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244 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

To-daj' I •;niile a tnuKiuil smile al)Ove 

Their buried a.«lie.«, saying, it is well. 

Another face beloved comes back to me — 

Oh. Sarah I friend of youth I inspirer, thou 

Of all high thoughts and gentle charities; 

Martyr to that pure zeal to bless thy kind 

That burned within thy soul, a vestal flame; 

To-day I seek thy grave to lay tliereon 

The late thank oll'ering of grateful love. 

Long live thy name, a rich inheritance, 

As some raie melody that, tiiough it cease 

Upon the outward ear, the soul still keeps, 

A haunting sweetness that can never die. 

Still other forms and faces, loved of old, • 

I see again in memory's magic glass ; 

Some whose warm hands might clasp my own to-day ; 

And some to Avhoni the sunset gates have ope'd, 

Whose eyes, no longer holden, penetrate 

The mystery our souls stand dumb l)efore. 

Once more, all hail, my own loved native hills I 

The inspiration of our majesty, 

The charm of ever}- changeful tint and tone 

The shifting seasons shed from year to year, 

Still glow within my soul, a sacred lire ; 

And if the humble flower of poesy 

I biing to-day, some transient sweetness breathe. 

Your wandering child would ne'er forget it sjjrang 

AVithin the shadow of your granite walls. 

And blossomed in your fostering suns and dews. 

"The Press," was responded to In' the following letter from Rev. 
Geo. K. Shaw of Biddeford : 

S. P. Maxim., CorrexpoiuUnii Sccrctai'ij <>/ the ('(nainittci' of the ('riitennial 

Anuivcrsuri/ nf Paris: 

'•Permit me to thank you, and through you, the connnittee for the invita- 
tion to be ])i-esent at the Paris ( 'entennial Anniversary, and "respond for 
the Press." Nothing could afford me greater pleasure than to comply with 
your request; but for reasons I need not mention here, I am obliged to 
decline, so I must be content to respond only by lettei-. Whoever may be 
selectetl to respond in my stead, Avill of course give special attention to the 
history of the press in the town of Paris, interspersed with such lemarks, 
incidents and anecdotes as may occur. I need then simply to speculate a 
little on the press generally — its power and influence, including those asso- 
ciated with it. Being a native of Paris, and having nuiny relatives there, 
I have always had a very high appreciation of the people of that town. 
No town in the county, if in the State, ever liad a better class of citizens 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 245 

than were the earlj' settlers of Paris. Most of them became iudependent 
farmers; and wliat added j>reatly to then' success, the women, wives and 
dauiihters were their equals in mental capacity and eneray. The pre>s is 
indebted to some of them for many very superior literary contributions. 
Paris people have not been unniindful of the importance of the jtress, and 
have done much to sustain il for many years; and a long time ago fur- 
nished tyi)e-setters and journalists. Some of them since that time have 
attained to high positions under the government, and will i>robably lidiior 
your anniversary with their presence. 

A learned philosopher once defined man to be an animal that laughs. 
And tlie press sometimes develo])es the mirthful powers, and makes meri-y 
its readers. But nobody has yet discovered how animals comnumicate their 
feelings or information from one to another, and yet ^\ e all know that in 
some way they do it. The language of flowers is laid open to us, at least, 
it is so far known to the young botanists of both sexes, that they can 
readil}^ convey to whom thej' will, tlie deepest impressions, and the most 
aident sentiments, in a vocabulary whose words are flowers. The poets, 
however, decried they may be by hard, practical people, who pride them- 
selves upon taking only conunou-sense views of things —peoph' who think 
they are wisest when drvest and dullest — the poets, I insist, frequently get 
at the truth, and tell it, when acutest logicians and reasoners fail to catch 
a glimi)se of it. And tliese poets, witli the knowledge that comes from 
intuition, speak everywhere, and all of them, of laughing eyes and laugh- 
ing hair, and laughing breezes, and laughing meadows, and laughing plains, 
rills, fields, hills and skies; all of which means that these various objects, 
animate and inanimate, convey by some sign or movement, or expression, 
the same idea of laughtei- which man evinces by cachinatory sounds. The 
press announces the l)eautiful poetic sentiments, and they are telegraphed 
to the uttermost parts of the earth, and the wliole universe resounds in one 
grand song of praise. The philosopher was wrong when he thought that 
his characterization of man as "the animal that laughs" was just or pre- 
cise. A better definition would be, the aninnil that gives dimiers. ^Icn 
ai-e social beings, as the scliool philosophers say. They believe in ha\ ing 
a good time together. This is perfectly natviral. A large portion of 
animals like to go in herds, droves or flocks, and live in company ; and man 
is not an exception. He is the only animal that deliberately goes to work, 
and collects a lot of good things, desirable and delightful to eat and drink, 
and then calls to himself a lot of his kind to help him devour them. This 
has been characteristic of the citizens of Paris from the beginning. I can 
remember when more than sixty years ago the Paris people were noted for 
giving dinners, tea-parties and social gatherings for amusement. Grand 
old times were these. Even tlie good minister, if he only made a call, was 
expected to take a social glass. Perhaps he suftered no appai-ent incon- 
venience from the practice ; yet the evil consequences extended to those 
w ho came after him. But the tnnijtir and the jiri'f:.s has done nmch to avert 
the evil. 

These social gatherings insiiire conversation which emiiraces the range 



246 HISTORY OF PART?. 

of oomiminioatioii between intellect and intellect. Through tlie medium 
of iipeech, the intercliange of our ideas, knowledge and emotions are 
improved. Conversation propelled by truth and wafted on the waves of 
virtue and good will to man, is one of the most charming and happifying 
blessings with which human nature is endowed. The press, tliat potent 
engine of thought, receives its tone and general tendency from the current 
of conversation. In vain we attempt to push its influence beyond the chan- 
nels or away from the direction opened and pursued by its pioneer, the 
nuire potent and lordly energy of the tomjue ! Yes, there would lie the 
treasures of the press, in unbroken neglect, did not the spirit of incpiiry, 
awakened by conversation, recall them to life. I.,et conversation demand 
a change in the character of the press, and the press will prove itself sub- 
servient. Let common talk consign a poi-tion of it to contempt, and that 
l>ortion ceases to live. The man who can talk well need not fear the press. 
But to talk well he must be well read. lie can engage living ]>ooks to 
si)eak his merits, and lisping newspapers to publish his fame. lie can 
exclude the unsavory gazette f i-om the cii-cle of his influence, or make the 
printed herald welcome where it was once a stranger. Let it then be undei*- 
stood, that *'•(? Avho talk, and not Ihcij who print, are responsible for the 
character of the jness. The press must ascertain the will of the public 
voice, in most instances, Ijefore it can speak with safety or success; and it 
generally does. Then it provides something for its readei's to talk about; 
and then conversation and the i)ress become nnitual helps in society. As 
our domestic aninnils prove uni)rofitable unless well fed, so if the press is 
not well provided with the sinews of enterprise, it will die. 

Xo doubt every citizen in Paris will admit that the products of the press, 
so far as he has been favoi'ed with tlie n-ading, has done hini good, has 
enlarged his views, has brought him in nearer relation to his fellows, and 
to appreciate the printer and journalist whose existence and growing- 
power and prosperity is not the least amazing of the great facts of the 
great century during which Paris has lived. The press is the great unifier, 
the great centralizer. Lightning and steam have so nearly annihilated 
time and space that those two things which have heretofore prevented 
intercourse among men and so kept them in everything apart and unlike, 
can hardly be counted in estimating the elements which will work hence- 
forward to change the ways and the political force of the world. To-day 
Maine is nearer to the centiiiedes than she was to tlie capital of our nation 
wlien she Ijecame one of the States of the Union. To-day any citizen of 
your town can get a message from a friend in India as quick as he can from 
Portland. The daily newspaper lays liefore you, fresh every morning, the 
events of the preceding day in every (piarter of the Globe. Even your 
local weekly pai)er i-an furnish you with all the news and events from 
abroad as readily as it does the items and incidents from the several towns 
in your county. Moved liy the sym|)atli}' enlisted by the press, which 
facility and interconnnunication making the whole Avorld a neighborhood, 
inevitably produces the same tendency to united action which has brought 
j'our sons and daughters together in honor of the Centennial Anniversary 



IIISTOKV OF PAKIS. 247 

of Paris. It proinotes intoruatioual ai-tion, ami move?; local and Stare and 
Xatioiial fjocieties to form ooimeetion and work together with similar socie- 
ties abroad in international Unions— as do your union societies in town for 
reform. And it is a good thing that it is so. The better nations and peo- 
ple know one another, the more individuals of each are united in familiar 
relations with Individuals of the other the less inclined they are to Avar. 
The more people know the less apt they are to tight. Intelligent business 
nations do not go to war it they can And any other way to settle tlie differ- 
ence. Had the people of the several States of our Union known each other 
better, we should have had no war. But that event has past. Let it rest. 
And so has our late annual election past. All, no doubt, did their best, not 
excepting the press. Now it is Avell for us to see what manner of men we 
ought to be, and know what clever fellows in the main all of us are. 

All of these tendencies will grow. The world of the printing press, the 
steam engine and the telegraph can never retrograde. We nnist go with 
it. We must recognize and appreciate our position on the very pinnacle of 
the greatest time in the history of the world. We must be true to the 
duties of our wide and wiileuing citizenship. AVe nutst work together. 

Then we may live more in one year, so far as our mental and spiritual 
pow ers are concerned, which is alone of ultimate value to ourselves and 
the world, than Methuselah did in the nine hundred and sixty-nine years of 
his tedious life. When the last of Ai-thur"s knights, the bold Sir Bedvere, 
liore the wounded King from the fatal field in Lyonness, where all save he 
had fallen, man by man, about their lord, on that fatal day whose sequel 
luisoldered ••all the goodliest fellowsliip of famous kniglits whereof tlie 
w orld holds record."* he. not having insight into the future, and not aware 
that .Merlin had sworn that Arthur should come again to rule once more, 
lamented that the whole Ifoiind Table was dissolved, ••which was an image 
of the mighty woi-Id," and moaned : 

••Now I see the good old times are dead. 
When every morning brought a noble chance, 
And every chance brought out a noljle knight."' 
P.ut ill nui- day Merlin"s oath has been fulfilled. King Arthur has come 
again. His throne is the Press and we are the Round Tal)le. His warfare 
is a more glorious one than he ever waged against a lawless subject or 
invading Dane ; and every morning again brings to us a noble chance, and 
every chance brings out a noble knight. May none of those corruptions 
whicii wrought the dissolution of the first Round Table find place among 
the men of the press or other citizens, and that they may not, let each of 
us stiive to wear 

••Without abuse, 

The grand old name of gentleman. 
Defamed by every charlatan. 
And soiled with all ignoble use."' 
As you will get up a history of Paris at an early day, I would suggest 
that the citizens, to make a V)etter history of the future, collect all the 
copies they can of the older ijapers. and let every member of the connnunity 



248 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

be requested to give as eomi)lete files as lie can of his own paper. It won't 
take you long to make a valuable library. Some time you will get rieli and 
powerful, and you can have a permanent al)iding i)lace for your archives, 
to which you can refer for any document contained in them : and also, 
when at your leisure, find it ]»leasant to roam around and have a good time 
together. G. K. Shaw. 

Mr. George W. Hammond's response to the toast, "Agriculture, 
— though pinioned to earth may she prove in future, as in the past, 
the bulwark and real foundation of all industries." was as follows: 

3Ir. Presklent^ and Fi'/tov: Citizens of tlie United ,Stiites : 

"AVe are members of the same family, children of a conniioii j)arent : 
then let us cast ofl:' undue restraint and make thi.<, Taris" first centennial, a 
social season. Should we picture our fields more verdant, gardens more 
abundant, trees more fruitful and their rich ofierings more delicious, deem 
us not vain in our imaginings, but bear in mind that this is oui- centcmnai : 
Avhen you, our esteemed neighbors, invite us on a like occasion we will 
gi-ant you the same latitude. Some three days since I was inviteil by the 
conunittee to respond in the interest of agriculture: this compliment was 
more valued because unsought. This genii so fraught with meaning laid 
at the feet of agriculture, thanks to the author, conies clad w ith the inspir- 
fition of prayer, it beats in unison with the instruction given in the good 
Book, "(iive us this day our daily l)read."" 

We would not speak dispai-agingly of any of the Industries : the meclianic, 
the artist, the merchant, gentlemen of the learned professions and numer- 
ous otlier pursuits, calculated to make us a free and happy i)eople, receive 
our hearty approbation and apiilause. 

Agriculture, horticulture, floraculturc and the whole family of cultures 
are only nicknames; tilling the earth is our real occn])ation, our calling is 
time-honored. He who said "Go out and till the ground," also said "In 
the sweat of the face shalt thou eat bread." (iod's laws are immutable 
and can never cliange. 'J'he moon is a satellite and liorrows its ])ale light 
from the great luminary of day; you too are satellites to the tillers of the 
soil and are dependant on their labor for your daily support. The Prince, 
though a millionaire, answers to the same tribunal as does the tramp who 
begs bread tiom door to door. Palsy the arm of the earth laborer, and 
down conies the whole superstructure; you cannot run a train nor float a 
.ship. We have listened to Literature, History and Poetry, to Gospel, Law 
and Medicine, heard eulogies on statesmen, clergymen, and others, but 
very little about the iioor laboring man, and not one word about the gen- 
erous hearted sailor who plows the rough main. One year at sea behind the 
mast taught me what those brave fellows endure for our i-onifort and suj)- 
port. < beer up then my brave tars, you ai-e waiters, transporting our riih 
bounties to starving garrisons ; without your aid our boasted castles would 
be but a defenseless mass of ruins ; you are waiters at the great banquets 
of the world. Then cheer up, my jolly fellow. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 249 

Fit out your ship Ituiu thf Forest City, let her crew be picked ineu, 
place her under the connuand of as stem a Captaiu as ever trod a quarter- 
deck, doubly armed, fortified by the strong arm of the law, her clearance 
from tlie seat of customs A 1, spread her sails to the breeze, course due 
East, l)ooked for Liverpool. Four bells, "Aye, aye, sir." The ship moves 
nil. Eiuht bells, '*Aye, aye, sir." Eight bells changes the watch and 
stands for twelve o'clock, when the craft should be called from labor to 
refreshments. The stewards inform the craft that by mishap the supplies 
are left behind ; the stevedore has been through tlie cargo, no rations on 
board; there is but one course for the Taptain, take back tracks or find a 
watery grave. "Tack ship, tack shiji." "Aye, aye, sir." The ship is 
sate, all's well. 

Our calling is so cheering to the tireil and over-taxed that many tin ow 
down the chisel, brush or quill, and. taking up the spade, become for a 
time tillers of the soil. In this way, many who hold one acre, produce 
more luxuries for the table than small, la/y faimers. Horace Greelej-, not 
content to tell us what he knew about farming, thought to put his philoso- 
phy to a test, and, as a result, produced oats at the cost of only 87 cents 
per bushel. ~Slr. Beecher, standing at the liead of his class, thought to 
bring his theology to bear, and by hiring men who could live on bread and 
water, raised oats at -SI. 124 cents per bushel. But, fellows, this is not 
j'our style ; you prefer to live on profit rather than die on loss. I woukl 
have said more to the toiling husbandman, l)ut you are \\eary. 

Good news I Good news I My grandfathei- is dead and has left his vast 
estate to liis heirs, and I am one of them. This is no hoax or hocus pocus 
i-ci)ort, l)ut it stands on the record. My grand-sire was the first man who 
tilled the ground, and, when (juite young, was well set up in business by 
bis father, who was able and willing to give his eldest son a good chance, 
in the world, and who settled him on a rich and beautiful tract of land. 
Eike a wise parent, he did not give the l»oy a warrantee deed but a life 
lease based on conditions of obedience. Gave him dominion over the 
fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that 
moved upon the earth ; grass and herlis were at his disposal. He soon con- 
ceived an idea to marry, to which his father raised no ol)jectiou, but rather 
helped the match by looking him out a ^^•ife, and even legalized the mar- 
riage, as there was no nnnister to tie the knot. Ministers had not then 
appeared and the people were moral, ^ye generally like to see a chap do 
his own courting, but under all tlie circumstances it would have been a 
severe oi)eration for the young man. Soon after mari-iage he showed Yan- 
kee traits of character; went into the manufacture of cloth without machin- 
ery, dabbled with the tailors' trade, and finally he was so disobedient that 
his father actually drove him out of the garden, and foi-ced him to culti- 
vate among thoi'us and thistles and jmt him mider a constitution made by 
the Father. 

Article 1st. Go out and till the ground. 

Article 2d. Be fruitful and nudtiply and replenish the earth. 

Article ;^d. Thou shalt surelv die. 



250 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

jVIan has no power to resist one of these decrees even if he had the incli- 
nation. Tlie institution of death proved the salvation of the race and 
saved them freni a worse fate. Strike death from the trio, and such are 
the laws of increase compounded that ere 1,000 years had passed, the peo- 
ple would have been packeil on the face of the whole earth deeper than the 
heiglit of the Tower of Babel. A serious trouble came upon the family 
whicli nearly broke their hearts, thon»ih kept a family secret; blood was 
found upon tlie elder sons hands, but no (quarrel ensued. T.awyers had not 
been admitted to the bar. The old gentleman made a good living, but like 
many of you farmers, found himself land poor; with all of his domain, 
controlling all the land which joined liim, he could not hire one day's labor 
outside of his own family. 

He died at the age of *j;JO years, never saw a sick day, tlied for want of 
breath, no disease. Doctors were not then invented. 

P'ellow lab(»rers, your conmiission comes from Him wlio rules in Heaven 
and does his pleasure on eartli. Tliis inheritance is for you and me: there 
is enough for all and it can never l)e wiested from us. Vou wlio cultivate 
the soil look upward, do not look down to your cowliide boots, they will 
protect your feet. Place your mark hujh then aim above the mark. 

Man may erect land marks, pile uj) scrids of nuisty paper and call them 
records, l)oys too build nuul cakes and houses after the shower. Our title 
is recorded in lieaven, and can nevei-. never fail. Ye tillers of the earth 
who guide the plough or wield the scytlie, wiping great drops of sweat 
from your weary brow, when called to refreshments eat of the bounty of 
your own toil and be satisfied, but with all these rich gifts do not lose sight 
of the giver and remember that "Paul may plant and ApoUos water, but 
(iod and God alone giveth the increase.*" 

. We (litter in surroundings as in complexion and habits. ])ut listen to a few 
l>ersonal reflections, and then tell me are not the facts in my case substan- 
tially true in yours y There was a striking occupational likeness between 
my father and grandfatlier, the latter tilled the earth and made aprons, the 
former was an agriculturalist and manufactured shoes. When first intro- 
duced to my father he was Jjowed with years ; that impressive representa- 
tion of old age given in Ecclesiastes was well-nigh fulfilled in him, by no 
means tlie first but among the early settlers of Paris, coming liere about 88 
years since. He settled on a farm, one generous mile soutli-east of this 
beautiful village, was content to till the soil by sunmier and shoe-make in 
winter. His work was sewed \\ itli thread made by my mother from flax 
grown and prepared on the farm ; the soles nevei- seceded from the bodj' of 
the shoes; he looked upon pegged boots as a Yankee clieat, and it was 
only after years of experience that he adojited tlie change and used wood 
where his boss tauglit him to use flax. The trees planted by liis own hand 
still i)rodiice fruit to make glad the third and fourtli gtMierations. The 
same door-way wliere my dear old mother passed out and in for more tliaii 
thirty years, still staiuls, the old latch, forged by tlie rustic blacksmith, 
pressed by her hand so many thousand times, sends a thrijl to my heart 
which stirs the deepest depths of the soul. Many incidents of the depriva- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 251 

tions of our forefathers were related l)y my father of which we took no 
note, we still retain some of the most impressive, sueli as raisin.;^ corn and 
carryini-; it on the baek 25 miles to mill. foUowinjj a spotted line. 

My mother related how she took her babe in her arms and, seating her- 
self on a shy, three-j'ear-old eolt, rode alone, by a bridle road twenty-five 
miles to present her first-born to her parents, then living in Xew Glouces- 
ter. District of ]Maine under Massachusetts; how she returned, with tlie 
addition of a side of sole leather fastened to the pillion <tf her saddle. But 
times have changed; even the old jjumjikin pine ilnnch has passed into 
liistoiy. ;>[any of txs remember the wood colored pews, the pulpit elevated 
far above the common level, made accessible by a flight of steps nuich like 
a fruit-ladder, over which hung an inclining board, called the sounding 
board, carved from the trunk of a manmaoth pine. 

The little wheel has been marked obsolete; the spinning wheel liranded 
sui)eranuated, and laid away ; the loom removed to make waj' for the piano, 
and the old house, even, would be overhauled were it not secured l)y a 
mortgage. In those days bean porridge could be handled with a spoon, 
now it must be transported on a fork. 

My father was the youngest of a large family; my mother the youngest 
of thirteen, and I stand here to-day the sixteenth representative of my 
l)arents. This is no honor nor disgrace to me, as I had nothing to say about 
when T should be Ijoi'u. Had my eldest sister, who sleeps in yonder church- 
yard, lived to this present season, she would have been 82 years old. My 
first cousins, like Moses Hannnond and Henry K. Parsons, two well known 
citizens of Paris, have nearly all passed away. I am a young sprout of an 
old generation, and can enumerate more kinsmen than most of the boys of 
my age. when I recall the Hannnonds, Parsonses, Stenchfields, Eveleths, 
Milletts, Witts. Chesleys, Jai-ksons. and 29 or 30 other like races to which 
I belong. They are legions, scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
Were I to turn tramp, and tramp, tramj). tramp from Eastport. Elaine, to 
Portland, Oregon, begging my bread from door to door, and the urcliins 
should insult me in tlie street, I should not dare to raise mj- hand, lest I 
should strike down a cousin. 

The following hymn was snug. It was composed for the occasion 
by Mrs. Rose McKenne}* Rawson : 

A HI XDRED YEARS AGO. 

Come Friends from all old Paris* hills. 

And all the vales below. 
Come let us sing the memories of 

A hundred years ago. 

Chorus: Oh I these years, these hundred years 

Of blessings, joys, and tears. 
How tender are the memories 
Of all these hundred j^ears. 



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Chorus. 



Chorus. 



( HOKU: 



Chorus. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 

To Tht-e, our fatliers" God and our.«, 

Fi'oni whom all blessingi* flow, 
We rai.^e our tliauks for inert-ies of 
These hundred jears ago. 

Our dear old fathers and their lirides, 
Who for us made the way, 

We bless them in rememliranee of 
A hundred years to-day. 

We thank them for their leg'aeies, 
These homes and trees so deai-, 

"^Miose loving arms have slieltered us 
Through many a long, long year. 

And when another century, 
With tliem shall lay us low. 

May ehildren's children sing of us 
And a hundred vears ag'o. 



Ex Gov. Perhani delivered the following farewell address, and 
then closed the reguUxr exercises bv inviting Dr. H. C. Estes to 
deliver a benediction. INIr. Perhani said : 

'••Liidit'tt Kuil (tI'iiUi'ihi-u : 

In closing tlie exercises of this happj- occasion, it is fitting that I should 
exi^ress a few words of congratulation anil thanks. 

This has been, in many respects, a remarkal)le celebration — remarkable 
in the beauty of the scenery that surrounds us, and tlie charming day with 
whicli we have been l)lessed — remarkable in the grand achievements of the 
town and its citizens, as they have been briefly recounted by the speakers 
— remarkable in the ability and careful research that have characterized 
the exercises upon this stand — remarkable in the numbers that have coine 
from far and near to enjoy this pleasant reunion, and in the quiet and good 
order that have marked tlie conduct of this immense gathering. 

The poet of the day did your president the lionor to refer to him as the 
'•uncompromising enemj^ of rum." It is evident that the compliment 
applies to a large portion of those present. Certainly there have been few, 
if any, here who have not shown their regard for sobriety and good order. 
Xo indications of drunkenness or rowdyism have appeared. This, when 
contrasted with the ai)i)earance of gatherings of ecpial numbers, thirtj' or 
forty years ago, furnishes occasion for mutual congratulation. 

I should be false to the promptings of my own heart, and faithless to 
the citizens of Paris, for whom I speak, if I did not express our heartfelt 
thanks to those who have especially contributed to the success of this cele- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 253 

bratioa. To the General (oininittee uf AiTangeiiients for their anhious 
and suceessful hibors, and the several sub-committees, for the faithfulness 
and effieienej- Avith whieh they have performed their duties — to the ladies 
and gentlemen for the labor performed and the »jood taste displayed in the 
arrangement of these tables, whieh pi'esent a view of rare beauty and 
attraction, and for the rapid and orderly manner with whieh they fed the 
vast multitude — to the speakers and poets, who have given us an intellectual 
treat seldom equalled on any similar occasion — to the leader aud members 
of the baud, for the enjoj^ment which their excellent music has given us — 
to the "continentals," representing a generation fast passing away — to the 
"veterans" of the recent war, renunding us of a class of men who loved 
their cotnitry better than life — to the Grand Trunk Kailway ('onti)anA' and 
the Portland Steam Packet Company, for excellent acconunodations and 
low fare — and, if there are others to whom acknowledgements are due — 
to them also. I tender the most cordial thanks of a grateful people. 

And. when our next centennial shall occur, may there be men and women 
as true, hearts as willing and hands as ready to execute, orators and poets 
as felicitous and able, musicians as skillful, and whose performances shall 
be as fascinating, a record of matei'ial pi'osperity and moral development 
as grand, a gathering as large and orderly, and the smiles of Heaven as 
benignant as those that have made this occasion so joyous and hai)py." 

After this, Ripley's Ijand gave us a number of selections, and sev- 
eral songs were sung by local talent. Capt. H. N. Bolster, as Mar- 
shal of the Day, with a large police force under deputy sheiitf Dong- 
lass, kept the most perfect order. There was no disturbance of any 
kind during the day. In the evening there was an old folks' con- 
cert at South Paris, led by Ripley and his band. The attendance 
was large, and the aftair was successful, as all else had been during 
the day. 3Iiss Eliza Longley and ^Irs. Myra Crocker Snow had 
charge of a tine display of anticiiie articles displayed at the Court 
House. The exhibition was an impromptu aftair, but was veiy suc- 
cessful in drawing together, as it did, a large number of ancient 
articles, and iu showing what treasures our towns-people held in 
their possession. The following is nearly a complete list of the arti- 
cles on exhibition, with the names of the owners : 

Principal among the articles were three wedding dresses. One of 
these, a full, embroidered silk, was worn b}" 3Irs. John Hart of 
Wakefield, Mass., and the costume, donned by Mrs. Snow in rehear- 
sal, showed that Mrs. John Hart's wedding was worth attending. 
The dress belongs to Mrs. H. F. Morton of Paris. 

The second was an ashes- of-roses silk, as close as the present style, 
aud made perfectly plain. It was the dress of Polly Bisco, (Mrs. 



254 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Alanson Mellen) and was exliil)ited by Mrs. Charles T. Melleii. 
The third was a dark silk, of very old style. 
Other interesting articles were as follows : 

Skirt and apron, woven by hand. Mrs. Alvah Black. 

Whiskey mug. used by JNIaj. Libby, Scarboro, 2U0 years old. 
Robert Smith. 

Side saddle on which Mrs. Gen. Levi Hubbard made two trips to 
Worcester. 

An elaborate shell conilt of the largest pattern. Mrs. Alv:\h 
Black. 

Birch bark sugar bowl, labeled 200 years old. 

Brass candlestick. Mrs. Henry Forbes. 

Masonic certificate and apron, Alanson Mellen made a Mason in 
1812. C. T. Mellen. 

Masonic apron. Gen. Levi Hubbard. 

A short gown, 90 years old, attracted great attention as being the 
only one of the kind the visitors had ever seen. It was about 2^ 
feet long. Mrs. M. B. Cummings. 

Book printed in 1764, also part of the huli and a spoke of the 
jBrst wagon used in Paris, by Parson Hooper : a trunk said to have 
been dragged on a sled from Bridgewater, by Jacob Howe, and in 
which were packed all his household goods. D. L. Humphre}'. 

Pocket book carried through the revolutionary war by Jonathan 
Conn. Oliver L. Pratt. 

Chair, made by Eb. Cobb, for Asa Barrows, early settler of Paris. 
Oscar P. Ellingwood. 

AVork table and adjustable candle-stick. O. L. Pratt. 

Quilt 130 years old, worsted, embroidered with silk. Mrs. Henry 
Forbes. 

Napkin ring made from wood of lirst apple tree planted in Paris. 
Fanny L Marble. 

Sampler, containing names^ of Hamlin family, worked by Ann 
Hamlin, (Mrs. Brown,) in 1822. 

Flint pouch worn by Capt. Seth Morse in Kevolutionary war. 
Mrs. AVebber. 

Powder horn used in Kevolution. A. Partridge. 

Sword worn by Capt. Robert Smith of Mrginia forces, at defeat 
of Braddock. Stephen D. Hutchinson. 

Giant Leghorn bonnet eighteen inches long. Mrs. Alonzo 
Shurtletf. 



HISTOKY OK PARIS. 255 

An old calash, fit companion for ])onnet. Mrs. Alvah Black. 

Shawl worn by Mrs. Gen. Hnbbanl. H. Hu1)bar(l. 

Brass warming pan. Mrs. Black. 

Wedding shoes of Mrs. Cyprian Stevens, 92 years old. Mrs. 
Ivufus Stowell. 

Collection of silhouetts. Mrs. Hathaway. 

Flip mugs. Mrs. A. Partridge and Mrs. Geo. H. AVatkins. 

Pocket-book tilled with Continental mone^', owned l)v Capt. Seth 
Morse. Mrs. A. G. Morse. 

Flax comb, marked "Philip Chase — his comb." 

Worsted sash, made b\' Mrs. Sarah Woodman. 

Shoe hammer, 1779. Mrs. A. E. Morse. 

Pewter platter brought to No. 4. in 1792. Job Ryerson. 

.Stomacher, 75 years old. Mrs. Austin Partridge. 

Saw, 120 years old. Mrs. Morton. 

A picture of Paris, a most extraordinary i)roduction. The vil- 
lage contains only two story houses and three story churches. A 
wood cutter has his foot turned backward and is cutting astonishing 
trees. This was painted on the walls of the old Hathaway house. 
On the removal of the family, they sawed out this panel and put it 
in a frame. Elbridge Fobes. 

lieer glass 100 years old. INIrs. Geo. Crocket. 

Cut glass decanter, 100 years old, owned by Gen. Hubliard. Mi-s. 
Kliza Longley. 

Punch tuml)lers. cut glass. Mrs. J. C» INIarlile. 

Cane with which his grandfather walked from Milbury, Mass. 
Orlando Thayer. 

]Meat dish, very old : Mrs. Aljigail A. Prentiss. 

Blue glass sugar l)owl, l)rought by Mrs. Dr. Kittridge. 31rs. J. 
C. Marble. 

A corset that shows what ancient girls could endure, full of bones 
and a busk two and one-half inches wide. 

Patsey Green, grandmother of the late Judge Joseph Green Cole, 
eml)almed her frame in a worsted picture 2x4 feet, representing a 
merry-making in strawberry time. This production was commenced 
when she was ten years old and finished after the birth of her last 
child. Mrs. G. H. Watkins. 

Certificate signed by Paris town oflicers in 1801, and other papers. 
Orlando Thaver. 



256 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Tea caddies brought by Alanson Melleu from Watertown, Mass. 
C4raAT tureen, Capt. F. Bernis. ]Mrs. C. T. Mellen. 

Pipe bought, by brother of Mrs. Ahmson ]Mellen 1.30 years ago. 
Mrs. Elias Chase. 

Pewter platter, coffee uiill, collectors' books. C. II. T. ^Marshall. 

Sampler 1712, embroideiy 150 years old. Copper skimmer, taken 
from a l)ui'ning house on Bunker Hill by David Marshall. A. G. 
Buck. 

Collection of property of Dr. Goss. a surgeon in the Revolution, 
surgeon's belt, coat of arms, pictures, etc. Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. 
Buck. 

Chest 140 3'ears old. Palmer Thurlow. 

ANXALS CONCLUDED. 

187'J. 
Died at South Paris, January 11, Mrs. Lauriiida Twitchell. aged 
87. Mrs. Martha Abbott committed suicide in the Daniels neigh- 
borhood, Wednesday. January 30, by hanging herself ; she was sup- 
posed to be temporaril\' insane. Odd Fellows Hall at South Paris 
dedicated Feb. G. Mrs. Mary (Locke), widow of Moses Swan, 
died in California, January 29. "Wm. S. Crawford died at North 
Paris, April 9, aged 71. Capt. Benj. F. Crawford, a native of 
Worcester county, Mass., but for many years a resident of Paris, 
died at Bi-yant's Pond, April 4, aged nearly 79. Sylvanus Dun- 
ham died at North Paris. ]May 4, aged 81 years. April 17, Milo 
Hathaway, son of Lazarus Hathaway, and grandson of our earh* 
settler Lazarus, died, aged 72. Polh' Curtis died in AV'oodstock, 
April 27, aged 93 ; she was the daughter of Asa Barrows, one of 
our early settlers, and was among the first children Ijorn in town. 
Sept. 11, the Centennial celebration took place on Paris Hill, and 
was attended l\y a large number of people. Dr. S. B. 3Iorse came 
to the Hill to practice medicine, in October : a native of Buckfield 
and graduate of the Elaine Medical School. The year closed with 
intense excitement here and elsewhere throughout the State, occa- 
sioned b}' the action of the Governor and Council in counting the 
votes for meml)ers of the Legislature, familiarly known as the 
•'Count Out." Emmor Rawson died at West Paris, Sept. 27, aged 
57, and Ebenezer Ilarnden Goss Marshall, Dec. 29, aged 67. The 
selectmen were instructed to reconvey lands forfeited for taxes. A 
committee of five was appointed to take into consideration the pro- 



HISTORY OF PARI?. 257 

priety of having a oentcnuial celebration of the settlement of the 
town. Made choice of S. P. Maxim, Geo. F. Hammond. Seth Ben- 
son, .Tames Deering and Hiram Hubltard. 

1.S80. 
The new year opened as the old year closed, with great excite- 
ment over the count out. An immense meeting was held in Paris, 
which was addressed by leading citizens, denouncing the action of 
the Governor and Council as revolutionarv and lial:)le to lead to civil 
war. The excitement was continued for several weeks. Ambrose 
K. Shurtletf. a leading l;)usiness man of Portlantl. and a native of 
Paris, died . January 3 : he was born Aug. 12, 181.J. March 7, the 
house, ell and stable of Ellmer H. Marble on Paris Hill, were burned 
to the ground : the ell of Cyrus Perkins' house situated near, was 
torn down, and by that means the house was saved. Dea. Seneca 
Landers died March 24, aged 8.t. He came to this town and mar- 
ried here, after which he moved to Woodstock where he lived more 
than forty years and then retui ned here. Deacon Joel B. Tha3"er 
died .Tune 14. aged 81 years. L\-man Bird died .June 8 : he was the 
son of John Bird, an early settler here. Ijut who soon moved to Nor- 
way. Sunday, June 27. the Bajjtist Sunday school at the Hill cele- 
brated its 4od anniversary. Dr. Thomas H. Brown died veiy sud- 
denly, August 4 ; the community was much shocked thereat, as he 
was enjoying his usual health the night before. He died about 7 
o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Ruth Hammond, formerly* of Paris, 
died in Lincoln, aged 8.5 years. Dec. 17, William Parlin, one of 
the selectmen of the town died veiy suddenly. \'oted that the 
selectmen settle with the Centennial committee and draw their war- 
rant for balance of expenses incurred. Three thousand dollars were 
raised for the support of poor and for other town charges, and 
fit'teeu hundred dollars on town debt ; also fifteen hundred dollars in 
nione\' to be expended in the repair of roads and bridges. Four 
thousand dollars were raised for a highway tax. 




258 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

SURNAMES IN PARIS AND THEIR ORIGIN. 

Amoug the settlers of Paris, there have been the usual variety of 
surnames, though in quite a num1)er of instances several persons 
have come bearing the same names. Surnames are of corapara- 
tiveh' recent origin, and their introduction arose from tlie necessity 
of the case. After the introduction of Christianity into Europe, 
Pagan names were laid aside, and the adoption of Hebrew names 
became quite general ; and as families increased, there would be 
many persons bearing the same names, and such names as Moses, 
David, Solomon, John, James and Peter, etc., soon 1)ecame numer- 
ous. Then it became necessary to have some distinguishing name, 
and for some time, soubriquets and nicknames were appended to dis- 
tinguish those bearing the same Christian names. Precisely when 
surnames or additional names become hereditar}' in England, it is 
impossible to state. Thev began to be so used in France about the 
3'ear, A. D., 1000, and in England probably at the time of the Nor- 
man conquest in 1066, or perhaps a little before, under Edward the 
Confessor. The origin of surnames is a very interesting study, but 
it cannot l»e entered upon to any great extent here. They are 
derived from animals, birds, fishes, minerals, plants, shrubs, flowers 
and trees ; from armor, costume, from the seasons, and the other 
subdivisions of time ; from trades, professions, colors, and from 
names of places ; many have originated from epithets of contempt, 
ridicule and from nicknames imposed for personal peculiarities, 
habits and qualities, or from accidents or incidents connected with 
or which happened to the bearers. Among these may be mentioned 
Doolittle, Hearsay, Timeslow, Houseless, Steptoe, Bragg, Trollope, 
Lawless, Silliman, Crookshanks, Longshanks, &c. The origin of 
some of the surnames of the families which have settled in Paris are 
given below : 

Abbot, the head or chief of an Abbey. 

Andrews or Andrew, from a Greek work which signifies manly or 
courageous. 

Ayer, (Scotch) and local. 

Arnold, (German) "faithful to his honor." 

Allan or Allen, from the Sclavonic Aland, a wolf-dog or hound. 

Atherton, local ; from Atherstone, a town in England. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 259 

Alden, from aJd old. uirI den or d»n. a hill or town ; Old-town 
or Hightown. 

Bent, local ; a plain or moor, covered with bent-grass. 

Black, with reference to color. 

Bolster, local ; a place in St. Agnes, AVales, and signifies an 
entrenchment : from boUo, a casting or throwing u[). and ter, the 
earth. 

Billings, from the town of Billing in England : i)rattling. lotpia- 
cions. 

Brit or Brett, probably contracted from Breton, or Briton. 

Brown, a color. 

Berry, local ; from the Province of Berri in France. 

Blake, a corruption of the British ^1^) Lake from Ap son. and 
Lake, the son of the Lake. 

Barton, local, a town in England, literally a '■•corn-town." 

Benson, Ben's son : son of Benjamin. 

Brock, from broc a badger. 

Bryant, dignity, honor: from /:?/•/, exalted, anda?/^ a termination 
signif3-ing the state of that which is annexed to it. 

Bates, bate, contention. 

Bacon, Anglo Saxon, bacon, to bake or beat. 

Briggs, from the Anglo-Saxon brif/g, a bridge. 

Beal, local ; a town in Scotland. 

Bartlktt, a diminutive of Bartholomew — little Bart. 

Barrow or Barroios, a circular mound ; — the name of a river in 
Ireland. 

Barber, name of a trade. 

Barker, a tanner. 

Buck, borrowed from armorial bearings. 

Beck, from Becc, a brook. 

BoNNEY, genteel, spruce; from the French bon or bonne, goo(\, 
handsome. 

Beckley, meadow or pasture by the brook. 

Bennett, a corruption of Benedict. 

Gary or Carey, local ; probably the same as Carev, from the 
castle of Carew in Wales ; the castle b\- the water. 

Clifford, local ; the ford or way by the cliff. 

Caldwell, Col-wold, the wood of hazels ; or it may come from 
Cold-ivell, a cold spring. 

Crosswell, a cross near a well. 



260 HISTORY OP PARIS. 

Chandler, name of a trade ; a maker and seller of various wares, 
originall3- caudles. 

CuMMiNGS, corruption of Come>/n, anciently written De Comminges ; 
from Comminges, the place in France from whence tlie\' came. 

Carter, the name of a trade ; or from Cairtear, a tourist. 

Chase, evidently from the '-chase," a favorite sport among Eng- 
lishmen. 

Curtis, an abbreviation of courteous. 

Crawford, local; a Scotch name and signifying, "the 2>a.ss or 
ford of bJood," from Crx, blood, and ford, a ford or pass — "Bloody 
Ford." 

Cole, an abbreviation of Nicholas, common among the Dutch. 

Cochran, (Gaelic), a point or promontory in plain sight. 

Cooper, name of an occupation or trade. 

CoLBURN, the dr\- Avell, or the well on the neck of the hill. 

Conn, (Gaelic), strength. 

Crocker, a maker of pottery. The word crock, signifies, a barrel- 
shaped jar. 

Chipman, same as Chapman, a trader. 

Dun or Dunn, from a Parish in Scotland. 

Dean, a church dignitary, subordinate to the bishoi). 

Dering or Deeriwj (Saxon) from darra to iXave ; hence bold, dar- 
ing- 

Dudley, local : a town in Worcestershire, England. 

Davis, a corruption of Davids; son of David. 

Dunham, local ; a small village in England ; froui daa^ a hill, and 
1m III ^ a village. 

Drake, (Gaelic) draK\ a drake. 

Daniel or Daniels; a Hebrew word signifving "the judgment of 
God." In the latter name the s is an abbreviation of the word son, 
meaning the son of Daniel. 

Emery, powerful, rich ; Emer or Emor, from Etlielmar, noble. 

Fuller, the name of a trade. 

Forbes or Fubes ; the former is the correct spelling, and is the 
name of a parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 

Fields, obvioush' cleared lands. 

Foster, a corruption of Forrester. 

Farrar, a corruption of Farrier, name of a trade. 

French, coming from France. 

Goss, Saxon ; a goose ; from Gos, a goose. 



IIISTOKV OF PARIS. 201 

GuRNEY, from the town of Gouvnay in Normandy. 

Grover, Groocer, name of a trade, or l)nsiness ; an engraver. 

Gates, local ; in Scotland, f/ntc means road or way. 

GooDENOw, perhaps from GndciKW. a town in Germanw 

Hall, a pnblic room or a bnilding belonging to a collegiate insti- 
tntion. 

Ham, a house, home or village. 

Howe or Huo ; a high [)lace or hill ; it was formerly Di? La Hoive, 
and the family came to England at the time of the Norman Con- 
quest. 

Holt, local; a peaked hill covered with wood. 

Hersey, local ; Herseaux, in Holland ; or it may l)e from Hearsay. 

Hooper, a cooper. 

Holme or Holmes, local ; meadow lands nearly surrounded by 
Avater. 

Hale, (AVelsh) ; a moor. 

Hathaway, local ; from Poit Ilathwy in Wales. 

Hutchinson, the son of Ilutchins or Hitchins. 

Hamlin, from Hamelin, a town on the river AVesser in Germanv. 
Harnelin is also a town in Scotland, so called from Ham, a village 
and ///;, a waterfall. The family name anciently was Hamvieline. 

Hammond, from Ham, a house or village, and vtoimt, the elevated 
place. 

HoBBS, trom Hob, the nickname for l?ol)ert. 

HoLDEN (Danish) ; safe, protected, defended. 

Houghton, from Itoog or hoch, high, and ton, a hill, castle or town. 

Hubbard, a corruption of Hubert, signifying, bright form, fair 
hope. 

House, a dwelling. 

Jackson, the son of Jack or John. 

Jewett, the little Jew or the son of a Jew. 

Jordan, Hebrew ; the river of Judgment. 

Jones, the same as John or Johns ; gracious. 

King, a head or leader. 

Kinsley, authoritative, commanding, ruling, from Ceannsalkich. 

Keith, local ; a parish in Scotland. 

Knight, permitted to bear arms. 

Kimball, the same as Campbell., 

LiNDSEY, local ; from the manor of Lindsay iu J>ssex, England. 

Lander, (Welsh) ; Glebe lands. 



262 HISTORY OF PARTS. 

Lapiiam, stone house or home ; lapis, a stone and ham, house or 
home. 

Lincoln, from Lincohi. England, from Lin, pond or lake, and 
coin, a neck or ridge of a hill. 

Leuroke ; probably Le Brook is the correct name. Our early 
settler of this name came from France. 

Leby, or Libby, local ; a town in Denmark. 

Lemond, lion-hearted. 

Learned, green, sheltered place near the sea. (Gaelic). 

LiVMRMORE, (AVelsh), from Ueujer, a light, and mawe, great; the 
great light. 

Moody, named from disposition ; Welsh Meaudu't/, :in anchorite, 
recluse, hermit or monk. 

Morgan, from ntor, the sea, and gan, born ; born on or near the sea. 

Morse, a contraction of Morris, which means a hero, a warrior 
or brave man. 

Morton, (Gaelic) from a Parish in Scotland. 

Merrill or Merle, from the French, and moans hhickbird. Mere! 
is a town in Savoy. 

Mitchell, a corruption of Michael. 

Marshall, name of an office — master of the horse. 

MoArdle, (Gaelic), son of the high rock ; hence prowess, valor. 

Mixer, name of an occupation. 

MooNEY, (French) 3fennier, a miller. 

Monk, a religious devotee ; one who retires, from mon, alone. 

^McAllister, the son of Allister. the latter being the same as 
Alexander. 

]\L\XHAM or Maxim ; this may come from Mac, sou, and ham, 
house or home, or from the word ma.vim. 

Noble, great, elevated, dignified. 

NoYES, a corruption of Noah, of which Xoy is an al)breviation. 

Owen, (Celtic) ; the good offspring. 

Parson or Parsons, the son of Parr ; or from the word parson. 

Porter, name of an occupation. 

Pool a pool. 

Perry, from the French inerre, a stone ; a stony place. 

Paine, paon, a peacock. Payne, a rustic. 

Pierce, the same as Percy ; name of a forest in England. 

Perkins, from Peir or Peter, and the diminutive termination ins — 
little Peter or the son of Peter. 

Pond, name of a body of water. 



IILSTOKY OF PARIS. 263 

Perham, properly Parliam, from /;a'*A', a park, and Iki/h, a liousc 
or village ; a house or village at or near a park. 

Paris or Parris, local ; the capital city of France ; a place where 
the Pars or Peers met. 

Prentiss or Prentice, probably contracted from Apprentice, a 
form once used l)ut now obsolete. 

Pratt, Latin, 2>/rr/»//^, a meadow; or it ma^' be from the Dutch, 
Prat, proud, arrogant, cunning. 

RowK, a river that overflows its banks ; or it may mean red- 
haired. 

Record, same as Rickard or Richard^ of which it is a corruption. 
Our tarailies of this name were early spelled Rickard ; now Record. 

Robinson or Robertson , the sou of Robin or Robert. 

RoDGERs or Rogers, one desirous of rest. (Teutonic). 

Rawson, a corruption of Ravenson, or perhajjs Ralph's son. 

Russell, red-haired, or somewhat reddish. 

Richards or Rickard, rich, powerful ; ric, rich, and ard, nature. 

Ripley, a market town in Yorkshire. 

Russ, a Russian ; so called in Holland. 

Shaw, (Scotch) ; a place surrounded b^^ trees ; a lawn, or an open 
space between woods. 

Snow, subtle, craftv. From the Dutch .shoo. 

Shurtliff, the '"short cliff;" from the Saxon sceort, short, and 
cliff. 

Smith, from the Anglo Saxon, smitan, to strike. A smith. 

Stowell or Stoyell ; orthograph}' not known. 

Spragl'e, speech or lanuage, from the Dutch, spraak. 

Stevens, the. same as StepJien, from a Greek Avord signifying a 
crown. 

Swan, a swan. 

Swift, a river in England ; also, fleet of foot. 

Stone, a town in England ; derivation obvious. 

Stearns or Sterne ; from stent, severe in look, bold. 

Soule, local ; a territory in France. 

Tuthill or Tuttle, local ; a town in Wales. 

Tripp, formerly Tripe. 

Twitchell or Tnchill ; derivation not known. 

,True, from Trieu, a river in Betragne, France ; or perhaps from 
the word true. 

Willis, the same as Willisoa ; the son of Will}-. 



264 HISTORV OF PARIS. 

WiNSLOw, the name of a town in Buckinghamshire, Enghmd. 

"Walton, local ; the name of several villages in England. 

Watkins, from Wat, and the patronymic termination kins ; the 
son of Wat or Walter. 

Woodbury, same as Woodherry. 

Wilson, the son of William or Will. 

Warren, from Guarerma in Normandy whenc? the family came 
with William the Conquercr. 

Wyman, (Dutch) : a huntsman. 

Whitman, the same as Wiyhtman, a stout man. 

Walker, the same as Fuller. In the north of England, a fulling 
mill is called a "•walk-mill." 

Yates, an old word for gate : same as Gates. 

York, a city in England ; from euere, a wild boar, and rye, a 
refuge. 

Young, with reference to age. 

JMany of our surnames have undergone such changes in this 
country, as to be hardly recognizable. The emigrant ancestor of 
the Bisbee family, spelled his name Besbedge. The name of Bum- 
pus or Bump is of French origin, and the first of this name in this 
country wrote his name Bonpasse. So Delano comes from De La 
Noye, CaiT from Careu:, Hamblen and Hamlen from Hamlin, Cas- 
well from Kearstcell, Dunham and Donham, from Doiunhatn , Hada- 
way from Hathaicay, Lufkin from Lovekin, Stanley from Standlake, 
Trueworthy from Treioonpj, Atwood from Wood, and Chandler from 
Chaundler. Many others might be mentioned, Init these are suffi- 
cient to illustrate the point. 




HISTORY OF PARIS. 265 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

rOST ROUTES AND POST OFFICES. 

The (Ad Methods. — Fost-riders. — Mails once a Week. — The March 
of Lnproveiiieiit. — Single M\igons. — Ttco and then Four Horse 
Coaches. — Character of the Old Drivers. — Opening of the Atlantic 
and St. Lan-rence Railroad. — List of Fost Officers and Fostmas- 
ters in Faris. — Fostal Receipts 1826. 

The march of progress is nowhere more strikingly sliown tlmn iu 
the improved facilities for traveling and for the transmission of 
intelligence. The first settlers of Paris travelled on foot, making 
the journeys to New Gloucester, Turner. AVaterford, Bethel and 
Rumford through the woods, and guided l»y, where practicable, the 
course of the principal streams, and l)y spotted trees. In time, 
roads were cut out and then journeys could be made on horseback 
in summer, and on sleds in winter. It was quite a number of years 
before four wheeled carriages were used, and the first of these were 
of the rudest and clumsiest kind. Paris had been settled about 
twenty years before a Post Oflice was established in town, and pre- 
vious to that time the small amount of mail inatter for the inhabi- 
tants, was left at the nearest office to be brought in by any person 
who happened to l)e in the vicinitv of the office. For some years 
New Gloucester was the nearest office, and after that, Poland 
received the mail intended for Paris and the surrounding towns. 
An office was established in Fryeburg, January 1, 1798 ; in AVater- 
ford, Sept. 29, 1800; Buckfield, January 1, 1801 ; Paris. April 1, 
1801; Norway, April 1, 1801; Sumner, June 21, 1811; Hebron, 
April 15. 1815; Albany, April 1, 1815, and in other towns in the 
county, offices were established somewhat later. 

The first mail-carrier or post-rider through this region, was Jacob 
Howe. He was of Ipswich, Mass., and the ancestor of the Howes 
in this town, in Sumner and in Norwaj'. In a notice in an issue of 
Jenk's Portland Gazette, published in 1801, in which he asks his 
patrons to pay up, he stated that he had been on the route from 
Portland to Bridgton for two j'ears. The next year, he extended his 
route to AVaterford, and the vear following he commenced going 
weekly rounds, starting from Portland and traveling through Gor- 
ham, Raymond, Standish, &c., to Bridgton and AVaterford, and 
retin-ning by way of Norway, Paris, Hebron, Poland, New Glouces- 



2G6 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

ter and Gray. Waterford was for some 3'ears the distributing office 
for western and central Oxford. The trip was made on horseback, 
the post-rider canying, besides the mail pouch, a pair of saddle- 
bags, in which he carried papers to be delivered on the route. He 
was armed with a tin horn or trumpet, upon which he alwa^'s blew a 
blast before reaching a Post office or a house where a paper was to 
be left, in order that parties might be ready, and his business des- 
patched with as little delay as possible. He did not advertise to be 
at a given place at a given time, and so time-tables would have been 
of little account. He was often delayed by bad weather and bad 
roads, and sometimes on account of sickness, but he was an energetic 
man, and was always sure to come round, if not exactly on time. 
The Portland Gazette was the paper generally taken in this region 
prior to 1803. Then the Eastern Argus was started and was gener- 
ally pi^tronized b}^ the Republicans, the Gazette being Federalistic 
in politics. Letter postage was then high, and but few letters came 
thi'ough the mails into the several districts in tiiose days, or went 
out. The settlers had something to do, besides attending to corre- 
spondents. Mr. Howe carried the mails for quite a number of 
^•ears After him Seba Smith, (father of the p( et), William Sawin 
of Waterford, and Joshua Pool of Norway, each in succession 
became post-rider, carrying the mails and distributing papers, the 
same as Howe. In 1815, Post offices had been established in towns 
north of Waterford, and that year, the mails reached AVaterford from 
Portland Friday niglit. Saturday the postman made a circuit through 
the towns in western Oxford and back to Waterford, and ^londay 
came through Norway to Paris, and from here through Woodstock 
to Rumford. In 1812, William, son of Gen. Benj. Sawin of Water- 
ford, bought the line from Portland to AVaterford. He generally" 
traveled on horseback, but if anj' one desired, he would take a wagon 
and carry liim. In 1820, the business had so increased that he drove 
a four horse coach. He was the father of Jabez Sawin, long the 
popular driver between Augusta and Portland. 

It was about the same time (1812), that a Mr. Brown of Water- 
ford contracted to cany the mail from Waterford liy the way of Nor- 
way and Paris to Portland, and he used a one hors(! wagon for that 
purpose, and would sometimes take on a passenger or two. Brown 
was succeeded by James Longley who was the first to drive direct 
from Portland to Paris and Norway and return. He was the son of 
Jonathan Longley of Waterford, and lived on Paris Hill. He run 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 267 

a double sleigh in winter and a two horse wagon in summer, and 
built up quite a business. John B. Stowell succeeded Longley, and 
after a few years he was in turn, succeeded by G. G. Waterhouse. 
The latter drove direct to Paris, where he connected with two tri- 
weeklies, one running through Norway, Greenwood, Bethel and 
Gilead to Shelburne and Lancaster, N. H., and the other through 
Woodstock and Rumford to Andover or Dixtield. The popular 
drivers on these last-named routes, all of whom are now dead, were 
Waterhouse himself, A. A. Latham, Orren Ilobbs and William 
Gallison. The three former Ijecame conductors on the Atlantic and 
St. Lawrence Railroad. 

A long and interesting chapter might be written upon the old stage 
lines which centered at Bridgton, Waterford and afterwards at Paris, 
and the drivers, 1)ut space cannot be spared here. The old drivers 
were men of abilitv and integritv, and it was necessary that they 
should be so, for thevJiad great responsiV)ilities. They not onh* had 
to look out for the welfiire and safety of their passengers, and were 
the custodians of the United States mails, but valuable packages, 
and oftentimes large remittances of monej' were entrusted to them, 
and important business given them to transact. In the latter years 
of staging over the routes here named, the express business was 
of no small account, either in the amount of care and labor it 
required, or the additional revenue it produced. It was wonderful, 
the way these drivers without memoranda, would remember the 
almost numberless errands thej' were asked to do, and how few mis- 
takes they made. They were kind-hearted and obliging, ever antici- 
pating the wants of their patrons, and putting forth ever}' effort to 
make them comfortable. They were a jolly set, full of anecdotes, 
and great lovers of fun, an important qualification in helping the 
passengers to while awa}' what would otherwise have been the tedious 
hours of the long journey. But they are all gone now, and a gen- 
eration has grown up which knows nothing of them, or of the modes 
of travel of those days. 

The question of railway communication between tlie Atlantic 
ocean at Portland, and the St. Lawrence river at Montreal, a sub- 
ject of deep interest to Paris and entire central Oxford, began to be 
seriously agitated in Portland during the summer of 1844. Fre- 
quent meetings to discuss the subject were held, and in Oxford 
county the matter was discussed at great length through the columns 
of the Norwav Advertiser and Oxford Democrat. At a meeting at 



2G8 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

City Hall, Portland, Oct. 18, 1844. the report of Judge Preble and 
Josiah S. Little, who had previoush' been sent to Montreal to rep- 
resent the interests of Portland in the great enterprise, was read, 
and was highl}' favorable and veiT favorably received. At this 
meeting, James Hall in connection with John M. AVilson, was directed 
to examine the route b}' the way of Audover and the lake region. 
The charter for the road was granted by the Legislature, February 
10, 1845. The latter part of June 1845, a meeting was held at 
South Paris, and the following week one at Norway, to discuss the 
railway question and receive subscriptions to the stock. It was stated 
in the South Paris meeting, that the town of Paris had taken stock 
to the amount of nearly thirty-five thousand dollars. The Atlantic 
and St. Lawrence Railroad Company was organized at Portland, 
September 25, 1845 ; Hon. Josiah S. Little was chosen President, 
and Thomas Crocker, Esq., of Paris, was made a director. The 
preliminaiT survey' of the road had already been commenced, and it 
was continued through the summer and fall. In January, 1846, an 
express went through from Portland to Montreal and a rival one 
from Boston to the same place, carrying the mails and dispatches 
received by the last P^uropean steamer. It was taken from Portland 
to Norway by Orren Hobbs in two hours and forty-five minutes, and 
from thence to Canaan, Vt., by G. G. Waterhouse in eleven hours; 
from that point it was taken by another messenger, and reached 
Montreal in twentv-six hours from Portland. 

Ground was broken for the road at Portland, July 4, 1845, the 
road was opened to North Yarmouth, twelve miles from Portland, 
in 1848, and the cars were running to Mechanic Falls in the early 
part of the summer of 1849. The road was opened to South Paris 
and the first train arrived January 1st, 1850. The location was 
made and the road bed constructed through from Paris to New 
Hampshire line in 1850, and in March of 1851. the first train reached 
Bethel. In July of the same year, the road was opened to Gorhain, 
N. H. During the year of 1852, it was opened to the Connecticut 
river, and early in 1853 the cars commenced running through from 
Portland to Montreal, a distance of three hundred miles. The open- 
ing of traffic by this railway, revolutionized the whole business of 
the region through which it passed, but this will be spoken of in 
another connection. 

In the days of the early settlers and for quite a numl:)er of years 
afterwards, the rates of postage were high and were graduated accord- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 209 

ing to the distance the uuiil matter passed over. The postage for let- 
ters was twent^'-five cents for four hundred miles and over, eighteen 
and two-thirds for one hundred and fifty miles and not exceeding 
four hundred, twelve and one-half cents (ninepence) between eighty 
and one hundred and fift}' miles, ten cents between thirty and eight}' 
miles and six and one-fourth cents (fourpence half-penny) for any 
distance under thirty miles. The above were the rates on a single 
sheet of paper of any size, and consequenth' large sheets were gen- 
erally used in the epistolary correspondence of our grand-parents. 
There were then no self-sealing envelopes and letters were secured 
bv means of wafers or wax. Postage on letters might he prepaid or 
not at the option of the writer. These fractional letter rates made 
it (piite a ditflcult task to make up the quarterly- accounts at the Post 
Office, and thev were very often returned for correction. News- 
paper postage was one cent per copy within the State, or if pub- 
lished one hundred and fifty miles beyond the State limits. Beyond 
that distance, the postage was a cent and a half each. The Post- 
rider generally' claimed the newspaper postage as part of his com- 
pensation, and was permitted to collect it. The following compiled 
from the archives of the Post Office Department, shows the number 
and names of the offices in Paris, the time when each was established, 
and the changes of administration in each, up to the present time : 

Paris. Caleb Prentiss. April 1, 1801; Levi Hubbard, Feb. 10, 
1807; Russell Hubbard, Jan. 12, 1813; Joseph G. Cole, Dec. 14, 
1829; Geo. W. Millett, Jan. 7, 1837; Simeon Xorris, July 13, 
1841 ; George W. 3Iillett, July 7, 1843 ; James T. Clark, Septem- 
ber 26, 1850 ; Geo. L. Mellen, Sept. 21, 18.52 : Thomas M. Crocker, 
May 5, 1853 ; Samuel R. Carter. Oct. 30, 1853 ; Charles T. Mellen, 
Dec. 20, 1858 ; Samuel D. Weeks, June 20, 1861 ; Albert M. Ham- 
mond, Dec. 2, 1874 ; Hiram R. Hubbard, June 30, 1879. 

West Paris. Elijah S. Berry, Feb. 27, 1854 ; Francis A. Young, 
Feb. 16, 1857; Benjamin Bacon, 3d, Feb. 8, 1860; Francis A. 
Young, Oct. 4, 1861. 

Nortli Paris. Ebenezer Drake, Jan. 26, 1829 ; William Russ, 
June 14, 1844; Calvin F. Bonney, Sept. 26, 1844 ;AVilliam W. 
Benson, June 18. 1846:; Eliab W. IMurdock, April 8, 1848; Sulli- 
van Andrews, Mar. 20,^1858 ; William H. Drake, Jan. 6, 1862 ; Ira 
Bartlettj Jr.. Sept. 16, 1803; Lewis C. Bates, Sept. 8, 1866; 
Chas. W. Chase, Jan. 23, 1871 : Sam'l W. Dunham. Feb. 23, 1874. 



270 HISTOHY OF PARIS. 

South Paris. Scth INIorse, Jan. G, 1824 ; David Jordau, March 
2, l.S.'V.) ; John Dennett, Feb. 24, 1841 ; Samuel M. Newhall, Mareh 
29, 1853; William Foster, Deo. 26, 1850; Benj. W. Bryant, May 
17, 18»')0; Elisha F. Stone, June 1). 18(')2 ; William J. Wheeler, 
Sept. 13, 1S81. 

Snow's Falls. Leander White, July 19, 1850 : Alfred W. Stearns, 
July 15, 1851; George W. Proctor, April 24, 18G5 : (icorge W. 
Hammond, May 29, 18(')7. 

POSTAI. KKCKII'TS. lS2(i. 

Sliowing' the net ;imouiit of postiigc received at the several otru-es luuned 
for 1S2(;. 

Aiulover, not reported. 

Albany, .S.").?!*. 

Bethel, !J!i;{7.7l: Kast Do. $:}.:i7. 

Brownfieltl, l.").4(). 

Ikiektield, 4()..")S. 

Canton, 14.8;^. 

Denmark, 9.11. 

Dixtield, -it!. -21. 

Fryel)urj?, Id."). 72. 

Giiead, 3.71. 

Greenwood, not re|>oi-ted. 

Hartford, 17. (H ; N'ortli Do. 3.44: South Do. 0.43. 

Hel.i-on, ir)..)2; Craig's MilLs, 27.!)2. 

Hiram. 14.!t3. 

Jay, 3S..3S. 

l.ovell. 11. !»."). 

IJvennore, :{!».13; East \)o. 10.04: North Do. 11.73. 

Mexico, .").(!7. 
- Norway. 4:).S!l: North Do. 1 1.1 1. 

N'ewry, not rei)orte<l. 

I'aris, 74.28; Xorth Do. ll.i»0. 

I'orter, J).43. 

Peru, not reported. 

Pumford, 31).27 ; East Do. 5.37. 

Sumner, 12.81. 

Sweden, 4.8(5. 

Turner, .33. 20: North Do. 2.08: Turner Village. 1.83. 

Wat»>itord, .■)2.;{4. 

Woodstock. 0.00. 

"VVeld, not rejiorted. 



HISTOKV OK PARIS. 271 

CHAPTKK XXXIII. 

PARIS cnrRciiKs and .ministers. 

It is but justice to say in the outset tli:it many of the facts 
embraced in this Ecclesiastical History of the town, were compiled 
liy Rev. Iliram C. Estes, D. D., and contained in a i)ai)er read l)y 
him at the Centennial Celebration. We have been able to glean 
some additional facts and have rearranged the whole matter in 
accordance with the general plan and scope of other portions of our 
work. We have given l)rief biograpliical sketches of ministers so 
far as we have been able to obtain them, and regret that in this par- 
ticular, our history is not more nearly complete. Wliere ministers 
remained long in the town, we have found no trouble in getting at 
the leading facts in their career, but many of them, especially in 
caseof the INIethodists, were here only a short time, and of their 
)irevious Iiistory in many cases, we have been able to learn but little. 
The iniiabitants of Paris have ever been a church-going i)eo[)le. 
The earl}- settlers of the town were not far enough removed from 
their Puritan and Pilgrim ancestors to have forgotten or neglected 
their duties in ))roviding for religious worship, and their pious exam- 
ple and veneration for things sacred, have been transmitted as a 
l)riceless legac\' to their posterity. 

The First Baptist Ciu'rcii. 
Tlie liaptist church on Paris Hill, was the first organized, and tliis 
lias ever been the leading ui'ganization in town. Among the first 
settlers were seven from tlie third Baptist chin-eh in Middleborough. 
Mass., who were dismissed from that church to join here. I'lie 
elder Lemuel Jackson and Deacon John Willis, the latter of whom 
became a licensed preacher, were of this numl)er. At an early 
period they opened and maintained a l>aptist meeting, and when tiiey 
wei-e visited ))y Rev. James Potter in 17'.H», they enjoyed their first 
revival, and several were added to their number. Mr. Potter con- 
tinued his visits at intervals, during the years 1791 and 1792, and 
laid tlie foundations of the church, which was subsecjuently organ- 
ized.* Paris was also visited by Rev. Elisha Snowf while travelling 

*Mlllef8 "Maine Baptists." 

fRev. or Klder Klislia Snow, was \Hirn in I5runswi('k, Me., Marcli Hi, 17:59, (O. S.), mar- 
ried IJetsey .Ionian of Cape Elizal)etli, I)ecenil)er <>, 17.")'.), an<l settleil at Soiitii Tlioniast 

where lie dieii .lanuary 30, lS:}-2, aifed !(;5 years. He labored much witli destitute churches, 
3md was well Vinown in many |(ortii>ns of tlie State three-iiuarters of a century ago. 



2«2 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

as a missionary among destitute churches, who united the Baptists 
here in a church relation, November 18, 1791. Elder Hooper states 
the numl)er of mekibers to V)e twent^'-eight, twelve males, and six- 
teen females, but the minutes of the Bowdoinham Association of 
1792, which are prol)ably correct, give the number as twent}' one. 
From the time of its organization until 179"), the church was aided 
by the labors of several visiting ministers, besides those alread}' 
named. Rev. James Hooper first visited the town November 6, 
1794, and on the 25th of June of the following year, he was ordained 
as pastor of the church* : he was elected minister of the town on 
the 6th day of April, 1795, and was the onl}' Paris minister who 
ever enjoyed that distinction. He continued as pastor of the church 
until the ordination of his successor in 1838. He was not only pas- 
tor of the church and minister of the town, but he was an influential 
and much respected citizen in all that the term implies, and a more 
complete sketch of his life and services is given with other minis- 
ters of Paris. 

The first Baptist church or meeting house on the Hill, was built in 
1803, as our extracts from the town records have shown. Pews had 
previously lieen sold to the amount of two thousand dollars. The 
building committee consisted of five persons, viz : P^benezer Kaw- 
son, Jairus Shaw. Lemuel Jackson, .Jr., Benjamin Hammond and 
Nathan AVoodbur}'. The frame was raised in June, 1803, and the 
house Avas dedicated on the 30th of ]May, 1804. The first meeting- 
house in Paris was a large house, in the old style of New England 
architecture, with two tiers of windows, a lofty, massive tower, three 
entrance doors, one in front, the others on the south and north sides 
of the tower, though only the south door was ordinarily used ; square 
pews, with seats on two sides, the one facing the i)ulpit and the 
other the door of the pew : a high pulpit with sounding board above, 
and galleries running round three sides of the house. Thus built of 
immensely heavy timbers, one must have thought that it would stand 
a century ; but in the space of a single generation, it became dilapi- 
dated and unfit for use, and, like the old dispensation when Christ 
came, was ready to vanish away and give place to another. 

In 1838 this old meeting-house was removed, and another was 
erected in its i)lace, on very nearly the same spot, only a little fur- 
ther removed from the main street and like the other facing the east. 

*The occasional sermon was preached bj- liis brother, Rev. William Hooper, the charge 
given by Rev. Isaac Cliase, anil the right hand of fellowship l)y Rev. James Potter. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



273 



The old house had been used for town meetings jis well as for 
leliirious purposes as was the custom of the time ; tlie new house 
was liuilt with u liasenicnt storv. which was liiiisJR'd for a town- 
house, and has served this purpose to tlie present day. This new 
house of worsiii[) was ooni[)leti'd and dedicated on the (itii of Decem- 




Kaptist (HrRCH, Paris Hili„ 
l)er, 1888." The dedication sermon was preached liv the pastor. Rev. 
C. B. Davis, from the text. Gen. 28: 17, '-This is none other than 
the house of (iod. and tliis is the gate of heaven." Twice this 
liouse has been re|>aired : once in 18(50, when the style of the pews 
was changed, and the pulpit lowered to a convenient platform, and 
again in 1875. At this latter date, the total expense of repairing 

18 



274 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

and refurnishing was $622. 1(>. In 18(U, a convenient vestry was 
built in the rear of the church to which there is access l)y a, stairway" 
and door at the right of the pulpit. The vestry was finished and 
formally opened with religious services on the 5th of November, in 
that year. In 1883, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin presented the churc'i 
with a fine clock, which has been put in place, and while the old bell 
calls the people ol the village to church, the new clock furnishes 
them witli the standard time. 

The successor of Elder Hooper was Rev. Calel) B. Davis, a native 
of Methuen, Mass., born July 3, 1807, and ordained June 27tli, 
1838. He was a graduate of Newton Theological iSeminary, class 
of 1837, a man of culture and refinement, and in many respects the 
opposite of his predecessor. He was an able preacher and distin- 
guished for the purity of his life. During the first three 3'ears of 
his ministry, eighty new names were added to the roll of members 
of the church. In marked contrast to Polder Hooper, he was an 
ardent worker in the temperauce cause, a strictly total abstinence 
man himself and an advocate for it with respect to all others. He 
labored in this field not only in Paris, but in the surrounding towns, 
and several town temperance societies were formed as the result of 
his ertbrts. He resigned the pastorate of the church Aug. 23d, 
1852, on account of declining health, and died January 12, 1855, in 
Portland. His death in middle life and with natural and acquired 
abilities capable of doing so much good, was universally regretted. 
Mr. Davis was succeeded by Rev. Adam Wilson, D. D., who assumed 
the pastorate of the church in 1852, and remained until 1855. For 
a further notice of this distinguished minister, the reader is referred 
to sketches of Paris ministers. Rev. W. H. 8. Ventres was pastor 
eight years, from his ordination July 8th, 1858, till his resignation 
Oct. 28th, 1866. Rev. AVm. H. II. Walker three years, from 1867 till 
1870, and Rev. A. A. Ford from his ordination on the 2d of Novem- 
ber, 1870, till his resignation on the 2d of October, 1872. Rev. 
Hiram C. Estes, D. D., entered upon his work as pastor of this 
Church, January 1st, 1873, and resigned to take effect in July, 1883. 
The present pastor, J. PL Cochrane, commenced his labors with the 
Church, August 1. 1883. 

In 1792, the Baptist church of Paris was united with the Bow- 
doinham Association, then the only association of Baptist churches 
in the State. The missionaries designated by the association to 
visit No. 4, during the year 1793, were Elder Potter, Elder Stinson 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 275 

and Elder Maeomber. The Cuml)ei'laiul association was formed in 
1811, and included the church in Paris. The first Deacon of the 
church was John Willis, who was ordained as an evangelist, INIarch 
7, 1810, and who died July 23d, LSI 2. aged 56. The following have 
been Deacons since the church was lirst organized : 
John Willis,* 1791 Luke Chase, 1829 

Wm. Parsons, 1797 Thomas Stevens. 1839 

Stephen Chase, 1.S05 Joel B. Thayer, 1839 

Daniel Fobes, 18UG Levi Thayer, 1854 

Josiah Smith, 1811 Austin Chase, 1854 

Joseph Lindsev, 1817 Henry F. ^Morton. 1874 

Benj. Chandler, 1824 Wm. Rice, 1875 

Isaac ^lann. 1826 

The following have been clerks : 

Levi Jackson, 1791 Austin Chase. 1839 

James Hooper, 1799 P.benezer Thayer, 1845 

Luke Chase, 1829 Samuel M. King, 1857 

The following members of the church have been ordained to the 
work of the gospel ministry : 

George Ricker, Geo. ^I. P. King. 

John Willis, Otis B. Rawson. 

The following churches have been largely formed liy members dis 
missed from Paris church for that purpose : 
Second Buckfield, Paris and AVoodstock, 

Norwa}', Lincoln. 

Woodstock and Greenwood. Bucktield Village. 

Hamlin's Gore, 

Statistics of the church from the date of its organization to 1876, 
doubtless approximately correct, are as follows : Whole number of 
members, 651. Of these, 253 had been dismissed, 71 excluded. 
151 had died, while 46 had been dropped for causes unknown. The 
membership at that time was 129. The number in 1884 was 114. 
The first known mention of a Sunday school connected with the 

*Of him lii?; pastor, Kliler Hooper said: "Dea. John Willis ami his wife were the 
first family tliat came into the town of Paris. He had great knowledge of the Bil)le, and 
was a sound predestinarian, and was able to vindicate the cause of God, and would not 
yield a hair's lireadth to any man. He was meek and humljle, and bore the infirmities of 
his brethren beyond any man I ever saw. Brother Willis was the most like his Master 
Jesus Christ of anv man I ever saw." 



27G HISTORY OF PAIIIS. 

church, was hi the letter to the association in 1837, and since that 
time it has been sustained constant!}'. 

Rev. James Hooper. 

As the first and only minister settled by the town of Paris, and 
one whose ministry began soon after the town was incorporated, and 
extended over a period of nearly forty years. Rev. James Hooper 
is entitled to something more than an ordinar}' notice. He was born 
in Berwick, Maine, in 17G9. His father was William, and his 
mother Elizabeth Emery. His brother AVilliam was the first ordained 
minister of the Baptist denomination in the State ; he was ordained 
in 177<). Elder Hooper's parents were Congregationalists. He com- 
menced preacliing on New Year's day, 17!)1, when twenty-two years 
of age. As an itinerant preacher, he travelled sometime in New 
Hampshire with Rev. Joshua Smith. He came to Cumberland 
countv in \1'.)'.). (irst [)reaching in ^linot. Then he preached three 
Sabbaths in Hel)ron, and from there went to New Gloucester and 
preached several Sundays for two dollars per week and board, which 
was all he asked. He fu-st came to l*aris and preacheil, November 
('), 1794. In 3Iarch. 171*5, the church and town invited him to 
become their pastor and minister, and he was soon after ordained in 
Lenuiel Jackson's barn. In 17'.i;j, he was united in marriage with 
^liss Sally .Merrill of New (iloucester, who l)ore him two daughters. 
Tolly and Eliza, but l)Oth died of scarlet fever in 1<S0('>, within a few 
days of each other. His wife had already died of consumption, 
April \i), 1802, aged 24 years. Before the end of the 3'ear, he had 
been married to the wido\v of Reuben Hubbard, who was the 
daughter of Benj. .Stowell, Est]., of \\ ui'cester, Mass. The follow- 
ing notice of Elder Hooi)er is from the paper read bj' Rev. Dr. H. 
C. Pastes, at the centennial celebrati(jn of the town : 

"Elder Hoojjcr was the first and only minister settled liy the town. 
His ministr}- was longer than any other in our history, and it was 
nearly all spent here from its beginning to its close. He was a 
young man of twenty-five when he came here ; he was an old man 
of 73 when he died. He was a man of mark, eminent and infiuen- 
tial among the eminent men of the town throughout his generation. 
He was a man of great energy and force of character, rare powers 
of mind, quick perception, clear conception, deep insight, long 
foresight, strong will, indomitable persistency and courage, absolute 
fearlessness and independence, complete self-possession and self- 



HISTOIiV OF PARIS. 277 

control, and self-confidence ; a magnetic power of infiirence and con- 
trol over others ; a man to lead and to command anywhere, a very 
Andrew Jackson in his sphere. Besides his work as a minister of 
the gospel, he was much engaged in business, and he mingled much 
with public men, lawyers and sagacious statesmen, and he always 
liad their respect. He was a member of the convention that formed 
the constitution of this State, and he was a member of the committee 
api)ointed by that body on the constitution. He served several times 
as a member of the legislature, and was always a leader in his politi- 
cal party. He was a democrat, decided and thorough going, as 
shown in his communications to the Paris papers, and especially in 
his controversy with Henry Prentiss ; he was never afraid that it 
would hurt his fingers to handle hard money. He used to say that 
there were two things in which he was established — one was religion, 
and the other was politics ; and when he was established in any- 
thing, it was as Hooper's Ledge or Streaked Mountain is estal)lished. 
When he was settled as the minister of the town, he became entitled 
to four lots of ministerial land; but he soon relinquished two of 
them to the town, and one of them was sold at auction for $701 ; 
while of the other two he made his farm. Late in life he said in his 
autol)iography, '1 have ha<l dealings with ver}' many men, and I 
have had but little ditiiculty with any, but I should not advise any 
minister to buy and sell so much as I have.' During the first ten 
years of liis ministry, he received no salary from his people only 
'•occasionally some presents ;' and afterwards he received but little 
more than §100 a 3-ear from the ministerial fund that had accrued 
from the land which h" had given back to the town ; still he said — 
'The Lord has so prospered me that I was as aljle to help the peo- 
ple as they were to help me.' Late in life, however, he said, 'If I 
had my life to live over again, I would do ditferently in the matter 
of salary.' In everything he was a man of strict punctuality, integ- 
rity and justice ; and whatever he said the people received as if they 
had read it in the Bible, or as if it were the law of the laud. His 
preaching was plain, direct, positive, strong. His words were short, 
sharp and incisive as rifle shots. His sermons were of thought and 
energy 'all compact,' and, ver3' short, — hardly more than twenty 
or twenty-five minutes in length, — for he had the rare al>ility to 
know precisely what he had to say, to say it, and be done. He was 
not the man to pay two dollars, or to use two words when one was 
enough. His preaching was as sincere as it was plain. In it, as in 



278 HISTORY OF PART?. 

everything else, he was honest. lie believed what he preached, and 
he preached what he believed. Ilis convictions were his own ; they 
were positive ; and they appeared in liis utterance as ]:>lain as light- 
ning in the night. Of ever}- point of his faith and preaching he 
could say as he did of Election, 'If no man on earth believed it but 
myself, I should still believe as I now do ; V)ut as a man, I am as 
willing that any other man should enjoy his religion as I am to enjoy^ 
]nine.' It is often said that he was stern and severe, rough and 
rugged ; and he was ; but still he had his gentle moods, and his soft 
inside, for the difference Ijetween him and others was that he was 
made up rough side out. He had the tender sympathies of a true, 
human heart ; his spirit, bowed in humble and adoring reverence 
before his God ; he honored man because he honored and exalted 
God ; and he loved little children though often they did not know it. 

It is not given to many men to exert such an influence as that of 
Elder Hooper in Paris ; but that influence was no accident. There 
was something in him to account for it, and to produce it. Take 
him for all in all, he was no common man. Notwithstanding his 
limitations and his faults, he was one of those men who in church 
and state are pillars." 

Elder Hooper was a friend of education, and had great faith in 
the common schools. In the early times, in districts where there 
were but few scholars and no school houses, he insisted on their hav- 
ing schools either in barns, blacksmith shops, or in private houses, 
if there was more than one room. In this way, he accomplished 
much in the way of educating the children of the early settlers. He 
had ilis peculiarities, his austere side, but his kind-heartedness and 
earnest desire for the good of the people of the town, made him very 
popular with all classes. 

One who was well ac(|uainted with Elder Hooper says of his per- 
sonal appearance, that lie was rather tall and spare, had large lips, 
and was ver}' plain looking. His redeeming feature was his eyes, 
which were large, intelligent, penetrating, and indicated great 
strength of character. He liad a very harsh, unpleasant voice, but 
in the pulpit, after the introduction of his subject, his hearers forgot 
all about this, in their interest in the subject and his metiiod of pre- 
senting it. He ncA-er wrote out his sermons in full, but sometimes 
had a few notes or reminders upon slips of paper. Though tena- 
cious of his own religious views, he was liberal toward others, and 
on one occasion invited Rev. Sebastian Streeter, the distinguished 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 279 

Universalist i)reaeher, to occupj- his pulpit. EUlcr Hooper died 
December 24, 18i2. In 1.S34, he published a pamphlet containing a 
l)rief sketch of his life, and an exposition of his theological views. 

Caleb B. Davis. 

Rev. Caleb B. Davis, the second pastor of the Baptist church on 
Paris Hill, was born in Methuen, Mass., Juh' 3, 1S07. His father 
was Capt. Bailey Davis of Methuen, and his mother was Miss Han- 
nah Swan of the same town. Having completed his preparatory 
course, he entered Newton Theological Seminary, from which he 
graduated in 1837. He married Oct. 29, 1837, Miss Louisa, daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Mary Griffin of Derry, N. H. He commenced 
his ministry with the church in Paris in Oct. 1837, and remained 
until, on account of failing health, he was compelled to resign the 
pastoral office Aug. 23, 1852. He died in Portland, January' 12, 
1855. Of his qualities as a man and minister. Rev. Dr. Estes thus 
speaks : 

"He was singularly adapted to his place and to this work. Calm, 
deliberate, thoughtful, patient and persistent; gentle and firm; 
endowed by nature with much good sense and sensibility ; well 
trained and cultivated in the schools ; never rash or in haste to act, 
but straightforward and tenacious of his purpose, when once he had 
decided u[)on his course ; wise to see what needed to be done, and 
skilful in adapting means to ends to secure his object ; always devout 
and reverent, but not wanting in the grace of a genial humor; kind, 
courteous, and in nearly all his intercourse with men, a singular 
sense of propriety, decorum and order showing itself in whatever he 
said and did ; he seemed to have been specialh' raised up, called, 
and (jualified for the work that needed to be done in Paris, to take 
up the work into w^hich he entered when ?>lder Hooper left it ; to set 
in order the things that were wanting : to change what needed to be 
changed ; to lead the church into a true and hearty sympathy with 
the Christian spirit of the age, and the various enterprises of educa- 
tion, temperance, missions and all that pertains to Christian benevo- 
lence, reform and progress ; and all this so quietly, silently, and 
imperceptil)ly. as to cause no jar or discord, but make the change 
seem more like growth than change. \'erv delicate, difficult and 
important was the work which he had to do : but in the good provi- 
dence of God, when the hour came the man was ready." 

His temperance work in this and other Oxford county towns, 



'2S0 HISTORV OK PARIS. 

deserves special mention. When he came into the connty, there 
were many towns in which scarcely any temperance work had been 
done, and in none of them had the canse become established. In 
Paris, the powerful influence of Polder Hooi)er had always been in an 
opposite direction, and it required tact as well as courage on the part 
of Mr. Davis, to combat tlic deeply rooted i)rejudices of many of 
the elderly members of the parish. But having the co-operation of 
some of the leading citizens of the village and town, he went bravely 
to the work and marvelous was the change in public o[)inion which 
was wrought in a few years. His success in the ministry is shown 
in the i'act that 151 persons united with the church during his pasto- 
rate. During these years, he sokMnnized 0!) marriages and attended 
201 funerals. "His influence was felt for good not only in his own 
church and town, but in all the chui'ches of the association with 
which he was connected, in the counsels of the convention and the 
Missionary Society of the State, and in the Board of Watervilh; 
College, of which he was a trustee, from 1.S42 till his death." His 
widow became the wife of Joel B. Thayer, long one of the ftiithful 
Deacons of the church. 

Adam ^VILso^■. 
Rev. Adam Wilson. D. D., was born in Topsham. February 10, 
1794, was baptized and joined the Baptist church in July. ISK;. and 
graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of isr.». From the 
college he went to Philadeli)liia and studied theology under Rev. Dr. 
Stonghton and Rev. Alvah Chase. He was ordained ari evangelist 
at Topsham, Dec. 20. I<s20, and flrst supplied a pulpit at New- 
Haven, Conn., at tiie same time continuing his theological studies 
under Dr. Fitch of Yale College. His first regular charge was at 
Wiscasset, where he stayed four years, and during the next four 
years, was at Turner and New Gloneester. In 1828, he established 
in Portland, a denominational paper, the Zion's Advocate, of which 
he was both owner and editor. He continued in charge of the paper, 
at the same time, preaching on the Sal)bath, nine years. He 
then removed to Bangor and took charge of the Baptist church there, 
where he remained three and one-half years. He was then at Tur- 
ner two 3'ears, and then returned to Poitlaud and to the charge of 
the Zion's Advocate, where he remained until 1848, when he disposed 
of the paper and moved to Hebron, where he was pastor three years. 
In 18.51, he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Water- 
ville College, and the following vear came to Paris. Dr. Wilson 




Rev. Adam Wilson. D.D. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 281 

remaiued here from 1<S52 to l.So7. five years. After his removal 
from here, he labored with various churches in the State, residing 
near the college at Waterville. where he died January 10, 1871. 
Dr. Wilson was a man of decided abilitv, and as a i)re.icher, i)astor 
and editor, took rank among the ablest of the clergy in his denomi- 
nation in this State. He was a warm friend of education, and an 
efficient worker in the cause of temperance and other moral reforms. 
Few men have commanded more respect in the communities where 
he has lived, than Dr. Wilson, not only by the members of his 
denomination, but l)y the people generally. Calm, dignified and 
self-possessed, a man of commanding presence, yet always affable 
and kind, he at the same time won the respect and esteem of those 
with whom he came in contact. Januarv 23, 1833, Dr. Wilson mar- 
ried Sail}' n., daughter of Dominicns and Susanna (Perkins) Ricker 
of Parsonsfield, and a sister of Rev. Joseph Ricker, D. D., of 
Augusta, l)v whom he had four children, among whom was John B., 
born Feb. 24, 1834, graduated at Waterville College, class of 1854, 
also in medicine, was surgeon of one of the Maine regiments during 
the late war, settled in Dexter, whei'e he married Semanthe T. Per- 
kins, and died March 15, 186G, and Geo. A. Wilson, now an Attor- 
ney at Law at South Paris, and Judge of Probate for Oxford county. 
Dr. Wilson was a trustee of Waterville College, now Colby Univer- 
sity, for many years, and by his industry and perseverance in its 
behalf, he did much in bringing al)out results whicli have placed it 
upon its present sul)stantial foundation. 

Wm. II. S. A'kxtres. 

Rev. ^^'ln. II. S. Ventres was l)orii in lladdam. Conn., Oct. 3, 
1832. His father was Slumaii \'entres, and his mother Mary W. 
Shailer, sister of the late Dr. Wm. H. Shailer of Portland. He 
graduated at Harvard College in 1855, and at Newton Theological 
Seminary in 1858. He was ordained at Portland in 1858, and came 
to Paris the same year. He remained here until 1866, and his sub- 
sequent settlements have been as follows: H^de Park, Mass., 1860 
to 1870 ; Hudson. Mass., 1871 to 1878 ; he is now settled over the 
church in North Livermore. He married Nov. 23, 1858, Eliza 
Murdock of Brookline, Mass., and has seven children as follows: 
Wm. R., b. Aug. 28, 1859 ; Mary E., b. Nov. 26. 1861 ; J. War- 
ren, b. May 16, 1864 ; Edward C, b. Sept. 15, 1866 ; Albert S., 1). 



282 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Sept. 12, 18G8; Henry W., b. Oct. 16, 1871 ; Ernest E., b. April 
7. 1874. 

Wm. II. Walker. 

Rev. Wm. II. AValker was tlie son of John and P^lizabeth (Pratt) 
Walker, and was born at Lexington, Mass., in 1824. He fitted for 
college at Pliillii)s Exeter Academy, stndied at Brown Universit}', 
and stndied theology at Newton Theological Seminary. He com- 
menced preaching in 1855, was at Webster, Mass., three years, at 
Natick two years and seven months, at Hampton Falls, N. H., three 
3'ears, and then came to the chnrch on Paris Hil', where he remained 
three ^-ears. From here, he went to Greenville, N. II., where he 
remained three years, at Warner eight 3'ears, tlien went to Edgar- 
ton. jMartha's Vineyard, wliere he yet resides, and is on his fourth 
year at that place. He was married Jul}" ' 1, 1855, to ]Miss INIartha 
R. Cram of Medford, Mass., and has two children, Lillie J., and 
William Henry. 

Aluert a. Ford. 

Rev. Albert Aaron Ford was 1)orn in Boston. August 27, 1840.. 
His father, John Ford, was a newspaper-man, publishing at one 
time, the Boston Journal, and subsequently the Cambridge Chronicle. 
Albert A., was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, at 
Phillips Academy, and at Newton Theological Seminary. He was 
ordained as pastor of the church here. Nov. 2, 187U. having pre- 
viously been preaching with the church altout a month. He married 
Estella O., daughter of Alden and Lucy (Cole) CMiase, then of 
Paris, now of Woodstock. Mr. Ford resigned his pastorate 
of the church in October, 1872, on account of failing health. He 
has since had settlements at Belftist, Auburn and Waldoborough. 
In June of 1879, he received the complimentary degree of Master 
of Arts from Colby University. His health being much impaired, by 
the advice of physicians, he has temporarily retired from active 

work. 

Hiram C. Estes. 

Rev. Hiram Cushman Estes. D. D., is the son of John and Sarah 
(Andrews) Estes,* and was born in Bethel, July 27, 1823. He was 

*Thf gramUatlier of Dr. Eistcs was steplu-n Kstes, who came from shapleigli to IJethel 
(luite early, ami married Relief, daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth Bartlett. The father 
of Stephen was Daniel, who formerly lived in Berwick, afterwanls in Shaideigh, and 
when ijuite aged came with his four sons, Stephen, Benjamin, John and Ri<-hard to Bethel. 
The father of Daniel was probably .Toseph of Dover, N. II., who married in 1719, Mary, 
danghter of Timothy Robinson. The father of .Joseph was .Matthew Estes, born to Robert 



HISTOKV OF r.VKIS. 283 

In-ought up on a farm, but earlv developed a love of learning and a 
passion for liooks. Like many other New England ^-ouths, he was 
obliged to depend mainly upon his own efforts for the means neces- 
sary to a course of stud^', and in his case as in many others, the 
fact was demonstrated that a determined will is quite sure to open a 
way. After leaving the town school, he attended Bethel Academy, 
the Turner High School and at Hel)ron Academy, working upon the 
farm portions of each jear, and teaching in winter to meet his 
expenses. He entered Waterville College, now Colby University, in 
1843, and graduated with honor in 1847. He studied Theology- at 
the Cambridge (Mass.) Divinity School, and was ordained to the 
work of the ministr}^ at Auburn, in this State, in 1850. For three 
years, from 1852 to 1855, he was agent for the American Baptist 
Union in the State of Maine ; settled over the church in Trenton 
from 1855 to 1860 ; tat Leicester, Mass., from IH^O to 1SG2 ; at 
Jericho, Vermont, from 1862 to 1872 ; over the Baptist church in 
Paris, from January 1, 1873 to Juh- 1, 1883, and since September 
1, 1883, at "Winchenden, Mass. While at Trenton, he was elected 
to the Legislature in 1858, and served as chairman of the committee 
on Education on the part of the House, to which position he was 
admirably adapted. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was con- 
ferred upon him by his Alma* Mater in 1872, and never has this 
important degree been more fitly bestowed bj' that institution. Dr. 
Estes is a profound scholar, a forcible and interesting writer, and 
whatever he undertakes to do, he does well. He has written and 
delivered several lectures which have been highly spoken of by those 
best qualified to judge. His only published volume is an essa}' 
entitled "The Christian Doctrine of the Soul," Avhich appeared in 
1873, from the press of Noyes, Holmes and Company of Boston. 
It is a duodecimo of 163 pages, and a model of concise and logical 
writing. It was well received by all denominations of Christians. 
Several of his occasional sermons have been printed and widely read. 
Dr. Estes married Sophia B., second daughter of Dea. Eli and Dor- 
cas (Bartlett) Foster of Bethel, and has had three children. The 
oldest, David Foster Estes, graduated from the University of Ver- 
mont, studied Theology at Newton, and was an able and pojjular 

and Doi-dtliy E^^tcs in Dover, ?:ngl!inil, in \(H'>, came to Dover, X. H., and married, April 
14, 167<i, IMiiladelphia, daujfhter of Ronald and Ann Jenkins, and widow of Edward 
Hawes of Kittery. The early families of this name in this country belonged to tlij Society 
of Friends. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Estes was .Jeremiah Andrews, who came 
from Temple, N. H., to Bethel, ami whose wife was p:iizabeth Sawtelle. 



284 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

preacher until he accepted a position as teacher in the Baptist vSemi- 
narv at Atlanta, Ga. The second, Walter Hatch Estes, a young 
man of great promise, while reading law at Richford, Vt., drank 
water from a poisoned well and thereby lost his life. His remains 
repose in this town, and the spot is marked by a beautiful marble 
monument erected by his family. The third, a daughter, is yet with 
her parents. 

J. E. COCHRAXK. 

Rev. J. E. Cochrane was born in Monmoutli. Maine, July 4, 1854. 
His father, also J. E. Cochrane, was the son of Dr. James Cochrane, 
a descendant of the Scotch-Irish immigration from the north of Ire- 
land to Londonderry, N. H., and late a well-known physician in 
Monmouth. The parents of the subject of this sketch, moved to 
Aroostook county and lived there quite a number of years. The 
son fitted for college at the Waterville Classical Institute, graduated 
at Colb^ University, studied Theology at Rochester, X. Y., and 
commenced his first regular pastorate with the Baptist church in 
Paris, August 1, 1883. He i)reached some every year during his 
educational course, a portion of three years in Mariaville. Hancock 
count}", where he was ordained as an evangelist, August G, 1879. 
He was married Sept. 3, 1877, to Mies Hattie M. Chick of AVater- 
ville. He is earnest, energetic and devoted to his profession, and 
good results have followed his ministrations wherever he has 
preached. He is yet a young man, and his reputation as a pastor 
is yet to be made, but the indications are that he Avill prove a worthy 
successor to the distinguished ministers who have been settled over 
this church. 

vSecond Baptist Church. 
The Baptist church at North Paris is known as Paris and Wood- 
stock church, liecause its members live in each town. It was organ- 
ized March 11, 1828, with twenty-one members, many of whom were 
dismissed to join here, from the Baptist church on the Hill. This 
church first sent delegates to the association in 1828, and the names 
of those representing the church for a series of years are given 
below. The names of ordained ministers are in small capitals, the 
licensed in-eachers in italics, and the figures at the end represent the 
numlter of members that year. 

1828. Jacob Whitman, Christopher Biyant, William Beny. — 35 

1829. Jacob Whitman. Thomas R. Carman. — 39. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 285 

1830. Eben. Drake. Luther Perkins.— 27. 

1831. Daniel Maeomber, Eben. Drake. — 29. 

1832. William Berry, Luther Perkins.— 34. 
1.SC3. Lather Perkins, William Berry. — 34. 

1834. Luther Perkins, Dea. AVilliam Berry, Dea. Cornelias Per- 
kins. — 34. 

1835. Same. — 34. 

^1830. leather Perkins, William Berry. — 35. 

1837. Deacons Berry and Perkins. — 39. 

1838. E. Drake.— 42. 

1839. Dea. William Berry. P. Chandler.— 51. 

1840. Dea. Berry, Z. Andrews.— 51. 

1841. Dea. Perkins, Z. Andreas.— 'jO. 

1842. v.. Drake, Z. Andrews, Chas. Perkins. — G2. 

1843. Same and Dea. Berry. — G3. 

1844. LuTHEK Perkins, Sylvanus Diniham. Z. ^Indrens, C. Per- 
kins. — G7. 

1845. Rel'bex Milxer, Wm. Berr\', J. Benson. — 68. 
184G. AuDisox Abbott. Gibbs Benson, E. Drake. — 71. 

1847. Aduisox Abbott, Z. A)idre'rs, Dea. Gibbs Benson, C. 
Perkins. — 71. 

184S. Addisox Abbott, Stillman Berry. Harvey Berry. — 71. 

1849. .Same. — 70. 

I<s50. Same ai^d Dea. Bensou,,ahd C. Perkins. — C>!^. 

1851. Same minister and Dea. S. Berry, C. Perkins, L. Whit- 
man. — Gij. 

1852. Same minister and C. Perkins, L. Whitman, H. Berry. — 
G3. 

1853. C. Perkins, Dea. S. Berry, H. Berry, L. Whitman.- 72. 

1854. Deacons Berry and Benson, H. Berry, L. Whitman, D. 
Perkins. 

1855. C. Perkixs, G. Benson, Z. Audrews, H. Berry. — GG. 
185G. C. Perkixs. G. Benson, Z. Andreics, H. Berry. — 46. 
The falling off in membership in 1856, is due to the fact that a 

church was that year organized at Bryant's Pond, which took away 
most of the members from Woodstock. 

The pastors of this church with the length of their pastorates ha^-e 
been as follows : 

Rev. Luther Perkins, 2 years, 183G-7. 

Rev. Addison Abbott, 7 years, 1846-52. 



286 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Rev. Charles Perkius, 4 3-ears, 1855-8. 
Rev. M. Lawrence, 2 j^ears, 1859-GO. 
Rev. R. B. Andrews, 1 year, 1861. 
Rev. O. Richardson, 1 year, 1862. 
Rev. "Wm. Beavins, 2 ^-ears, 1863-4. 
Rev. G. W. Fuller, 2 years, 1870-71. 
Rev. T. G. Lyons, 3 years, 1.S75-77. 

Of the, above. Rev. Luther Perkins was the son of Cornelius Per- 
kins of Woodstock. He was born Dec. 10. 1797, and married first, 
Sally Durell, by whom he had six children. He married for his 
second wife jMiss Brown of Weld, and died in that town when but 
little past middle life. Rev. Addison Abbo't is spoken of elsewhere 
Rev. Charles Perkins was brother of Luther. He married Amazina 
Cushman of Bethel, and went west many \ears ago. Rev. Manasseh 
Lawrence was born in Wayne, and his ancestors came from Sand- 
wich. Mass. He resided many years in Sumner and elsewhere, was a 
faithful and devoted Christian and an able preacher. He died about 
twenty years ago. Rev. Russell B. Andrews was a young man, 
preached occasionally as a supply, but had no permanent settlement 
in this vicinity. Rev. Oren Richardson, who was here in 1862, was 
then of Buckfield, but previously of Rumford and Milton. Rev. 
Wm. Beavins was born in England, and had settlements at Bethel 
and Bryant's I'oud. Afterwards he was at Bowdoinham, and then 
went South. Rev. G. W. Fuller was ordained b\- this church ; Rev. 
T. G. Lyons was at Bryant's Pond before coming here, sjnd Rev. Seth 
Benson is a native of Paris. The church here was Iniilt by the Bap- 
tists and Methodists in 1833, and has since been repaired and much 

improved. 

Addison Abbott. 

Rev. Addison Abbott for several 3'ears pastor of the Baptist 
church at North Paris, was the oldest sou and second child of Jona- 
than and Betsey (Batchelder) Abbott of Bethel, and was born July 
25, 1803. He spent his early years with his father upon the farm, 
attended school at Rumford under the tutorship of Rev. Daniel 
Gould, also at the High schools at Bethel and in Brunswick. He 
began to preach when al)Out twenty-five years old at school houses 
in Bethel and in the adjoining towns. He also taught schools in 
winter and sometimes in spring and autumn. About the year 1840,' 
he went to Rhode Island, remaining there several years, teaching 
and occasionally preaching. He was ordained at North Paris in 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 287 

184G, this being his first and onh' regular settlement. He married 
Rebekah, daughter of Luke Chase ot this town, and had two child- 
ren, lie never enjoyed good health, and in the language of the 
centennial paper before referred to, "he lived a live of quiet useful- 
ness, wisely adapting himself to his people's wants." We may 
add from our own personal knowledge, that he was a man resi)ected 
and revered by all. and most by those who knew him best. 

IXIVERSALISTS. 

Only a few of the early settlers of Paris became Universalists, 
and this denomination has never been especially strong in point of 
numbers. The names of those of our citizens of the olden time 
who inclined to this form of religious faith, may be inferred from 
the following list of persons, part of whom were residents of Paris, 
but a majority of Norway, who petitioned the Great and General 
Court for an act of incorporation as the Paris and Norway First 
Universalist Society. The act of incorporation was passed March 
4, 1805, and the following were the corporators : 

Samuel Ames, Levi Bartlett, Josiah Bartlett, Anthony Bennett, 
Nathaniel Bennett, Josiah Bisco, Jonas Bisco, Peter Buck, James 
Buck, Ebenezer Cobb, Elisha Cnmmings, Isaac Cummings, Noah 
Curtis, Jr., Jacob Frost, Jr., Joseph Gallison, Benjamin Herring, 
Benjamin Herring, Jr., Levi Hubbard, John Knight, Daniel Knight, 
Dudley Pike, John Robinson, Joseph Rust, Henry Rust, Jr., Sam- 
uel Smith, Daniel Staples, Elias Stowell, Daniel Stowell, William 
Stowell, Jacob Tubbs, Benjamin Witt and Charles Young. 

Of the above. Gen. Levi Hubbard, John Robinson, Daniel Staples 
the three Stowell brothers and Josiah and Jonas Bisco, were of 
Paris, and Dudley- Pike, Daniel Knight, Elisha Cummings and Isaac 
'Cummings, were residents of Paris either before or after this event 
took place. No minister was settled by this society for man}' ^-ears, 
but itinerants sometimes visited this region and preached both in 
Norway and Paris, either in private residences or in school bouses. 
The attendance at such meetings was generalh^ very light, every 
effort being made l>y the clergymen of other denominations to keep 
their people awa}-. 

About the 3'ear 1840, Rev. D. T. Stevens who is still living, and 
-the oldest Universalist minister in the State, preached in this region, 
and the following year an organization was etfected. A list of those 
who assisted in this movement, we have not been able to obtain, 



288 



HISTORY OF PAItlS. 



Mr. Stevens was succeeded by Rev. Non-is Coleman Hodgdon, who 
was ordained as pastor in the early part of 1844. The sermon on 
the occasion was preached by Rev. J. G. Adams, who also composed 




I'MVEiisAi-isT Cm i;( 11. l'.\i;i> ITii.i.. 

the opening hynni ; another hymn for the occasion was composed by 
Miss S. C. Edgarton, and was as follows: 

''Father Divine, thy holy seal 

Bestow upon thy serviinfs head; 
And to his visioned faith i-eveal 

Thv Path whei-ein liis feet iiiust tread. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 289 

Give trutirs great power to evei-\- word 
Tliat falls perceptive, from his toii,i>ue, — 

And let each chord by love be stirred. 
That Thou within his heart hast strung. 

Thy grace, distilling fioni his lijjs. 

Shall give to every soul repose ; 
Sweet as tlie fragrant dew that dips 

Fi'oni Siiarou"s meek, unfolding IJosi-. 

Oh I aid him by the Aveary l)ed 

Of pain and want, of doubt and woe : 

That lie in every breast maj- slied 
The hojies that from thy mercy flow. 

Grant him rich grace when o"er the dead 

He utters forth the truth sublime. 
That Thou hast made the spii-it tied, 

A victor over Death and 'I'inie. 

And when his own warm pulse grows cold. 

"When deatli-mists cloud his drooping eye. 
May he through faith his home behold. 

And feel that it is gain to die!" 

3Ir. Hodgdon rehiained liere only a short time, and after he severed 
his connection with the society-, there was no settled minister and 
only occasional preaching by Kev. Geo. K. Shaw and others, nntil 
Rev. J. C. Snow came in 1859. Mr. Snow was settled in Norway, 
but preached here a part of each Sabbath, until the church was built, 
occupying the Court house. The church edifice was erected during 
Mr. Snow's ministry, and was dedicated Oct. 9, 1859. He continued 
to preach here until he was appointed chaplain of the 23d Regiment 
of Maine Volunteers in September, 1862. 

Mr. Snow was succeeded b}- Rev. W. ^\ . Hayward who resided 
in town, but remained only one^ear. He was a young man and has 
since had settlements at Plymouth. Mass., and elsewhere. Rev. 
Selden Gilbert was the ne:ft minister. He also lived in Paris and 
remained here two years. He was a native of Greene, and subse- 
quent to his settlement here, he went to Chicago and was for a time 
associated with Dr. Hanson in the publication of the New Covenant. 
Rev. N. Gunnison came next. Like Mr. Snow he was pastor 
of the Norway society, resided in Norway and preached on the Hill 
a portion of each Sabbath. He was an elderly man and had been 
in the ministry many years. Previous to his coming to Norwa}'. he 
had preached in Halifax ; was there during our late war. He sup- 

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290 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

plied the Paris Hill pulpit three years. After him, came Rev. Zenas 
Thompsou who moved his family to the Hill and preached here one 
year. 

After Mr. Thompsou w(!nt awa}', the society was for some time 
without a minister, but in 1872, Rev. L. H. Tabor, who was settled 
at Norway, corameuced preaching here, and continued his labors for 
two 3'ears. He was succeeded b}- Rev. J. C. Church who left at the 
end of a year, and was in turn succeeded bj' Mr. Tabor, who 
remained another two 3ears. He, too, was an elderly man and had 
been long in the ministry. He was an able preacher and the church 
and society prospered under his ministrations. Mr. Tabor was 
succeeded in Norway and also in Paris b}' Rev. J. A. Seitz, who 
preached here a 3'ear or two, started a denominational paper at 
Norway called the "New Religion," and subsequentlj' drifted into 
politics. W. W. Hooper came next, and supplied both societies to 
good acceptance. He went from here to Mechanic Falls in 1883, 
and since that time until recentlv, the society has been without a 
minister. A Universalist church was first organized at Paris Hill in 
18G4. Among the leading men of this society are Ex-Governor 
Perham, JarvisC. Marble, PLlbridge Fobes, and Hiram Hul»bard. 

Zexas Thompson. 

Rev. Zenas Thompson, pastor of the Universalist church in 18G9, 
and a resident of the town, was born in Auburn, Dec, 4, 1804. He 
was of Scotch-Irish lineage, his first American ancestor, Archibald 
Thompson, coming from the north of Ireland to America in 1724, 
and settling at Bridgewater. Capt. .John Thompson, the grandfather 
of Zenas, married Jeauette Allen and moved to Buckfield. Archi- 
bald Thompson was a wheel-maker, and made the first spinning- 
wheel ever made in New England. John Thompson of Buckfield, 
followed the same trade. The father of Zenas was Hannibal, son 
of John before-named, and his mother w<is a Dillingham of Auburn. 
Mr. Thompson earh' embraced the Universalist faith, and began to 
preach when quite 3'oung. He had settlements in various parts of 
the State, in Farmington, Bridgton, Yarmouth, Augusta, Bethel, 
Br3ant's Pond, Mechanic Falls, ^Vest AVaterville and Paris, and in 
several places in Massachusetts. He was among the ablest and best 
known of the ministers of his denomination in the State, a profound 
thinker, a logical reasoner and gifted as a pulpit orator. He was 
among the first in Maine to suggest the prohibition of the liquor 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 291 

tfaflie, ami one of its most eloquent advocates. He was chaplain 
of the Gth Maine Regiment in the war of the rel)ellion, and malaria 
contracted in the Chickahominy swamps in the Peninsuh\ campaign 
of 1862. was the remote cause of his death. He inherited the 
mechanical genius of his ancestors. He could make an elegant tly- 
rod or a ritle. and was skilful in the use of Ixjth. He had marvelous 
skill in wood-carving, and seemed to have an intuitive knowledge of 
almost everything in the department of the useful and ornamental 
arts. He had social qualities of a high order, and was a most agree- 
able friend and companion. He married Leonora Leavitt of Turner 
and reared a large family. One of his sons, Geo. W., was killed in 
action during the war. and the other two are engaged in manufactur- 
ing in Portland. One of the daughters, now deceased, was the first 
wife of Prof. Geo. L. Vose, formerl}' a resident here, and another, 
Mrs. Julia Schayer of Washington, D. C, is a magazine writer of 
repute. ]Mr. Thompson died at his home in Deering. Nov. 17, 1882. 

Joseph C. Sxow. 

Rev. Josei)h (\ Snow, as stated elsewhere, supplied the pulpit 
iiere while settled over the church in Norway. He was born in 
Whitewater township, Franklin county, Indiana, Septeml)er 12, 
1833. His father ^ps Crocker Snow of New England ancestry, and 
his mother Narcissa Marvin. He graduated at Tuft's College in 
1858 ; had preached more or less during the last 3'ear of his college 
course, and had his first settlement in Norway and Paris, commenc- 
ing September 1, 1858. He remained in Norway to July, 1863, 
except that he was chaplain of the 23d Maine Regiment from Sept. 
1862, to July, 1863. He was settled over the church at Auburn, 
Me., from July, 1863, to Oct. 1869, when he moved to Deering and 
had charge of Westbrook Seminary to 1872, three school years. He 
then returned to Auburn and remained until Dec. 1879. He then 
went to Newark. N. J., and was pastor of the church there, from 
January, 1880, to Feb. 1883 : then was settled at Haverhill, :Mass., 
where he mow resides. He was married in Boston, Aug. 11, 1863, 
by Rev. Dr. Miner, to Miss Sarah J., daughter of Jeremiah Howe, 
Esq., formerly of Norway, since of Portland. The}^ have had two 
children, Frederick Elmer, born Sept. 12, 1864, and Charles Joseph, 
born April 21, 1871. Mr. Snow is a scholarly man, a vigorous 
writer, a pleasing speaker, and a most excellent pastor. He is a 
good organizer, and the parishes where he has labored have been 
strong and prosperous. 



292 history of paris. 

Selden Gilbert. 

Rev. Seidell Gilbert was born in Greene, Androscoggin county, 
Maine, December 9, 1839. His father was Lewis Gilbert, and his 
mother Eunice Alden. He fitted for college at Westbrook Seminary 
and entered Tuft's College in 1859. He graduated from the St. 
Lawrence University in 1864, the year after he was ordained. He 
came to Paris and Norway in September, 18()3. and was ordained 
the October following. He remained here nearly two years, and 
was then called to Melrose, Mass. Since then he has had settle- 
ments at Bridgeport, Conn., then went to Illinois and Avas connected 
with a denominational paper in Chicago. From there he came to 
East Boston and subsequently was called to Little Falls. New York, 
where he still resides. He married Sarah Louisa Whitmore of Bow- 
doinham, and has one child. Louis Whitmore, born June 3, 1871. 
On the mother's side, Mr. Gilbert descended from John Alden, the 
Mayflower Pilgrim ; he is also a lineal descendant from Governor 
Bradford of Plymuuth. 

Wm. AV. Hay ward. 

Rev. \Vm. Willis Hay ward was born in Hancock, N. H., Oct. 17, 
1834 ; his father was Charles Hay ward, and his mother Ann Lakin. 
He was educated in the common schools in tLmcock. at Hancock 
Academy, at Petersham and Francestown Academies, at the New 
England Normal School in Lancaster, Mass . and at Tuft's Divinity 
School. He preached his first sermon in Hancock, in May, 1857. 
Since leaving I'aris, he has had settlements in Fairfield, Me., in 
"Wakefield, Acton, Foxboro, Plymouth and Methuen, Mass., in 
Keene, N. H., and is now at South Framingliam, Mass. He has 
also had brief engagements at St. Johnsl)ury, Vt.. and at other 
places. He was for a time, chaplain of the 13th Maine Regiment. 
He married E. Ellen Chase of Keene, N. II. 

COXOREOATIOXALISTS. 

The Congregationalist cliurch was organized at South Paris, Nov. 
4, 1812. There were fourteen original meml)ers whose names were 
as follows : P^zra Care}', Rufus Brett, Cynthia Carey, Susanna Brett, 
Lydia Hall, Lydia House, Joanna Durell, Eunice Robinson, Lucy 
Robinson, Mary Durell, Anna Durell, Amelia Haven. ]Marv Holmes 
Boyden, Phebe Brett. Two males and twelve females. The last 
member of the organization, Maiy Durell, died Dec. 9, 1851. 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 



293 



On the 4th day of December, 181 G, four years after the church 
organization, the bill passed the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives, :\rass., incorporating the First Congregation alist society in 
Pans, ui the county of Oxford. 




( «>N(.l{K.AlIONAIIsT ClILKCH. S,,i ni I'aI.'IS. 

The follo.\ uig vxei. the cu. porate members of the society or parish • 
Abraham Bolster, Jacob Tewksbury, Isaac Bolster. Jr., Luther 
Brett, Amzi Brett, Ezra Carey, Rufus Brett, Dayid Durell, Dayid 



294 HISTORY OF PARTS. 

Cliftbrd, Cyprian Hall, Abijah Hall, Caleb Prentiss,, Haven Hall, 
Joel Robinson, Asa Robinson, Daniel Stowell, Jonathan Shurtlett', 
Daniel Stowell, Jr., and Charles Whitman. 

The first meeting of the societ}' for organization was held March 
24, 1817, of which Daniel Stowell was Moderator, and Abijah Hall 
was chosen first Clerk of the society, and the first Prudential Com- 
mittee was Ezra Care}', Abijah Hall and Dr. Jacol) Tewksbur}-. 

At the second meeting of the society — a special meeting called by 
request of five members, and held on Monday, Sept. 8, 1817, at one 
o'clock, P. M. — among the articles to be acted on, we find the fol- 
lowing : "To hear the minds of the people respecting the building 
of a meeting-house, and to act on the subject as they sliall think fit." 
Hitherto their meetings had been held in what was known as the 
south school-house, a good sized, unpainted building, which stood 
at the junction of the Robinson road, with the county road leading 
to Isaac Bolster's, and being nearly opposite to the l)urving ground 
in the Bolster neighborhood. 

At the meeting above named, it was voted "to Ituild a meeting- 
house, to clioose a committee to exhibit a plan of said house, and to 
.see what terms land can be procured to build upon." The following 
were chosen : ]Maj. Joel Robinson, Wm. C. A\ hitney, Capt. Tlioinas 
Hill and Dr. Jacol) Tewksbury. At an adjourned meeting it was 
voted to accept tlie plan presented by the committee. 

The location of the house seemed to be the bone of contention, 
although the records are silent in regard to the discussions that arose. 
Some of the societ}' were in favor of one place and some of another, 
and it seemed impossible to come to an agreement. Finally, as 
proposition after proposition was rejected, one of the brethren 
somewhat discouraged and des[)erate, proposed that it should be 
built directh' on lop of the school-house. It was decided, however, 
at last, to move the school-house a little, and build the church on its 
site. 

Wm. C. Whitne}" being chosen auctioneer, the pews were sold as 
follows : 

1st choice, Cyprian Hall, No. 9, $85.00 

2d Daniel Stowell, No. 4, 84.00 

3d Maj. Joel Robinson, No. 12, 80.00 

4th Gen. Isaac Bolster, No. 11, 83.00 

oth Abijah Hall, No. 13, 82.00 

Gth Dr. Jacob Tewksburv, No. 16, 78.00 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 295 

7th Daniel Stowell. Xo. 3, 75.00 

8th Lieut. Rufus Stowell, No. 10, 71.00 

9th Capt. Thomas Hill. No. 5, 67.00 

10th Thomas N. Stowell, No. 14, 68.00 

11th Capt. David Bolster, No. 6, 65.00 

12th Wm. C. AVhitiiey, No. 15, 57.00 

13th Jonathan ShiirtletT, No. 17, 52.00 

14th Lnther Brett, No. 18, 52.00 

15th Joseph Swift, No. 19. . 51.00 ' 

16th Lewis Stowell, No. l^ 51.00 

17th Dea. Ezra Carey, No. 7, 50.00 

18th Martin Brett, No. 20, 54.00 

19th Abraham Bolster, No. 29, 51.00 

20th Frederick N. Hall, No. 38, 54.00 

21st Asa Robinson, No. 30, 52.00 

22d Cyprian Hall, No. 32, 51.00 

24th Martin Brett, No. 34, 50.00 

25th David Clitford, No. 8, 51.00 

26th Lewis Stowell, No. 36, 50.00 

27th Dr. Jacob Tewksbury. No. 35. 51.00 

28th Benjamin Churchill, No. 40, 50.00 

29th Alfred Gates, No. 33, 50.00 

30th David Dnrell, No. 39, 50.00 

31st Asa Robinson, No. 31, 50.00 

The remainder of the pews were sold b}- Thomas Crocker, auc- 
tioneer, June 12, 1819. The purchasers were Capt. George King, 
Stephen Robinson, David Clifford, James Holmes, Stephen Robin, 
son, Philip Caldwell, Daniel Stowell, Esq., Barzilla Dwelley, Abra- 
ham Bolster, Simeon Perkins and Daniel Stowell. There were four- 
teen pews in the gallery that sold for $5.00 to $17.00 per pew. 

At a meeting of the society held Oct. 6, 1817, it was voted to 
accept the land offered b}' Thomas N. Stowell in exchange for his 
pew. The land was eight rods on the count}' road, and sixteen on 
the Robinson road. It was also voted that the porch of the house 
should front on the Robinson road. The frame was of hewn tim- 
ber. The clapboards were rived, and nearly all from one tree. 
Capt. George King was the carpenter. The raising was a notable 
occasion. Parson Hooper was present and opened the exercises 
with prayer. The raising was accomplished without accident, and 



296 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

as was customaiy in those da3's, it must have, a name, nsually pi'O- 
daimed in rhyme b}^ some vohinteer, from the ridge-pole. 

Mai'tin Brett, then a 3'oung man, was the poet of the occasion, he 
answering to the question proposed by Giles Shurtleff, they standing 
on tlie frame. "-What shall we call it?" 

ify friends, here is a noble frame, 
Anil what say you shall be the name ? 
If you and I alike can see, 
It shall be called the Unity. 

Xow frientls and bretlu-eu will this doV 
Will su<'li a ntnne as this suit jour 
And if it will, then let us see 
AVt' live in peace and Unity. 

And may our children worshii) here 
AVhen we from time shall disappear. 
Unless like us they van agree 
To build in peace and I'nity. 

To our surprise we have ascertained that no liquor was used at 
the ''raising." The church was completed in 1.S18, at a cost of 
$2000, and May 20, 1819, it was dedicated. 

Tlie exercises on that occasion we find clu-onicled in tlie diary of 
Dea. Calel) Prentiss. First prayer ly Kev. Mr. Hilliard. Sermon, 
by Mr. Crec}', text, "Except the Lord build the house, we labor in 
vain that Ijuild it." The dedicatorv prayer by Mr. Merrill, and an 
address to the church and society hy ]Mr. Hilliard. A dedicatory 
poem was sung as an introduction to the exercise, and after the last 
prayer, a hynni written for the occasion l)y Al)ijali Hall. At the 
dedication, the trel)le singers Avcre Api)hia and Pauline Robinson, 
Charlotte Hall, Levina and Polly Caldwell and Ruth Durell. Rachel 
Shurtleff sang counter. Haven Hall, Frederic N. Hall. ^lartin Brett, 
Dr. .Jacol) Tewksbiny and Zadoc Gates, bass. Giles Shurtletf and 
Luther Brett sang tenor. 

It was a plain, suljstautinl structure, two rows of small windows, 
24 lights, no steeple, no chimney, lathed and plastered inside. The 
pulpit was of box-like construction, perched away up on the wall as 
was the custom, with a flight of stairs on one side, and directh' 
underneath were the conununion talkie and deacons' seat. Here the 
deacons sat on the morning of communion Sabbaths, facing the 
entire congregation. The pews were high and straight l)acked, built 
like oblong boxes. The pew doors were fastened with wooden Imt- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 297 

tons. When once in, you were a prisoner for the time being. The 
foot stoves were filled at the house of Abraham Bolster, near b}', 
being now the homestead of Capt. G. C. Pratt. It was not long, 
however, after the house was built before a stove was put in, which 
we may judge produced sufficient warmth to take the chill ort\ The 
records show that a chimney was built in Oct. 18:^1, the job being 
struck off to Luther Brett for 87.70. Rev. Joseph Walker was the 
first settled pastor of this church. He was installed Dec. 19, 1821, 
at a salary of S-400. 

The house at one time narrowh' escaped being destroyed bv fire. 
Mr. Williams of Poland, who had exchanged with ]Mr. Walker, con- 
ducted the exercises of the evening. In snuffing the candle, the 
snutf was thrown down, and unnoticed fell into a l)ox of sawdust. 
One of the singers, after his return home, remembered that he had 
noticed a smokev smell on leaving the house. He returned and 
found the sawdust nearly consumed, and doubtless this saved the 
building. 

One of the most constant attendants upon INIr. Walker's ministry, 
Avas a man living in the eastern section of the town, who, from his 
habit of going to church very regularly, was known as ''go-to-meet- 
ing Merrill" or ••seven-mile Merrill." He used to ride to meeting 
seven miles every Sabbath, and was so prompt, that people going to 
meeting on Paris Hill, judged whetlicr they were late or early by the 
place in the road where they met William ^lerrill. It is still within 
the recollection of some now living, a novel spectacle that was 
often seen at church. ]Mr. Ezekiel Merrill and Mrs. Moore were both 
liard of liearing, Ijut rather than lose the preaching, they took their 
phices in the pulpit, each with a tin ear trumpet, and so they stood 
during the long sermons, each with a trumpet pointed toward the, 
minister. 

On, Saturday, June 20, 1835, it was voted that the "house be 
removed," and ''that a committee of five be chosen t,o procure a 
situation, take subscriptions, and ascertain the cost and report at 
the next meeting," the committee being Thomas Hill, -Maj. Cyprian 
Hall, Elisha Morse, David Clifford and Martin Brett. It was also 
'•voted, if the house be removed, it be put up in its present form, and 
also that a belfry be put on so that a bell mav be put in if wanted." 
The lot since known as the Acadeni}^ lot was selected, it then being 
owned by Maj. Dennett. The price, however, was deemed too exor- 
Vutant, and the society accepted the donation of a lot from Abijah 



"298 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Hall, it being his garden, and now the site of the present church. 
B}' the location of the house so near the homestead of the Major, it 
was judged that the society were entirely willing that he should sit 
under the "droppings of the sanctuary-, " although uuwilliug to aid 
them as they desired in their church enterprise. IVIr. Geo. King, 
who built the house, took it down, and rebuilt iu the tall of 1835. 
The form was retained with the exception that a belfry was built 
upon it. The cost of removal was aliout $900. Capt. Seth Morse 
donated the bell. A new bell was purchased in 1845, the old one 
having become unfit for use. The house remained unchanged until 
the fall of 1851, when the pulpit and galleries were lowered from 
their original i)ositions. the windows enlarged, the pews taken up 
and made modern in shape and replaced. The work was done under 
the supervision of Mv. Charles Porter. 

The organ was purchased in 1855, at a cost of $450. The build- 
ing was materially altered and improved in 1859, l)eing provided 
with a vestry and an extension, furnishing twenty-four new pews to 
the audience room. The stoves were taken out and their place sup- 
plied with a furnace, the gift of Messrs. Chase of Portland. The 
repairs were made by Messrs. Augustus and Erastus King, cost- 
ing about $800. In Aug. 1877, a new bell was purchased, and in 
the summer of 1878, extensive repairs were commenced, and com- 
pleted the following year, at a cost of over $2000. rendering the 
house convenient and attractive, alike creditable to the village and 
society. This was during the pastorate of Rev. C. D. Crane, whose 
active ellbrts had much to do in pushing it to completion. To his 
Historical Sketch, given at the closing exercises in the old meeting- 
house, Sabliath evening, July 14, 1878, we are indebted for portions 
of this article. The first service in the new house was held Aug. 
17. 1879. 

The following have been the pastors and acting pastors of the 
church : 

Rev. Joseph Walker; settled pastor Dec. 31, 1821, to his death, 
Apr. 8, 1851. Salary, $400. 
— Rev. Horatio Merrill ; stated supply for a few months in 1851. 

Rev. Francis Dyer; settled pastor from his ordination, Dec. 31, 
1852, to Oct. 3, 1854. Salary, $500. 

Rev. Daniel Sewall ; settled pastor from installation, Jan. 4, 1855 
to Aug. 31, 1858. Salary, $500 and wood. 

Rev. Alanson Southworth ; settled pastor, Jan. 13, 1859, till his 




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HISTORY OF PARIS. 299 

death, on the 2oth of March, 18G4. Suhirv, 8(30(3 and four Sabbaths 
vacation. 

Rev. Francis Sonthworth : part of the year 18(55. Stated su[)|)ly. 

Rev. Jacob Chapman; stated supply, one year, from Sept. 1, 
18G5. 

Rev. Francis B. Kuowlton ; acting pastor, Sept. 1, 186G, one 
3'ear to Sept. 1, 1867. Sahiry, SToO. 

Rev. J. B. AVlieelwright ; nearly ten years. Settled pastor from 
installation, Dec. 4, 18(38, tillJune 11, 1S77. Salary, $800. 

Rev. C. D. Crane ; acting pastor from Sept. o, 1877, till Januaiy, 
1880. Salary, $1,000. 

Rev. E. E. Bacon ; acting pastor for the \ear 1880. 

Rev. E. C. Ingalls ; acting pastor for the year 1881 and 1882. 
Installed Aug. 1883, and is the present pastor. He was born in 
Olenville, N. Y., June 19, 1849, titled for college at Andover Acad- 
emy, graduated at Harvartl College in 1873, and at Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary in 187G ; was ordained in 1877. lie married, Feb. 
13, 1884, Ella J., daughter of Josiah and Huldah (Estes) Cloud- 
man of Saccarappa. 

Joseph Walker. 

Rev. Joseph Walker, the first pastor of the Congregationalist 
church, at South Paris, was born in Townsend, Mass.. February 1".>. 
1792. His father was also Joseph afld his mother Ruth Jenkins. 
He received but little assistance in obtaining an education, like many 
New England 3'outh, M'orking his own way along and teaching school 
to replenish his oft depleted purse. He graduated trom Bowdoin 
College in 1818. He had previoush' studied medicine and fulh' 
intended to practice it, but changed his purpose, which led him to 
.seek a college education. He studied theolog}" with Rev. Mr. Coggs- 
well of Saco, and Dr. Payson of Portland, and made his first settle- 
ment in Paris, where he remained nearly thirt}' years, and until his 
death, which occurred in 1851. Prof. Packard of Bowdoin College, 
thus writes of Mr. Walker as a student: ''He was a good student 
and held a good reputation for diligence and for a sound and dis- 
criminating mind. He was greatl}' respected both as a student and 
man. During the most active part of Mr. AValker's ministiy, strong 
and heated religious controversies were going on among the clergy. 
The Unitarians as such, had just acquired "a local habitation and a 
name," and the Universalists were marshalling their forces under 
the able leadership of such ministers as Ballou, Whittemore, Deane, 



oOO HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Cobb and others. The difference of opinion concerning the proper 
mode of baptism, was another much-discnssed topic. Mr. Walker 
entered into the discussion with much spirit, and besides his jiulpit 
labors, he wrote and printed two important pamphlets, bearing upon 
the questions at issue. His sermons were ably and logically writ- 
ten, his ideas being expressed in chaste and often in elegant diction, 
but his manner and delivery were not attractive. Dr. Estes, in his 
Centennial paper, thus speaks of him: "He had been educated in 
the schools ; was studious in his habits ; careful and elaborate in his 
preparation for the pulpit : exhaustive in his treatment of his themes ; 
protracted in his pulpit services ; sound and instructive in the mat- 
ter of his discourses ; impressive in his bearing in the pulpit and 
ever^'whei'e ; always a clergyman ; always a faithful shepherd of his 
Hock, keeping it well together : a strict and thorough disciplinarian ; 
ever on the alert that no root of l)itterness should spring up within 
his chui'ch ; and no foe assail it from without. If Elder Hooper 
kept the denominational watchlires l)urniug on the hill, Mr. "Walker 
did not allow them to go out in the valley ; and their not unfrequent 
theological wai'fare was carried on l)y l)oth those leaders from one 
and the same sentiment of loyalty to a common Lord." Mr. AVal- 
ker was married in 1S22, to Clarissa, daughter of Stephen and Jemi- 
niali I\ol>inson, who died in 1-S2S. and in 1829 to Elinor Hopkins. 
By the last wife he had five s?ons and one daughter. .Joseph, his 
oldest son, entered Bowdoin College in 1850. 

TiiK ^Methodists. 
Under the direction of Rev. John Adams, a ^lethodist class was 
formed at South Paris in 181."). The class consisted of -Tohn Wol- 
cott, class leader, and wife, Solomon Cloudman, wlio had Ijeen 
licensed as a preacher, and Betsey Morse Cloudman. his wife, Mrs 
Jordan and her daughter Lucretia, and Philii) Caldwell and wife. 
Mr. Adams was then in charge of the Poland circuit, of which Paris 
was a part. He was the first Methodist minister who labored in this 
vicinity. The interest in this form of religious faitli which was first 
awakened at that time, was cherished and strengthened in subsequent 
years under the preaching of AVishworth Ayer, Isaac Moore, Abel 
Alton, who commenced to preach in 1828 at Waterford, David Cope- 
land, who commenced his ministerial labors at Danville in 1824, 
Isaac Downing, who was at Bethel in 1.S29, Moses Davis, who was 
at Waterford in 1829, and here in 1830 and 1831, Henry Butler, 



HISTOKV OF PARIS. 



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who was liere in 1832 ; Dudley Greeley, who oominenced to preach 
ill Vienna in 1882, and was located here in 1835 ; Benj. Bryant, who 
})reached first in Unity in 182G, and was afterward two years here, 
and James "Warren, who joined the New Enoland conference in 




.Mkthodist <'huhch, Soi tii Pakis. 
1827. and came to South Paris in 183G. The Methodist cliapel at 
South Paris was erected in 183G and 1837, while Rev. W. F. Farring- 
ton was in charge. Mr. Farringtun commenced [)reaching in Dur- 



302 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

liam in 1829, and went from Maine to Rhode Island in IST)!. Since 
that time, the preachers in charge have been as follows : 

Rev. Levi S. Stockman, 3 ^-ears, 1838-40. 

Rev. Wni. Brown, 2 years, 1841-2. 

Rev. Benjamin Foster, 1 year, 1843. 

Rev. James Tliwing, 1 year, 1844. 

Rev. Daniel Waterhonse, 2 years, 18 J.')-0. 

Rev. Rufus H. Stinchfield, 2 years, 1847-8. 

Rev. Joseph Colby, 2 3-ears, 1849-50. 

Rev. Chas. Andrews, 1 year, 1851. 

Rev. Joseph Hawkes, 2 ^-ears, 1852-3. 

Rev. F. A. Crafts, 2 years, 1854-5, ■ 

Rev. Alvah Hatch, 2 years, 1850-7. 

Rev. Alpheus B. Lovewell, 1 year, 1858. 

Rev. Rufus H. Stinchfield, 2 years, 1859-()0. • 

Rev. Paschal E. Brown, 1 year, 1801. 

Rev. Tarker Jacquith, 1 year, 1.S02. 

Rev. A. F. Barnard, 2 years, 1803-4. 

Rev. Willard B:irtlett, 3 years, 1805-7. 

Rev. John C. Perry, 1 year, 1868. 

Rev. G. F. Cobb, 2 years, 1809-70. 

Rev. Alvah Hatch, 2 years, 1871-2. 

Rev. Ira G. Sj)rague, 1 year, 1874. 

Rev. J. B. Lapham, 2 years, 1875-0. 

Pev. F. C. Rogers, 3 3ears, 1877-9. 

Rev. E. W. Simons, 1880-2. 

Rev. Geo. L. Burbank, 1883. 

Rev. Hobart Foss, 1884. 

Mr. Stockiuun first preachetl in Kittery in 1830, and died June 25, 
1844 ; Mr. Brown commenced preaching in Kennebnnkport in 1834 ; 
INIr. Foster is a native of Newry, in this State, was superannuated 
several years ago and resides in Bethel : James Thwing tirst preached 
at Bristol in 1828, and died at East Vassalboro', Juh* 8, 1848 ; 
Daniel AVaterhouse preached at Alfred in 1840, and was stationed 
at Xortli Conway in 1880 ; R. H. Stinchlield was at Norwa>- in 1838, 
and was transferred to the Wisconsin conference in 1804 ; Joseph 
Colby at Bartlett, N. H., in 1844, and at Hollis in 1880; Charles 
Andrews was at Argyle in 1838, and at Falmouth in 1880 ; Joseph 
Hawkes was at South Paris in 1840, and again in 1852-3, and at 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 303 

Strong iu 1880; F. A. Crafts was at Bliiehill in 1841, anil joined 
the Providence, R. I. conference in 1862 ; Alvah Hatch coniniencod 
at Cahiis in 1830, was twice here, and had his hist charge at New- 
fiekl in 1878 ; A, B. Lovewell was at Danville in 1849, now resides 
in Otistield ; Paschal Brown preached at Penobscot in 1818, and 
joined the East Maine Conference in 1848 ; Parker Ja(]nith was at 
Dixiield in 1837, was presiding Eldei at Keadfield in 187o-G, and in 
the Portland District in 1879-80. A. F. Barnard preached at 
Cooper in 1832, and died March 27, 18G7; W. B. Bartlett was at 
Fairfield in 1859, and at Cornish in 1880 ; John C. Periy commenced 
preaching at Norway in 1837, and died INIarch 20, 1880: G. F. 
Cobl) was at Bridgton in 18(10, and at South Berwick in 1880; 
Alvah Hatch commenced at Cahiis in 183(!, and was at Newfield in 
1878 ; Ira G. Sprague, a printer by trade, preached at Andover in 
1870, and was in charge at North Auburn in 1880 ; J. P>. La}iham, 
a native of Burrillville, K. I., was at Keiniebunkport in 18G1, at 
Elliot in 1880, and since then at Keadfield ; F. C. Kogers, formerly 
a printer in Augusta, at South Paris iu 1877, next in Brunswick, and 
since then in Lewiston ; E. W. Simons at Phillips in 1879, and at 
South Paris in 1880. In 1848, the church edifice at South Paris 
was burned, and another was built in its place, costing $2000, which 
was repaired in 18()0 and enlarged, and a vestry Ituilt under it in 
1877. 

During 1857, the parsonage was built, the meeting-house lot being 
extended by purchase of land of John B. Stowell, and deeded to 
the societv by Wm. Deering. Two hundred and seventy dollars 
willed to the society by FDleazer Bryant, were used in the construc- 
tion of the parsonage, and the balance raised by sale of shares. 
These shares were subsequently bought up by a friend of the society, 
who also added five hundred dollars to. the invested funds, so that the 
society is now out of debt, and has a fund of one thousand dollars. 

The interest in INIethodism at North Paris, began about the same 
time. Sometimes with South Paris, it formed one circuit, and at 
others not, but some forty years ago, they separated. Their meet- 
ing-house was built in connection with the Baptists in 1833, and 
was repaired in 18(19. Since 1874 their preachers have been the same 
as at West l*aris, and have divided their time between the two 
places. Randall ^litchell was here and in Woodstock in 1839, and 
afterwards joined the East Maine Conference ; Richard H. Ford was 
at Columl)ia in 183G, at North Paris in 1842, and located in 1877;. 



304 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jonathan Fairbanks, a native of Winthrop, was at North Paris in 
1843, and died May 16, 1877 ; Tliomas Hillman was at Bartlett, N. 
H., iu 1849, and at North Paris in 1852 ; Levi P^ldridge was here in 
1857, and at Norwaj- in 1861 ; Joseph Mooar was here in 1858, and 
at South Auburn in 1878 ; George Briggs was here in 1861, subse- 
quently settled near West Paris, and died there ; Alpheus Turner, a 
native of New Brunswick, formed}' a sailor, was at West Newfleld 
in 1849, and on Chebeague Island in Casco Bay, in 1880. At other 
times the North Paris churcli has been supplied b}' ministers residing 
elsewhere. 

The class at AVest Paris was formed in 1866, by Rev. W. C. 
Stevens and three members. They now have a neat house of wor- 
ship, built ill 1878, and a class respectable in numbers. Their min- 
isters preach also at North Paris, and since 1873 have been as 
follows : 

Rev. S. C. Brown. 1 year, 1874. 

Rev. J. Hillman, 2 3-ears, 1874-5. 

Rev. Benjamin F. Pease, 1 year, 1877. 

Rev. M. C. Pendexter, 1 year, 1878. 

Rev. Elbridge Gerry, Jr., 1 Aear, 1879. 

Rev. S. C. Brown was at Newrv in 1869-70, and at Rumford in 
1880 : of Rev. J. Hillman I knew nothing 1)efore or after liis settle- 
ment here ; B. F. Pease was of Standish in 1874, and at Naples in 
1880 : M. C. Pendexter was at Naples in 1877, and at Richmond in 
1880 ; Ell)ridge Gerry, Jr.. was at Mercer in 1869, and liere in 1x79 
and 1880 ; he was followed by Rev. G. B. Ilannaford, a native of 
AVinthrop, whose parents were originalh' of New Gloucester. 

Calkb Fuller. 

Rev. Caleb Fuller, son of our early settler of the same name, was 
born in Paris. November 12. 1805. He early developed a love for 
knowledge, and though means of obtaining it iu those days were very 
limited he persevered and became a teacher of the public .schools 
when only eighteen years of age. As a teacher, he met with marked 
success. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1826 
and commenced to preach the following year. In 1828. he became 
a member of the Maine Methodist Conference, and during his more 
than 50 years of service, he has had settlements in the leading socie- 
ties of his denomination in the State, among them, at Bath, Augusta, 
Hallowell, Farmiugton, Belfast, Rockland, Gardiner and Portland. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 305 

He has frequeuth' served on School Boards, and in many ways has 
evinced a deep interest in the edncation of youth. He was a Chap- 
hiin of the House of Representatives in 1843, and a member in 1848, 
when besides other committees, he served on the Committee on FAu- 
cation. ]Mr. Fuller has been twice married and has one surviving 
daughter by each marriage. His first wife was Luda Monroe of 
Livermore, and the second, Elizabeth B. Swift of Wayne. The 
daughter of the first marriage married p]. K. Boyle, a law3-er of 
Belfast, and the one l)y his second, to Albert H. Davi.^ a merchant 
of Bridgeport, Conn. Two children died while young. Though 
strongly attached to the denomination to which he belongs, he has 
always shown a liberal spirit towards others, and manifested a fra- 
ternal regard for all Christian people. As to his abilities as a 
preacher and Christian worker, the places to which liis superiors 
have assigned him, sufhciently indicate. He has l)een a prominent 
member of the Masonic fraternity and frequently elected to the 
Chaplaincy of the Grand Lodge of Maine. He has now retired 
from- active service and resides a,t his own house in Augusta. 

Free Baptists. 

A Free Baptist church was organized at West Paris, July 7, 1829. 
The first members had belonged to a church in Sumner. Rev. Wil- 
liam C. Witham was its first pastor and reall}' the founder of the 
church. He was a native of Gloucester, Mass., and an account of 
him is contained in Famil\' Sketches. He was ordained the day fol- 
lowing the forming of the church, and continued its pastor until 
1839. The church was then without a pastor for many j'ears, until 
1851, when Rev. Rol)ert Hayes was settled, who remained nearly 
nine years and was succeeded by Rev. Alexander Hill. Mr. Hill 
was a native of the town and neighborhood, being the son of Alex- 
ander Hill, who lived on the south bank of the Little Androscoggin, 
about a mile from AYest Paris Village. Mr. Hill resigned Dec. 16, 
1870, and became a»tiniversalist. He was succeeded b}- Rev. Geo. 
W. Gould, who resigned Dec. 30, 1878. A neat little church edifice 
was built b}' the societ}* in 1866, and dedicated February' 6, 1867. 
The church was ever small in point of numbers, but included in its 
memljership many of our best citizens in the north part of the 
town. 

•20 



30G HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

TKMl'KRANCK KK1'< )KM. 

DrhikiiKj Habits of the Earl;/ iSotflers. — Itifo.rlonUs liegardod as 
Necessary in the Fainihj Supphj. — Early Refoniiatoni Movements. 
— The First Temperance /Societies in Town. — The Washingtonians. 
— The Sons of Temperance^ Good Templars and the Reform 
CInljs. 

Tlie free use of intoxicating; drinks by the early settlers of this 
town, has frequently been referred to in tliis volume. Tt has not 
been spoken of to their disparagement, nor to convey the idea that 
they ditfered in their habits in this respect, from the inhabitants of 
•other towns, fur they did not. Tlie free use of intoxicants was one 
of the great vices of the period, and general throughout the country ; 
and people of all classes had come to regai'd them as essential to 
liealth. The universal demand for spirits created a supply' , and for 
years after the first settlers came to Paris, they constituted a pnrt of 
the stock in trade in every general store. The}' were dispensed both 
liy the glass, to be drank on the premises, and by the quart or 
gallon to l)e carried awa}. As a family supply, the}' were considered 
as essential as tea, sugar or molasses, and on m11 the old account 
books of that i)eriod, charges of rum, gin, l)rauily, wine antl toddy 
are sandwiched in with other family supplies, and make up half, and 
in some cases more than half of the entire account. Elder Hooper, 
though a A^ery good man and an able preacher, Avas in the hal)it of 
drinking intoxicating liquors both in })ublic and in i)rivate, and his 
example could not have been otherwise than injurious to a people 
who followed the guidance of the minister, not onl} in si)iritual, but 
in temporal alfairs, with much more faith and confidence than is the 
habit in our day. Elder ll()()i)i'r did not drink U) intoxication, and 
there were j)r()bably comparatively few in town who did, but in a 
connnimity where nun was I'reely sold and drank In' all classes, the 
crime of intoxication could not be regarded as a very grave one, and 
a reprimand from a minister who walked up side b}- side and took 
his drinks with the one against whom it was directed, could not have 
had great weight, even if administered. Capt. Isaac Bolster, who 
came here from IIel)ron in the sining of 1784, is said to have been 
the lirst trader in town and so the lirst liquor seller. The testimony 
concerning this man, is that he was energetic and enterprising in 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 307 

business, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, both public 
and private, a religious man, and one that enjoyed the fullest confi- 
dence of his fello\v citizens. But ho was deluded as were the peo- 
ple of his da}' and generation generallv, in the belief that intoxicants 
were essential to health, and he probably thought it no more harm 
to sell rum than molasses. His minister who was also the minister 
of the town, patronized him, ;ind ccitaiuly he should not hesitate to 
follow where the good Elder Hooper took the lead! TIuti' is no 
doubt that if these two men had lived in our da}', with all the light 
that has been shed abroad upon this subject, they Avould have been 
temperance men in principle and in practice, and would with us look 
with amazement upon the delusions and practices of a hundred years 
ago. In vindication of the truth of what has been stated, several 
pages from Capt. Bolster's account book are introduced here, a trans- 
cript of his account with his minister, and a few others : 

1798. ,1. H. Dll. 



Oft. k;. 


2 (jIaL X. E. Ifum, 


Nov. 14, 


1-2 Gal. X. E. If mil. 




1 qt. Wine, 


Doc. 10, 


1-2 bushel ^alt, 




1 1-2 iiiiits W. 1. IJuiii. 


irijs. 


A. 


Apr. 1!>, 


1 (ial. \. Ihiiii. 




1-2 (ial. (iiii. 


Apr. 28, 


1 (ial. X. Kuiii, 


May .3, 


1 1-S (;aL Brandy. 




1 (ial. (iiii, 




1-2 Gal. W. lUnu, 




2 (its. Brandy, 




2 ([t<. \. IJuiii. 


June 3, 


2 ([{>. Brandy, 




2 qts. \V. Ifiuii, 


July l.'>, 


14 i)()unds Bice, at .'? 1-2. 




2 qts. X. E. Bum, 




G pounds Fish, 5, 




2 (jts. Brandy, 


Aug. 4, 


2 qts X. Rum, 


Sept. 2."), 


1 (ial. X. Rum, 


Nov, 20, 


1 qt. W. Rum, 




1 Box Wafers. 


1800. 


S. 3 


Feb. 8, 


2 qts. W. Rum, 



M. 

3 plats Brandy, 



£ 


.*>'. 




(/. 





i;j 




4 




3 




4 




2 




3 




5 









>2 


Dll 


1 









4 




4" 









' G 




8 




13 




6 




8 









G 









G 









3 




4 




G 









5 




G 




4 




1 




3 




4 




2 




6 




G 









3 




4 




6 




8 




2 


DR, 


10 
5 




5 









4 




6 



308 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



1800. 



May 2, 

June 21 , 

1801. 
June 22, 

Au.y;. 10, 



Oct. 10, 



8. M. 



DR. 



1 i)()vind Tea, 
1 Gal. W. Rum, 
1-2 pound Tea, 
2(;al. X. Rum, 

1 Seythe, 

2 1-2 Gal. X. Rum, 
G (its. X. Rum, 

1 Gal. Molasses, 

1 ])Oun(l Tea, 

2 Gal. W. Rum, 
2 (Jal. X. Rum, 



ISOO. 




Apr. 10, 


1 Axe, 


1!), 


1 ^'Gallen" AV. Rum, 


:SIay 1.-), 


1 Gal. W. Rum, 


20, 


1 Gal. W. Rum, 


June 14, 


1 Gal. AV. Rum, 


July !», 


1 Gal. AA'. Rum, 


Sept. 4, 


1 Gal. Brandy, 




2 pounds "Shixger," 


Get. 21, 


(|ts. Brandy, 




2 qts. ]Molasses, 




2 pounds "Shuger,"' 


Xov. 7, 


1 Axe, 




1 pound Tea, 


28, 


1 Gal. Brandy, 




1 Gal. Molas.ses, 




1 quarter Alspiee, 


1801. 




July 11, 


2 qts. X. Rum, 



J. B. 



L. r 



18, 
21, 



28. 



Aug. 8, 

10, 
:51, 



1 qt. AV. Rum, 
1-2 pound Tea, 
1 glass "Tod." 

1 Gal. X. Rum, 
1-2 mug Tod. 

7 gills AV. Rum, 

2 (^ts. X. Rum, 
1-2 nuig tod. 

2 qts. X. Rum, 
1-2 mug tod. 

1 Gal. X. Rum, 

2 (its. AV. Rum, 
1-2 nuig tod. 

1 Gal. X. Rum, 



•S. 


a. 


4 


6 


9 


3 


2 


3 


12 


a 


7 


6 


15 





9 


6 


4 


8 


.T 





1 





12 


4 


DR, 




10 





9 


6 


9 


6 


9 


6 


9 


6 


10 





10 


6 


2 


5 


15 


9 


2 


6 


2 


5 


10 




3 


6 


10 


6 


5 





DR. 



3 


2 


2 


8 


1 


G 




4 


6 


6 




8 


2 


5 


3 


3 




7 


3 


3 




8 


6 


6 


5 


3 



HISTOUY OF TAKIS. 

1801. L. 1'. 





1-4 Tea, 




1-2 imig- t()(L, 


Oft. 10, 


1 Gal. X. Hum, 




1 Gal. W. IJuni. 




Molasses, 




1-2 mug Tod., 


2;{, 


3 Gal. W. Kuni, 




1 (it. ^y. IJuni, 


Nov. 10, 


;! qts. W. Kuin, 




3 glasses Toil., 





301) 




I)K. 

.7 


s. 


(1 , 

1] 




s 


6 


2 


10 


6 


1 


4 




8 


10 


(') 


2 


9 


7 


11 


1 






These five accounts are taken promiscuously from Mr. Bolster's 
Da}- Book, and a luuHlrcd others of similar character might be 
taken, but these are sufficient for the present purpose of illustrat- 
ing the habits of our grandfathers, in respect to the use of intoxi- 
cating drinks. Compare this with the accounts at our grocery stores 
at the present time, and a correct idea can be formed of the progress 
which the temperance cause has made in fifty years, since the first 
State temperance organization was formed in Maine. 

But Capt. Bolster was not the only one who dispensed the liquid 
poison to our early towns-people. Dea. Caleb Prentiss opened a 
store at South Paris, near the beginning of the century, and a page 
from his account book is given as farther illustrating this sulyect. 

1800. DK. 

Dee. 2!), Abraham Bolster, $3 00 

Ezra Brett, to 1 Gal. Muegar. 43 

.Tolin Xason, to Brandy, 06 

Barnabas Briggs, to 2 doz. Biscuits, _ 39 

James Perry, to 2 drinks. 20 

Jonathan Shurtleff, to drink. 10 

John Daniels, to drink. 10 

Daniel Stowell, toi-2 busli. Salt, 30 

Isaac Cummings, to 1-4 Saltpetre, 20 

Asa Sturtevant, to 1 lb. Brimstone, 19 

Dr. Stevens, to drink. ' 09 

I.emuel Perham, to drink, 10 

Edmund Dean, to di-ink, 10 

Abijah Wai-ren, to drink, 0.") 
Daniel Stowell to paid John Tuell, 2 14 

Dec. 30, Jacob Twitchell, to 2 Biscuit. 04 

Levi Jackson, to drink, 10 

" to 1-4 lb. Brimstone, 04 

Dr. Stevens, to 1 lb. Brimstone, IP 



310 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

1800. DK. 

Dr. Stevens, to 1 11). Haltpetve, 21 

to 1 qt. Molasses, 19 

to 2 qts. Brandy, 44 

to drink. 09 

.TaniPS LeBaron, to drink, 10 

Al)rahani Bolster, to Biinistone, 06 

to mug Flip, 11 

Ellslia Cumniings, to drink, 09 

Ezra Pratt, to Brandy. ' 26 

to 1 Gal. Vinegar, 43 

Andrew Peterson, to 2 Biscuit, 04 

Robert AVigiitnian, to 2 oz. Saltpetre, 13 

to drink, 12 

Lenuiel Jackson, to drink. 10 

The condition of things here described continued without material 
change for many years. The Massachusetts Society for the sup- 
pression of intemperance was organized in 1812, but its influence 
never extended to the interior of Maine. The American Temper- 
ance Society was organized in 182G, and this was the result of man\' 
years' agitation of the subject ; how man}-, it is impossible to sa^'. 
The proceedings of the second meeting held in Boston, 'January 28, 
1829, were printed. At this time, there were two hundred and 
twenty-two temperance societies, of which five, exclusive of Massa- 
chusetts, were State societies. Thirteen of tliese societies were in 
Maine, though Maine then had no State organization. Two of the 
Maine societies, viz. : East jMachias and Prospect, made reports. 
The former reported ninety members, and onl}' two grog shops in 
the place, and after the following September, there was to be no 
retailer in town. The society at Prospect, organized in April, 1.S27, 
with five members, now had one hundred and one, of whom forty- 
six were females. One retailer had struck ardent spirits from his 
list of merchandise, and in one ship y?ird, it was no longer used. 
The following members of the American Society were reported as 
belonging in Elaine : Bath, Rev. John W. EUingwood ; Portland, 
Rev. Charles Jenkins, Rev. Beunet Tyler, D. D., Hon. Albion K. 
Parris and Hon. Wm. P. Preble : Saco, Ether Shepley, Esq. The 
East Machias Society' organized in January, 1827, ma}' have been 
the first temperance society in the State. The other societies in 
Maine Avere in Brunswick, Gorham, Portland, Gardiner, Buckfield, 
New Sharon, Saco, Livermore, Norway, Windsor and Brewer 
Village. The Livermore Societ}', then in Oxford County, was organ- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 311 

ized July 4, 1828, with Rev. Geo. Bates as Secretary. The first 
temperance pledge drawn up in Paris, was by Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, 
some years before there was any organized movement in town. It 
was very mild, only pledging the signers to abstain from the use of the 
stronger liquors as a l)everage, yet only a few signed it. It was pre- 
sented to Elder Hooper who most emphatically refused his signature, 
remarking that he gave his little boys some rum and molasses that 
morning, and said he, "how their eyes sparkled after they had 
drank it." (These were adopted children.) 

The first annual meeting of the j\Iaine Temperance Society was ) ^^ 
holdeu at Augusta. January 23d, 1833. rTluTprinted proceedings do 
not show that Oxford County was represented by delegates. Gov- 
ernor Samuel E. Smith was elected President, Hon. Samuel Pond of 
Bucksport, Secretary ; Elisha Robinson, Augusta, Treasurer, and 
Charles Williams of Augusta, Auditor. Judge Ether Shepley pre- 
sided. Oxford County Society Avas reported as having been organ- 
ized July 1, 1829, with Hoil. Luther Cary of Turner, President, 
and Samuel E. Brown, Esq., of Buckfield, as Secretary. Buckfield 
reported: "opposition great to temperance reform, by political 
demagogues, followed by their supporters half drunk." Eryelnirg 
reported: "much op[)Osition from temperate drinkers, drunkards 
and sellers of rum." Hebron reported: "opposition by several 
classes and various characters." Andover, "opposition by the 
intemperate." Sweden, "opposition is composed of men of every 
class — two men, however, who are rival candidates for oftice, have 
more influence than all others." Sumner, "opposition l)y intem- 
perate and moderate drinker, and by some who are professors of 
religion." Thirteen societies are reported in Oxford county, but 
many towns, including Paris, make no report. The Buckfield 
society is reported defunct. Pi^vFous to the organization of the 
Maine State Society, the "Union Temperance Society of Oxford 
count}-," was organized, presumably at Paris, and originated among 
the members of the Oxford bar. The following is the constitution 
adopted, and the names of the first signers : 

"The undersigned being desirous of exerting their influence in the 
\'ause of temperance, and recognizing and adopting the principle of 
total aljstinence from the use of ardent spirits, hereby form our- 
selves into an association, to be called the Union Temperance Society 
of the couut3- of Oxford. 



312 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

Art. 1. Tlie otliceis of this Societ}' shall be a President, ^'ice 
Pi-esident and Secretaiy, to be chosen annuall}', bv the meraljers at 
the June term of the Court of Common Pleas. 

Art. 2. There shall be a meeting of this association on some day 
during each term of the Court of Common Pleas, at the Court House, 
of which meeting it shall be the duty of the Secretary to give sea- 
sonaljle notice — and it shall be the dut\' of the President to request 
some gentleman to deliver an address at each meeting. 

Art. 3. Every person signing this constitution shall become a 
member of this societ}' thereby engaging to adopt a total abstinence 
in reference to the use of "ardent spirits as a drink." 

Levi Whitman, Stephen Emery, Robert Goodenow, Wm. Goode- 
now, R. K. Goodenow, Isaiah P. Moody, Timothy J. Carte)-, Daniel 
Goodenow, Reuel Washburn, Heniy Farewell, James Walker, Sam- 
uel F. Brown, Timothy Carter, Peter C. Virgin, Levi Stowell, 
Joshua Randall, Virgil D. Parris, Solotuoii. Hall,^ Thomas Clark, 
James Starr, John Woodbury, Augustine Haynes, John Jameson, 
Chas. Whitman, Albert G. Thornton, Hannibal Hamlin, C3'rus 
Thompson, S. Strickland, Eben Poor, Wm. AVarren, Ira Bartlett, 
James V. Poor, Thomas Gammon, Elisha Morse, Geo. Turner, 
David Clerry, Ephraim' Bass, Erastus P. Poor, Stephen Chase, Eben- 
ezer Jewett, Abraham Andrews, Jr., Daniel Chaplin, John S. Bar- 
rows, Josiah Blake, Simeon Walton. 

At a meeting of the Society-, January 22, 1833, it was voted that 
a committee of one or more gentlemen in every town in the county 
be appointed to take a copy of this constitution and procure sub- 
scribers, and the following gentlemen were appointed for the service, 
viz: Fiyeburg, Benjamin Wyman, P^benezer Fessenden, Jr., Henry 
C. Buswell ; Browntield, James Steele, Samuel Stickney, George 
Bean; Hiram, Peleg Wadsworth, Alpheus Spring; Denmark, Sam- 
uel Gibson, Amos Poor ; Lovell, Abraham Andrews ; Sweden, Chas. 
Nevers, Nathan Bradl)ury ; Fryeburg Addition, Samuel Farrington ; 
Waterford, Charles AVhitman. Daniel Brown, Esq., Dr. Leander 
Gage ; Albany-, Aaron Cummings ; Livermore, Reuel AVashburn ; 
Ja}', Jas. Starr ; Canton, John Ilearsey ; Hartford, Cyrus Thomp- 
son ; Sumner, Samuel Sewall ; Peru, Levi Ludden ; Dixfield, Heniy 
Farewell ; Mexico, Joseph Eustis ; Hartford, Elder Hutchinson, 
Joseph Tobin, Edward Blake ; Buckfield, Seth Stetson, Zadock 
Long, Lucius Loring ; Paris, Abijah Hall. Jr., Simeon Walton, 
Asaph Kittredge ; Helnon, Wm. BtTirows, Dr. Carr ; Oxford, J. S. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 



313 



Keith, S. II. King; Kiimford. Henry Martin; Andover, Sylv:xnii>4 
Poor, Jr. ; Bethel, Jedediah Bnrbank ; Newi y, Josiah lilaek : 
Woodstock, Elder Jacob AVhitnian. 

At the second annual meeting of the Maine Temi)erance Society, 
held at Augusta, Feb. 5, 1834, lion. Prentiss Mellen was made pres- 
ident, and the other officers of the previous year were re-elected. 
There were more reports made from Oxford county towns, than the 
year previous, showing an increase of interest in the cause. The 
officers of the Oxford county society were tlie same as before. 
Many new towns had formed associations, and Buckfield was the 
only town where the association had become defunct. The report 
from Buckfield showed much opposition to the cause, "One deacon 
both drinks and sells rum," says the report. 

The following table shows at a glance the extent of the organized 
temperance reform in Oxford county, in 1834. 





When 






No. of 


Tiinni. 


Organized. 


Pr(fg)ih'Ht. 


Si'crrturij. 


Menibtrs. 


Albany. 


18:^1, 


Asa Cumniiiigs, 


P. Haskell, 


01 


Andover, 




Eev. Wm. (iregg, 


E. Poor, Jr. 


88- 


Bethel, 


1829, 


Dr. T. Carter, 


E. Grovel-, 


140 


Browufield, 


1834, 


I. Spring, 


\Vm. Wentworth, 


110 


Carthage, 


1834, 


D. Storer, 


I). Stickney, 


0- 


Dixfield. 




J. Adams, 


Dr. A. F. Stanley 


. 04 


Denmark 


1833, 


Amos Poor. 


J. Smith. 


40 


Fryeburn", 


1833, 


E. Fesseiidcii, -Ir., 


Dr. R. Burrows. 


ll).-> 


Greenwood, 




Rev. E. Whittle, 


John Small, 


80 


Gilead, 




G. W. Chapman. 


Wm. Wight. 


07 


Hartford, 




X. Bicknell, 


J. Churchill 


137 


Hebron, 




S. Myriek, 


S. Perkins, 


138 


Jay. 


1833, 


Maj. M. Stone. 


Col. D. Mt'rrit. 


133 


JJvermore, 


1828, 


Peuel Wasbl)urn, 


J. Chase. 


132 


Young ]Meu*s, 




J. Lenvitt, 


S. Hearsey, 


202 


East Livermore, 


( '. Haines, 


F. F. Haines, 


12(i 


Lovell, 




Kev. Y. Little, 


A. Andrews, 


8.") 


Norway, 


1833, 


Uriah Holt, 


Benj. Tucker, Jr.. 


, 250 


No. Norway, 








.50 


Oxford, 


1833, 


Dr. J. Tewks1)ury, 


Giles Shurtleft", 


125 


So. Paris. 


1832, 


Setli Morse, 


Henry R. I'arsons 


, 110 


Sumner, 




Rev. S. Sewall, 


Zurv Robinson, 


120 


Sweden, 




E. Powers, 


Wni. H. Powers, 


71) 


Turner, 




J. Phillips, 


J. R. Shaw, 


170 


" 




Dr. P. Bradford, 


J. P. Harris, 


113 


Weld, 




J. Abbott, 


Rev. L. Perkins, 


148 


Waterford, 


1830, 


I>. Gage, 


Wm. W. Stone, 


300 



314 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

t 

The report from Paris to the State Soeiet\' was, that 4903 gallons 
of spirits were sold in 1833, against 7221 gallons sold in 1832. 
Expense of the poor, from $300 to $350, one-third cansed by 
intemperance. Three dram selling taverns reported, and five other 
retailers. Eight dealers in spirits had become intemperate. Fifty- 
four copies of the Temperance Advocate taken in town. Thirty^ 
families had been made poor and miserable on account of intem- 
perance. Six intemperate heads of families reported in Paris, 
who would by the expenditure of fifty dollars in sickness, be 
thrown upon the town. There was then a license law in Maine, but 
it was not enforced. In 1829, two indictments for violation of the 
license law, were found in Oxford county, but both were dropped on 
the payment of costs, before trial. In 1830 and 1831, no indict- 
ments were found. In 1832, the county attorne\' filed four indict- 
ments ; three of them were no\. pros, on payment of costs, and the 
other without costs, he having shown that he had a license. IVIem- 
bers of the State societ}' in Oxford county were : Buckfield^ Samuel 
F. Brown, Virgil D. Parris, Albert D. White ; Norway^ Jacob 
Bradbury, Wm. Cox, Jr., James Flint, Hiram Millett, Jeremiah 
Mitchell ; Pan\s, Stephen Emer}' ; Peru, Joseph II. Jenne ; Sumner, 
Ira liersey, Daniel Robinson, Rev. Samuel Sewall ; Turner, Luther 
Cary, John Turner ; Weld, Jacob Abbott, Joshua P^aton, Ephraim 
Houghton, Charles Houghton. The foregoing probabh' conveys a 
very good idea of the ])eginning of temperance work in Paris and in 
Oxford county. The societ}' in South Paris, formed in 1832, was 
pi'obably the first organized etibrt in town. The Society on Paris 
Hill, was organized the same year. This was called the Union Tem- 
perance Society, and was composed chiefiy of members of the bar. 
On the tenth day of June, 1834, William Withington delivered a 
very able temperance address before this society, at the Court House. 
This address was printed in i)aiin)hlet form. About this tifue, or a 
little later, a third societv was organized at North Paris. This 
society, also, did an excellent work, (^uite a number from AVood- 
stock joined it, some of whom had been intemperate for years, and 
were j)ermanently reformed through its instrumentality. These three 
organizations were in active operation for ([uite a number of 3'ears, 
and accomplished much. Pev. Caleb B. Davis, who succeeded Elder 
Hooper in the |)astorate of tlie Baptist church, was an able advocate 
of temperance reform, and became a pillar of strength to the cause 
in Paris. Nor did he confine his labors to this town, but went to- 



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other towns and lectured, stirred up the people and organized socie- 
ties. He organized the first society ever formed in Woodstock, and 
was a pioneer worker in several other Oxford county- towns. 

The next great temperance reformatory movement was that called 
the Washingtoniau. This began in a small way in Baltimore among 
a few reformed drunkards, but it spread like wildfire throughout the 
middle and eastern States. It came into Maine about the year 1842 
like a tornado, and seemed likely to sweep everything before it. An 
Oxford county Washingtoniau society was formed, holding its meet- 
ings in difterent parts of the count}', and there were subordinate 
societies in almost every town. The proceedings as given in the 
papers of those years, show the great interest manifested in the good 
work, and that leading men and women were everywhere in the 
movement. Thousands of inebriates not onh* reformed themselves, 
l)ut used every effort to bring others into the organization. Hundreds 
all over the country were in the field battling against the common 
enemy, and everywhere the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. About 
the year 1.S42, or [jcrhaps a little later, the movement reached 
Oxford county, and its effect here was the same as elsewhere. 
Everybody was awakened, almost everybody took the pledge, and 
many kept it inviolate ever after. It did a vast amount of good. 
But the history of all great moral movements plainly indicated what 
the fate of this must l)e. Human passions, however noble the cause, 
have their metes and their bounds beyond which they cannot pass, 
and the great success of a movement is often the first step towards 
reaction. In the excess of zeal in the Washingtoniau movement, 
there was wanting that concert of action to give it permanenc}-. 
The cause was like a rudderless bark upon the sea, without compass 
or pilot, and freighted with the materials of its own destruction. 

Sons of Temperance. 

It was wheu the excitement was at its height that thoughtful men 
in New York conceived the idea of an organization that would com- 
bine and consolidate the discordant elements of the movement, 
invest it with a social character, and leave lasting impressions of 
affection and interest on the mind, in connection with the great cause 
and its olijects. The outcome of this was, the Order of the Sons of 
Temperance, an organization which has doubtless accomplished more 
than an}' other, in giving permanence to the temperance cause, after 
the enthusiasm awakened bv the Washingtoniau movement could no 



3' 6 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

longer be maintained. The first Division of the Sons of Temper- 
ance was organized in New York city, at Teetotaller's Hall, No. 71, 
Division Street, on Tluirsday evening, Sept. 29, 1842. The order 
had a steady growth and reached the State of Maine in December, 
1844. A Grand Lodge for Maine was organized at Augnsta, in 
April, 1845. and three 3'ears later, there were 110 Divisions in the 
State with a membership of over 7000. In 1850, tiie movement had 
reached Oxford county. 

Acadia Division, No. 145, was organized at South Paris, March 
4th. 1850. The charter members were as follows: F. C. Buck, 
Robert Skillings, Dr. B^ron Coy, Aaron Young, Wm. Dealing, F. 
C. Morton, Thomas J. Whitehead, J. D. Gilkey, L. T. Boothby, 
Dr. Wm. A. Rust, Isaiah Knight, Henry (). Thayer and Jefferson 
Hall. The first oflflcers chosen and duly installed were, F. C. Buck, 
Worthy Patriarch ; Robert Skillings, Worthy Associate : Byron Coy, 
Recording Scribe ; Aaron Young, Assistant Recording Scribe ; 
William Deering, Financial Secretarv ; F. C. Morton, Treasurer ; 
Thomas J. Whitehead, Conductor ; J. D. Gilke^', Assistant Con- 
ductor ; A. L. Hersey, Inside Sentinel; Hiram T. Cummings, Out- 
side Sentinel. The meetings were held on Thursday evening of each 
w^eek. The following are among those who soon after became mem- 
bers : James Anderson, J. G. Rounds, Daniel C. Merrill, David B. 
Silsl)}-, Rev. Joseph Colby, Milton Morton, E. W. Simmons, John 
Caldwell, David Jordan, C. E. Bradford, W. II. Lincoln, Henry R. 
Parsons, James Deering, Sylvan Shurtleff, Elisha Morse, Jr., Charles 
McFadden and Eben Morton. April 14, 1850, the Division met at 
Millett's Hall in Norway, and assisted in forming Aqua Division 
No. 147. New members, Horatio G. Russ, Cyrus Morse, F. C. 
Merrill, Joseph Morton, Wm. H. Shurtleff and Wm. Yates. July 
4th, 1850, a banner was presented to the Division by the ladies, with 
appro[)riate ceremonies and remarks. The exercises took place at 
Academy Hall. New members, Timoth}' Jordan, Sidne}- Perham, 
Daniel Fol)es, Joseph H. King and James Abbott. Dec. 3, 1850, a 
Bible was presented on behalf of the ladies, by Laura N. Thaj-er. 
New members : Jonathan Clark, Dea. Elisha Morse, Samuel Stowe 
and Dr. Samuel Sawyer. In Fel)ruaiy, 1851, the Division assisted 
in instituting Snow's Falls Division. The following new membei's 
were added: Anson Jordan, Charles Andrews, Wm. W. Barton, 
Edwin I*. (Jrant, Augustus INIorse, Wm. B. Royal, Charles H. 
Clifford, Samuel Record, Hanson Tarbox, H. C. Clark, Elias Chase, 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 317 

Samuel Ilsley, Charles Jordan, Isaiah Dunn, James Irving, C3renus 
King, Oliver L. Andrews, Daniel Stowell, Albert G. Barbour, Solon ' 
Royal, Solvnian I'ratt, Luther P. Winslow, Win. D. Brett, Ziba 
Thajer, Augustus King, Isaac Cunimings, Orra Mall, Edwin R. 
Knight, Sanuiel Yates, Simon S. Stowell, Billings Fobes, Nathan 
Ilodgdon, Francis A. C'ummings, Ilenrv Fobes, Richard Morton, 
Austin Chase. Joseph Burbank, Elbridge Bicknell, Ivorv Tarbox. S. 
Sturtevaut, Alva Hersey, Hiram Chase, Abijah C. Hall, John G. 
Barrows, George C. Rich, Elijah Tarbox, VA'i Fernald, John Valen- 
tine and John G. GetchcU. In May, 18o2, the Division assisted in 
organizing a new Division at Paris Hill. New members at this time : 
E. P. Hinds, John G. Drake, Rev. J. Hawkes, H. O. Thayer, (ieo. 
W. Stiu-tevant, J. R. Irving, D^C. Merrill, Charles Hall, Joel S. 
Crooker, John B. Crooker, Charles H. Burbank and Seth Morse. 
In November, 18o4, lady Adsitors were first received, and Mrs. Crafts, 
Mrs. Shackley, Mrs. Nancy Mitchell, Miss Sarah E. Fobes, Miss 
Maria Sturtevant and Miss Eliza Ryerson were duly initiated. 

The report of June 14, 1854, showed a membership of 151. After 
the feature of initiating lady visitors had been adopted, weekly- meet- 
ings were held and literaiy exercises introduced. The organization 
was disbanded in 1866, after an existence of sixteen years. The 
report of Apr. 3, 1865, showed the numberof members 86 ; initiated 
last quarter, 1 ; in the army, 14 ; number of lad}' visitors, 185. 
This was one of the strongest and best Divisions of the order in the 
county, and accomplished a great amount of good. But during the 
war, public attention was diverted to other subjects, and the Division 
began to lose its interest, and its membership began to diminish ; 
and finally, like all such organizations, the novelty' no longer existed, 
and the Good Templars had ali'eady displaced the order in many 
places ; so Acadia Division became a thing of the past. The mem- 
bers that joined this Division, in addition to those already named, 
were : Simeon H. Perkins, Daniel Stowell, Jarvis C. Stevens, Edwin 
Townsend, Daniel Brett, Harlon Page Shurtleff, Charles H. Durell, 
Rev. Frederic Crafts, Henry M. Brett, Wm. J. Perkins, Albion K. 
P. Dunham, Wm. Swett, AVelcome A. Crafts, Charles N. Porter, 
Isaac D. Cummings, Benson Swett, W. H, Swett, Z. E. Sawtelle, 
Stephen INIitchell, James A. Dennett and C. W. Rowe. 

The Paris Hill Division organized in May, 1852, elected as its first 
board of officers, the following : Col. Ebenezer Thayer, Worthy 
Patriarch ; Col. Orison Ripley, Worthy Associate ; Silas P. Maxim, 



318 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Recording Secretary ; Rufiis S. Stevens, Assistant Recording Secre- 
tary ; Col. Simon H. Cummings, Financial Secretary ; A. S. Thayer, 
Conductor ; B. F. Twitchell, Assistant Conductor ; Julius A. King, 
Inside Guard ; AVilliam Curtis, Outside Guard ; Rev. Nathaniel 
Butler, Chaplain. The weekly meetings were held at the Court 
House, and at the houses of the members. It did not increase in 
numbers as did the Division at South Paris, but it kept up its organi- 
zation for some time, chietly tlirough the ertbrts of Col. Cummings, 
Rufus S. Stevens and others. 

Besides the organizations named, there have been Temperance 
Watchmen's Clubs, Good Templars, branches of the State League and 
other auxilliarv Societies, which have kei)t the ball rolling and the good 
work constantly going on. May 24, 187G, a Reform Club was organ- 
ized at South Paris, with eighty-tive members, a movement which 
brought to the front a new class of workers, and accomplished a 
great amount of good. Paris has for many years been a temper- 
ance town, and her leading citizens have been among the foremost 
most temperance workers in the State. 



CHAPTER XXXA. 

the press of paris. 

The Oxford Observer. 

The first newspaper printed iu Paris and the second in the county, 
was the Oxford Observer. The first was Russell's Echo, started, at 
Fryeburg in 1798, and died when less than a year old, so that when 
the Oljserver was started, the county had been witliout a paper for 
nearly thirt}' years. The paper was a folio in form having five col- 
umns to the page, but they were much broader than ordinary news- 
paper columns now are, so that it was of verv respectable size for a 
country newspaper of that day. Mr. Barton was not a practical 
printer, and in connection with the publication of the Observer, he 
kept what he called the "Oxford County Bookstore." He continued 
the publication of the paper in Paris for two years with moderate 
success, and then moved the concern to Norway. The removal was 
made by means of an ox-cart in the night time, and without the 
knowledge of the citizens of Paris. 



history of paris. 319 

The Jeffersonian. 
After the reiiioval of the Observer to Norway, Paris was without 
A paper only a few months, for in March of the following year (1827) , 
a number of prominent democrats on Paris Hill, among whom were 
Rufus K. Goodenow, Alanson Mellen, Moses Hammond, Stephen 
Emery, Alfred Andrews, Thomas Crocktjr and Joseph G. Cole, 
started the Jeffersonian, a weekly paper about the size of the 
Observer, and a democratic party organ. ^Mr. Joseph G. Cole was 
editor, and Charles Dingley, and subsequently Thomas Witt were 
foremen. The issue 'of May 4th, 1830, instead of the impiint 
-'Published for the Proprietors," which the paper had hitherto borne, 
had that of Hamlin and King, the establishment having been pur- 
chased by Hon. Hannibal Hamlin and Hon. Horatio King, then 
young men, and just upon the threshold of actiA^e life. Mr. King, 
who had been in the office about a year, soon after took the position 
of foreman. Mr. Hamlin being new to the business, took the place 
of an apprentice, and to assist them they had Henry Carter, who 
had served a short term in the Portland Advertiser office, and who, 
years afterward, was the able editor of the same paper. The paper 
was published by Hamlin and King until Oct. 26, 1830, when Mr. 
Hamlin retired, and Mr. King became sole proprietor. In May, 
1833, Mr. King purchased "The Politician," a whig paper then pub- 
lished at Norway for the purpose of discontinuing it, and moved its 
material with the Jeffersonian establishment to Portland. The last 
issue of tlie Jeffersonian printed in Paris, was that of April 30, and 
the first number issued in Portland, bore date May 8th. Mr. King 
continued to pulilish the paper in Portland until January, 1838, when 
he sold out, and the paper was consolidated with the Standard. Mr. 
Cole edited the Jeffersonian until November 27, 1832, when he 
retired, and Mr. King became editor as well as owner. Mr. Cole's 
compensation for editing the paper was one dollar and fifty cents per 

week. 

Oxford Democrat. 

In August, 1833, George AV. Millett of Norway, and Octavius 
King of Paris, both young men and practical pi inters, purchased of 
Asa Barton of Norway, the Oxford Oracle establishment, and hav- 
ing moved it to Paris Hill on the 20th of August, they issued the 
first number of the Oxford Democrat. Though the immediate suc- 
cessor of the Oracle, the Democrat was a new paper to all intents 
^nd purposes. It was started as a party organ and as an exponent 



320 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of the views of the Democratic party. Joseph G. Cole, a young 
and promising lawyer, assumed editorial charge, and became respon- 
sible for its political articles, although his name never appeared in 
the paper as editor. It was begun as a five column paper, but the 
columns were l)road and the sheet of respectable size. Good paper 
was used, and the mechanical work was very neatly done. Mr. 
King retired from the paper with number 38, of Vol. 1. ]Mr. Cole 
continued to edit the paper for seven years, when he retired, and 
Col. Millett became editor and proprietor. There was a suspension 
of the publication of the paper from Oct. '27, 1840, to May 11, 
1841. The number issued on the last named date was called Vol. 
1, No. 1, new series, and Vol. 8, No. 12, old series. The office was 
destroyed by fire in 1849. 

An extra, printed at tlie Norway Advertiser Office, under date of 
December 18, 1849, has the following notice which sufficiently 
explains itself: 

''About 1 o'clock on Sunday morning last, we were aroused from 
our slumber by the startling cr}' of fire ! The fire proved to be in the 
building occnpied by us for the Democrat office, b}' Col. Charles 
Andrews, as a law office, and by the Post Office. The citizens of 
the village and vicinity rallied nobly to the rescue, but without avail. 
The building and the contents of the Democrat office wert; utterh' 
destroyed. Our loss is a heavy one, and will not fall short of $3000 
— being our all. The fire is supposed to have originated from some 
defect in the machinery. We are not disheartened nor discouraged, 
but we shall, as soon as we can make arrangements, commence the 
Democrat again," etc. 

The next issue of the paper appeared on the r2th of February, 
1850, New and elegant type had been procured, the size increased 
to seven columns, the length proportionatel}', and a new head pro- 
cured, the same that was used until within a few 3'ears. The price 
was then reduced to Si. 50 per annum. Persons holding pro- 
spectusses were rec|uested to return them with their lists of names. 
During these 3'ears, the Democrat was a good family paper. Special 
pains were taken in the selection of stories and other reprints. The 
editorials were generally l)rief, not often occupying more than a col- 
umn or a column and a half. The political news was given in brief, 
and considerable space was generalh' left for miscellaneous reading 
matter. Local, and even State news was scarce, for be it remem- 
bered there was then no telegraph, no railway facilities in the inte- 



HISTORY OF PAKIS. 321 

rior of INFaiiie, and the rates of letter postage were higli. Consider- 
able care was taken in the publication of marriages and deaths, and 
the old volumes of the Democrat are esi)ecially valuable in this direc- 
tion. The first issue after the fire begun a new series (\'ol. 1, No. 
1,) and the firn) name was IMillett & Mellen. With new series. No. 
28 of Vol. 1, Get. 25, 185U. Mr. Millett sold out and retired from 
the paper, when the imprint became Geo. L. Mellen & Co. The 
parties who bought into the concern with Mr. Mellen, were Gen. 
Wm. K. Kimball, Clerk of the Courts, S. I). Hutchinson. Register 
of Deeds, and Nathan M. Marble. In \'ol. 2, (new series) No. 47, 
issued January 2, 18.52, it is announced that Geo. L. Mellen has 
become sole proprietor ; also Geo. F. Emery is announced as editor. 
With the May 27, 1853, number, Mr. Emery announces his retire- 
ment from the paper, and Dr. Thomas H. Brown became his suc- 
cessor. In the number for July 15. 1853, Geo. L. Mellen, who had 
been appointed by President Pierce, route agent between Portland 
and Bangor, and had been filling that position for more than a year, 
announced that he had sold the paper to Hon. Noah Prince of Buck- 
field. From this date, the Democrat opposed the principles and 
policy ot the democratic party. 

Mr. Prince continued to publish the paper, or rather it contiuued 
to be published in his name, until March, 1855. when he sold out, 
and the other shares having been purchased by Rufus 8. Stevens and 
Wm. A. Pidgin, the firm name became W. A. Pidgin & Co. Mr. 
Pidgin had been in charge of the office since Mr. Mellen took the 
position of route agent, and had also been local editor. Dr. Brown 
continued to act in the capacitv of political editor. Under the new 
management, an Agricultural Department was added, with the 
motto, "'Speed the Plow," and with Darius Fobes as editor. His 
name first appears as such in the issue of March 2, 1855. He sus- 
tained this relation to the paper until 1859, when the department was 
discontinued. In the issue of Dec. 12, 1856, Darius Fobes appears 
as proprietor, with John J. Perry as political editor. There was. 
however, no real change in the management of the paper, and in 
April, 1857, the firm name again appears as W. A. Pidgin & Co. 
Mr. Stevens had then sold out his shares, and Mr. Pidgin had become 
sole owner. He contiuued to publish and edit the paper with John 
J. Perry as political editor, until November 15, 1867, when the 
establishment was sold to Col. Fred E. Shaw, who in the issue of 
that date announces himself editor and proprietor. In January, 

•21 



322 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

1874, Mr. Shaw sold one-third of the concern to Geo. H. Watkins, 
who had been foreman in the office. The firm name was now F. E. 
Shaw & Co. October 20th, of the same 3ear, Shaw sold out his 
remaining interest to Watkins, and retired from the concern. Dr. 
Thomas H. Brown's name reappears as political editor from this 
date, until April 26, 1876, when it disappears, and Geo. H. Watkins 
is announced as editor and proprietor. Since that time, there has 
been no change in the management of the establishment. During 
his editorial career. Dr. Brown managed the Democrat with peculiar 
adroitness, and with distinguished abilitw He was abh' succeeded, 
1856 to 1874, bv Gen. Perry. 

The following tables indicate the management of the Democrat, 
both editorially and otherwise, from the beginning : the dates indi- 
cate when the persons opposite began their labors, either as pro- 
prietor or editor : 

Proprietors. 

Aug. 20, 1833, Millett & King. 

May 6, 1834, Geo. W. Millett. 

Feb. 12, 1850, Millett & Mellen. 

Oct. 25, 1850, Geo. L. Mellen & Co. 

Jan. 2, 1852, Geo. L. Mellen. 

Juh' 22, 1853, Noah Prince et als. 

Mar. 2, 1855, W. A. Pidgin & Co. 

Dec. 12, 1856, Darius Fobes. 

April 10, 1857, W. A. Pidgin & Co. 

Nov, 15, 1867, F. E. Shaw. 

Jan. 6, 1874, F. E. Shaw & Co. 

Oct. 20, 1874, Geo. H. Watkins. 

Political Editors. 

Aug. 20, 1833, Joseph G. Cole. 

Aug. 20, 1839, Geo. W. Millett. 

Jan. 2, 1852, Geo. F. Emery. 

July '22, 1853, Thomas H. Brown. 

Dec. 12, 1856, John J. Perry. 

Nov. 15, 1867, F. E. Shaw. 

Oct. 20, 1874, Thomas H. Brown. 

April 26, 1876, Geo. H. Watkins. 



history of paris. 323 

Oxford Register. 

The first number of the Oxford Register was issued in December, 
1869. Its outside and also its political matter were a reprint of the 
Maine Democrat, tlien publisiied at liiddeford. I)}' Watson Brothers. 
Samuel R. C'aiter, Esq., of Paris, furnished two columns per week 
of local matter, which was all there was about the paper to give it a 
local character. It need not lie said that the Register was a Demo- 
cratic paper, since it was made up from the Maine Democrat, of 
which George K. Shaw was editor. In April of 1<S71, Watson 
Brothers removed a portion of their type and material from Bidde- 
ford to Paris, and the inside of the Register was afterwards set up 
at Paris and printed at the Oxford Democrat office, the outside still 
being the same as the Maine Democrat. At this time, ^Ir. Clarence 
Watson succeeded Carter as local editor. This went on for six 
months, wiien in October Mr. Carter bought the concern and became 
editor and proprietor, though still using the Maine Democrat out- 
side. Mr. Carter was ver3' industrious in gleaning local news, and 
the Register under his management became a live, local paper. The 
Register was sold by Carter to Drake & Whitman of Norway, Nov. 
13, 187.3, and consolidated with the Norway Advertiser. February 
following, the consolidated paper was leased to Parris & Mason of 
Paris, and published as the Oxford Register under the firm name of 
Parris, Mason & Co., until November 17, 1876, It was intended 
as a campaign paper, but the elections that year having gone adverse 
to the democrats, and the lease having expired, the company was 
dissolved, and C. F. Whitman sold the list and good-will to the 
Lewiston Gazette. 

Maine Evangelist. 

This paper was started in Andover, January 1, 1879. by Rev. Ira 
G. Sprague. Its name sufHciently indicates what was its character. 
It was a religious paper, and devoted specially to the interests of the 
Methodist Episcopal church of INIaine. Mr. Sprague was a printer 
before entering the ministry, and so was able to do a large share of 
the work required on his paper. The P^vaugelist was a folio in form, 
size 13 1-2 by -20 inches, and had four columns to the page. It was 
ably conducted. In June, 1880. the Evangelist was moved from 
Andover to South Paris, and enlarged to twice its former size. In 
the January following, it was discontinued and its list transferred to. 
the New York Witness. 



324 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

paris newspaper men. 

Asa Barton. 

The pioneer newspaper man of Paris, was Asa Barton, who was 
l)orn in that part of Bethel now called Hanover, on the farm since 
occupied by Orson Powers, October 13, 179.'). His father, Aaron 
Barton, son of Asa Barton of Needhani, and Mercy Bartlett of New- 
ton, Mass., came to Bethel with Jonathan Bartlett, his uncle, and 
Nathaniel Segar, his cousin, in 17.S0. The wife of Aaron and the 
motiier of Asa, was Sarah Smith, daughter of Ithiel, born in Cape 
Elizabeth, but coming with her i)arents to Bethel. Aaron Barton 
moved from Bethel to Jay, and thence in 1807, to Livermore. Asa 
Barton married Lydia, daughter of Thomas Chase of ]\rartha's Vine- 
yard, afterwards of Livermore. He kept a store in Livermore for 
a few years, and about 1S20» came to Paris. He then moved to 
Portland, but in 1821, w-as back at Paris and started the Oxford 
county bookstore. \n 1824, he started the first paper ever printed 
in Paris, and called the Oxford Observer. Li 1826, he moved the 
paper to Norway in the night tiui'^, and it is said without the knowl- 
edge of the peojile of Paris. Li 1828, AVm. P. Phelps Avas asso- 
ciated with him, but in 1830, Mr. Goodenow purchased Barton's 
interest, and the paper was then published by Goodenow & Phelps. 
In 1830, he started the Village Spy at Norway, but it was short- 
lived, and in the summer of 1833, Mr. Barton commenced the pub- 
lication at Norway, of the Oxford Oracle, but after issuing seven 
numbers, he sold out to Millett & King and moved to Bangor. He 
was there in trade with Eraor}' Livermore, then he studied law and 
settled in Garland. In 1844, he returned to Norway and remained 
there until he died in the winter of 1847. The births of four of his 
children are recorded on Paris records between 1811) and 182."). 

Georoe AV. Mii.i.ktt. 

Col. Geo. W. Millett was the son of Nathaniel Millett of Norway, 
one of the three Millett brothers who came originally from Glouces- 
ter, Mass., to Minot, and subsequently to Norwav. Col. Millett 
was born in Norway, July 27, 1813 ; his mother was Martha, daugh- 
ter of Enoch Merrill of Andover. He entered the ofHce of the 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 325 

Oxford Observer as an apprentice, in the fall of 1830, that paper 
then being published by Wni. E. Goodenow. He was also with the 
Jeffersonian. and went with it to Portland in April, 1833. He 
returned to Norway in August, and in company with Octavius King, 
who had been his fellow apprentice, he purchased the Oxford Oracle 
establishment, wdiich he moved to Paris Hill, and began the publica- 
tion of the Oxford Democrat. At the end of a few months, he pur- 
chased Mr. King's interest in the concern, and continued to publish 
the paper until the latter part of 1849, when the entire establishment 
was consumed b\- fire. In the following February, the paper was 
again started by Mr. Millett and Geo. L. Mellen, and so published 
for about ten mouths, when Mr. 3Iillett sold out his interest and 
liought the Norway Advertiser, which had been revived by Moses B. 
Bartlett, and continued its publication with Rev. Geo. K. Shaw as 
editor for a portion of the time at least, till 1801, when the paper 
was discontinued, and in 18(>5, Mr. ^lillett went to Worcester, Mass. 
He subsequently moved to Westboro, and in 1877, he removed to 
Cambridgeport, and since that time has been in the Riverside Press. 
He married, in 1858, Ennna G. Ames of Norway. While a resi- 
dent at Paris Hill, he was fourteen years Postmaster, member of the 
Legishiturc in 1850, also Colonel in the State militia, having been 
regularl}' i)romoted to that position tlu'ough the various subordinate 
grades. 

Octavius Kin(;. 

Octavius King was the son of George and Miranda (Hall) King, 
and a native of Paris. He learned his trade in the Jeffersonian 
office when the paper was conducted by Hon. Hannibal Hamlin and 
Hon. Horatio King. When in 1833, the Jeffersonian was moved to 
Portland, ^Ir. King went with it. After a few months he returned 
to Norway, and in August, 1833, in company with Geo. W. Millett, 
he purchased the Oxford Oracle, then printed at Norway by Asa 
Barton, and commenced the publication of the Oxford Democrat, 
and remained in the concern about nine months when he sold out 
and moved to Boston. He worked as a carpenter for a while, and 
then set up a drug store on AYashingtou street, and for many 3-ears 
was a practitioner of eclectic medicine. He married Miss Arvilla 
Curtis of Dixfield, and left a son and daughter. He was born July 
21, 181(5, and died Nov. 11, 1868. 



326 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

William A. Pidgin. 

William Aimer Pidgin was born in Litchfield, Maine, March 25, 
1833. His father was Dr. Josei)h N. Pidgin, son of Rev. William,* 
and his mother was Diantha J. A. Rawson, daughter of Capt. Abner, 
a prominent early citizen of Paris, formerly of Sutton, Mass. Mr. 
Pidgin entered the Ziou's Advocate office as an apprentice, in 1848, 
when the paper was published by Rev. Dr. Smith, since then a Pro- 
fessor in Colby University. In March, 1851, the Advocate having 
changed hands, Mr. Pidgin went to Augusta and was employed on 
the Kennebec Journal. In May, 1853, Geo. L. Mellen having 
entered upon his duties as mail agent, Mr. Pidgin came to Paris and 
was placed in charge of the Oxford Democrat office. He continued 
in charge after Mr. Mellen sold out to a company, and until the 
shares were bought up by him and R. S. Stevens of Paris. The 
paper was then published under the firm name of W. A. Pidgin & 
Co. until 1867, when Mr. Pidgin sol'd out to Fred V,. Shaw, to accept 
a j)osition as business manager of the Lewiston Journal. During 
Mr. Pidgin's administration, the Democrat was much improved as a 
local and county paper, he having oi'ganized a corps of correspond- 
ents to insure intelligence from each town. This feature of a local 
paper, now so generally followed, originated with Mr. Pidgin. Mr. 
Pidgin still retains his position on the Lewiston Journal, and is most 
efficient help. He married Miss Martha, daughter of Thomas Little, 
Esq., of Augusta. 

Darius Fobks. 
Darius Fobes was a native of Paris, and the son of Daniel and 
Elsie (Hathawav) Fobes, formerly of IVIiddleborough, Mass. He 
became a Universalist preacher when quite a young man, and had a 
settlement in Vermont. He was also much interested in agriculture, 
and was a charter member of the Maine State Agricultural Societ3', 
iind from 1855 to 1860, conducted an Agricultural Department in 
the Oxford Democrat. In 1856, he was announced as proprietor, 
but his name was dropped as such in 1857. He was also connected 
with a temperance paper in Portland. He married Elizabeth Pottle 
of Norway. During the war he held a clerkship in Washington, and 
was afterwards connected with the Sanitarv Commission ; he has not 



*Rev. Wm. Pidffin was l)oni in Newbury, Mass., March 1, 1771, graduateil at Dartmoutli, 
ColleffC iu 1794, onlained at Hampton, N. H., .January 27, 179(i, anil suliseijuently came to 
Maine. He married Miss Noyes. He was a man of t-ulture and autlior of a work on Eng- 
lish Grammar. His f.ither was Moses Pidgin, who was quite early at Newbury. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 327 

since resided in Maine. He was a man of varied acquij-enients, and 
an agrienltnral writer of ability. He died in Kentucky- three or 
four years ago ; his wife has also deceased, and a daughter is all 
that remains of the family. 

Fred PL. Shaw. 
Rev. Fred E. Shaw was born in Portland, May 1<S, 1825. His 
father was Elias Shaw, and his mother Eliza Phillips. He learned 
the printer's art in Portland, subsequently studied law and went into 
practice in Bangor. At the breaking out of the war, he recruited a 
compan}', of which he was elected Captain, and which was assigned 
as Company D, of the 18th Maine Regiment (1st Maine Heav}' 
Artillery) . He did honorable service in the Regiment, and remained 
with it to the close of the war. In 1864, he purchased the Oxford 
Democrat of Wm. A. Pidgin, and conducted it both as editor and 
publisher until 1874, when he sold out, bought the Christian Mirror, 
and, after a while, moved to Portland. This proved a poor invest- 
ment and after running it about two years, he sold out and subse- 
quently' bought and published tor a time, the Coos Rupublican at 
Lancaster, N. H. His success here was not satisfactory, and he 
sold out and moved back to Portland. He then canvassed the State 
in the interest of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was 
veiT successful. He was ordained to the ministry of the Congrega- 
tionalist church, June 13, 1878, and was soon after called to the church 
in East INIachias, where he 3-et remains. He was at one time presi- 
dent of the Maine Press Association. (He married Miss Sarah Elllen 
Benson, a native of Boston, but then residing in Bangor, and has 
several children, some of wliom are married. 

ZiNA E. Stone. 

INIr. Stone was never connected with the press of Paris except as 
an apprentice, but his father has resided in this town and several of 
his family are still residents. He was the son of Luther Stone, and 
his mother was Hadassah Kiniliall of Bridgton. Born in Bethel. 
March 30, 1824, at the age of fourteen years, in 1837, he entered 
the Oxford Democrat ottice as an apprentice, and as the successor 
of Chas. W. Walton. He remained in the office four years. He 
then went to Lowell and worked as a ''jour." on the Lowell Adver- 
tiser, and soon became foreman. In 1854, he started the American 
Citizen in Lowell, run it two years, and during that time begun a 
dailv. He then went to Chicao'o and remained a vear. In 1857, he 



328 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

started the Tii- weekly, published at Haverhill, and made it a success. 
In 1860, he bought a half interest in the Vox Populi, published at 
Lowell, and was connected with it 18 years. In July, 1879, he 
started the Mail, which is now both a dail}' and weekly. This 
establishment is now owned by a compan}', of which Mr. Stone is 
president. He was half owner of the Lowell Courier and conducted 
it from 18G1 to 18G6. He was married Dec. 31, 1840, to Miss Char- 
lotte A. Shaw, formerly of Norridgewock. As a whole, Mr. Stone 
has made the publishing business a success, and has been able to 
retire from active service on a competency. Accompanied by his 
wife, he spent some time in Europe, and has visited the chief points 
of interest in our own country. He is connected with the Historical 
and other literary societies of Lowell, and is a contributing and 
valuable member. 

Samuel R. Carter. 

Samuel Kawson Carter was l)orn in Paris, June '22^ 1829. He 
was the son of Hon. Timothy .J. Carter, who was a member of Con- 
gress from this district, and died in Washington, March 14, 1838, 
while filling that position ; his mother was Arabella, daughter of 
Capt. Samuel and Polla (Freeland) Rawson, quite early and promi- 
nent citizens of Paris. Mr. Carter fitted himself for the legal pro- 
fession, and was admitted to the Oxford bar. He served one term 
as Register of Probate for Oxford county, and has also served as 
town clerk. His connection with the press was with the Oxford 
Register, which was started in 1809. At first, it was printed in 
Biddeford, l)y Watson Brothers, ]\Ir. Carter furnishing weekly, two 
columns of local matter. In October, 1871, Mr. Carter purchased 
the paper and became sole owner and editor. He made of it a live, 
local paper, being very successful as a news gatherer. He was also 
a ready and interesting writer, and had he chosen to have remained 
in journalism, might have made it a success. In Oct. 1875, he 
sold the paper, and it was moved to Norway and united with the 
Advertiser. Mr. Carter is interested in chemistry, has a laboratory 
fitted up b}' himself, and has uncommon attainments in that bewitch- 
ing science for an amateur. He is also interested in mineralogy, and 
has studied carefully and successfully the deposits of rare ininei-als 
in Paris. He married Feb. 20, 1857, Miss Julia, daughter of Hon. 
Elijah L. Hamlin of Bangor, formerly of Paris. 



history ok paris. 329 

Geo. H. Watkixs. 
George IT. Watkins, the present proprietor of the Oxford Demo- 
ci'fit, was born in New York city. August 6, 1854. His father, 
Henry M. ^^'atkins, was born in Bristol, England, and his mother 
was Hannah B., daughter of John Besse of this town, whose wife 
was a daughter of Elder Tripp of Hebron. George H. attended 
the pul)lic schools in New York city until fourteen years of age. 
This embraced all his regular schooling, but while a clerk two years 
in New York, and while learning his trade as a printer, he continued 
his studies and recited to private teachers. He entered the Demo- 
crat office as an apprentice, Oct. 12, 1870, and served three full 
years. He purchased the paper in 1874, and has pulilished it since, 
and has been successful. He was married April 15, 1879, to 
Annah Russell Cole, youngest daughter of the late Joseph G. Cole. 
Mr. Watkins has shown much enterprise and inish in the manage- 
ment of the Democrat. He is editor as well as publisher, and makes 
a paper that is highly satisfactory to the party in the county whose 
interest it subserves. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

PARIS PHYSICIANS. 

Mr. Hooper in his communication to the Jeffersonian, which has 
been before referred to, says the first physician in Paris was Dr. 
Barnet. Others say that his name was Barnard, which is doubtless 
correct. Isaac Barnard of Sutton studied medicine wnth Dr. James 
Freeland, and quite probabl}- he came to Paris where so many Sut- 
ton people lived, to look the ground over. But he evidently did not 
settle here, but w-ent to Union, ^Nlaine, where we find him in 1787. 
He afterwards moved to Thomaston and was prominent there, repre- 
senting the town for several 3'ears in the General Court of Massa- 
chusetts. This chapter is made up mainl}' from the paper of Dr. 
Thomas H. Brown read at the Paris Centennial in 1879. 

Dr. Cypriax Stevens. 

Dr. Stevens was the first physician who settled in the town of 
Paris. He probably came into town about 1789. This conclusion 
is formed from the facts that he cair^e into t<jwn unmarried, that he 



330 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

then married Sally Robinson and had three children before the birth 
of Mrs. Sail}- Stowell, widow of Rufiis Stowell, wlio was living in 
1879, at the age of 82 years. He commenced boarding at the house 
of Reuben Hubbard, then located not far from the residence of 
Daniel Fobes, in a pasture, one mile south of Paris Hill. Dr. Stev- 
ens died July 3d, 1806, aged 38 years. His wife died in 1830, aged 
66 years. After the decease of her husband, she continued to prac- 
tice one branch of the profession until her healtii compelled her to 
desist. The Doctor, as well as his wife, traveled on horsel)ack over 
new and rough roads for many years. At length, when he had 
bought and improved a farm, pleasure wagons began to make their 
appearance, and he became the possessor of one. It was nothing 
more or less than a baggage wagon of the present day, without 
springs. It was then thought to be a great acquisition ; and Mrs. 
Stowell says her aunt exclaimed : "'Why, vou have come visiting in 
a pleasure wagon !" Physicians were scarce in this region during 
the doctor's lifetime. The Dr. was popular, and had business from 
all quarters and from great distances. The roads were few and bad, 
and the people scattered. He was often called to attend patients in 
Hebron, Minot and New Gloucester. It is said that he labored 
beyond his strength, undermined his health and consequenth' died 
young. A very few aged pei)ple can remember Dr. Stevens ; but 
many of the middle-aged people of Paris have heard about him, his 
character, his social and professional standing, and his services ; 
and they all, without exception, refer to him as a man and physi- 
cian whose memory is worthy of high honors. 

Dr. Ebenezer Harnden Goss. 
Dr. Ebenezer H. Goss was the son of Rev. Thomas Goss of Bol- 
ton, Mass. He married a sister of the wife of Sir Benjamin Thomp- 
son, (Count Rumford) and was one of the original proprietors of 
New Pennacook, now Rumford, Me. Dr. Goss resided at Bolton 
and at Concord, N. IL, but settled in Brunswick soon after the 
close of the Revolutionary war. About 1804, he moved to Paris, 
where in a limited degree he practiced medicine for several years. 
He had two children, Gustavus Adolphus and Sarah. The former 
lived in Paris, and was known as "Squire Goss," and was at one 
time a candidate for Congress. The daughter married David Mar- 
shall, the descendants of whom are now living in Paris. Dr. 
Goss was a talented, well-educated and eccentric man, and many 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 331 

anecdotes are told of his peculiarities and habits. It is said that a 
party of youno; men, students and scholars, went to see him and pay 
him their respects. He saluted them cordially in a foreign lan- 
guage, and the conversation continued and ended in the same. 

Dk. Croswell. 
Not far from 1803, a young man of this name, unmarried, came 
to Paris, with a view to settlement as a physician. He remained 
in Paris but a short time, and there is no account of where he came 
from or where he went. He was also a trader and town clerk. 

Dr. Cyrus Hamlin. 
The county of Oxford was incorporated in 1805. Dr. Cyrus Ham- 
lin, then a practicing physician of Livermore, was appointed Clerk 
of the Courts, and removed from Livermore to Paris. He was the 
son of Eleazer Hamlin and Lydia Bonney. and was born in Pem- 
broke, Mass., July 21, 1767. He prepared himself for the practice 
of medicine, emigrated to Livermore, commenced practice in that 
town, and was there married to Anne Livermore, daughter of Dea. 
Elijah Livermore. Several of his brothers settled in Waterford. 
As before stated, Dr Hamlin removed to Paris in 1806. Although 
he was ai)pointed Clerk of the Courts, he did not lelinriuish the prac- 
tice of medicine in so far as it was compatible with the duties of his 
office. The Dr. continued in practice till near the close of life, 
which took place in Februai-y, 1829, aged (32 years and 7 months. 
He was a gentleman, universally respected, a member of the Bap- 
tist church, and very much esteemed for his kindness of heart, and 
genial, social qualities. Tlie Dr. was highly blessed in his family, 
having had eight cliildreu who attained adult age, four male and four 
female, among the former of whom may be reckoned a distinguished 
physician, a distinguished lawyer, and a distinguished statesman. 

Dr. Benjamin Chandler. 
Dr. Chandler was the son of Perez and Rhoda (Wadsworth) 
Chandler of Duxbuiy, and a descendant of Edmund Chandler or 
Chaundler, who was in that town in 1633. Dr. Chandler was l)orn 
in 1782. His brother Scth, also a physician, came to Elaine. His 
sister Asenath, was the mother of Hon. Ezekiel Holmes. Peleg 
Chandler, an early settler in New Gloucester, was his uncle. Dr. 
Chandler commenced practice in New Gloucester, then moved to 



332 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Hebron, and about the year 1811, came to Paris and continued to 
practice his profession till his decease. In 1818 and 1819, he was 
elected a Representative to the Legislature, and went to Boston to 
discharge his duties, before tlie State was divided. He was 
appointed Assistant Surgeon in Col. Ryerson's regiment, in the war 
of 1812-15 ; but whether he left town to accompany the regiment is 
not known. He was appointed Judge of Probate immediately after 
the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, and entered upon the 
duties of his office June 6, 1820, the successor of Judah Dana, and 
continued in that office until 1827. Dr. Chandler was twice married, 
first to Wealth}', daughter of Ichabod Benson, and second to Miss 
Sarah Barker of Portland, but left no children. His decease took 
place in 1827, aged 45 years. His remains were deposited in a 
tomb on the old road to South Paris. The character of Dr. 
Chandler is often referred to by the oldest inhabitants of Paris, who 
knew him well. He is represented as a member of the church, as a 
moral, upright man, amiable in his disposition, unobtrusive in his 
manners, respected and beloved as a physician, and honored as an 
able, intelligent and useful citizen l)y all his contemporaries. Dr. 
Ezekiel Holmes studied medicine with Dr. Chandler, and married a 
sister of his wife. 

Dr. Dean. 
A young unmarried man came to settle in Paris, as a physician, 
about the time of Dr. Stevens's decease, by the name of Dr. Dean. 
Even his specific name is not remembered by the oldest inhal)itants. 
He practiced his profession but a brief period in this town. The 
data for his biography are wholly wanting. 

Dk. Benaiah Hanson. 

Dr. Hanson was a son of Ichabod and Al)igail (Hayes) Hanson, 
horn in Windham, Me., Oct. 18, 17'S1. He attended Fryeburg 
Academy ; studied medicine with Dr. Converse of Durham ; was 
conimissioned Lieutenant in the 33d U. S. Infantry in 1812, but 
never entered active service. He married Abigail Woodman of 
Buxton, and moved to Paris in 1810 or 1811, where his first child 
was born in 1811. His second child was born in Hollis, Me., 1813, 
his third at Waybcidge, ^"t., 1818, and his fourth at Fowlerville, N. 
Y., 1.S21). He died in York, Medina, Co., Ohio, in 1858. In 1821, 
Dr. Hanson was a Preceptor of an Academv in Stroudsbury, Penn., 
and in 1822, he was in New York city. He remained in Paris Init 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 333 

a short tiino, but perhaps as long as ho ever did anywhere. He was 

a moving planet. 

Dr. Asaph Kittrkdge. 

Dr. Kittredge's father was of Scotch descent, and first settled in 
Tewksburv, Mass., and soon after moved to North Brookfield. He 
married Miss Fletcher, and practiced medicine and surgery many 
years. He had a family of nine children, four of whom were physi- 
cians and' surgeons, the subject of this sketch being one of them. 
Dr. Asaph Kittredge was born at Brookfield in 171)3, and studied 
medicine under his father's tuition, and comj)leted his course of 
study in Boston in 1812. Soon after, he was assistant surgeon on 
board a privateer, where he found his first experience as a surgeon. 
In 181.3, he rode from Boston to Paris on horsel)ack, where he 
stopped, in order to ascertain whether he had better remain or 
retrace his steps and go to Ohio. While waiting, as tradition records 
it, ••his mind in a quandary-, he was called to attend an old lady in 
Paris in a severe illness. She recovered under his treatment, and 
told him his mission for good was to remain in Paris ; and that 
decided his mind." He remained on Paris Hill a short time, then 
moved to North Paris, where he bought a farm and continued the 
practice of his profession till the fall of 1836. He then moved to 
Paris Hill and continued in active and successful practice till 1806, 
in all about fifty years. He was twice married, marrying first Miss 
Eliza Stowell of Paris, and second Miss Janette Young of North 
Yarmouth. Two children were the result of each marriage. A sou 
of each is now living; Charles F., in New Haven, Conn., and 
George, in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Kittredge was ill and suffered much 
from spinal disease some two years before his decease. His wife 
having died, he moved to New Haven in 1867, where he continued 
to sink, and died Fel). (i. 1868, aged 75 years. He was a large, 
well proportioned man physically, weighing some 300 pounds, 
strong, vigorous and resolute. His practice of fifty vears, in storm 
and sunshine, in heat and cold and night and da}-, proved him to be 
a man of great endurance. He was a man of good common sense, 
of sound judgment, of social and cheerful disposition, abstemious 
habits, an aljle and useful physician and surgeon. A near and dear 
friend of his says: '•He was a practical man, held clear and pro- 
nounced opinions on most subjects, a great smoker, was in his most 
amiable mood after a good dinner and a pipe smoke, and enjoyed 
life as well as m©st people of his temperament." 



334 history ok paris. 

Dr, Job Holmes. 

Dr. Holmes was a native of Oxford, formerl}- Hebron, the sou of 
James Holmes and Jerusha (Rawson) Holmes. He was one of nine 
children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. He chose 
the profession of medicine, attended lectures at the Maine Medi- 
cal School, where he graduated in 1825-6. He commenced the 
practice of his profession in Paris, in 1826, where he continued till 
1834, when he removed to Calais. While in Paris, he served as 
town clerk. At Calais he was an active practitioner of medicine and 
surgery, till 1864, when he died suddenl}' from heart disease, in the 
midst of his usefulness, honored and lamented by the whole com- 
munity'. He married Miss Vesta Hamlin, daughter of Dr. Hamlin, 
in 1833, and had a famil}' of five children. Dr. Holmes was of medium 
height, with a physical system finely knit, of great physical endur- 
ance, of unconquerable resolution, good habits, agreeable address 
and manners. He honored his profession and practiced it with great, 
zeal, success and ability. 

Dr. James Madison Buck. 

In the year 1833-4, Dr. Buck settled as a physician on Paris Hill, 
the successor of Dr. Holmes. He was a native of Sumner, and the 
son of Moses Buck, a successful farmer. He studied medicine 
under the preceptorship of Dr. Tewksbury of Oxford, and was a 
graduate of Maine Medical School. He practiced his profession 
only about three years, and came to his death by hemorrhage of the 
lungs, in Nov. 1836. He was never married. Dr. Buck was of 
medium heiglit, fragile constitution, possessed a kind heart and quiet 
manners. He knew what excellence was, in his profession ; and in 
a quiet, unostentatious manner, sought to be useful to his patients 
rather than brilliant. He had a great taste for music, and was 
exquisitel_y sensitive to its harmony and correct performance. A 
discord was a wound. With Judge Emery, a man of similar taste, 
he could enjoy all the charms and consolation, which for many hours, 
sweet sounds could afford. 

Thomas Huntingtox Brown. 

Dr. Brown was born in INIinot, in Cumberland county. Me., now 

Androscoggin county, on the 27th day of August, 1813. His father 

was Thomas Brown of Newbur}', Mass., who married Mary Rawson 

Bridgham in 1811, and resided in JNIinot. Dr. Brown obtained his 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 335 

educatiou at the district school in Oxford, at the Buckfield and Read- 
field Academies, and also under the private instruction of the late 
Judge Joseph G. Cole. He commenced the study of medicine in 
1833, under the preceptorsliip of Dr. Levi Rawson of Grafton, 
Mass. He attended his first course of lectures at Brunswick, then 
a course at Pittsfield, Mass., and graduated at Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, March, 1837. He commenced the practice of 
medicine in Paris, May lo, 1837, and continued till his death in 
1880, over 43 years. He was a member of the Maine Medical Asso- 
ciation, of which he was at one time President. He was surgeon of 
the 1st Regiment 1st Division of Maine Militia for seven 3ears, and 
received an honorable discharge. He was Examining Surgeon for the 
Pension Department, some eleven years ; and Judge of Probate dur- 
ing five years. He was political editor of the Oxford Democrat, 
from 1853 to 185G, and agaiu from 1874 to 1876. He was an able 
writer. He had been twice married, marrying first Miss Maria M. 
King, daughter of the late Samuel King of Paris, Nov. 12, 1838, 
who had three children, all of whom died in infancy, the wife dying 
also in November, 1846. His second marriage was in December, 
1847, to Miss Juliette Hammond, daughter of the late Moses Ham- 
mond of Paris, b}' whom he had three children, all of whom are living 
at the present time. Dr. Brown was an excellent phvsician, and no 
practitioner in Paris ever enjoyed the confidence of her citizens in a 
greater degree. Both in the science and art of his profession in all 
its branches, he was far above the average Doctor of Medicine. 



Dr. Leander S. Tripp. 

Dr. Tripp, now the Rev. Leander 8. Tripp of Surry, Me., was 
born in Hebron in 1805, and is the son of Rev. John Tripp of 
Hebron. He graduated at Waterville, Me., in 1829, and as Doctor 
of Medicine at the Maine Medical School in 1834. He settled 
first in Eden, Me., where he remained six months, then removed to 
Parkman in 1835, then to P^ast Dixfield the same winter. He came 
to North Paris in 1837, and remained one 3ear ; and in 1838 settled 
in North Norway, remaining there two years. He evidentlv did not 
find the practice of medicine congenial, and after trying various 
fields, betook himself to a profession more in accordance with his 
talents and wishes. 



336 history of paris. 

Dr. Gilman Rowe. 
Dr. Rowe came to AVoodstock in 1838, where he commenced the 
practice of medicine. He moved to North Paris in 1839, and prac- 
ticed his profession till May, 1841, the time of his decease, aged 26 
3"ears. His native place was Campton, Grafton Co., N. II., but he 
came here from Canada. He inarriv^d Cynthia Buck, daughter of 
Moses Buck of Sumner, while at North Paris. He was an active, 
energetic practitioner, and sickness was very prevalent during the 
years he resided in "Woodstock and Paris. II is widow became the 
wife of America Bisbee. 

Dr. Almon Twitciiell. 

Dr. Twitchell practiced his profession in North Paris for a period 
of about three years, from 1841 to 1844. He was a native of Bethel, 
Me., where he was l)orn Sept. 14, 1811. Joseph Twitchell, Esq., 
his great grandfather, was one of the prominent and original 
proprietors of Bethel, his grandfather was Capt. Eleazer Twitchell, 
the first settler in the village of Bethel Hill, and his father was 
Josej)li Twitchell, the tirst child born in that village. There are 
abundant facts and dates for a biography of Dr. Twitchell, onlv a 
brief allusion to which is appropriate on the ))resent occasion. He 
was married in 1843 to Miss Phebe ^l. Buxton, daughter of Capt. 
Jeremiah Buxton of North Yarmouth, and had five children. On 
leaving Paris, he removed to Bethel, where he continued the prac- 
tice of his jirofession until his decease in Oct. 1859, aged 48 years. 
He graduated as Doctor of ^ledicine at the iNIedical School, Bruns- 
wick, in 1840. Dr. Twitchell did not seek politics or office; but 
office sought him, and he twice rei)resented the people of Oxford 
county as Senator in 185G-7. He was esteemed for his candor, 
sobriety and conscientiousness. His early death is attributed to 
overwork, to hardship and exposure. As a cotemporar^', it is only 
justice to say : he was simple and refined in his intercourse, careful 
and candid in his judgments, and prudent and disci iminating in the 
discharge of every dut}'. His excellent wife suivived him until Dec. 
25, 1883. Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell, late of Fairfield, is his only sur- 
viving son, and Alice G., the jNIatronof the Maine Insane Hospital, 
his oldest daughter. 

Du. Wm. Appleton Rust. 

Dr. Rust is a native of Gorham, INIe., where he was liorn June 
22, 1823, and prepared for college at Gorham Academy. He grad- 



UISTOKY OK PARIS. 337 

uated as M. D. at the Universit}" of the City of New York, in 184(i. 
lie was Principal of Effingham Academy and Biddeford High School, 
and came to South Paris and commenced the practice of his profes- 
sion in April. 1847. In Oct., 1848, he married Frances, eldest 
daughter of Hon. Kufus K. Goodenow. She xlied Oct. 18, 1849, 
and June 5tli, 1851, he married her sister Sarah, who now survives. 
During his residence here, he was one of the School Committee for 
many years, a Trustee of the State Reform School, and an active 
practitioner of his profession. He was appointed by the Secretary' 
of the U. S. Treasury, Inspector of Internal Revenue for the State 
in 1864. and removed to Portland in March, 1865, being succeeded 
by Dr. D. B. Sawyei- — having been in this town about 18 years. 
He resigned his ofHce in 1866, and entered the firm of Rust Broth- 
ers & Bird, wholesale druggists, of Boston, Mass., where he now 
resides. Since his residence in Boston he has been a Member of the 
School Board. Trustee of the City Hospital, Mercantile Library 
Association, and Penny Savings Bank ; also a Director of the 
Metropolitan Railroad, Collateral Loan Company, and Blackstone 
National Bank. Dr. Rust was a successful and highly respected 
physician while in Paris, and his Parisian experience must have laid 
the foundation for that larger prosperity and trustworthiness which 
has followed him in the Metropolis of New England. 

Dr. Charles Russell. 
Dr. Russell was a son of James and Dolly Russell, then of North 
Waterford, afterwards of Bethel, Me., where he was born July 19, 
1820. He received his education from the district school of his 
native town, at Gould's Academv. Bethel, North Bridgton Academ}', 
and entered Bowdoin College Sept. 20, 1844, and soon after com- 
menced the study of medicine and graduated March, 1848, at the 
Maryland L^niversity, Baltimore, Md. He commenced his profes- 
sional practice in Conway, New Hampshire, remaining there two 
years. He removed to West Paris in September, 1850, where he 
continued in the active practice of his profession about 15 years — 
till Feb.. 1865, and then moved to Fayette, Me., where he now re- 
sides. He married Asenath H. Willis of Hanover, and has had eleven 
children : one is a graduate of the W^esleyan University, and two 
others are teachers in Connecticut. Dr. Russell was a useful and 
prudent physician, practical and sound in his views, and gave good 
satisfaction in his field of practice while in Paris. 



338 history ok paris. 

Dr. Edwin Green. 

Dr. Green, born in 1817, was a native of Paris and the son of 
Nathaniel W. (ireen of Leieostor, Mass., and Polly W.. daughter 
of Dea. John Willis of Paris. The Doctor graduated at tlie Maine 
IVIediral School in 1841. He tlien commenced the practice of his 
profession in Albany, where he remained but a short time. He then 
moved to 3Iihin. X. II.. and remained about three years ; tiience he 
moved to Woodstock, where he practiced about five years. He then 
moved to Sumner, liought a farm and cari'ied it on, practicing his 
profession in a limited degree till 186r>. He then sold liis farm and 
moved to North Paris, where he continued in active practice eleven 
years. In 1870 he moved from North Paris to Milan, N. H., again, 
where he remained till 1878. He tiien moved to Atliol, Mass., 
where he is at the i)resent time. The Doctor mai'ried Permelia Ken- 
dall of Siielbnrn, N. H., and lias four children. 

Di;. 1). P.. Sawykk. 
Dr. Sawvcr is a native of Durham, Mi'. Ih' reci'ivt'd liis educa- 
tion mostly at Foxcroft Academy. He graduated at tiie Maine 
INledical School, Brunswick, and commenced the practice of his 
profession in Minot. He moved to South Paris in I8(i') and left in 
187;, — having practiced in town ten years. He subsequently went 
to Portland, and soon after to Lewiston, Me., where he now resides. 
He was tlie successor of Dr. Rust, and during the ten years of his 
jiractice in Paris he gave good satisfaction. He was a member of 
the ^lethodist C'hurcli, and was universally esteemed for his morality 
and integrity in his l)usiness and in his professional intercourse. 

Dr. Skwi.i.i. HicNitv Weuhek. 
Dr. >\'eblier was the son of Henry K. and Nancy (Whitehead) 
AVebl)er, and was born in Oxford, Ai)ril 21, 1840. He studied 
medicine under the i)receptorship of Dr. ^^'. A. Kust, at South 
Paris, attended medical lectures at Pittsfield, Mass., and at New 
York City, and graduated at the Maine Medical School, August,. 
18(;,o. He commenced practice at West Paris in ISf);"), and in 1867 
moved to South Paris, where he continued till 1873, at which time 
he died of heart disease, aged 33 years. He was interred with 
^lasonic honors. Dr. Webber was a careful physician, and had 
many ardent friends. He married Miss Nettie W. Stowell of South 
Paris. l>ut had no children. 



HISTORY Of PARIS. 339 

Dr. Ootavus K. Yatks. 
Dr. Yiitos was the son of James and Kmnia (Cole) Yates, and 
•was horn in Greenwood, Me.. Sept. 2.'), 1833. He obtained liis 
education at the district schools of his native town, and at Bethel 
Academy. He studietl medicine nnder the preceptorshii) of Dr. S. 
H. Tewkesbury and <>raduated at tlu' .Maine Medical School in 1S70 
and commenced the })ractice of his j)rt»fession the same year at West 
I'aris. where he now remains. He married Elizal)eth, daughter of 
Artemas and Desire (Stephens) Felt of Greenwood. He has been 
ver^' successful in })ractice. 

Dr. Isaac Rounds. 
Dr. Isaac Rounds is a native of Danville — the son of Nathaniel 
and Susan (Libby) Rounds. He graduated at the Maine Medical 
School in Ma}', 1873. He commenced practice of medicine in Iamv- 
iston, where he did not remain long, but the same year moved to 
South Paris, where he still remains in the active [)ractice of his pro- 
fession. The patriotism of Dr. Rounds was placed beyond all doubt. 
In the late war he felt the call for him [)ersonallv to go to the defense 
of his country. His patriotism and bravery were tested on the field 
of battle — the marks of which he will always cariv while life I'c- 
mains. 

Drs. Norris AM) Pai.mkr. 

Dr. Norris— a young physician — unmarried, came to Paris Hill 
about 18G7 ; the precise time or how long he I'emained is not known. 
He did not stop long, but removed to Peru. Dr. Palmer — another 
young physician — came to Paris Hill in 18(!9 ; but left in a short 
time. It is impossible to state why he left or where he went. No 
data for the biography of either of these physicians are ;it hand. 

Dr. Blx'k. 

Dr. Buck was a native of Buckfield, born Aug. 17, l.sii. He 
studied medicine in Washington, D. C where he graduated durino- 
the war. He came to Norway in 18r)7, where he remained one year. 
He then moved to AVest Paris for the same length of time. He 
then moved to Kansas, where he is now in the active practice of his 
profession. 

Dr. Francis H. Packard. 

Dr. Francis Henry Packard is the son of Stephen Packard, Jr., 
and was born in Woodstock Julv 23d, 1848. His mother was 



340 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Louisa B., daughter of Joseph Penley of this town. His grand- 
father, Stephen Packard, born in Buckfield, was among the earl}^ 
settlers of Woodstock. Francis H. was brought up on the farm, 
attended the common schools of Woodstock and Paris, at Paris Hill 
and Gould's Academies, attended medical lectures at Brunswick, 
Hanover, N. H., and in New York City, graduated at the Maine 
Medical School in 1878 and commenced practice at West Paris in 
the winter of 1879-80. He married, in August, 1878, Mary Agnes 
Young. He has been quite successful in practice, althougli obliged 
to compete witli older physicians. 

George Burrii.l Rawson. 

Dr. Geo. Burrill Rawson, son of Abner, studied the medical pro- 
fession and graduated at the Maine Medical School. In 1838 he 
married Eunice Fitch, daughter of Alanson Mellen, Esq., and set- 
tled in practice in New Portland. He died in 18.57. 

"The profession of medicine in Paris has illustrated the common 
fate of all classes. Some have entered upon the stage of service 
and remained only a few montlis or years, while others have kept in 
harness, toiling up the steep ascent of life, during a half or a quarter 
of a century. Some, after learning the hardships and responsibili- 
ties of surgery, liave abandoned tlie practice and sought more profit- 
able or more congenial employment in other business or professions. 
Some have been the beneficiaries of popular favor and been elected 
as State Representatives or County Officers — in this respect vieing, 
with the farmers, mechanics and traders, the professions of law and 
theology, in their love of fame and their cai-e of the State. Others 
still have labored steadily, resolutely and perseveringly, in the prac- 
tice of their profession, among the rich and the poor, in storm and 
sunshine, in heat and cold — ambitious only to honor their calling, 
fulfil a sacred mission and benefit their fellow-men. But, notwith- 
standing the versatility of tastes and the direction of the talents of 
the physicians of this town, it will be conceded on all hands, and 
everywhere, that the members of the i)rofession in Paris, almost 
without exception, have been worthy, reliable men, upright and 
honorable in every relation of life. The inhabitants of Paris can, 
therefore, look back over the past century with pride and satisfac- 
tion as the}" read the names, the lives and services of those who 
have passed away, while a grateful posterity will embalm their mem- 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 341 

ory and preserve its fragrance for fnture generations. Let us hope 
that those now living may, at the close of the next century, gain as 
fair a record and as just an appreciation." 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

PARIS LAWYERS. 

This town, being the shire town of the county, has had many able 
members of the legal profession. Two of them became governors 
of the State, several were sent to Congress and many others have 
held high and responsible positions in county and State, and under the 
general government. The chapter on this subject contains many 
facts from the paper prepared and read l)y Alvah Black, P^sq.. at 
the Centennial Celebration of the settlement of the town. 

Zachariah Soule. 
He was familiarly known as ''Zach. Soule," and was the first law- 
yer in town. He was a man of fine promise and l)rilliant wit. He 
came here from the town of Halifax. Plymouth county, Mass., and 
was a graduate of Brown rniversity, in the class of 1799. While 
in Paris he served as town clerk. In 180(5 he went to Farmington, 
but in 1812 returned to Massachusetts, where he ended a l)rief legal 
career in the poor-house. He also served a term in the Charleston 
Penitentiar}'. Strong drink was his ruin. 

Nathaniel Howe. 

The second lawyer here was Nathaniel Howe. He was the son of 
Otis and Lucy (Goodale) Howe of Heuniker, N. H., formerly of 
Marlboro'. Mass., and a cousin of Hon. Timothy O. Howe, late Post- 
master General. He came here in 1808 and soon after married 
Poilv, daughter of Thomas Follansbee Chase, who then lived on 
the Goodenow place, since occupied b}' Wallace H. Cummings. He 
was a good lawyer and faithful to his clients. This rendered him 
very unpopular with a class whose neglect to pay their debts fre- 
quently gave occasion for the law to lay its heavy hand upon them, 
and by this class he was commonly called ''Gouge Llowe." Some 
of his enemies, getting merry over their potations, one day put for- 
ward one of their number, Benaiah Dow. to give the lawyer a whip- 



342 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

ping, which he proceeded to do in a most bnital manner. But 

several of them were obliged to go to Portland and stand trial for 

conspirac}'. so that their drunken frolic cost them very dear. Mr. 

Howe left Paris in 1810 or 1811, and went to Bridgton. One of 

his daughters, now deceased, was the wife of Rev. Jacob Chapman 

of Exeter, N. H. ; of his other children, only a son now survives,. 

who resi<les in Waterford. 

I 
Albion Keith Parris. 

The next lawyer was Albion K. Parris, who became the second 
Governor of Maine. He was the only child of Judge Samuel Parris 
of Hebron, whose father was Benjamin Parris, and whose mother 
was Millicent. daughter of Josiah and Ruth (Manly) Keith of P2as- 
ton. The mother of Governor Parris was Sarah Pratt of Middle- 
borough. He was born in Heltron, January 19, 1788, graduated 
with distinction at Dartmouth in bSon, and was admitted to the bar 
at Paris, in September. 18(19. He soon after settled in practice 
here, and married Sarah, a daughter of Rev. Levi Whitman of 
Wellfleet, and sister of the late Levi Whitman, Esq., of Norwa}'. 
He lived in the south part of the liuilding now Horace Cummings' 
Hotel as it then was, the north part being occupied by Dr. Benj. 
Chandler. Soon after he came here, he built the office now owned 
and occupied by Samuel R. Carter, Esq., between the hotels of 
iNIessrs. Cummings and Hubbard, which he occupied while he )"e- 
mained here. Gov. Parris was a man of commanding and dignified 
appearance and popular manners. Able and learned in the law, he 
soon gained the confidence of the people, a high position in public 
life and a lai-ge practice in the courts, which he held till he left Paris, 
called to move in a higher sphere at Portland late in 1817, or earl}^ 
in 1818. While here he was api)ointed County Attorne}', elected a 
member of the Legislature, Senator from Oxford and Somerset 
counties and Representative to Congress. While serving his second 
term, he was appointed Judge of the United States District Court. 
He was a member of the convention that framed our State Consti- 
tution, elected Governor of the State in 1821 and re-elected four 
times. In 1828 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme 
Court of ]Maine, and in 1836, by Mr. Van Buren, Second Comp- 
troller of the Treasury of the LTnited States, which office he held for 
thirteen years, and then returned to Portland where, as his last pub- 
lic office, 9q served as Mayor in 18.52. He died in 1857. aged 69 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 343 

yeai'8. His wife survived him many years, and died recently in 
Washington. 

Enoch Lincoln. 

Enoch Lincohi, our third lawyer, was the son of Levi Lincoln of 
Worcester, where he was born Dec. 28, 1788. He entered the 
Sophomore class of Harvard College in 180G and left it during his 
senior year without graduating. He received the degree of IMaster 
of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1821. He pursued his professional 
studies in the office of his brother, Levi Lincoln, Jr., and was 
admitted to practice at Salem in 1811. The year following he re- 
turned to Worcester, and in the spring of 1813 he settled in Fiye- 
burg. While there he published a poem entitled "'The Village," 
descriptive of the charming scenerN' on Saco river in the vicinity of 
his adopted town. In 1815 Hon. Wm. P. Preble, District Attornej' 
for IMaine, appointed Mr. Lincoln his deputy. In 1819 he was 
elected to Congress and moved to Paris. He was continued in Con- 
gress, residing in Paris during the recess, until 1826, when he was 
elected the third Governor of Maine. He was re-elected twice, and, 
in 1829, declined a re-election, intending to retire from public life at 
the close of ihat term. In the autumn of that 3'ear he was present, 
by invitation, at the opening of the Cony Female Academy in Au- 
gusta, where he delivered the occasional address. He was suffering 
from severe indisposition while obliged to perform these duties. At 
the house of a friend he grew worse and finally expired Oct. 11, 
1829, at the age of 41. His death was mourned throughout the 
State and Countrv. His remains repose in a tomb erected on the 
State domain in front of the Capitol in Augusta, and a plain granite 
shaft marks the last resting-[)lace of the scholar, poet and states- 
man. He was a scholarlv man of varied attainments, a read^^ 
writer, and his composition was marked by purity and felicitj' of 
expression. His contributions to the press, which were quite numer- 
ous, were characterized by elegance of style and energy of thought. 
He began a work on the History and Resources of Maine, which he 
intended to make exhaustive of these subjects, but it was incom- 
plete at the time of his death and was never published. While in 
Paris he occupied the office built bv his predecessor, both in the 
practice of law here and in the gubernatorial chair. His memory 
is still revered here b}- our older citizens who had the pleasure of 
his acquaintance and friendship. He was never married. His 



344 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

brother, Levi Lincoln, Jr., was Governor of Massachusetts cotem- 
poraneous with Enoch Lincohi in Maine. 

Stephen Emery. 
Hon. Stephen I^rneiy began practice in Paris not long after Gov. 
Lincoln came here. He taught the academy at Hallowell one year 
and a year at Portland ; studied law with Governors Parris and 
Lincoln and was admitted to the bar in June. 1819. He was born 
to Moses Emeiy, at Minot, April 29, 1790, fitted for college by his 
own efforts, aided by the fruits of a sympathising elder sister's 
labor, and graduated at Bowdoin in IS 14. He studied law as he 
had opportunity while teaching. January 1."). 181.'), he married 
Sarah Stowell, daughter of Squire Daniel of this town, and sister 
of Levi Stowell, Esq. For a while after he settled here, he had his 
office in his house and tauglit a school over the Bemis store. He 
was devotedlv fond of music, and while pursuing his studies used to 
teach singing schools In this way he broke his health and was ever 
after a partial invalid. Soon after his admission to the bar he went 
to Columbia, Washington county, but in about a year returned to 
Paris, where he lived till he retired from practice. He was a learned 
and successful law3er, an honorable, honest man and always a gen- 
tleman. He was Judge of Probate for Oxford county for several 
years; was Attorney General of the State under Governor Fairfield, 
and chairman of the State Board of Education. By appointment 
of Governor Hubbard, he held the office of District Judge until the 
court was abolislied b\- act of the Legislature. For second wife he 
married, in 182'), Miss Jeanette Loring of Buckfield. Judge Emery 
died in 1803. He was among the pioneer temperance men of the 
State. 

Joseph G. Cole. 
Hon. Joseph Greene Cole was born in Lincoln, Mass., March 16, 
1801, and came to Paris in 1825. He commenced the study of law 
with Hon. Levi Lincoln of Worcester and finished with Governor 
Enoch Lincoln of Paris. He was admitted to the bar in 1826, and 
immediatel}- opened a law office in Paris, where he continued to prac- 
tice as long as he lived. He served rcspeetivel}' as Secretary of 
the State Senate, member of the Maine Legislature for two terms — 
1830 and 1831, Register of Probate, Clerk of Courts and Judge of 
the District Court, to which office he was appointed in 1848. He 
was a man of distinffuished ability, of great industry and of excel- 



HISTORV OK PARIS. 345 

lent character. He died November 12, 1851. wliile holding the 
position of Jndge, and no death in Oxford county was ever more 
generally regretted. As a lawyer he was fair and candid, never 
seeking advantage by mis-statement of either law or fact ; as a 
Judge he was impartial, and his private life was above reproach. 
He was editor of the Jetfersonian, and of the Oxford Democrat 
seven years. He married, February 12. 1834, Mehltable Marble, 
who survived him quite a number of years. 

Levi Stowell. 
Levi Stowell was a native of this town, son of Daniel Stowell, 
Esq., and was born January 14, 1794. He graduated at Bowdoin 
in 1815, was admitted to the bar in October, 1818, at Paris, prac- 
ticed a while at Lisbon and afterwards at Dixfield and finally came 
to Paris, where he pursued his ))rofession nearly all the remainder 
of his life, a part of the time at the Hill and a part at South Paris. 
He was a very worthy man and a respectable lawyer. He was Reg- 
ister of Probate and County Treasurer. Being in poor health, with 
a tendency' to pulmonary disease, he went to the banks of the Wa- 
bash in 1853, where his cough was relieved, but was replaced by fever 
and ague. From Vincennes he moved to Mazeppa, Minnesota, 
where he was Postmaster, Magistrate and School Ofticer. He died 
of a paralytic shock at Mazeppa, Sept. 8, 1865, after an illness of 
four days. While at Dixfield he united with the Orthodox church. 

Timothy J. Carter. 
Hon. Tiinothv Jarvis Carter was the son of Dr. Timothy and 
Frances (Freeland) Carter of Bethel, and was born in that town. He 
attended the town schools, took an academic course and studied law 
at Northampton, Mass. He was admitted to the bar in 1826, and 
located first at Rumford, but soon after came to Paris. He was 
married September 11, 1828, to Ara1)ella, daughter of Samuel 
and Polla (Freeland) Rawson of Paris. He was often in town 
oflRce in Paris, served as Count}' Attorney and was elected 
to Congress in 1836. He died in Washington before the close 
of his term. High tributes of respect were paid to him, in the 
House bv Hon. Geo. Evans, and in the Senate b}- Hon. John Rug- 
gles. reported in the Washington Globe of March 15, 1838. The 
issue of the Oxford Democrat published the week of his death, is 
dressed in mourning, and gives a lengthy account of the life and pub- 



346 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

lie services of the deceased. Mr. Carter, both as a lawyer and pol- 
itician, was able, popular and successful, and achieved a high posi- 
tion. Pearly in his public life he died, when the world was all bright 
before hiin. 

RUFUS K. GoODENOW. 

Hon. Rufus King Goodenow was born in Henniker, N. H.. April, 
1790. moved to Brownfiekl with his father's family when 12 years of 
age. and made several voyages in merchant ships before his majority. 
He served as Captain of the 33d U. S. Infantry through the war of 
1812. He came to Paris in 1821, as first Clerk of the Supreme 
Judicial Court here, which office he held 16 years. He spent the 
remainder of his life here, chiefly as farmer and hiwyer, giving con- 
sideral)Ie attention to politics. He held various minor positions and 
served one term in Congress. He was a brother of the late Judge 
Goodenow of Alfred, and of the late Robert Goodenow, M. C, of 
Farmington. He died March. 1863. He did not enter the profes- 
sion till h\te in life (ls45). and never gave much of his time to it. 
He was a worthy man, of great natural ability, honored and respec- 
ted. He married Jane, daughter of Captain Thomas Bean of 
Brownfiekl. who was born July 25, 1792, and died in Paris in 
October. 1864. 

Charles Andrew's. 
Charles Andrews, a native of Paris, was the son of Edward and 
Elizabeth (Nevens) Andrews and was born Feb. II, 1814 ; read law 
with Hon. H. Hamlin, was admitted and began i)ractice in Turner, 
removed to Dixfield in 1842, and thence to Paris. January. 1846, to 
assume the duties of Clerk of Courts, to which he had been elected. 
He afterwards lived here, practicing law, after the expiration of his 
term of office. He died April 30, 1852, while a member of Con- 
gress from this District. Colonel Andrews was a brilliant and able 
hiwyer. an eloquent and successful advocate, having great power 
with the jury. Much of his life was given to politics, wliich had 
great. attraction for him and in which he was very successful, being 
possessed of that singular personal charm which drew multitudes of 
friends to him. He was taken away at the commencement of what 
promised to be a brilliant career. He married Persis, daughter of 
William Sibley, Esq.. of Freedom, who after his death, became the 
wife of Alvah lilack. 





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mSTOKV OF PARIS. 347 

George F. Emery. 
George F. Enieiy was the second son of Judge Stephen and Sarah 
(Stowell) Emery, and was born in Paris, Nov. 15, 1817. His father 
was a native of Minot, Me., and his mother a daughter of Daniel 
Stowell, Esq., of Paris. He graduated at Bowdoin College, class 
of 1836, and studied law with his father. He begun the practice of 
law in Waterford, his printed card appearing in tlie Oxford Demo- 
crat in 1838. He afterwards formed a co-partnership with his ftither 
and continued in practice, besides filling the position of Kegister of 
Probate until 1848, when he moved to Portland. He was clerk of 
the United States Circuit Court for many years until 187G, when he 
moved to Boston to take general supervision of the Boston Post. 
He has since returned to Portland. When Geo. L. Mellen became 
part owner of the Oxford Democrat. Mr. J:mery became political 
editor, though then residing in Portland. He conducted the paper 
with marked success, and retired therefrom as soon as the object in 
which he was interested, was accomplished. He married INIiss Eliza 
Appleton of Portland. He is much interested in the history of this, 
his native town, and delivered a fine poem Centennial day, which 
may be found in another part of this volume. 

Wm. K. Kimball. 

Gen. Wm. K. Kimball was the son of Moses and Mary (Bean) 
Kimball, and was born in Rumford. June 7, 1820. He attended the 
academies at Bethel and at Bridgton, studied law at Cambridge, was 
admitted to the bar and commenced practice first at Dixfield. In 
1844, he came to Paris and resided here until his death, which 
occurred in 1875. He was County Attorney four years, and Clerk 
of the Courts, ten. , 

He was United States Marshal for Maine, from 1857 to ISGl. He 
was Lt. Colonel and Colonel of the 12th Maine Regiment and brev- 
etted Brigadier General for meritorious services. He married July 
29, 1842. Frances Freeland. daughter of Samuel and Polla (Free- 
land) Rawson of Paris. Gen. Kimball was a good and talented 
lawyer, but gave most of his efforts to politics for which he was 
peculiarly fitted, being one of tiie most attractive, fascinating and' 
popular of men. He was a patriot and soldier, and during the 
whole war of the Rebellion, served faithfully and well, ever ready 
to lay down his life for the good of his country. At the close of the 
war. he retired from the service with a record of wliich anv man 



348 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

might be proud, and which conferred honor upon the town and upon 
all connected with liim. 

Alvah Black. 

Alvali Black was l)orn in Limington, York County, Maine, Dec. 
3, 1817; was educated at Yarmouth Academ}', and graduated at 
Bowdoin, class of 1845. He read law in the office of Augustine 
Haines, Esq., at Portland, and was admitted to Cnnil>erland Bar 
in 1848. He commenced practice at Gorham, where he remained 
about a year, from whence he removed to South Paris and practiced 
about two years, after which he removed to Paris Hill, where he 
afterwards resided and formed a copartnership with Hon. Charles 
Andrews. He was Clerk of Courts from January" 185G to 1859, 
and represented the town of Paris in the Legislature in 18G0. Mr. 
Black was President of the Bar Association, and a leading member 
of the Bar. He was a well-read lawyer and a strong advocate, and 
his practice, which was quite extensive, came from litigated 
cases all over the county. He stood high for integrity and 
honor, and for faithfulness to the interests of his clients. He was- 
married in 1855, to Persis S., daughter of Wm. Sibley, Esq., of 
Freedom, and widow of his former partner, Hon. Charles Andrews. 
Mr. Black died very suddenly, Januar}' 24, 1882. A few years 
before his death, he formed a law partnership with Charles E. Holt 
of Norwa3 , and spent a portion of his time each week at their office 
in Norway Village. INIr. Black practiced in both the State and 
United States Courts. He was the Democratic candidate for 
Congress, for the second district, in 1870; he was always a 
Democrat. 

Benj. C. Cummings. 

Benjamin Chandler Cummings, son of Simeon, was born June G, 
1820. He was educated to the profession of the law, but engaged 
quite extensively in other business. He was at one time interested 
in manufacturing woolen goods at Locke's Mills, and operated quite 
largely in real estate. After practicing in Paris for a few years, he 
moved to Portland and engaged in practice there. He married a 
daughter of the late ex-Governor Samuel Wells, and died Dec. 
18, 1857. 

Enoch L. Cummings. 

Enoch Lincoln Cummings, sou of Simeon and brother of Benj. C. 
Cummings, was also educated to the legal profession, was admitted 




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to the bar and engaged in practice in Portland. He was born Maj' 
23d, 1827, and died January 22, 1859. He married a daughter of 
the late Judge Nathan Clittbrd. 

James F. Rawson. 
James Freeland Rawson, son of Samuel Rawson, enteied Water- 
ville College, graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 
1844, and went into practice in Bangor with Henry K. Prentiss. He 
servetl a term as Register of Prol)ate and was for a time Deputy 
Collector of Customs. He was for many 3'ears a member of the 
City Government of Bangor, and member of the Legislature in 
1871. He mairied Sarah D.. daughter of Thomas Jenness of Ban- 
gor. 

Lyman Rawson. 
Lyman Rawson. son of Abner, born in Paris, ^lay Ck 1799. gradu- 
ated at Waterville College, now Colby University, in 1827, studied 
law with Stephen Emery and, after being admitted, settled at Rum- 
ford Point, where he continued in the practice for many years. He 
was also much in [political life ; served several terms in the Legisla- 
ture, and one as Judge of Probate for Oxford county. He also did 
much business outside of the legal professic^n in the way of bu^'ing 
and letting out stock, and in farming. He was very fond of agri- 
culture and of rural affairs generally. He married. May 20, 1832, 
Jerusha, daughter of Capt. James and Jerusha (Rawson) Holmes 
of Hebron. Judge Rawson died of heart disease, in Rumford, 
several years ago. 

George E. Wilson. 
George E. Wilson is the son of Rev. Adam Wilson, D. D., for- 
merly pastor of the Baptist Church at the Hill, and was born in 
Turner, July 21, 1842. He was educated at Paris Hill Academy, 
Waterville Classical Institute, and graduated fi'om Colby University 
in the class of 1862. He enlisted in 1862, in Company B, of the 
2ist ]\Iaine Regiment, and served out his term. He then returned 
to Waterville and read law in the ottice of Hon. Reuben Foster, and 
was admitted to the Kennebec bar in 1864. He came to South Paris 
and opened a law office in July, 1865, and the following August 
24, he married Miss Annie L., daughter of David Blake of Belgrade. 
He was elected Town Clerk soon after he came here, and has served 
in that capacity since his first election. He was elected to the 



vJoO HISTORY OK PARIS. 

Legislature in 1882, and took high rank in that boch'. In 1884 he 
was appointed Judge of Probate to fill out a vacanc}' caused by a 
change from annual to biennial elections. He is a good law3'er and 
a safe counsellor. 

Herrick C. Davis. 

Ilerrick Chase Davis is the son of Benjamin and Ivuhamah 
(Chase) Davis, and was born in Woodstock, November 5, 1825. 
He was engaged in business pursuits for several years after he came 
to his majoritv, but finally studied law with Hon. John J. Perry and 
was admitted to the bar. He opened an office at B'lyaut's Pond and 
was there until 1872, when he was elected Register of Probate, and 
soon after moved to Paris Hill. He has filled the office by re-elec- 
tions since that time. -Before coming liere he was elected to the 
Maine Legislature and held various town offices. He married Lucy 
Af., daughter of Jeremiah Felt of Woodstock. 

Jamks S. Wright. 

James S. Wright was born in Ja\', July 17, 1845. His father is 
Reuben Wright, and his mother, vSarah Putnam. He attended the 
town schools and the high schools at Wilton and Dixfield, studied 
law with Hon. Wm. W.. Bolster at Dixfield, and was admitted to the 
Oxford bar at the September term of 18G8. He was elected Clerk 
of the Courts in 1H72, and moved to Paris Hill, January 1, 1878. 
He was re-elected twice and was then elected County Attorney, 
which i)osition he is now filling. He married, May 2d, 1869, Miss 
Hannah E. Woodbury. He has been among the most respected and 
valuable ot our citizens who Iiave come here on account of election 
to office. 

Other Lawyehs. 

The other Paris lawyers, the data for sketches of whom are not 
at hand, are John Goodcnow of Baltimore ; Benjamin W. Bryent, 
who was the son of John S. Bryent of Chatham, N. H., came here 
to teach, studied hiw with Gen. Wm. K. Kimball, was in active 
practice here for several years, was Postmaster at South Paris, and 
who died suddenly of diphtheria, as stated in the Annals ; Peter C 
Ficket, son of Simon Picket of Woodstock, afterwards of Paris, 
who first opened an office at South Paris, but for many years has 
been at West Paris ; and Charles B. Benson, also located at West 
Paris. 



msTOKV Ol- PARIS. 



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'"These are the lawyers of Paris ; aud well may the town point to 
them with satisfaction and pride, and as an example to those coming 
after them ; for well have the}" performed their parts in their day 
and generation. Many have conferred high distinction upon it; 
none, thank God. have bronght discredit. Long may their memory 
live !" 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



FREE JCASONRY AND OI>l> FELLOWSHIT. 




Masons. 

OxKoRD LorxiE No. 18. The chaiter 
for Oxford Lodge No. 18, P'ree and 
Accepted Masons, was granted by the 
(irand Lodge of Massachusetts. Sept. 
It. 1807. to the follo-.ving petitioners: 

Henry Farwell, Elias Stowell. Seth 
Morse. Alfred Gates, Abraham Dean. 



^^^3ffie. Levi Hul)bard, Joseph Gallison, Lu- 



tlier Farrar, Joseph Rust, Wm. Rridgham, Jr., Oreu Record, 
Daniel Stowell, Learned Swallow, Benjamin Heald, Al)ij;ili Buck, 
JBarnalias Perry, Daniel Young. Stephou Blake and Samuel 
Robinson. 

The first meeting under the charter was held at riul:)l.)ard's Hall, 
Paris Hill, Nov. 12, 1807, and organized with the following officers: 

Henry Farwell, Worshipful Master ; Elias Stowell, Senior AVar- 
den ; Seth Morse, Junior Warden ; Levi Hubbard. Treasurer ; Joseph 
■Rust, Secretar}- ; Learned Swallow, Senior Deacon ; Daniel Young, 
Junior Deacon ; Joseph Gallison, Senior Steward ; Stephen Blake. 
Junior Steward ; Barnabas Peny, Tyler. 

The following were made ^Masons during the yea.v 1808 : Russell 
Hubbard, Alausou Mellen, Simeon Cummings and Daniel Stowell, 
Jr. September 21, 1808, there was a public installation of officers 
at the meeting-house, Paris Hill, l)y the Deputy Grand Master* 
when the following programme was carried out : 



*The number of .JenkV INn-tland Gazette for September -Hi, had the following notice : 
"On Wednesday last, Oxford Lodge, at Paris, was consecrated, and its ofHcers installed in 



352 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

First, instollation of the officers elect as follows : Henry Farwell, 
\V. M. ; Elias Stowell, S. AV. ; Levi Hul)l»ard. T. ; Joseph Rust, 
Sec. ; Alanson Mellen, 8. D. ; Daniel Young. J. D. ; Russell Hub- 
bard. N. S. ; Stephen Blake, J. S. ; Barnabas Perry, Tyler; 2d, 
Miisic ; 3d, Oration b}' Gen. Samuel Fessenden ; 4th, Procession to 
Hubbard's Hall, and ."tth, dinner. 

]\Iore than three-fourths of a century have passed since the occa- 
sion here noted, and the prominent actors in those festivities have 
long since been called from labor. It was doubtless a red letter 
day in the history of the lodge. 

1809. Henrj' Farwell, W. M. ; Joseph Rust, Secretary. New 
members, Albion K. Parris, Aaron S. Barton, Isaac Thayer. 

1810. Henry Farwell, W. M. ; Joseph Rust, Secretary. New 
members, John Greenwood, Wm. Wheeler. 

1811. Albion K. Parris, W. M. ; Alanson Mellen, Secretary. 
New memlters : Joel Robinson, Jesse Stone, Dexter Wheeler. 

1812. Albion K. Parris, W. M. ; Alanson Mellen, Secretary. 
New member, Solomon Allen. 

1813. Albion K. Parris, W. M. ; Alanson Mellen, Secretary- 
New member, Gustavus A. Poor. 

1814. Stephen Blake, W. M. ; Joseph Rust, Secretary, who died 
during the A'ear, and the place was filled by Dr. Jacob Tewksbury. 
New members. Wm. Reed, Joshua Carpenter, Ebenezer Daniels. 

1815. Stephen Blake, W. M. ; Jacob Tewksbury, Secretary. 
New members, Moses Buck, Aaron Brown, John Thayer, Alden 
Blossom. 

1816. Alanson Mellen, W. M. ; Jacob Tewkesbury, Secretary. 
New members, Thomas Brown of Minot, John Woodbury, Wm. 
Stearns, Jr., Aaron Fuller, Jr., Joel Fuller, Alvan Boyden, James 
Bowker. 

1817. Alanson Mellen, W. M. ; Joshua Carpenter, Secretarj-. 
New members, Daniel INIacomber, Amariah Harris, Nathaniel Har- 
low. 

1818. Alanson Mellen, W. M. ; Stephen Emery, Sec. New 
members, Stephen Emery, A. Pratt, Ephraim Frost. June 10, 1818, 
D. D. G. M. Gammon admonished the Lodge "to let neither the 
disputes of politics nor the dispntes of religion, enter within the walls 



due form by R. W. .1. 1>. Hopkins, Esq., D. D. G. M. A truly elegant and highly finished 
oration was pronounced by Brother Samuel Fessenden of Fryeburg." Mr. Hopkins was 
a Portland lawyer, and father of the wife of St. John Smith; he died in 1840,^aged 67. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 353 

of the Lodge." Jan. 7, 1-Sl'J, ou motion of the Secretarv, Ste|)h('n 
Emerv, whidi was seconded by Dr. Tevvksbniy, "voted that the 
funds of Oxford Lodge he no longer ai)i>roiiriated to provide refresh- 
ments." 

1819. Jacob Tewksbury, W. M. ; Ahijah HalK Sec. New mem- 
bers, Thomas Dean. Galen Ilohiies. 

1820. Jacob Tewksbury, W. M. ; Ahijah Hall, See. New mem- 
ber, Levi Rawson. 

1821. Alanson jMellen, \V. M. ; Thomas Clark, Sec. New mem- 
bers, Orrin Shaw, Emmor Rawson, Thomas Clark, Ira Morse, Sim- 
eon "W. Hawks. 

"Oxford Lodge, Mason's Hall, June 22. 1821. 

Whereas, Brother Orren Shaw of Paris, in the County of Oxford, 
on the 10th da}' of June, A. D. 1822, by a sudden and desolating 
fire, had his house and other buildings reduced to ashes, together 
with almost all his furniture, provisions and clothing, l»y which 
calamit}', he, his wife and two small children, with the prospect of 
an increasing family, are brought to absolute want and thrown 
upon the mercy of benevolent men in general and of the fraternity 
in a special manner, and whereas, from a long acquaintance with 
our said brother, Orrin Shaw, we know him to be a Mason in 
heart as well as in name and a useful and highly respected citizen. 
Therefore, 

Jiesolred, That in addition to the actual relief which we can afford, 
the Secretary be directed to communicate with the Grand Lodge 
and the Lodges in this vicinity, and request such assistance for our 
aforesaid brother as they may feel able and disposed to grant." 

1822. Rufns Stowell, W. M. ; Henry W. Millett, Sec. New 
members, Henry Millett, John Millett, Amos Millett, John Robin- 
son. 

1823. Rufus Stowell, W. M. ; Zenas Maxim, Sec. New mem- 
bers, Isaac Cumraings, Jr., Zenas Maxim, David Paine, Cyprian 
Cole, Benjamin Bacon. 

1824. Officers Sept. 2, Rufus Stowell, W. M. ; Thomas Clark, 
Sec. New members, Isaiah Perkins, Levi Stowell, William Noyes, 
John R. Briggs, John Bicknell, R. T. Lurvey. 

1825. Abijah Hall, Jr., W. M. ; Thomas Clark, Sec. May 2G, 
voted that a committee of two be chosen to wait ou brother 



354 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

endeavor to reclaim him for his immoral and unmasonic conduct and 
report at the next meeting. New member, Samuel McAllister. 

1826. March 6, the Lodge was incorporated, and the mem- 
bers accepted the Act Apr. 20, 182G ; signed, Levi .Stovvell, Abijah 
Hall, Jr., Kufus Stowell, Simeon Chipman, Levi Rawson, John Mil- 
lett and Emmor Rawson. Stephen Emery. W. M. ; Thomas Clark, 
Sec. New member, Benjamin McAllister. 

1827. John R. Briggs, W. M. : Thomas Clark, Sec. New mem- 
ber, Jonathan Millett. ^Lirch 9, 1827, --Voted that the Secretary' 
of this Lodge pay or remit to Brother Alfred Gates, formerly a 
worthy member of this Lodge, the sum of fifteen dollars as an expres- 
sion of the deep regret th*^ members entertain for the loss he 
recently sustained I)}' having his property consumed liy fire." (Two 
children were consumed in the buildings in Lincoln, to which place 
he removed from this town). New meml»ers, Daniel R. Parsons, 
Richard Blake, George Ilathawa}'. 

Voted May 18, 1830, '-That there shall l)e no ardent spirits brought 
within the walls of this Lodge for the use of its members.'' 

1830. Festival of St. John at Norway, June 24, 1830. Address 
by Brother Benjamin B. Murray, at the Universalist church. Here, 
follows a blank of tsventj-tln'ee years, when there was a special com- 
munication of Oxford Lodge at the dw( lling-house of Abijah Hall, 
South Paris, and the following named brethren were chosen as offi- 
cers, pro tem : Abijah Hall, W. 31. ; Rufus Stowell, S. W. ; Ennnor 
Rawson, .1. W. ; Stephen Euiery, Sec; Zenas Maxim, Treasurer; 
Stephen Blake, S. D. ; Wm. Stearns, J. I). ; Benjamin Bacon, 
Tyler. Brethren present, Samuel Stowell, Daniel Town and Amos 
Winslow. Voted to re-establish the Oxford Lodge. 

June 22, 1853, the Lodge assembled at the Academy building. 
The D. D. G. M., Joseph Covell. installed the officers-elect, for the 
remainder of the year : Abijah Hall, W. >L ; Rufus Stowell, S. W. ; 
Stephen Blake, J. W. ; Henry Millett, Treasurer; Emmor Rawson, 
S. D. ; Zenas Maxim, J. D. ; Amos Winslow, Tyler. 

1853. Raised June 27, Otis True, Wm. Wirt Virgin and Geo. 
W. Millett. 

March 17, 1854, voted to petition the Grand Lodge for a dispen- 
sation to hold their meetings in the town of Norway. 

Petition to the M. W. Grand Lodge: Humbly showeth, the W. 
M., Officers and Brethren of Oxford Lodge No. 18, that the Lodge 
is now located at Paris, at which place there is no convenient hall iu 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 355 

which to work, that a hirgc majoritv of the m^in'x^rs.of said Lodge 
reside in Norwa\', where a good, safe and convenient liall, owned liy 
a member of the Lodge, can be obtained, disconnected with any 
otlier building or for other purpose. Therefore, we pray your Hon- 
orable Body tt) grant a dispensation, authorizing said Lodge to meet 
and work in Norway. The petition was signed by Alden Palmer, 
Master. May 5. 1854, permission was granted and the Lodge was 
moved to Norway, where they held their first commiuiication ^Liy 
11, 1854. 

This in brii-f is the history of Oxford Lodge No. 18, so far as its 
chief work was done in Paris. It occupied Hubbard's Hall (the 
second story of the Hul)bard House, Paris Hill,) until 1819, and 
then for one year Lincoln Hall. Paris Hill, and sometimes the Court 
House. In 1820 it occupied "Mason's Hall," South Paris. This 
was the second story of the School House, and built by the masons 
jointly with the School District. It stood near the Grange Hall, on 
the site of the salesroom of F. C. Merrill. This they occupied till 
1830. at which time and place they held their last election of officers. 
Then follows a blank of twenty-three years — from. 1830 to 1853. 
The blight that fell u])on this Lodge was shared in by most of the 
lodges of the country. It was a dark period in Free Masonry. 

Paris Lodge No. 94. By consent of Oxford Lodge, and on the 
petition of several masons who resided in Paris, a dispensation was 
granted in 1858, by Grand Master Hiram Chase, for a Masonic 
Lodge at South Paris. July 19th of that year, the first meeting 
under this dispensation was held at Academy Hall, and was opened 
with the following officers : L. B. Weeks, Master ; Abraham T. Moses, 
Senior Warden ; Samuel R. Carter, Junior Warden ; Horatio G. 
Russ, Treasurer ; Alden Chase, Secretaiy ; Darius Fobes, Senior 
Deacon, and William Foster, Tyler. At the next meeting, August 
23d, John Bicknell, Jr., was appointed Junior Deacon and Alden 
Chase, Historian. Tlie first work was done in the Lodge Januaiy 
17, 1859. 

A charter for the Lodge was issued Ma}' 5, 1859, to the following 
persons : Rufus Stowell, Abijah Hall, Stephen Blake, Richard T. 
Lurve}', Joseph Gallison, Henry R. Parsons, Horatio G. Russ, 
Abraham T. Moses, Lewis B. Weeks, Rufus K. Goodenow, Alden 
Chase, 'Samuel R. Carter, Darius Fobes and Wm. K. Kimball. 
May 31, 1859, the first stated communication was held, when the 



356 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

following officers weie installed b3' Augiistns Callahan of Lewiston : 
Lewis B. Weeks, Master; John Bicknell, Jr., Senior Warden; 
Wra. A. Rust, Junior Warden ; Horatio G. Russ, Treasurer ; Alden 
Chase, Secretary ; R. H. Stiuchfield, Chaplain ; John C. McArdle. 
Senior Deacon ; Wni. R. Howe, Junior Deacon ; Wm. Foster, Stew- 
ard : Urban Shorey, Assistant Steward ; Stephen Blake, Tyler. The 
following persons were made Masons during the year: Wm. R. 
Howe, John C. McArdle, Wm. A. Rust, Trban Shorey, Horace 
Hill, Elisha F. Stone, Thomas J. Whitehead and Wm. B. Lapham. 

In 1860, L. B. Weeks was elected Master, and Merrill E. Has 
kell. Secretary. Twelve persons were made Masons during the year. 

1S61. Wm. A. Rust, Master; Merrill E. Haskell, Secretary. 
Numl»er of Masons made during the year, six. 

1862. Wm. A. Rust, Master; Merrill E. Haskell, Secretary. 
Number of INIasons made, twelve. The first death in the Lodge was 
that of Robert Hall, who died March 11. 

1863. Wni. A. Rust, Master; Merrill E. Haskell, Secretary. 
Number of iNIasons made, ten. 

1864. Wm. A. Rust, Master; Abel C. T. King, Secretary. 
Number of Masons made, twelve. 

.^86.5. John Bicknell, Jr., Master; Al)el C. T. King, Secretary. 
Number of Masons made, twelve. 

1866. John Bicknell. Jr., Master: Horace N. Bolster. Secre- 
tary. Number of Masons made, sixteen. A new hall was begun 
this year. 

1867. Alden Chase, Master: Frank H. Skillings, Secretary. 
The new hall was dedicated February 28. Number of INLisons 
made during the year, fourteen. 

1868. Abel C. T. King, Master; Frank H. Skillings, Secretary. 
Number of ]VIasons made, seven. 

1869. Wm. R. Howe, Master; Frank H. Skillings, Secretary. 
Number of Masons made, six. 

1870. Wm. A. Frothingham, Master; Abel C. T. King, Secre- 
taiT. Made Masons during the year, five. 

1871. AVm. A. Frothingliam, Master; Silas P. IMaxim, Secre- 
tary. ]Made Masons during the year. ten. 

1872. Wm. A. Frothingham, Master; Abel C. T. King, Secre- 
tary. Three new meml)ers during the year. 

1873. George A. Wilson, Master; Roswell C. Doten, Secretary. 
New members, five. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 357 

1874. Abel C. T. King, Master; Roswell C. Doten, Secretary. 
New members, four. 

1875. Abel C. T. King, Master; George A. Wilson, Secretary. 
Two new members. 

1876. George A. Wilson, Master; J. Ferdinand King, Secre- 
tary. One addition. 

1877. Geo. W. Hammond, Master; T. T. Crommett. Secretai}'. 
Eight new members. 

1878. David 1. Black, Master; J. Ferdinand King, Secretary. 
Six new members. 

1879. Geo. A. Wilson, Master; J. Ferdinand King, Secretary. 
Brother Emmor Rawson died this 3'ear, and bequeathed five hundred 
dollars to the Lodge. 

1880. J. Ferdinand King, Master; S. P. Maxim, Secretary. 
Two new members. 

1881. J. Ferdinand King, Master; S. P. ]\Iaxini, Secretary. 

1882. J. Ferdinand King, Master; Abel C. T. King, Secretary. 

1883. Abel C. T. King, Master; J. Ferdinand King, Secretaiy. 

Granite Lodge No. 182, at West Paris. A dispensation for a 
Masonic Lodge at West Paris, was granted September IG, 1878, by 
Edward P. Burnham, Grand Master. The petitioners were : Geo. 
W. Hammond, John Bicknell, Jr., George AV. Bryant, Samuel B- 
Locke, Leonard B. Swan, Octavus K. Yates, Peter C. Fickett, 
George H. Briggs, Wm. C. Mooney, Thomas E. Stearns, Charles 

B. Benson, Lemuel B. Carter, John Black, George W. Young, A. 
S. Dunham, Charles M. Morgan, F. H. Packard, A. J. Abbott, 
Charles W. Chase, ,'Seth Benson, >AV. W. Dunham, Lewis E. Gil- 
man, Isaac Flint, VV. S. Cordwell, C. H. Howe, Levi Shedd, 
Lorenzo D. Stacy, Samuel D. Marshall. P. M. Holden, Harrison 
Childs, Frank L Willis and E. F. Benson. George W. Hammond 
was appointed Master; George W. Bryant, Senior Warden, and 
Charles W. Chase, Junior Warden. The first meeting was held 
Oct. \), 1878. Charles M. Morgan was appointed Treasurer; Peter 

C. Fickett, Secretary; Leonard B. Swan, Senior Deacon; AV. AV. 
Dunham, Junior Deacon ; F. L. AVillis, Senior Steward ; J. C. 
Howe, Junior Steward ; Seth C. Benson, Chaplain ; John Blacky 
Marshal, and A. S. Dunham, Tyler. AVhile working under a dis- 
pensation, the following Master Masons were made : Israel F. P^m- 
uions, Peter B. Buck, J. H. Dunham, M. C. Pendexter, Alexander 



358 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Hill, G. R. Hammond, P. B. Hammond and Alfred P. Andrews. 

A charter was granted at the session of the Grand Lodge, in May, 
1879, the following Master Masons being charter members : George 
W. Hammond, Lemuel B. Carter, (Charles B. Benson, ^Marshall N. 
Stearns, John Black, Samuel B. Locke, Augustus L. Dunham, 
Leonard B. Swan, Lewis E. Gilman, Llewellyn A. Pratt, Peter C. 
Fickett, Wm. C. Mooney, Seth Benson, Charles W. Chase, Charles 
M. Morgan, Frank H. Packard, Octavus K. Yates, George W. 
Young, James R. Tucker, Thomas E. Stearns, Hermon A. Fuller, 
Isaac Flint, Peter M. Holde'n, Winfleld S. Cordwell, George W. 
Bryant. P^lliot F. Benson, Jesse C. Howe, Wellington Dunham, 
C^'rus H. Howe, George H. Briggs, Frank L. AVillis. Levi Sheild, 
Lorenzo D. Stacy, Israel F. Emmons. Peter B. Buck. Joseph H. 
Dunham, ]M. C. Pendexter, Alexander Hill, George R. Hammond, 
Peleg B. Hammond and Alfred P. Andrews. 

The first officers under the charter were installed at a special 
meeting June 23d, 1879, Ity Charles J. Collamore, Grand Master, as 
follows: George AV. Hammond, INIaster ; George W. Bryant, Senior 
Warden ; Charles W. Cliase. Junior AVarden ; Charles M. Mor- 
gan, Treasurer; Leonard B. Swan, Senior Deacon; Thomas E. 
Stearns, Junior Deacon ; Peter C. Fickett, Secretary ; Alexander 
Hill, Chai>laiu ; John Black, Ahirshal ; Jesse C. Howe, Senior Stew- 
ard ; A. S. Dunham, Tyler. 

1880. George W. Hammond, Master; Samuel B. Locke, Sec- 
retary. 

1881. Leonard B. Swan, Master; Samuel B. Locke, Secretary. 

1882. Leonard B. Swan, Master; Frank II. Packard, Secretaiy. 

1883. George AV. Bryant, Master; Frank H. Packard, Secre- 
tary. 

1884. George AV. Bryant, Master; J. F. Young, Secretary. 
Since the Lodge was instituted, twenty-four persons have been made 
Master Masons, and thirteen applicants have been rejected. Present 
number of members. 56. 




history' ok paris. 359 

Odd Fellows. 
Mt. Mica Lodgk. A Lodge of Odd Fellows 
was instituted at South Faris, Aug. 5, 1874. 
The charter members were : W. J. Wheeler, 
Isaac Rounds. M. D., Wm. K. Shurtleff, N. 
D. Bolster, C. M. Morgan, C. E. Richardson, 
Charles Morse, J. H. Dunham. George E. 
Wilson, J. C. Perry, R. A. Doton, L. S. Billings and J. P. Rich- 
ardson. The first officers elect were : Isaac Rounds, Noble Grand ; 
W. J. AVheeler, Vice Grand; N. D. Bolster. Secretary; C. E. 
Richardson, Treasurer: AV. K. Shurtlett", Permanent Secretary. 
The following have served in the ottice of Noble (irand since its 
organization : Isaac Rounds, AV. J. AVheeler, George A. AVilson, 
N. U. Bolster two terms, II. C. Davis, David S. Knapp two terms, 
F. A. Thayer two terms, S F. Briggs, R. J. Everett four terms, 
S. M. King, L. F. Keen. Eugene Fletcher. Frank L. Starbird, H. 
E. Chase and P. G. Lovering, now in office. The Recording Secre- 
taries have been as follows : N. D. Bolster two terms, Otis M. Bent 
two terms, F. A. Thayer eight terms, Frank J. Dennett, AA^. Z. 
Brown, George D. Rol)ertson, A. B. Brown. AV. P. Maxim two 
terms, and Frank Maxim now in office. The number of members 
in June report, 1884, is 15.') ; the amount of funds, S3,359.G6. The 
Odd Fellows Block was built in the Fall of 1878, and the Hall was 
dedicated Fedruary 28, 1879. 

West Paris Lodge No. 15. A Lodge of Odd Follows was insti- 
tuted at AVest Paris, March loth, 1876, by Benjamin C. Stone, 
Grand Master, and a dispensation was issued granting permission 
for the Lodge to work until the meeting of the next Lodge. At that 
session, a charter, dated August 8, 1870, was granted to Charles 
M. Morgan, J. H. Dunham, S. AV. Dunham, II. Curtis. AV. A\^ 
Dunham. A. J. Townsend, L. D. Stacy, AV. C. Moonev, T. R. 
Chase, A. C. Curtis, George AV. Bryant, A. J. Curtis, E. D. An- 
drews, A. Felt, G. G. Dow, A. S. Curtis, S. B. Curtis, Leroy Ben- 
sou, James Bradford, P. B. AVarner, Daniel Day, Horace Starbird, 
Isaac AV. Andrews, Alfred D. Bryant, Chester D. Fickett, L. E. 
Oilman and Seth Benson. The first officers were installed March 
15, 187(5, as follows: Charles M. Morgan, Noble Grand; AV. AV. 
Dunham, A'ice Grand ; A. J. Curtis, Recording Secretary ; T. R. 
Chase, Permanent Secretary ; J. H. Dunham, Treasurer. The sub- 



360 ms'ToKY OF rARit?. 

ordinate officers appointed to fill the varions positions were: P. B. 
Warner, G. G. Dow, A. C. Curtis, H. Curtis, Wm. C. Mooney, 
A. 8. Curtis, L. E. Gilman and S. AV. Dunham. 

Jul}-, 187G. W. W. Dunham was elected Noble Grand; L. D. 
Stacy, Vice Do., and A. J. Curtis, Secretary. 

January, 1877. L. D. Stacy, Noble Grand ; A. J. Curtis, Vice 
Do , and P. C. Fickett, Secretary. 

July, 1877. A. J. Curtis, Noble Grand ; H. G. Brown, Vice Do., 
and H. A. Fuller, Secretary. 

January, 1878. Charles M. Morgan, Noble Grand; Peter C. 
Fickett, Vice Do., and H. A. Fuller, Secretary. 

July, 1878. Peter C. Fickett, Noble Grand; H. A. Fuller, Vice 
Do., and G. W. Bryant, Secretary. 

January. 1879. H. A. Fuller, Noble Grand ; George W. Bry- 
ant. Vice Do., and ¥^. Whittemore, Secretary. 

July, 1879. George \V. Bryant, Noble Grand; Enoch Whitte- 
more, Vice Do., and Herbert C. Bacon, Secretary. 

January, 1880, Enoch Whittemore, Noble Grand ; Herbert C. 
Bacon, Vice Do., and E. Willis, Secretary. 

July, 1880. Herbert C. Bacon, Noble Grand; Peter C. Fickett, 
Vice Do., and C. W. Dunham. Secretary. 

January, 1881. Hannibal G. Brown. Noble Grand; Leonard B. 
Swan, Vice Do., and C W. Dunham, Secretary. 

July, 1881. Leonard B. Swan, Noble Grand ; C. W. Dunham, 
Vice Do., and F. L. Wyman, Secretary. 

January, 1882. C. W. Dunham, Noble Grand ; F. L. Wyman, 
Vice Do., and H. G. Brown, Secretar}-. 

July, 1882. F. L. Wyman, Noble (irand; H. C. Bacon, Vice 
Do., and Peter C. Fickett, Secretary. 

January, 1883. Herbert C. Bacon, Noble Grand; G. G. Dow, 
Vice Do., and W. H. Lurvey, Secretary. 

July, 1883. G. G. Dow, Noble Grand; N. Young, Vice Do., 
and E. H. Brown, Secretary. 

January, 1884. N. Young, Noble f irand; E. D. Andrews, Vice 
Do., and E. H. Brown, Secretary. 

The whole number of members is 15G, and the amount paid out 
to members on account of sickness since the Lodge was instituted, is 
$1,459 ; amount of invested funds, ^2,703.34. 



IIISTOKV OF PARIS. ))i 

The Grange. 

The Paris Grange was organized Octol)er 24, 1874. The char- 
ter members were as follows: Alexander S.Thayer, Wm. Swett, S. 
R. Parsons, Wm. O. King. Alexander ILdwards, O. G. Curtis, 
Franklin Porter, I. M. Thomas, S. M. King, P^mmor Rawson, Wm. 
H. Cole, S. R. Ellis, Robert Gray, Wm. N. Thomas, John Stevens, 
Joseph G. Penley, G. C. Pratt, Austin Chase, Nathan Chase. John 
P. Penley ; Mrs. Wm. O. King, Mrs. 'O. G. Curtis, Mrs. Frank 
Porter, Mrs. I. :M. Thomas, Mrs. W. H. Cole, Mrs. Robert Gray, 
Mrs. John Stevens, Mrs. W. N. Thomas, Mrs. S. R. Ellis and Mrs. 
Alexander S. Thayer. 

The ]M asters have been: A. S. Thayer, G. C. Pratt, Wm. N. 
Thomas, Geo. F. Hammond and O. G. Curtis. 

Secretaries: S. M. King, S. R. Parsons, J. F. King, H. E. 
Chase and Wm. K. Green.' 

The present number of male members, 80 ; female, 67. 

The brick sales-room, built by the Hersey Brothers, was purchased 
by this organization in 1882, in which they have provided them- 
selves with a commodious hall. This is a farmers' organization, 
and its social gatherings call out large numbers of this class of our 
citizens. 



CHAPTER XL. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



The Revolutionary War. 

Several of the soldiers that took part in the struggle for indepen- 
dence became early settlers in this town, and are the ancestors of a 
large number of our residents, and a brief statement of some of the 
causes that led to the conflict in which thcN' were engaged, is as 
follows : 

The first great controversy between Great Britain and the Araer- 
can Colonies arose in regard to the right of Parliament to tax the 
Colonies, while the}' were not allowed the privilege of representation 
in that body. "The Acts of Trade" were the first of a series of 
oppressive measures. Then followed the act requiring a dut}' to be 
paid into the English Treasury on all sugar, molasses, coffee and 



362 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

wines that came into the Colonies. This act was passed April 5, 
1764, and was called the "Sugar Act." At the time of its passage 
it was resolved to quarter ten thousand soldiers somewhere in Amer- 
ica. Both of these acts were strongl}' opposed by the Colonies, and 
laid the foundation for a still greater breach between this and the 
inotlier country. Trade in the Colonies soon l)ecame principally 
confined to home production, for the people determined not to im- 
port anything that it was pos'sible to do without. Parliament, find- 
ing the revenues diminished, sought another way to raise funds. 
The ftimous Stamp Act, similar to the measure adopted by our Gov- 
ernment during the Kel)ellion. was passed, requiring all bonds, notes 
and deeds to he written on stamped paper, and to liear the Royal 
seal, or be of no value. Then the people began to wear cloth of 
their own manufacture, and denied themselves all foreign lux- 
uries. Econonn" became the order of the day, the effect of which 
was soon felt in P^ngland, and the resolves in regard to taxation were 
repealed, reserving a tax on tea of three pence per pound- The 
lauding of tea in Boston was resisted, and a ship-load was thrown 
into the sea. This was followed by a retaliatory measure called 
the Boston Port Bill, forbidding the landing or loading of goods in 
the harbor. This act was passed March 25, 1774. and to enforce it 
fortifications were thrown up in Boston l)y Gen. Gage, who had 
been appointed Provincial Governor 

The Provincial Congress met at Concord in October following, 
when measures were taken for arming the whole Province. Twelve 
thousand men were ordered to be raised and to hold themselves in 
readiness at a moment's warning, and were called •'■Minute men." 
These preliminary steps of the Provincial Congress were followed 
by the organization of companies throughout the countiy, and ac- 
counts for the rapid movements of the soldiers on the "Lexington 
alarm." This brings us down to the patriot band who participated 
in the war for independence, and, after its accomplishment, ex- 
changed the musket for the axe, and hewed themselves homes in 
this and other Maine towns. 

Capt. Isaac Bolster of Sutton, was a Lieutenant at Concord, and 
a Captain in 1775 in Col. Learnard's regiment, and served in and 
around Boston. Capt. Bolster wa^ also in the military service at 
various times between 1755 and 1760. 

Jesse Briggs of "NVareham, Mass., enlisted first December 7, 
1776 — three days service and sixty miles travel; enlisted again 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 363 

Septembor 5, 1777— service to October 9, 1777, secret expedition; 
enlisted September 5, 177.S— seven diu's' service in defence of 
Elizabeth Island; enlisted again .Inly 10. 17^(0, to December ;)1, 
1780—200 miles travel— pay, twelve pounds. 

Edmond Dean of Taunton, Mass, drafted April, 1777, in Capt. 
Joshua Wilber's company; enlisted July 10. 1780— six months— 
discharsed 200 miles from home ; enlisted in Capt. Daniel Drake's 
company. Col. Downy's regiment, which marched to North river ; 
time of marching from home, August 2?, 17''Sl ; arrived at camp 
September 21, and arrived home Deceml)er 31, 1781 ; allowance, one 
penu}' per mile. 

Abijaii Warrex. Pay-roll of Capt. Benjamin Richardson's com- 
pany and Col. Nicholas Dyke's regiment. At Dorchester Heights, 
177G, 72 miles travel. Ray-roll of Capt. Samuel ]\Ieigs' company, 
1778, in Roxbury lines. Pay-roll of Capt. Samuel Ileald's com- 
pany, 1779. Time of service, two months, six days: due in paper 
money, ll£, 10s, lOd; due in specie, 12s, 9d. of. 

Eleazer Cole of Bridgewater. Drummer in Capt. Josiah Hay- 
den's company, that marched on the 19th of April, 1775, on the 
occasion of the Lexington alarm. By an arrangement previously 
made, the Committee of Safety despatched messengers on horse in 
every direction. The news of the Lexington fight arrived in Bridge- 
water early in the day, and before sunset the company was formed 
and ready to march. He was again enrolled in Capt. Josiah Hay- 
den's company, August 1, 1775, as Sergeant. 

Ephraim Field of Bridgewater, was in Capt. David Packard's 
company, which marched to Rhode Island on the alarm July 22, 
1780. He was also among those called to suppress the Shay rebel- 
lion, as per muster and pay-roll of "ye 7th company of militia in ye 
County of Plymouth." 

Amzi Brett of Bridgewater, served in Capt. Nathan Packard's 
company, in Col. Thomas Carter's regiment, 1778, to Rhode Island. 

Asa Barrows of Middleboro' was a Minute man. He was drafted 
April 1, 1778, and served eight months in Plympton's quota. 

Malachi Barrows of Middleboro' was a Sergeant in Capt. Jona- 
than Loring's company from Plymouth, three months and seventeen 
days. He had previously sei'ved three years in Col. Bradford's 
regiment. He was wounded and the bnllet never extracted. He 
settled on the Nathan Chase farm. 

Bex.iamix AVoodbury of Sutton, was called out in the Lexington 



364 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

alarm. He afterwards served in Capt. Haley's company, Col. John 
Jacobs' regiment, 1779, and perhaps had other service. 

Simeon Pond of Newton, was in the war of the Revolntion. He 
had previously served in the French and Indian wars. 

Among the other early Paris men who took a part in this war, 
were : William Swan of Woburn, who was at Bunker Hill ; Samuel 
Perkins of Middleboro' ; Peter Durell of Newton ; Thomas Stevens 
of Worcester, whose musket, with carvings made by himself while 
iu camp, is still in the family ; Isaac Jackson of Newton, and Jos- 
eph Besse of AVareham. 

The War of 1812. 

The war of 1812 is a^ memorable as the opening of a second 
struggle with England. The impressment of seamen and the depre- 
dations upon our commerce, together with the frequent insults to 
the American flag, were among the causes that led to this war. On 
the fourth of April an embargo was placed upon all vessels within 
the jurisdiction of the United States for ninety days, and on the 
18th of June, war was formally- declared b}' the President. There 
was strong opposition to the war by the Federalists, l)ut the patriot- 
ism of the country was aroused and the administration strongly' 
sustained. The stirring resolutions on page 124 of this volume, 
indicate the sentiments of our people upon the subject. The fol- 
lowing were in the regular service from this town : 

Kufus K. Goodeuow, Captain in 33d regiment United States In- 
fantry. 

James Bowker, Sergeant in Capt. Robert Douglass' companv, 
34th regiment. 

Anson Bowker, Reuben Hill and Ebenezer Irish, in Capt. Robert 
Small's company of the 4.oth regiment of infantry. 

In Capt. Stephen Blake's company of Col. Wm. Ryerson's regi- 
ment, in service at Portland from August 14th to September 24th, 
1814, were the following: 

Stephen Blake, Captain ; Thomas Hill, Lieutenant ; Thomas 
Crocker, Ensign. 

Sergeants : Daniel Stowell, Micah Walker, Caleb Besse and Alex- 
ander Robinson. 

Musicians : Seneca Brett and Isaac Record. 

Privates : Lloyd Andrews, Austin Buck, John Besse, Alvin 
Bolster, Jonathan Barker, Sylvanus Bartlett, Martin Brett, 



HISTORY or I'AKIS. 365 

Ichabod Bryant. Arodus Bryant, Zelnilon Bryant, Ichabod Bryant, 
-Jr., Joseph Bnllard. Richard Blake. Eliphalet Blake, John S. Cary, 
Wm. Chnrehill, Perez Churchill, Nathan Cloutman. Francis Cord- 
well, Cyrus Cobb, Simeon Chipnian, Simeon Daniels, Barzillai 
Dwelly, Daniel Dudley. Jacoli EUingwood, Thomas Farrar, Billings 
Fobes, Enoch Frost, Levi French, Daniel Fobes, Moses Gammon, 
Solomon Hall, Stephen Gammon, Stephen Hodgdon, Lazarus Hath- 
away, David Harlow, Silas ^Lixini, Jr., John No3es, John Need- 
ham, Daniel Noble, Caleb Perry, Simeon Perkins, James Penlev, 
Isaac Prince, Joseph Perry, John Koyal, Andrew Record, Ransom 
Ripley, Caleb Swift, Rufus Stowell, John Stevens, Theodore Stearns, 
Antipas Smith, Jonathan Swift, Alva Sliurtletf, Samuel Swift, Wm. 
H. Smitli, David Twitchell, John Twitchell, Adna Tribou, Moses 
'Tvvitchell, John Thomas, John A'alentine, Jolm Wliitehead, Seth 
Willis, Samuel P. "Weeks and Charles Walker. 

In Capt. Uriah Ripley's company were : Uriah Ripley. Caotain ; 
Eleazer S. Stephens, Lieutenant; Joel Fuller. Ensign. 

Sergeants: Wm. Walker, Moses Allen, John Carpenter, Aaron 
Fuller. 

Musicians : Geo. W. Cummings, Daniel Cummings, Jr. 

Corporals: Francis Keen, Eleazer Cummings, Daniel Cumminos, 
Levi Gray. 

Privates: Isaac Allen, Tilden Bartlett, Levi Berry, David Bas- 
ford, Setli Benson, Otis Bent, Charles Curtis, Joseph Cole, Job 
Cole, Jerathmael Colburn, Calvin Cole,- John Deering, Robert Deer- 
lug, Sebra Dunham, Edmond Dean, Daniel Daicy, Harvev Fuller, 
Galen Field, Freeman Fuller, Wm. Greenleaf. Alexander Hill, 
Amariah Harris, Kimball Hall, Andorus Kilgore, Isaac Knisht, 
Shadrach Keen, Jacob Lebroke, Nicholas Lebroke, Robert Moodv, 
Charles Porter, Stephen Packard, Mark 15. Rawson. John Swift, 
Phineas Stearns, Joseph Sturtevant, Nicholas Smith, Reuben Saw- 
yer, Samuel Stephens, Jr., Isaac Titcomb, Abiathar Tuell, Ebenezer 
Tuell, Jasper Videtto. Bela Wyman, Daniel Walker, Simeon Wal- 
ton. Joshua Young, Zibeon Field and William Ripley. 

In Capt. Jonathan Bemis' company of Artillery were: 

Sergeants: David Bemis. Amos Armsby, Jonathan Bemis, Jr., 
James Bemis. 

Musicians : James Jackson. Moses Hammond. 

Corporals: Benjamin Jackson. Frederick N. Hall, Benjamin 
-Hammond, Isaiah Willis. 



366 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Piivates : John K. BuUen, John Bird, Asa Barrows, Daniel Bul- 
len, Anthony Besse, Francis Benais, Sprague Churchill, P^benezer 
Cushman, Asa Dean, Peter Durell, James Daniels. William Durell, 
Anson Field, Isaiah Fuller, Joseph Daniels, Cyprian Hall, Sylvanus 
Jackson, Lemuel Jackson, Jacob Jackson, Seth Morse, Abram 
Pra}', Jedediah Pratt. Emnior Rawson, Nathaniel W. Rawson, Solo- 
mon Shaw. Peter B. Strout, Benjamin Stevens and John Woodbury. 

The following enlisted in Capt BailcN" Bodwell's company, raised 
mostly in Norway in March and April, 1813, for one year, and served 
in the 45th Regiment U. S. Inftmtry, Colonel Denny McCobb 
commanding : 

Clustavus A. Goss, Lieutenant; Lewis Stowell and John Valen- 
tine, Corporals ; and Privates, Jacob LeBroke, Asa Barrows, John 
Bennett, Moses Cummings, Wm. Churchill, David Dudle}-, James 
Hassom, who lived with Elder Hooper and died during service, 
Thomas Hill, Silas Jones, Benjamin Pratt, Nathan Pratt, Antepas 
Smith and Samuel P. Weeks. 

The following enlisted in Captain David Bryant's compau}- of 
Buckfield, 45th Regiment of Infantry, Col. Dennv McCobb : 

Joshua Carpenter, Sergeant ; Walter Carpenter, Corporal. The 
soldiers in Bo3'den's and Br3'ant's companies, were in the Army of 
Northern New York, and were in the engagements of Shadagee and 
Plottsburg. Caleb B. Barrows and Williams and Solomon Cum- 
mino-s also served in this war and participated in the above engage- 
ments. 

The Aroostook War. 

Early in 1839, a deputy of the Land Agent of Maine reported 
that a large number of lumbermen from New Brunswick were rob- 
bino- the disputed territory about the Aroostook river of its best 
timber, whereupon Sheriff Strickland of Penobscot countj- was 
ordered to dislodge the trespassers. He went to Aroostook with a 
posse of about 200 men, the trespassers retiring before him into 
New Brunswick. At Woodstock they broke into the Government 
Arsenal and armed themselves, then turned to meet the Sheriff. 
They captured the Maine Land Agent, and Strickland, seeing that a 
meeting of these forces would be likeh" to lead to bloodshed, if not 
to a general war, set out for Augusta and laid the matter before the 
Governor. The Legislature immediately appropriated $800,000 to 
defend the public lands, and the Governor called out 10,000 militia. 



lIljiTOKV OF I'AKIS. 367 

The draft was made February '2Gih in this town, the enrolled sol- 
diers of the several companies meeting on the Common at Paris 
Hill. A second draft was ordered, as appears from the following 
record of Companj- B : 

State of Maine. 

Pakis, March 3. 1839. Regimental Orders. First Regiment, First 

Brigade, Sixth Division. 

'•In compliance with Brigade Order of March 1st and 2d, and 
General Orders Nos. 12 and 15, Capt. Sampson Dunham will make 
a draft of six privates from those drafted on the 20th day of Feli- 
ruary last, and notify and warn them to appear at Nathan M. 
Marble's Tavern in Paris on Monday, the fourth day of ]March 
inst.. at one o'clock in the afternoon, with arms and equipments, 
including knapsacks and blankets, required by law for actual ser- 
vice, together with three days' piovisions, — that the Selectmen may 
furnish suitable carriages to carry their baggage to the Court House 
in Augusta, at which place you will warn those drafted to appear on 
AVednesday, the sixth day of March, inst., at nine o'clock in the 
forenoon, and report themselves to yourself, who is to be their com- 
mander. 

You will make a return of the names drafted, to Nathan M. 
Marble, Adjutant, before Sunday night, inst. You can make a 
draft- without calling your companv together, if you choose." 

'Orison Riplev, Col. 1st Regt., 1st B., 6th D. 

Nathan M. Marble, Adjutant. 

"Captain Sampson Dunham is hereby notified that he is detached 
and that he must appear at the Court House in Augusta, on Wed- 
D^day, the sixth day of March, inst., at nine o'clock in the morn- 
ing, armed and equipped according to law, and report himself to 
the Adjutant General at Headquarters." 

''You will return the roll that I sent you to make a draft from." 
Names of drafted men of February 20th: Ichabod C. Faunce, 
Sibley Chase, Jabez Buck, Benjamin Bird. John W. Deming, 
Harvey Berry, Ezekiel L. Porter, Albert AV. DoUotf, Peter Knight 
and Nathan Fogg ; from whom were drafted March 3d, Sibley 
Chase, Jabez Buck, Benjamin Bird, John W. Deming, Harver Berry 
and Ezekiel L. Porter. 

A true copy. Attest: Samuel F. Rawson, Clerk. 



368 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

When the messenger from Maine hiicl the foots l^efore the National 
House of Representatives, that bod}' appropriated ten millions 
of dollars to meet the probable expenses, and authorized the I'resi- 
dent, in case Governor Ilarvey of New Brunswick should persist in 
his purpose, to raise fifty thousand volunteers for a term of six 
mouths. On the sixth of March, (General Scott and his Staff 
arrived in Augusta and opened communication with Governor 
Harvey. The matter was soon settled on the basis of a withdrawal 
of the troops of both parties, and the protection of the region l)y a 
civil posse of jNIaine men. The question of boundary was settled in 
1842, and the State of JNIaine in due time received two hundred 
thousand dollars from the National Government as a reimbursement 
for the exi)enses she had incuired in defending the integrity of 
American territory. 

This l)loodless affray is within the memory of many, but the larger 
proportion of our town's people have come upon the stage of action 
since the fiamiug Proclamation of Governor Fairfield, "Our State 
is invaded," was issued. Many will call to mind the hurried meet- 
ing of the enrolled soldiers on Paris Common, and the tremliling 
line as it stretched out past the Jail, shivering in the northern blast, 
or shaking from some other cause, yet the sharp repartee that occa- 
sionally shot out from the ranks, served to keep their courage u}). 
The trooi)S were pushed forward at once to the Capital, being hastilj' 
gathered from the farm, the work-shop and the school-room. 

The War With Mexico. 
This war was variously viewed from the different political stand- 
points. AVhile all rejoiced in the brilliant achievements of the 
American arms, some could see but little justice in the dismember- 
ment of a sister Republic. Onl}' two from this town entered the 
arm}' operating against Mexico, viz : Daniel S. Hubbard, who 
voluntered from a AVestern State, and John Cooper, who, after 
following the varied fortunes of General Cushing's regiment of 
Massachusetts volunteers, came home to die, worn out l>y the ex- 
haustive marches. 

Town IMilitary Organizations. 

Compan}' B organized in June, 1794 ; was after the organization 
of the South Company in 1802, known as the North Company. The 
following were the commissioned officers of this company: 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 301) 

u ' Levi ]Iul)l);inl, (•oiniiiissioiuHl (apraiii, Juin' 2"), 1704 : proiuott'd Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, April 22, ISOO: Major (ieneral. June 2<!. 1811 ; ilischarged 
June 27, 1820. 

Eeuben Hubbard, conuuissioiit'd Lii'uteuaut, Jiuie 25, 1794. 

Jairus Shaw, Ensign, Jiuie 2."), 1794: Lieutenant, Dee. 20, 17!tO: Caittain, 
Aug-. JS. ISOO. 

Abijah Hall, Ensign, Dec. 20. 17!»!). 

Ebenezer IJawson, Captain, April 7. 1S02; pioinoted Majoi', July .">, 1S08; 
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, June 20, ISK;. 

.Samuel King, Lieutenant, Aug. is. 1800; Captain, . 

AVilliaui IJyerson, Lieutenant, Aug. 25, 1802; Captain, Sept. 20, 1808; 

Major, :May 22, 1811; Lieutenant Colonel. Sept. 23. 1811 ; Colonel, ; 

discharged June 14, 1816. 

Gustavus A. Goss, Ensign, April 7. 1S12. 

John Kobinson, Lieutenant, May 11, 180!). 

Uriah Eipley, Captain, April 4, 1812. 

Eleazer Stephens, Ensign, June 15, 1814; Lieutenant, June 15, 1815; 
Captain, July 14, 1815. 

Moses Allen, Ensign, 3Iay 2, 1815; discharged April 3, 1810. 

Joel Fuller, Ensign, May, 1810; Lieutenant, Sept. 7, 1818; Captain, 
Dee. 14, 1819. 

Daniel Maeomber, Ensign, June, 1813. 

Francis Keen, Ensign, Sept. 7, 1818. 

Nathaniel Young, Ensign, May 2, 1820. 

Alfred Andrews, Ensign, Dee. 4, 1819; Captain, April 1, 1823; dis- 
charged May 12, 1825. 

Ozen Gurney, Ensign, April 1,1823; Lieutenant, June 11,1824; Ca[)- 
tain, Aug. 29, 1825 ; promoted Majoi-, Aug. 23, 1828. 

Ebenezer Drake, Lieutenant, Aug. 29, 1825; Captain, Dec. 27, 1828. 

Chandler Cushman, Ensign, Aug. 29, 1825 ; Lieutenant, Aug. 27, 1828 ; 
Captain, June 10, 1831 ; discharged April 2, 1833. 

Edmund Rogers, Ensign, Dee. 27, 1828; Lieutenant. June 10. 1831: 
Captain, Aug. 5, 1833. 

Luther Washburn, Ensign, .June 10, 1831; Lieutenant, Aug. 5, 18.33; 
Captain, May 16, 1835. 

Sampson Dunham, Ensign, Aug. 5, 1833; Lieutenant, June 24, 1837; 
promoted Major, Aug. 24, 1840; Colonel, July 15, 1841. 

Eleazer Duidiam. Ensign, May 16. 1835; Lieutenant, June 24, 1837: Cap- 
tain, Sept. 5, 1840. 

John Willis, Ensign, June 24, 1837; removed from town, discharged. 

Jairus H. Jackson, Ensign, Sept. 14, 1839; Lieutenant, Sept. 5,1840; 
Captain, June 11, 1842. 

Jairus Shaw, 2d, Ensign, Sept. 5, 1840. 

Ezekiel Porter, Lieutenant, June 11, 1842 ; Captain, 1845. 

Alexander Hill, Ensign, Aug. 26, 1842 ; Lieutenant, 1845. 



370 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

The South Company' of Militia was organized July 12, 1802, and 
the officers have been as follows : 

Isaac Bolster, Jr., comniissioned July 12, 1802; discharged Feb. 10, 1810. 

Walter Bent, Lieutenant, Oct. 10, 1803. 

William Bent, Ensign, July 12, 1802; Lieutenant, Oct. 10, 1803. 

John Billhigs, Ensign, Oct. 10, 1803. 

Stephen Blake, Lieutenant, May 2, 1809; Captain, May 1, 1810; dis- 
charged, 1815. 

Isaac (unimings, Jr., Ensign, May 11, 1809. 

Thomas Hill, Ensign, May 1, 1810; Lieutenant, April 4, 1812; Captain, 
May 2, 1S15. 

Micah Walker, Ensign, May 2, 181;"); Captain, April 14, 1817; discharged 
March L"), 1820. 

Henry E. Parsons, Ensign, Aug. 23. 1817; Lieutenant, July Kj, 1819; 
Captain, May 2, 1820; promoted Major, Aug. 5, 1821; Lieutenant Colonel, 
Dec. 4, 1822. 

Samuel H. King, Ensign, June .5, 1819.; Lieutenant, May 2, 1820; Cap- 
tain, Oct. 7, 1822; promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Jan. 29, 1826; Colonel, 
June 30, 1827. 

John Millett, Lieutenant, Aug. 27, 182.5 ; Captain, April 7, 1826. 

Stephen Eobinson, Ensign, Aug. 27, 182.5; Lieutenant, April 7,1826; 
Captain, June 15, 1830; discharged April 28, 1832. 

Caleb Prentiss, Ensign, April 7, 1820. 

Alden Besse, Lieutenant, .lune 5, 1830; Captain, July 28, 1832; dis- 
chargeil, 1832. 

Lewis FoUett, Ensign, Oct. 30, 1831 ; discharged, 1832. 

Timothy Ford, Lieutenant, July 28, 1833 ; absent, discharged, 1836. 

William Xoyes, Lieutenant, July 29, 1833; Captain. 

Soranus Shaw, Ensign, ; Captain. April 13, 1835; discharged 

Aug. 25, 1837. 

T. Jefterson Whitehead, Lieutenant, Feb. 24, 1838. 

Charles F. Kittredge, Ensign, Feb. 24, 1838; Lieutenant, Feb. 23, 1839; 
Captain, Aug. 15, 1840. 

Samuel F. Kawson, Lieutenant, Aug. 30, 1841; Captain, April 28, 1843. 

Albert Winslow, Ensign, Aug. 30, 1841 ; Lieutenant, April 28, 1843. 

Lawson Hill, Ensign, Eeb. 23, 1839. 

Cyrus IL Morse, Ensign, April 28, 1843. 

Disbanded. 

The Artilleiy company was organized 1806. Officers: 

Jonathan Bemis, connnissioned ("ai»tain, April 13, 1807; discharged 
March 14, 1816. 

Lenuiel Jackson, Jr., Lieutenant, Ajjril 13, 1807. 

Samuel Bawson, 2d Lieutenant, April 13, 1807; Captain, June 13, 1816; 
discharged March 31, 1819. 

•Tames Bemis, Api'il 20, 1815; removed and discharged April 3, 1818. 



HISTORY OV PARIS. 371 

Joliii Dennett, I/ieuteiiaiit, Sept. 0. ISKI; Caprniii. April '20, 1818; pro- 
moted .Major. Aug. 20. 1821. 

Frederick X. Hall. T.ieutenant. :Ma\' "), 1818; Captain. Nov. 10, 1821: 
dijjcliarged, 1828. 

Cyprian Hall. Lieutenant. Ajiril 20, 1819; Captain. ^March 15, 1824; pro- 
moted to ^rajor of Battalion of Artillery, March 30, 1820. 

Charles Durell. Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1821. 

Emnior Hawson. Lieutenant. ]N[arch 1."). 1S24; Captain, July O. 182(!; re- 
signed and discharged Feb. 23. 1830. 

Sihis Maxim, Jr.. Lieutenant, :Marcli 20, 1824: Captain. June 20, 1830; 
resigned and discharged March 17, 1832. 

Richard Blake, Lieutenant, 1826; discharged. 

Gideon Bolster, Lieutenant, June 2(;, 1830; Cai)tain, August 10. 1832: 
discharged Man-li 30. 1830. 

Albert (ushnian. Lieutenant. Aug. 10, 1832: Captain. May 21. 1830; 
promoted .Major of Battalion of Artillerj', July 0, 1838. 

Thomas Pool, Lieutenant, ; Captain, July 21, 1838; discharged. 

Francis Bennett, Lieutenant. ]May 21, 1830; Captain, Jan., 1840; dis- 
charged March 17. 1841. 

Benjamin .ALixim. Lieutenant. : Captain. A])rillO. 1841 ; discliarged 

April 2.-.. LS42. 

Daniel Fickett. Lieutenant, April 11, 1841. 

Company disbanded by order of Council, June 28, 1842. 

The Paris Hide Company, voluuteers, Avas organized ^lareh, 1821. 
Officers : 

James Bemis, Captain, commissioned May 19, 1821 ; promoted to ^Nlajor, 
Dec. 4, 1822; Lieutenant Colonel, July 20, 1824. 

Jairus S. Keith, Lieutenant, Maj- 19, 1821. 

Francis Bemis, Ensign, May 19, 1821 ; Captain, April 8, 1823 ; discharged 
for absence, Aug. 11, 1825. 

Ezra Tubbs, Lieutenant, July 12, 1823; Captain, Aug. 20, 1825; dis- 
charged, 1828. 

Billings Fobes, Lieutenant, Aug. 20, 182"); Captain, Dec. 27, 1828; dis- 
charged April IT), 1830. 

Cyprian Stevens, Ensign, April 8, 1823. 

Solomon Hall, Ensign, Aug. 20, 1825; discharged (absence) July 17, 
1827. 

Cyrus Hamlin, Jr., Ensign, Oct. 4, 1827. 

Benjamin F. Crawford, Lieutenant, Dec. 27, 1828; Captain, July 3, 18.30; 
discharged Dec. 24, 1832. 

Orison Ripley. Lieutenant. July 3, 1830; Captain. July 29, 1833; pro- 
moted to Major. April 27, 1835; Lieutenant Colonel, May 10, 1836; Colonel, 
July, 1837. 

Isaac Frost, Jr., Ensign. July 3, 1830. 

Simon H. Cummings. Lieutenant, July 29, 1833 ; Captain, May 15, 1835 ;. 
promoted Lieutenant Colonel, May 28, 1837. 



372 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jliiaiii Hubbard, Lieutenant, May la, 1835; promoted to A. D. C, 
July 4, 1837 ; disi-harged. 1839. 

Dand 1{. Kipley, Ensign, May 15, 1835; Cajitain. Aug. 14, 1837; dis- 
charged May 15, 1840. 

Charles Young, Jr., Ensign, Aug. 14, 1830; discharged Mareli 1(5, 1840. 

George W. Millett, Lieutenant, Aug. 14, 1837; Captain,' June 27, 1840; 
promoted Major; Lieutenant Colonel, July 15, 1841; Colonel, June 20, 
1842. 

Jairus II. King, Ensign. May 5, 1840; Lieutenant, June 27, 1840; Cap- 
tain, July 27, 1841. 

Philip Mason, Ensigu. .lune 27. 1840. 

Job Ryerson, Lieutenant, July 27, 1841. 

Thaddeus Knight, Ensign, July 30, 1842. 

Comi)any disl)anded b}' order of Council. 

A Cavalry Company was organized and was composed of citizens 
of Paris. Norway, Woodstock and Greenwood. Paris otticers were 
as follows : 

Daniel Stowell. conniiissioneil Captain, Jan. 15, 1705. 

Samuel Kobinson, Captain, Aug. 20, 1802. 

Setli Morse, Lieutenant, June 24, 1800; Cai)tain. -lune 20. 1803. 

Joel Robinson, 2d Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1800; Lieutenant. June 20, 1803; 
Captain, Aug. 19, 1806. 

Abner Lawson, 2d Lieutenant, May 21. 1805; Lieutenant. Aug. 19, 180(); 
Captain. 

Joshua Carpenter, Cai)tain, July 27, ISKi; ;\L-iJor. S(>pt. 8,1813; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, July 2, 1818; Colonel, May 10, 1S19. 

David Bolster, Lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1813: Cai)tain, May (i, 1817. 

George King, Lieutenant, March 2, 1814; Captain, .Tan. 25, 1819. 

Rufus Stowell, Ensign, April 14, 1817; Lieutenant, Aug. 23, 1817; Cap- 
tain; Major. 

Simeon Cununings, Ensign, May 2, 1809; Lieutenant. May, 1810; Major, 
Sept. 23, 1810. 

Thomas N. Stowell. Lieutenant, Jan. 25, 1S19; Captain, May 30, 1822; 
promoted Major of Battalion of Cavalry, Aug. 20, 1822. 

Discharged ])y order of Court. 

The following Miscellaneous Commissions have been held by 
Paris citizens : 

Asaph Kittredge. Surgeon, Jvme 24, 1817. 
Abijah Hall. Jr., Paymaster, March 2(>, 1823. 

James Hooper, Chaplain, Sept. 5, 1807; Sept. 15, 1817; discharged P\^b. 
23, 1830. 

Siamuel Stowell, Paymaster 1st Reg't Infantry, July 31, 1818. 
Alvah Hersey, Adjutant of Battalion of Artillery, March 14, 1839. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 373 

Joseph II. Ilall. Qiuuterinaster of Battalion of Artillci y. Sept. 7, 1838. 

Daniel S. Huhbanl. Adjutant. July lo. 1S41. 

Aineiiea Bishee. Paymaster. July KJ. 1S40. 

Thomas II. Brown, Surgeon, April 18, 183«<, 

Nathan M. Marble, Adjutant, May 20, 1834. 

Job Holmes. Surgeon. May 4, 1830. 

Sylvanus Porter, Quartermaster, March 24, 1842. 

Daniel Xoble, Adjutant, June 24, 1825. 

Timothy J. Carter, Division Inspector, Feb. 9, 1S32. 

The following- is the Roll of the Company of Artillery in the First 
Brigade and Sixth Division of Militia, Sept. 14, 1830, at South 
Paris : 

Silas Maxim. .Ir.. Captain; Kichard Blalve. 1st Lieutenant ; Gideon Bol- 
ster, 2d Lieutenant. 

Xames of Xou-Commissioned Officers : Samuel Stearns. William Stearns, 
Alvin Swift, Leonard Shurtleff, Charles Goss, Sanuiel F. Hanson. Luther 
P. Brett, Isaac A. Thayer. Ezra G. Fuller. Lewis Sturtevant. Hiram Bar- 
rows. 

Privates: Lorenzo Stin-tevant, Sanuiel :McAllister. Levi Twitchell, Thos. 
Pool, Isaac Dunham, (Jeorge W. Thomas, Adolphus Shurtleft", Abial Pratt, 
Nathan Lombard, Thomas W. Fogg, Joel Barrows, Lorenzo Stone, David 
Carter, Benjamin B. Sturtevant, Ebenezer Lord. David P. Hannafoid. 
Reuben Chandler. Albert Cushmau, Samuel 3Iarriner. Josejih 11. Hall, 
William Blake, Dexter B. Moore, Uriah Ripley, Jr., Josiah I\. Weeks, Levi 
Maxim, Joseph Blake. Lewis Monk. Isaac F. Knight, Cyrus Besse, 
Chandler T. Millett. Memy M. Stone, Harrison G. O. Cuitis, Abial B. 
Gannnon, William .Merrill, Benjamin T. Pratt. 

A Company of Artillery was organized, and the following were 
officers : 

Lewis Child, connnissioned Lieutenant, Oct. 17. 1853; 1st Lieutenant, 
Aug. 29. 1854. 

Samuel R. Carter, commissioned Captain, Aug. 29, 18.54. 
H. E. Hammond, 2d Lieutenant, Aug. 29, 1854. 
David R. Ripley. 3d Lieutenant, Aug. 3, 1856. 
Horace N. Bolster. 2d Lieutenant, Jan. 17, 1858. 
E. F. Stone, 3d Lieutenant. Jan. 17. 18.58. 
Josiah K. Weeks, 4th Lieutenant. Jan. 17. 1858. 
Disbanded June 25, 1800. 

War of the Rebellion. 
The AVar of the Rebellion, or the war of 18G1-5, is still fresh in 
the minds of many, and the causes which led to it are too well 
remembered to need a rehearsal here. Suffice it to say, that the 



-374 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

grand uprising of the loj'al States was to prevent a disniemberment of 
the Union b\- misguided rebels in arms, and nobly was the work 
accomplished. The State of Maine, in respect to the number of 
soldiers raised and sent to the front, and also in resi)ect to their 
braveiy and lo3-alty, has a record second to no otlier, and the record 
of the town of Paris may well be pointed to with patriotic pride, ])y 
nil her loyal sons and daughters. The following list embraces them 
all, and their names here first enrolled together, will be held in grate- 
ful remembrance by the futuie inhabitants of this town, long after 
their ashes shall have mingled with the dust. ''We live in deeds, 
uot years," and those who went into the service at the call 
of the country and performed faithfully their part in the great 
struggle, cannot be said to have lived in vain, even if their lives 
have been baiien of results l)efore and since, and those of our sol- 
diers who perished in the flower of their youth, whether in the hos- 
pital, prison or on the fleld of strife, may be said to have lived long, 
because "that life is long that answers life's great end." 

John Leland Tubus. Mustered May 3, 1861. Co. F, 1st Reg't ; 
three months. Re-enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, Co. I, 17th Keg't. for 
the term of three years ; was killed in action. 

Thomas A. Beaman. Mustered May 3, 1861, Co. G. 1st Reg't; 
three months. 

Peter C. Connor. Co. G, 1st Reg't, INIay 3, 1861 : three months ; 
re-enlisted Co. F, 1st Maine Cavalry, Oct. 19, 1861. 

Sidney A. Farrar. Co. G, 1st Reg't, May 3, 1861 ; three mos. ; 
re-enlisted as Musician, 10th Regiment, Oct. 5, 1861, for two years ; 
re-enlisted veteran, Co. F, •29tli Regiment, March 2, 1864 ; three 
vciirs. 

Albion A. IIersey. Co. G, 1st Regiment. May 3, 1861 ; three 
months; re-enlisted and commissioned Captain of Co. F, 17th Reg- 
iment, Aug. 18, 1862; three years ; discharged Dec. 21, 1862. 

Rodney N. Hall. Co. G, 1st Regiment, May 3, 1861 ; three 
months; re-enlisted as Musician, Regimental Band. 10th Regiment, 
Oct. 5, 1861 ; two 3'ears. 

John F. Jordan. Co. G, 1st Regiment, Mav 3, 1861 ; three 
months; re-enlisted Co. G, 10th Regiment, as Sergeant. 

Danville B. Stevens. Private, Co. G, 1st Regiment; mustered 
May 3, 1861; three months; re-enlisted Sergeant, Co. F, 17th 
I^egiment, Aug. 18, 1862; promoted and commissioned 2d Lieuten- 
iint, March 2. 1863 ; discharged May 2, 1863. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 375 

Thomas N. Stowell, Jr. Private, Co. G, 1st Regiment, May 3, 
1861; re enlisted Dec. 31, 1861, Co. K, 13th Kegiment, as Ser- 
geant ; transferred and promoted. 

Charles P. Jackson. Private, Co. K, 1st Regiment, May 3, 
1861 ; tliree months. 

Randall B. Morton. Private, Co. H, 1st Regiment; mustered 
May 3, 1861; three months; re-enlisted Sergeant, Co. D, 20th 
Regim3nt; was wounded at Peeble's Farm, Va., and died from 
effects of wounds at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 15, 1864. 

Jefferson Jackson. Private. Co. F, •2d Regiment; mustered 
July -4, 1861, for three years. 

David S. Knapp. Musician, 2d Maine Regiment ; mustered Aug. 
3, 1861. 

D. G. Gallison. Private, Co. F, 5th Regiment ; mustered June 
24, 1861 ; tlu-ee years. 

Asa F. Ellingwood. Private, Co. I, 5th Regiment : mustered 
June 24, 1861, for tlu-ee years. 

Albert K. Perry. Private, Co. F, 5th Regiment; date of mus-^ 
ter, June 24, 1861, for three years; died of disease at Wash- 
ington, D. C, Sept. 18, 1862. 

Edmund M. Dunham. Private. Co. K, 5th Regiment ; mustered 
June 24, 1862, for three years. 

•- Enoch AVhittemore, Jr. Sergeant, Co. I, 5th Regiment ; date 
of muster, June 24, 1862, for three years. 

Sumner F. Hodgkins. Private. Co. F. 7th Regiment; date of 
muster, Aug. 21, 1861. 

Nelson J. Damon. Private, Co. A, 8th Regiment; mustered 
Sept. 7, 1861 ; re-enlisted veteran, Co. A, 8th Regiment, Feb. 29, 
1864 ; killed at Fair Oaks, Va., Oct. 27, 1864. 

Warren B. Kenney. Private, Co. A, 8th Regiment; date of 
muster, Sept. 7, 1861 : discharged and died of disease, at Paris, 
Me., Feb. 10, 1864. 

Edlon M. Monroe. Private, Co. B, 9th Regiment ; mustered 
Sept. 22, 1861, for three years ; re-enlisted Co. B, Regiment, Jan. 
1, 1864 ; killed on picket. May 23, 1864. 

Freeman L. Wyman. Sergeant, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; mustered 
Sept. 22, 1861 ; re-enlisted Sergeant, same Co. and Regiment, Jan. 
12, 1864; three j^ears. 

David Andrews. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; mustered Sept. 
22, 1861, for three years; discharged for disability, Feb. 24, 1863. 



376 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Zeri Berry. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; date of muster, 
Sept. 22, 1861 ; three years ; discharged for disabilit}-, Jan. 2, 
1863. 

James L. Brown. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment, Sept. 22, 1861 ; 
three years. 

Frank J. Brown. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; promoted Cor- 
poral ; re-enlisted Corporal. 

Harden Benson. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; three ^'ears ; 
died of wounds at Point Lookout, Va., June 1, 1864. 

AViLLiAM L. Chase. Co. F, 9th Regiment: date of muster, Sept. 

22, 1861; three 3-ears ; re-enlisted in same Company, Jan. 12, 
1864. 

Jarvis C. Cooper. Private. Co. F, 9th Regiment : mustered 
Sept. 22, 1861 ; three years. 

Wellington W. Dunham. Private, Co. F. 9th Regiment ; 
entered service Sept. 22, 1861 ; was wounded at charge on Fort 
Wagner, July 18, 1863 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Co. 
E, 6th Regiment. 

James H. Damon. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; entered ser- 
vice Sept. 22, 1861 ; re-enlisted and failed to report at expiration of 
furlough. 

Calvin H. Cleaves. Private. Co. F, 9th Regiment; mustered 
Sept. 22, 1861 ; re-enlisted Jan. 12, 1864. 

Llewellyn E. Deering. Corporal, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; mus- 
tered Sept. 22, 1861 ; missing in action, July 18, 1863. 

George T. Farrar. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; mustered 
Sept. 22, 1861 : re-enlisted Jan. 12. 1864. 

Charles L. F. Howe. Co. F, 9th Regiment ; mustered Sept. 22, 
1861 ; re-enlisted 2nd Lieutenant, Co. II, 9th Regiment, Jan. 12, 
1864. 

Frank Q. Dlnham. Private, Co. F, 9tli Regiment ; killed May 

23, 1864. 

James D. Murch. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment; mustered 
Sept. 22, 1861; re-en^isted Jan. 12,1864: promoted Corporal in 
same company. 

GusTAVus H. Ryerson. Sergeant, Co. F, 9th Regiment : date of 
muster, Sept. 22, 1861 ; re-enlisted in same company- Jan. 12, 
1864. 

Ezra Swan. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; entered service 



HISTORY OF PAKIS. 377 

Sept. 22, 18G1 ; re-enlistcd Jan. 12, I-SIU ; failed to report at ex- 
piration of fnrlongh. 

David W. Young. Private, Co. F, Otii Regiment ; entered ser- 
vice Sept. 22, 1861 ; re enlisted Jan. 12, 1864; failed to report at 
expiration of furlough. 

Orex G. Swax. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; entered service 
Sept. 22, 1861 ; re-enlisted Jan. 12, 1864; killed Aug. 16, 1864. 

Atwood Young. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; date of muster, 
Sept. 22, 1861 ; killed at Morris Island, S. C, Aug. 11, 1863. 

Benjamin F. Gage. Sergeant, Co. B, 9tli Regiment ; date of 
muster, Sept. 10, 1861 ; died of disease Oct. 12, 1864, at Fcrnan- 
dina, Florida. 

Ira Bisl'.ee. Private, Co. F, 9th Regiment ; mustered Sept. 22, 
1861 : promoted to Corporal ; discharged for disability, and died of 
disease at Paris, Me., Feb. 23, 1863. 

George W. Dammox. Private, Co. C, 10th Regiment; enlisted 
Oct. 5, 1861, for two years; re-enlisted, Co. B, 32d Regiment, 
March 10, 1864 : died of disease at Annapolis, Md., Nov. 25, 1864. 

Augustus W. Mathews. Corporal, Co. G, 10th Regiment; date 
of enlistment. Oct. 24, 1861. 

William C. Aldricii. Private, Co. E, 10th Regiment; date of 
enlistment, Oct. 4, 1861. 

Solomon S. Kennev. Private, Co. G, 10th Regiment; date of 
muster, Oct. 4, 1861 ; two years; killed at AYinchester, Ya., May 
25, 1862, in Banks' retreat. 

Charles H. Ryerson. Private, Co. K, 10th Regiment; enlisted 
Oct. 4, 1861 ; killed at Cedar Mountain, Ya , Aug. 9, 1862. 

Amaziaii B. Rouixs. Private, Co. E, 10th Regiment; enlisted 
Oct. 4, 1861. 

David Morse. Private, Co. G, 10th Regiment; enlisted Oct. 
4, 1861. 

Hexry a. Hersey. Musician, 10th Regiment : March 6th. 1862 ; 
also Musician, Co. A, 29th Regiment. 

Charles A. Hersey. Musician, 10th Regiment; March 6. 1862. 

George K. Ripley. Private, Co. G, 10th Regiment; date of 
muster, March 6, 1862 ; also of Co. A, 29th Regiment. 

Lewis H. Holt. Sergeant, Co. A, llth Infantry; date of 
muster, Nov. 7, 1861 ; promoted to Lieutenant. 

William K. Kimball. Lieutenant Colonel of 12th Regiment; 
commissioned Oct. 5, 1861; promoted to Colonel, July 31, 1862; 



378 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

re-enlisted and commissioued March 5, 1865; mustered out March 
17. 1866, Brevet Brigadier General. 

Thomas 8. Holt. Private, Co. D, 12t[i Regiinent ; mustered 
Nov. 12, 1861 ; promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 11, 1864. 

Albion Monk. Private, Co. G, 12th Regiment; date of muster, 
Nov. 12, 1861. 

Leonard Briggs. Private, Co. G, 12th Regiment; entered ser- 
vice Nov. 12, 1861 ; promoted Corporal ; wounded in action May 
27, 1863; re-enlisted Feb. 1, 1864. 

James E. Cole. Private, Co. A, 12th Regiment; mustered 
Dec. 28, 1861 ; re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864. 

William R. Swan. Commissioned Captain of Co. K, 13th Regi- 
ment, Jan. 4, 1862 ; discharged March 7, 1864. 

John D. Felton. Sergeant, Co. K, 13th Regiment ; promoted 
to Lieutenant and Captain of same company ; mustered out Jan. 6, 
1865. 

Grenfill B.Stuart. Musician, 13th Regiment; mustered into 
service Dec. 31, 1861, at the age of fourteen. 

AVhitefield B. Stuart. Musician, 13th Regiment ; date of 
muster, Dec. 31, 1861; re-enlisted, Private, Feb. 29, 1864. Was 
one of eight that rallied to the support of the colors at Battle of 
Pleasant Hill, and was promoted for Ijravery. 

Eli Aldrich. AVagoner, Co. K, 13tii Regiment: mustered Dec. 
31, 1861 ; re-enlisted Wagoner, Feb. 29, 1864. 

Horace R. Clark. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment; date of 
muster, Dee. 31, 1861. 

Henry PL Durell. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment; mustered 
Dec. 31, 1861 ; died at Ship Island, Miss., April 26, 1862. 

Jacob L. Gould. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment : mustered 
Dec. 31, 1861 ; died of disease at Fort McComb, La., March 3, 
1863. 

Theron F. Hathaway. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment; enlist- 
ment Dec. 31, 1861 ; re-enlisted Corporal, Feb. 29, 1864 ; wounded 
at Battle of Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864. 

Richard T. Lurvev. Private, Co. K, 13tli Regiment ; mustered 
Dec. 28, 1861. 

George F. Monroe. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment; mustered 
Dec. 13, 1861. 

Stephen D. Morgan. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment ; mustered 
Dec. 13, 1861 ; died of disease at Augusta, Me., March 5, 1862. 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 



379 



Joseph Penlkv. Private, Co. K. loth Regiment; mustered Dec. 

13, 1861. 

Moses Swan. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment; date of muster, 
Dec. 13, 1861 ; re-enlisted, same company, Feb. 29, 1864. 

LvMAN B. TwiTCHELL. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment ; mustered 
Dee. 13, 1861. 

Jefferson Washburn. Private, Co. K. 13th Regiment : mustered 
Dec. 13, 1661 ; discharged ; re-enlisted, Co. B, 32d Regiment, March 
10, 1864 ; discharged. 

Calvin Washburn. Private, Co. K, 13th Regiment ; mustered 
Dec. 13, 1861 ; died of disease at Augusta, Me., March, 1862. 

Joseph H. Shagkley. Private, Co. K. 13th Regiment ; mustered 
Jan. 2, 1862; re-enlisted, Co. K, 13th Regiment, Feb. 29, 1864. 

Julius A. KiNci. Private, Co. G, 14th Regiment; date of mus- 
ter, Dec. 12, 1861 ; discharged for disability in Louisiana. 

Francis D. Mixer. Private, Co. G, 14th Regiment; enlisted 
Dec. 12, 1861; promoted to Corporal; re-enlisted Sergeant, same 
company, Jan. 1, 1864 

Stephen Mitchell, Artificer, .Jth Battery, Dec. 24, 1861. 

William W. Ripley. Private, 5th Battery; mustered Dec. 4, 
1861 ; killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. 

Joseph G. Cole. Private, Co. F, 1st Maine Cavalry; date of 
enlistment, Oct. 19, 1861. 

Orren F. Brown. Co. L, 1st Maine Cavalry; died of disease 
■contracted in Southern prisons, at Paris, Me., June 8, 1865. 

Fred A. Cummings. Private, Co. F, 1st Cavalry; enlisted Oct. 
19, 1869; re-enlisted, Co. I, 1st Cavalry, Dec. 31, 1863; trans- 
ferred to Invalid Corps. 

Henry A. Child. Bugler, Co. G, 1st Maine Cavalry, Oct 31, 

1861 ; re-enlisted, same company, Feb. 1, 1864. 

Jerome A. Gilman. Private, Co. C, 20th Regiment: mustered 
Aug. 29, 1862. 

Frank L. Berry. Sergeant, Co. F, 17th Regiment, Aug. 18, 
1862. 

Zepheniah E. Sawtelle. Corporal, Co. F, 17th Regiment. Aug. 
18, 1862. 

J:dwin N. Haskell. Corporal, Co. F, 17th Regiment. Aug. 18, 

1862 ; discharged for disability, Jan. 30, 1863. 

John C. McArdle. Musician, Co. F, 17th Regiment, Aug. 18, 
1862. 



380 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

John Alhf.k. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment, Aug. 18, 1862; 
discharged ; died of disease at Paris, Me., Oct., 1863. 

Hexrv M. Brett. Private, Co. F, 17th Regimeut, Aug. 18, 
1862 ; transferred to Invalid Corps ; died at Lincoln Hospital, D. 
C, Jan. 16, 1864. 

Lemuel B. Carter. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment, Aug. 18, 
1862 ; promoted to 1st Sergeant. 

Giles K. Clifford. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862 ; died of wounds at Wilderness Hospital, Va., Ma}" 
19, 1864. 

Oliver G. Curtis. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862 ; served through the war. 

L. Melrose Deeking. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment ; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862 ; died of disease at South Paris, Me., May 19, 1867. 

WiLLiAxM H. Downs. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862. 

Otis Dyer. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered Aug. 18, 
1862 ; promoted to Sergeant. 

Alvin Judkins. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered Aug. 
18, 1862; discharged for disability, Aug. 19, 1863. 

James H. F. Knapp. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862; promoted to Corporal ; wounded Aug. 13, 1863. 

Richard L. Lurvey. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862. 

Peltiah Leighton. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment: mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862 ; died of disease at Washington, D. D., Nov., 1862. 

Moses H. Morse. Private, Co. F. 17th Regiment; enlisted Aug. 
18, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Va., and died on the way to 
Washington, :May 27, 1863. 

Eliab W. Murdock. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment, Aug. 18, 
1862: re-enlisted; Invalid Corps, Aug. 31, 1864. 

Eugene P. Newhall. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment, Aug. 18, 
1862 ; died of wounds in Battle of Wilderness, Va., May 7, 1864. 

Asa D. Packard. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862 ; died of disease Jan. 9, 1863. 

Levi A. Pratt. Private, Co F, 17th Regiment; enlistment, 
Aug. 18, 1862. 

Arthur O. Robinson. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment ; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862. 

Albert F. Ryerson. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 





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HISTORY OF PARIS. 381 

Aug. IS, 18G2 ; missing in action in Battle of Si)otsylvania. May 
12, IBG-i. 

Charles H. Twitchell. Private, Co. F, 17th Kegiment; 
mustered Aug. 18, 18G2. 

Alden B. Washbukx. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment ; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862 ; discharged for disability Feb. 7, 1863. 

Linus G. Washhurx. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862. 

Almon T. Washburn. Private, Co. F. 17th Regiment: mustered 
Aug. 18^ 1862 ; wounded at Gettysburg. 

Levi Whitcomb. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862; killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. 

Edwin D. Jacques. Private, Co. F, 17th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862. 

Francis H. Hale. Private. Co. F, 1 7th Regiment ; mustered 
Aug. 18, 1862. 

Horace N. Bolster. Commissioned Captain, Co. F, 23d Regi- 
ment ; re-enlisted Captain, Co. K, 12lh Regiment: commissioned 
March 9, 1865 ; resigned Aug. 16, 1865. 

Solomon A. Bolster. Orderh' Sergeant, Co. F, 23d Regiment : 
promoted 2d Lieutenant. 

James H. Barrows. Sergeant, Co. F. 23d Regiment ; mustered 
.-Sept. 29, 1862. 

Ellery F. Goss. Sergeant, Co. F, 23d Regiment ; re-enlisted 
Sergeant, Co. K, 12th Regiment, March 21. 1865. 

JosEi'H P. Packard. Sergeant, Co. F, 23d Regiment ; mustered 
Sept. 29, 1862. 

AuRESTUs S. Perham. Corporal, Co. F, 23d Regiment ; re-en- 
listed, 7th Maine Battery. 

Isaac R. Besse. Private, Co. F, 23d Regiment ; died of dis- 
ease at Camp Grover, Md., Dec. 17, 1862. 

AVm. L. Gray. Private, Co. F, 23d Regiment: re-enlisted 
Private, Co. C, 32d Regiment, March 23, 1861. 

Victor Gurney. Private, Co. F, 23d Regiment : afterwards 
Corporal in U. S. service, and died of disease at Johnsonville, 
Tenn., Sept. 23, 1864. 

Samuel C. Jackson. Private, Co. F, 23d Regiment ; re-enlisted 
Corporal, Co. K, 12th Regiment. 

Silas F. Jones. Private, Co. F, 23d Regiment : died at Camp 
•Grover, Md., Nov. 12, 1862. 



382 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Freeland Young. Private, Co. F, 23d Regiment ; re-enlisted, 
7th Battery, Dec. 30, 1863. 

Ariel G. Carver. Private, Co. D, 25th Regiment ; re-enlisted 
as substitute Tor H. D. ^Marshall, and went into service July 2S, 
1863. 

The following were mustered into service in Company F, 23d 
Regiment, September 29, 1862. and served nearl}' ten months with 
this organization, viz. : Daniel H. Young, Gilbert P2. Shaw, Geo. 
II. Barrows, Geo. W. Young, John ^NI. Bird, Geo. W. Cole, Isaac 
D. Cummings, Geo. E. Walker, John C. Cummings, Charles W. 
Dunham. James P. Dunham, Albert A. Favor, Granville M. Favor, 
Dexter Giles, Geo. W. Giles, Hiram II. Jackson, Lewis L. Jack- 
son, Hiram P. Knight, Hudson Knight, John E. Merrill, ]Milton 
Morton, Joseph H. Morse, John Porter, I^dwin D. Pratt, Henry A. 
Ryerson, Andrew J. Smith, Chandler Swift, (rco. H. Twitchell, 
Wm. Woodis. 

Benjamin F, Buck. Drafted July, 1863, and entered service, 
Co. B, 3d Regiment, Julv 17, 1863; died of disease near Freder- 
icksburg, A'a., Jan. 9, 1864. 

Emery E. Lowell. Drafted July, 1863, and entered service, Co. 
B, 2d Cavalry. 

Henry F. Noyes. Drafted July, 1863, and entered service, Co. 
D, 3d Regiment. 

Nathaniel Young. Drafted July, 1863, and entered service, 
Co. F, 1st Vet. Infantry. 

Clinton S. Gray. Private, Co. C, 32d Regiment ; mustered 
March 28, 1864; discharged, and died of disease at Paris. Me., 
June 8, 1865. 

Consider Cole. Private, Co. B, 32d Regiment ; died in Vir- 
ginia, April 7, 1865. 

Wm. p. Dammon. Private, Co. B, 32d Regiment ; mustered 
March 23, 1864. 

Alva Dammon. Private, Co. A, 8th Regiment Volunteers ; 
mustered Sept. 2, 1864. 

James H. Tavitchell. Private, Co. — , 1st Cavalry; nmstered 
Sept. 2, 1864. 

Lowell E. Hammond. Private, Co. I, 16th Regiment; mustered 
Sept. 7, 1864. 

Cyrus W. Twitchell. Private, 1st Cavalry ; mustered Sept. 15, 
1864. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 383 

Joseph H. Dunham. Private, 7th Battery ; mustered Sept. 15, 
1864. 

JoHX Reed. Private, 7th Battery ; mustered Sept. 13, 1804. 

Walter J. Tucker. Private, Co. A, 29th Regiment ; mustered 
Sept. 16, 1864. 

Adxa GuRNEY. Private, 7th Battery; mustered Sept. 22, 1864. 

Laforest Warner. Private, 7th Battery ; mustered Sept. 22, 

1864 ; died of disease near Petersburg, Va., Jan. 1, 1865. 

James E. Hooper. Private, Co. K, 12th Regiment: mustered 
March 21, 1865: died of disease at Hilton Head. S. C, July 15, 
1865. 

The following were mustered into service in Company K, 12th 
Maine Regiment, and were discharged with the company, viz : A. 
Mellen Rice, Sergeant; Geo. H. Twitchell, Charles F. Jackson, 
John R. Sanborn, Corporals; Caleb B. Green, Thomas P. Jackson, 
Andrew J. Jackson, Charles S. Morse, Charles H. Porter. 

The following townsmen served on quotas of other towns : 

Gideon B. Bowker. Private, Co. K, r2th Maine Regiment, on 
quota of Auburn ; died at Hilton Head, S. C, July 15, 1865. 

George Jones. Mustered on quota of Auburn ; mustered 3Iarch, 

1865 ; discharged at Gallop's Island, Boston Harbor. 

Augustus Ryerson. Mustered on quota of Auburn, March, 
1865 ; discharged at Gallop's Island. 

The following, who were soldiers, have become citizens of the 
town since the war : 

Gustavus C. Pratt. Enlisted and was mustered into the 17th 
Me. Regiment, Co. C, Juh' ID, 1862 ; transferred to Co. B. and 
commissioned 2d Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1863 ; promoted to 1st Lieu- 
tenant ; transferred to Co. D, and commissioned Captain, April 21, 
1864. 

Franklin Maxim. In quota of Buckfield ; in 5th Batteiy 
Mounted Artillery. 

Ethan Willis of West Paris, who served through his term of 
enlistment in a Massachusetts regiment. 

Albert C. Barrows. 'Private. Co. I, 16th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 1, 1863 ; wounded in Battle of Wilderness. 

A. F. Barrows. On quota of Sumner : Co. F, 9th Regiment. 

Geo. a. Wilson. Corporal, Co. B, 21st Regiment; on quota of 
Waterville ; in service from Oct. 13, 1862, to Aug. 25, 1863, when 



384 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

the regiment was mustered out. Was one of the ''forlorn hope" of 
three hundred that vohinteered to assault Port Hudson in the early 
days of the siege. It proved to be a wanton waste of life. 

Albion A. Maxim. Corporal, Co. G, 12th Regiment; mustered 
Nov. 15, 1801, on quota of Buektield ; discharged for disability 
Jan. 31, 1863. 

Charles T. BrcK of Sumuer. Co. C, 20th Regiment; mustered 
Aug. 29, 18G2. 

Isaac Rounds, M. D., of Lewiston. Co. D, 17th Regiment; 
mustered Aug. 18, 1862; wounded — fracture of the skull — at Battle 
of Wilderness, May 6, 1864, in Hancock's charge, and again April 
6, 186.5, in following Lee's retreating army, at a place called Jeters- 
A'ille. This was a flesh wound in the leg. 

Jajies U. Williams of Houlton. Co. A, 7th Regiment ; mustered 
Aug., 1861 ; transferred to Co. D ; re-enlisted in 1st Regiment Yet. 
Infantiy. 

The following are non-residents who served on the quotas of Paris : 
Wm. B. Lapham, then of Woodstock, Private, 2d and 1st Lieutenant, 
Co. F, 23d Infantry, afterward 1st Lieutenant 7th Battery, Captain 
and Brevet Major; James B. Smith, Geo. J. Demerett, Thomas 
Finn, John C. Harvey, Charles M. Johnson, Abraham Mansell, 
Johu Fitz. John N. AVeymouth, Charles Watson, Edward Butler, 
Patrick H. Canning, Thomas ^IcPherson, Anthony Dowdelle, Geo. 
Vreeder, James Davis, William Thompson, Joseph Barnes, Henry 
Bond, William Beers, William P. Cimningham, John Crowly, Alfred 
Dempsy, INIichael Delaney, John Doyle, George Fitz, Henry Gor- 
don, Wm. Hickley, Chas. M. Hesley, Barney Kelle}', Wm. Kelley, 
Thomas Murray, George Mellen, Robert Miles, Michael Murraj', 
James Mellen. Samuel Potts, Sanmel Pettengill. Paul II. Ransh, 
Peter Ryan, John Rogers, Michael Smith, Edwin Shrown, James 
Smith, John Williams, Otto Webber, Wm. A. Child, Charles Du- 
bois, Patrick Kelley, Philip Mack, Wm. Richardson, Warren (). 
Douglas, Leverelt W. Gerrish, Arthur Ulmur, Henry White, Wm. 
Kelley, James A. Roberts. 

The following are the names of the Principals and Substitutes in 
the draft of 1863. 

Ferdinand F. Favor, George Bryan, 

George W. Locke, John II. Williams, 

John Locke, William Born, 



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385 



Elijah Berry, 
America Audrews, 
Veranns Stone, 
Andrew Hill, 
H. D. Marshall, 
L. ^y. Mason, 
James E. Hooper, 
Oliver P. Cummings, 
Moses Dow, 
George K. Jackson, 
Benjamin K. Dow, 
George F. Shedd, 
George W. INIaxim, 
Horatio R. Pulsifer, 
S. P. Stearns, 
Hosea R. Bonney, 
Alfred "\V. Stearns, 
Lorenzo D. Bonney, 
B. F. Morse, 
Sewell H. Webber, 
George P. Hooper, 
Josiah S. Hobbs, 
S. R. Carter, 
Rnfus Farrar. 
Julian E. ^laxim, 
Kendall Swift, 
Alvin Swift, 



George INI orris, 

Edward Bogne, 

Marcus M. Stone, 

John Foley, 

Ariel Carver, 

Narcissa L. Ware, 

George S. Stuart, 

Daniel McDonald, 

Albion P. Cobb, 

Donald IMorison. 

James Hanlahan, 

George Martin, 

George Hnrd, 

Charles Morris, 

Charles H. Smith. 

Welcome Beals, 

James Crafts, 

Freborn G. Bean. 

William Rilev, 

John Carter, 

Henry ^Martin, 

John Cochran, 

Nehemiah C. Richardson, (col. ) 

John Arkett, 

William Russell, 

John Ellis. 

Peter Neilson. 




386 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

CHAPTER XLI. 

Snow's Falls. 

This curious waterfall was seen and spoken of by those who came 
to lay out the township, and was a subject of much speculation 
among the early settlers. The tragic scene which occurred in the 
vicinity and which gave name to the Falls, appears to be as well 
authenticated as any event connected with the early history of this 
region ; and yet, strange as it ma}' appear, scarcely anything is 
known concerning one of the principal actors in the tragedy. His 
name was Snow, and he was a hunter and trapper, but of his Chris- 
tian name, his former place of residence and his family, nothing is 
known in Paris. His companion was a man named Stinclifield, 
who came early from "Windham to New Gloucester and was one of 
the soldiers who manned the fort at New Gloucester during the last 
French and Indian war. There were three Stinchfields in the fort : 
John, James and William — the two latter probably being sons of 
the former. It is dilficult at this day to determine which of these 
three was Snow's companion, but it was probably James, who is 
spoken of in Williamson's History of Maine, as "a mighty hunter, 
and well acquainted with the woods and with the Indian manner of 
warfare. He helped build the first fort (in New Gloucester), and 
was a principal man in the town for some 3'ears." Another of the 
fort defenders was Benjamin Hammond, father of our early settlers 
of this name. Mr. Hammond and James Stinchfield were of the 
part^' sent to Canada after the breaking out of the war for indepen- 
dence, to ascertain the bias of the people and the attitude of the 
Indians. They were made prisoners, but succeeded in making their 
escape through the aid of a Mrs. Forbes, with whom the}' had 
stopped, and who was friendl}^ to the American cause. The traged}* 
enacted at Snow's Falls was not recorded in contemporaneous his- 
tory, nor has an\' account of it appeared in any history of the 
Indian wars. Tlie early settlers of Paris, some of whom had lived 
in New Gloucester and probably knew the Stinchfield family, were 
familiar with the story and transmitted it to posterit}' through their : 
children. In 1S24, the late Honorable Elijah L. Hamlin communi- 
cated to the first issue of the Oxford Observer, a description of the ' 
Falls and an account of the tj-aged}' b^' which Snow met his death. 
Some of the very first settlers, including John Daniels and Patience 



HISTORY OF PAKIS. 387 

Willis, were then living, and it is but fair to presume tlftit Mr. Ham- 
lin conferred with them in the preparation of this sketch, and it is 
probabh' as authentic an account of the aftair as we shall ever have. 
It has since been told differently by others, but in all the essential 
facts there is no great disagreement, except in the instance men- 
tioned hereafter. ]Mr. Hamlin's sketch is here given in full : 

"Snow's Falls, on the Little Androscoggin River, about four miles 
north from the Court House in Paris, possess some considerable 
notoriety, and are well worth a visit from the curious. The country 
circumjacent to the Falls, is rocky, uneven, and almost mountain- 
ous. Two hills, one upon either side of the stream, seem hereto- 
fore to have met and to have inteposed a l)arrier to a passage of 
the river through which it finally burst its way, strewing the valley 
beneath with ruins and fashioning out a multitude of circular cav- 
ities in the ledge of granite whicli was now laid bare at the base of 
these Falls, and over which the water rushed with deafening uproar. 
There was probaljly a fissure in this ledge, traversing it in a direc- 
tion with the river, which, in process of time, has been so deepened 
and widened that now the whole body of the stream is precipitated 
through a channel so narrow that one may easily step across it. 

Standing upon this smooth and solid bed of granite, 3'ou hear 
the water rushing and roaring Ijeneath you, and sending up spra}' in 
its angular passage, to be colored b^- the golden beams of the sun, 
and to ])e drank in by the thirsty verdure on the banks. Looking 
through this zig-zag channel from either extremity, it presents a profile 
drawn analogous to artificial fortifications, and the eye hastily 
searches for the bristling bayonet and the cannon, as it sees the 
numerous bastions and curtains extending themselves at great length 
with almost the regular disposition of engineer construction. Above 
you the river spreads itself out in ample dimensions, and approaches 
peaceably and silently; until it is forced to find vent in this narrow 
channel, where it lashes itself into fur\' and pours itself along in a 
roar that is heard for miles around. Standing in perfect security 
on the very edge of this chasm, you may look down into it, 

'Through which foam globes in eddies ride, 
Thick as tlie schemes of Iiumau pride, » 

That down life's current drive amain, 
As frail, as frothy and as vain.' 

Below you the country spreads itself out in a rich landscape ; j-ou 
see the silver stream threading itself along through occasional wood- 



388 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

land and opeuingon both sides of its rich bank, exhibiting the monu- 
ments of industry and art. At a distance the village spire rises 
itself up proudl}' above the buildings that surround it. and divers 
roads are seen traversing the adjacent country, converging to the 
village like radii from circumference to center. 

These falls take their name from the circumstance of a hunter 
named Captain Snow being killed there by the Indians as far back as 
the year 1762. This country was then a wilderness — New Glou- 
cester, the nearest settlement, was just commencing, and Captain 
Snow and a Mr. Stinchlield were engaged in hunting and trapping 
on this stream. Their camp was pitched on the east side of the 
river, near l)y tlie Falls, and tradition points to the Aery spot. In- 
dian depredations at that time were very frequent. A party of 
warriors had descended from Canada, and scattering themselves 
upon our frontier settlements, were carrying with them devastation 
and terror.* One part}', having laden themselves with booty, in 
returning discovered these traps of the hunters, and evidently traced 
them to their camp. Stinchlield, who hai)pened to l)e on the out- 
side, discovered them when within a few rods of it ; he uttered a 
scream of terror and conjured Snow, who was within, to surrender, 
as resistance would l)e useless. Snow, who was aware of the hor- 
rible sutferings to which the}' doomed their prisoners, replied that 
he never would surrender himself alive ; that it Avas l)etter to perish 

* There is eertaiuly an auaclironi.sin in flxingthe date of the tragedy at 1762; it is stated 
that New Gloucester was just eommencing, and that the Indians were devastating the 
frontier settlements. It is a fact that Xew Gloucester was begun in 1754, and that the set- 
tlement has been continuous since, although for a portion of the time the people lived 
in the foi't. It is also a well known fact in history, that after the fall of Quebec, which 
forever put an end to French domination in this country, and tlie subsequent treaty made 
with the Indians at Halifax, February '23, 17(;0, there were no further depredations by the 
Indians upon the settlements in Xew Englan<l for many years, and none at all, except the 
small raiil upon Bethel and the Xew Hampshire border, near the close of the Revolu- 
tionary War. There is one version of this story which diflers quite materially from the 
one here related by Mr. Hamlin, and which, if the true one, would obviate the necessity 
of looking for a diflerent date when the circumstances took place. The writer of this, 
when a small boy, heard it from his grandfather, who was an early settler in Paris, and it 
was as follows ; That Snow and Stinchlield were hunting and had their camp near the 
Falls; that, getting short of provisions, Stinchlield went to Xew Gloucester for a supply, 
leaving Snow in charge of the camp; that he was delayed in Xew Gloucester and did not 
return until Snow was nearly heliiless from starvation; that he had crawled frtmi the canii> 
to the spring near by for water, and was returning when Stinchtielil came in sight, au<i seeing 
some one crawling upon the ground, he thought it was an Indian and fired, mortally 
wounding Snow, who soon after died. This is given here only to show how diflerent 
versions of the same story sometimes materially differ. It is likely that the fate of Whit- 
uey, near the pond that bears his name in Hartford, had something to do in perpetuating 
this version of the Snow tragedy. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 389 

there than at the stake. • The Indians tinding themselves discovered, 
with a yell precipitated themselves upon the camp. Snow appeared 
at the door with his musket in his hand and made a demonstration 
of surrender; but he only did this to single out his victim. The 
Indian who covered the file in its approach was of ferocious appear- 
ance and uncommon stature. His head was adorned with the plum- 
age of the eagle taken entire, its wings depending over either 
shoulder, and talons and beak so arranged that it still seemed to 
have life and conscious of its kingly power. When Avithin a few 
steps of Snow, and signifying to him good (juarter. Snow suddenl}' 
elevated the muzzle of his piece, and sayinoj that he neither asked or 
gave quarter, discharged it into the bosom of the Indian sachem, 
who rolled upon the ground in the mortal agonies of death. Before 
Snow could recover the camp or make another movement of offence, 
he himself was slain and cut in pieces b}' the whole party, who had 
rtung themselves at once in fury upon him. They then betook them- 
selves to lamentations and bowlings for the loss of their chief, and 
having performed all the funeral rites due to his rank, and signifi- 
cant of their consideration of his loss, they sank him in a neigh- 
boring bog and continued their march northward, taking Stinchfield 
along with them, calculating to otfer him up as a sacrifice for the 
death of their chief. 

On the borders of Lake LImbagog, they were joined bv the In- 
dians who had been spoiling in other directions, and here they 
feasted several days, holding their orgies both for the success of 
tbeir campaign and the loss of their sachem. They afterwards 
went to Canada, and Stinchfield, watching every opportunity to 
escape, at length veniured, and traveling the wilderness alone, finall}' 
reached his friends in safet}' and informed them of the tragical 
death of his comrade. The remains of Snow were subsequently 
interred by a part}' that went from New Gloucester, and a mound 
of stones loosely thrown together still marks the spot where sleeps 
the valiant hunter whose name is perpetuated b\' identifying it with 
the name of the Falls. 

A curious circular hole has recently been discovered on the west 
side of the river, about half a mile from the Falls, on the summit 
of a hill, in a ledge of solid granite. It is between two and three 
feet in depth and about eighteen inches in diameter, resembling 
those that are found on the Falls, only vasth' more perfect in its 
construction. There is much speculation as to the cause and man- 



390 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

ner of its formation. It seems hardly possible that it could have 
been formed bj- a current of water passing over the rocks, as the 
hill is so high, this being the only cavity and there not existing the 
least appearance of the smallest rill ever having run in that direc- 
tion. That it was hollowed out by the Indians, is still more im- 
probable. It is in a place where they would be the least likely to 
congregate for an}' purpose, and, if made by them, must have been 
clone at an immense expense of time and labor, and for ought we 
see, to no possible advantage, and, in fact, the smooth and rounded 
appearance of tlie hole on its outer surface seems rather to indicate 
water as the agent in its formation. We have examined it a num- 
ber of times, and can only add with the poet : 

'The thing is neither strange nor rare, 
But how the devil came it there?' " 

The writer was then a voung man and doubtless drew somewhat 
on his imagination, though the main facts may doul)tless be relied 
upon as correct. From the well known character of Stinchfield as 
a brave hunter and Indian fighter, it is doubtful if he "•screamed in 
terror" when he saw the approach of the Indians, though he might 
have counselled surrender, knowing that resistance was useless, and 
prefeiring to take the chances of sul)sequent escape, to certain death 
upon the spot. In so doing there was no impeachment of his cour- 
age, and sul)sequent events showed that he acted tlie i)art of wis- 
dom. 

The body of water which passed through the rock}' gorge was 
pro1»al)ly much greater sixty years ago than now, as many impor- 
tant tributaries of the river and of the ponds which form its head- 
waters have become dry, or nearly so, since the land was cleared 
along their banks. Geologists tell us that ages ago, during the 
glacial period, an immense arctic river flowed through the valley of 
the Little Androscoggin, and this may account not only for the 
"pot holes" which Mr. Hamlin describes as being near the Falls, 
but also for the one above the Falls and considerably above the l^ed 
of the river. The "two hills" spoken of bv Mr. Hamlin, "one 
upon either side of the stream," were once joined together, as he 
suggests, when the lowlands above, including the Bemis meadow, 
the high interval east, west and north of it, the William Berry farm, 
and all the territoiy west and south of it to Robinson's hill and 
Greenwood line, must have J>een inundated. The Falls then must 
have been something grand, but in time tlie barrier was broken 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 391 

through, and since then the river has been constantly lowering its 
bed and cutting for itself a channel through the solid rock. There 
is abundant evidence to show that the surface soils of hundreds 
of acres of the lowlands above the Falls were formed under water, 
and that for a very long period the subsidence has been gradual. 



CHAPTER XLII. 

early industries of paris. 

Mills. 

The portable mill of Dea. John AVillis, or it may have been Willis 
& Jackson, stood in the tield now owned by Asa Woodbury, about 
twenty rods from the road. The stones were removed to the Ham- 
lin residence, and on the sale of that in 18G0, they passed into the 
possession of 8. R. Carter, where they may now be seen as a relic 
of "j-e-ancient time." No living witness remains to describe the 
mill, but we conjecture it was run in the style of the old time liark- 
mill. It may have been more properly called a hominy-mill, as 
homin}', samp and bean porridge, were ever recurring articles of 
diet in the culinary department of that day. Tliis, however, seemed 
to be only an ad interim arrangement to the completion of Jackson's 
mill, on Stony Brook, in 1784. Like the mills of the gods, it ground 
slowl\% but answered its turn. 

The first saw-mill in this town was Ijuilt on Stony Brook by Lem- 
uel Jackson, in the summer of 1783. The dam was just up stream 
from the bridge that crosses Royal's mill pond near the point of 
ledge that extends nearly across the stream. The location of the 
county road in 1793, and the deed of Elias Stowell in 1805, to 
Rouse Bisbee, determine the exact location. This mill furnished 
boards to the earliest settlers of Norwa}' and was a great conven- 
ience to the pioneers of this town. Solomon Bryant was probably 
the first mill-man. The reader can picture it, as it stood in the forest 
shade until it cut its way to the sunlight — that the saw went up and 
the saw went down, awakening only the echoes of the wildwood. 
The generation has passed away that saw the last of the crumbling 
timbers of this rude structure. 



392 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

The grist-mill — the first in this section of the country — was built 
the following 3-ear (1784) on the site of the mill owned and occu- 
pied by Wm. B. Ro^'al. The dam was midway between the present 
dam and the bridge, some portion of which may still be seen at low 
water, on the southern bank of the pond. The wheel was overshot, 
the water being conye\'ed in a spout from the dam. It was put in 
motion contemporaneous with the wheels of government a century 
ago, and the first grist was ground b}' Miller Ames. This was 
owned by Lemuel Jackson until Sept. 7, 1802, when- it passed into 
the possession of Elias Stowell — being included in the mill lot. 
January 2, 1813, Elias Stowell sold to John Bennett, who sold, in 
November following, to John Valentine and Austin Buck. The}' 
conveyed the premises to Jonathan Cummings, carpenter, who sold, 
May 2fi, 1817, to Seth Morse, bounded by the roads and the brook, 
containing about two acres, together with the grist-mill thereon with 
two run of stones; consideration, S375. Morse sold, April 16, 
1820, to George King and Simeon Perkins for one thousand dollars. 
King sold his undivided half to Samuel Perkins. While in the pos- 
session of Simeon Perkins, the house now the residence of Wm. B.- 
Ro3'al was built. Benjamin Ro3al became the owner, and after his 
decease it passed into the possession of Wm. B. Royal, the present 
owner, who has done awa^- with the grist-mill and substituted the 
manufacture of Avheel-barrows, and has also added a saw-mill. 

The saw-mill of Reuben Hubbard and John Daniels, was built on 
Stony Brook, near the residence of Henry Fobes. It was probably 
built soon after Jackson's mill, but had been destroyed by fire 
previous to 17i)G. In the deed of Reuben Hubbard to Ephraim 
Field, March 9, 1796, reserve is made to John Daniels of the priv- 
ilege of one half of tlie stream and two acres of land where the 
saw-mill lately stood. Tiadition gives the only explanation of its 
destruction. Slabs had accunuilated at the mill and the proprietors 
were removing them, when they became tired and sat down to rest 
and refresli themselves. The project of burning the slabs was hit 
upon as a labor saving process, which they at once proceeded to put 
in execution. The slal)s disappeared veiy much to their gratifica- 
tion, and, doubtless much to their surprise, the mill also. 

A small grist-mill was l)uilt near where the Daniels road inter- 
sects with the Stony Brook road. We find mention of it in the 
diaiy of Dea. Prentiss. The raising is also remembered by Alonzo 
King and Luther Brett, our oldest citizens. It was "tended" atone 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



393 



time by Simeon Briggs. Tlie miller's house stood iu the pasture 
owned by O. W. Bent, just north of the road. 

The saw-mill opposite Samuel M. King's mill, was built by Capt. 
Jairus H. King. It was operated at one time in the manufacture 
of dead eyes. It has been succeeded liy the mill built by Samuel 
M. King, on the south side of the stream. It combines a saw and 
shingle mill, and is owned and operated by the proprietor. 

A shingle-mill, built by Mr. Chase, was located still higher up 
the stream, near the bridge crossing the brook on the road leading 
to Solon Royal's. This was soon abandoned and the building taken 
down. 

Lemuel Jackson built the dam on the Little Androscoggin river, 
and erected the saw and grist mills, the former on the west side of 
the stream and the latter on the east side, above the bridge. In 
Jackson's sale of land to Elias Stowell in 1802, these mills were 
included. The place seems to have taken the name of Stowell's 
Mills, after this. December 26, 1805, AVm. Stowell became the 
purchaser of all the estate between the road and Stony Brook, and 
from the center of the river on the west to the county road on the 
east. In this sale was the grist-mill. • 'including two runs of stones 
and all the utensils belonging to the mill." His sou William, while 
••tending" the mill, fell through the floor and went through the 
wheel : the ladle boards, being rotten, gave way, and he was landed 
on a rock at the tail of the mill, where he was able to call for assis- 
tance. This was June 6. 1806. at seven o'clock and forty minutes 
A. M.. his watch having stopped at this hour. This grist-mill was 
taken down this season and a frame put up for a saw and grist mill, 
under one roof. The grist-mill was completed, and the saw-mill in 
the spring following. Mattel Bailey was the master workman, 
assisted by AVm. Twomblv of Norway. The grist-mill was in the 
end next the road, and the saw-mill in the rear. 

Solomon Cloudman and Ebenezer Morton have been millers here. 
It was long the custom to grind salt two days in the year and malt 
two days. This mill passed into the possession of his son, Thomas 
N. Stowell. and when the Factory Company was formed he conveyed 
it to them, and took shares, as referred to elsewhere. When the 
flouring-mill of AVoodmau, True & Company was established, it was 
taken down. 



394 history of paris. 

Paris Flouring-Mill. 
Elias Stowell, soon after his purchase in 1802 of Jackson, sold 
all of the real estate east of the river and south of the road to Seth 
Morse, Joseph Haven Hall and George King. There were eighty 
acres of land, the Rouse Bisbee store or shop (Stowell having pur- 
chased the one-fourth acre and building of Bisbee) being included 
in the sale ; also a privilege to take water from the east end of the 
clam, sufficient for a trip hammer. It seems that Howland & Page 
had erected a carding-mill next to the bridge previous to Oct. 13, 
1813, at which time Henry R. Parsons of Waterford bought of Seth 
Morse, his privilege lower down the stream. On this purchase, Mr. 
Parsons built a fulling-mill, in whieii he did a ver}' prosperous busi- 
ness. He subsequently bought the carding-mill. The fulling-mill 
was burned Nov. 19, 1834. He rebuilt at once and continued the 
business until the formation of the Factory Company, in 183G, 
when he sold out his mills to the Factory Company. They also 
bought of Thomas N. Stowell, his mill and privilege on the north 
side of the road, he taking stock in the new company. These mills 
were all taken down and the woolen-mill built the same season. 
The compan3' was composed of Abijah Hall, who took 20 shares, or 
$2000, the shares being SlOO ; Col. Parsons, $2000; Ansel Field, 
$1000; Thomas N. Stowell, $1000; and Cyprian Stevens, Charles 
Porter, James Deering, Col. Wm. Parsons, Samuel Deering, Elisha 
Morse and John Morse, $500 each ; Thomas Clark took $700, and 
Orren Jones $300, making the capital stock $10,500. This money 
was invested in the land, buildings and machinery. Ten thousand 
dollars were hired to purchase wool, and the machines put in opera- 
tion. But before they were able to put their goods upon the market 
the protective tariff had been taken off, and their cloth would not 
sell for the cost of the wool. The result of their first year's opera- 
tion was a dead loss of ten thousand dollars. One half of the 
property was sold to Sanuiel Thomas of Saccarappa, at a discount 
of fifty per cent. He was soon after burned out at Saccarappa, and 
this was another draw-back. The business was continued and 
Thomas failed, and his shares went into Hewett Chandler's hands. 
Thev finally sold the other half to Moses Hammoud. The old com- 
pany lost the original shares and one dollar and fifty cents besides, 
on every dollar put in. The business was continued by Moses 
Hammond until 1858. when it was purchased by Woodman, True & 




Si.Ki) Manufactouy, South Paris. 




Manufactoi!V of ITousk Finish. S. P. Maxim & Sox, 
South Pakis. 



FIISTORY OF PARIS. 395 

Phelps, the machinery taken out, the mill enlarged and a first-class 
flouring-mill established. The tlouring-mill is now owned and occu- 
pied by David N. True, a sou of one of the former proprietors. 

Other Mills. 

Isaac Durell bought the lot on which he erected the paper-mill 
and on the same lot the house now occupied by Rodney N. Hall. 
This was run to manufacture brown wrapping paper. He sold one- 
half to Samuel J. Durell, who sold one-half his interest to John 
Flavel Durell. It was subsequently burned. The site of this mill 
was purchased, in 1880, b}' 8. P. Maxim, who erected a mill for 
the manufacture of mouldings, house finish and job work, which is 
still in operation by S. P. Maxim & Son. 

The saw-mill at South Paris, on the west side of the river, was 
•doubtless built by Jackson previous to his sale to Elias Stowell. It 
has had many owners and man}' repairs. It is now run successfully 
b}' L. S. Billings, proprietor, in the manufacture of lumber, crates, 
&c. 

Bisco's Falls. 

In 1822, a dam was built and a grist-mill erected' by Sylvanus 
Jackson and Simeon Cummings at Bisco's Falls. Luke Hastings, a 
clothier, and Alden Fuller, built a fulling-mill the same season at 
the same place. A carding-mill was erected in 1824, by Simeon 
Cummings and Enoch Lincoln. The following year Simeon Cum- 
mings, Sen., and Alfred Andrews built a saw-mill. This mill was 
carried awa}' by an ice freshet in 1829, together with the dam. In 
1840, Jairus H. Jackson purchased the propert}' and erected a mill, 
which was in his possession until 1872, when he sold out to D. N. 
True, Geo. A. Wilson and Charles M. Morgan. They erected a mill 
for the manufacture of wood pulp or card board. It was in success- 
ful operation until burned in 1883. 

The Bejiis Mills. 
The Bemis grist-mill, on the privilege below Snow's Falls, was 
Ijuilt soon after the incorporation of the town, b}' Seth and Luke 
Bemis of Watertown. The}' also established a store at the place 
and employed as clerk Alanson Mellen, who also "-tended" the mill. 
Eleazer Dunham became the miller after the removal of Major Mel- 
len to Paris Hill. The mill and the bridge were carried awa}' by a 
freshet about 1822. The floating wreck is well remembered b}' 



396 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

daughters of Pllleazcr Dunham — Mrs. Holdeu and Mrs. Jairus Cuni- 
mings. Mr. Dunham narrowly escaped, having left the mill but a 
moment before it was carried away. The house, barn and store 
were purchased by David Bemis and moved to the David Bemis 
farm, since owned bj* David R. Riple^' and now b}' Mr. Jackson. 
The elm now growing on the river bank stood between the house 
and store, and is all there is left to mark the spot. Associated with 
this localit}', is the drowning of Allen and Strout, referred to in 
another place. Also it calls to mind the perilous ride of Doctor 
Goss. The planking of the bridge had been removed for repairs, 
and the Doctor, returning late at night, did not take in the situa- 
tion, and his fiiithful, sure-footed Maggie walked the stringer of the 
bridge, and the safe arrival of the doctor at Mr. Dunham's, created 
much surprise and caused the inquiry of how he came. His positive 
assertion that he rode across the bridge, induced Mr. Dunham to 
make an examination the next morning, and the tracks leading on 
and off the stringer substantiated the old doctor's statement. 

The Bemis saw-mill was built l»y James and Francis Bemis, mid- 
way between Snow's Falls and West Paris. This was purchased b}' 
Simon Ficket, who was drowned here soon after. It was operated 
for a while by his son. who erected the commodious buildings in 
which the family resided until their removal to West Paris village. 
It has since been owned and occupied by Mr. Childs in the manu- 
facture of spools and bobbins. 

Snow's Falls Mills. 

The romantic locality iit Snow's Falls, the admiration of the tourist, 
was tinally seized upon by the restless spirit of enterprise, and while 
being shorn of its time honored attractions, its rushing waters were 
made to turn the busv wheels of industry. The extensive chair 
manufactory of Messrs. Stearns was erected previous to the building 
of the railroad. It was burned November 25, 1855. A new build- 
ing was at once erected on the same site and the manufacture of 
chairs continued under different firms until about 1875, when it was 
purchased by William Chase and converted into a manufactory of 
brown paper. After the decease of Mr. Chase, it passed into the 
hands of John Kersclake. This was also consumed by fire June 
5, 1877. A mill for the manufacture of wood pulp b^' the Exeter 
Wood Pulp Company, has since been erected. 



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history of paris. 307 

West Paris Mills. 

The grist-mill at AVest Paris village was built by Samuel B. Locke 
soon after the Iniilding of the railroad, and was operated by him 
until his decease in 1870. It has since been operated by his son, 
Samuel B., and A. P. Andrews, and now by Samuel "W. Dunham. 

The Willis saw-mill, on the most northern privilege on the An- 
droscoggin in the town of Paris, was 1)uilt by John Willis, and has 
been operated by his son. F. L. AVillis, in the manufacture of boards, 
shingles and small luml)er, up to the present time. 

North Paris Mills. 
About the beginning of the present century, Elbenezer Hutchinson 
came here from Fayette, and built the first mills at North Paris. 
These were situated on the outlet of the Moose pond — the 
grist-mill on the west side, on the site of the present mill, and the 
saw-mill on the east side, on the site of the present manufactoiy of 
chairs. Stephen Chase, in his diary, speaks of his purchase of 
boards of Hutchinson, January 8, 1802. These mills were opera- 
ted by Hutchinson and his sons until about 1812, when he, with his 
sous' families — the Waltons, Colburns and the Jordans, who had all 
intermarried with the Hutchinsons — emigrated to Ohio, where he 
died in 1828. Stephen Washburn of Hebron, became the pur- 
chaser, and this locality then took the name of Washburn's Mills. 
The village was of slow growth, for in April, 1819, when Asa Dun- 
ham, Jr., moved in, the Drake store was just being finished. 
Stephen AVashburn occupied the house on the knoll Avest of the 
bridge ; Stephen, Jr., on the site of the Bartlett stand : Joseph 
Chandler occupied a house on the site of the residence of Solomon 
Chase, and Galen Field was just commencing on the lot, afterwards 
his homestead farm, now owned by Samuel AV. Dunham. The 
lower privilege was purchased by Horatio G. Russ — the east side of 
the stream of Samuel H. Houghton, in April, 1834. and the west 
side of Samuel Hammond in 183.5. A mill was erected and machin- 
ery put in for cleansing clover seed, in the summer of 1834. It was 
operated by Mr. Puss, and afterward bv Eben Drake. It is now 
owned and operated Ijy N. J. Cushman, in the manufacture of 
boards and shingles. The west side of the stream was conveyed 
to James Puss, in 1837, and a saw-mill was here built. It has 
since been owned by Closes Hammond, Phineus B. Warner and 
others. 



398 history of paris. 

Mills on Smith and Stone's Brooks. 

The Smith grist mill, ou the Smith brook, was built by Nicholas 
Smith and Captain Samuel Stephens. Smitli then lived in the house 
now owned and occupied ])y James Edwin Cole, and Stephens on 
the center lot. Smith worked the mill and Stephens shared in the 
toll. It is in the recollection of the writer that it ground veiy 
slowl^'. It was of convenience to the neighbors, who could leave 
their grists and economise the time by getting their horses shod at 
at Blacksmith Davis', near Gen. Hubbard's. Smith afterwards ex- 
changed his homestead with C4en. Hubbard, for the one tlie General 
first settled on, in the Andrews neighborhood. Samuel Rawson 
built a carding-mill just below the grist-mill. It was run but a 
short time. The cards were taken out and sold and the building 
removed to his homestead, where it is now standing. 

Hammond's saw-mill, on the Smith brook, was built b}' IMr. Raw- 
son and Moses Hammond became the purchaser ; he operated it for 
several \'ears. It is now owned by J. K. Hammond and Geo. W. 
Cole, who have provided first-class machinery. 

A saw-mill on Stone's brook was built a few years since by Geo. 
R. Hammond, near the homestead of Peleg Hammond. It was a 
credit to his ingenuity and industry, but it failed to remunerate him 
for the outlay. It was only operated during the spring of each year. 
It was carried off by a freshet. 

The Simon H. Cummings mill was built on the Smith brook, east 
of Paris Hill, and at the nearest point to which water would run. 
It was built about 1840, and was used b^- Col. Cummings in sawing 
material for carriage work, turning, &c. It ^^'^s long since re- 
moved. 

Steam Mills. 

In 1870, the citizens of Paris Hill raised nearly three thousand 
dollars to purchase an engine to be placed in a steam-mill built b}' 
John Willis. They also erected a building for a sled factory, . in 
1871, which was occupied by Henry F. Morton and George B. 
Crockett. O. A. Maxim subsequently became a member of the 
firm. The power for driving the machineiy was furnished b}- the 
steam mill. A stock company was afterwards formed under the 
firm name of Paris Hill Manufacturing Company. This was a 
varied industry, and included the manufacture of sleds, carts, wag- 
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HISTORY OF PARIS. 39D 

— the sales some years amounting to sixty thousand dollars. In 
1883, buildings on the line of the railroad. South Paris, were erec- 
ted, and the business the following winter was transferred to ttie 
new location. 

The furniture shop on Paris Ilill was built by Silas P. Maxim and 
Theron F. Hathawa}". in 1871, and the manufacture of furniture 
was commenced under the firm name of Hathawa}', Davis & Com- 
pany. This was sold to the Paris Ilill Manufacturing Company, 
and the furniture shop at South Paris was built by S. P. Maxim in 
the winter of 1874, to which the business was removed. It was 
owned and occupied by F. A. Thayer until recently, when it was 
consumed by fire. The steam-mill at West Paris was built in 
1871, by a stock compau}- of citizens, and has since been occu- 
pied by Messrs. Hannibal G. Brown and James II. Barrows in 
the manufacture of chairs. It is still in successful operation. 

Nail-Makixg. 
Nail-making may well be classed among the early industries, for 
the blacksmith was as surely called in requisition in the construc- 
tion of the Iniildings of the early settlers, as the joiner with his axe 
and plane. The cost of nails was then an item of more consider- 
ation in the cash account of the dwellings than now, when quick- 
running machinery turns them out by the thousand almost in the 
time the diligent blacksmith was hammering out one. Improve- 
ments, or helps, in making the wrought nail, were early adopted l)^' 
John Valentine of South Paris, who had a shop on Stony bi'ook. 
He used a treadle and clamp for holding the nail while he headed it 
with a hammer. The motion thus acquired by using his foot on the 
treadle while striking with the hammer, became noticeable in his 
walk, and adhered to him through life. He moved to Mechanic 
Falls and died there May 28, 1862. 

Tanneries. 
This industry that has had its day in the enterprises of the town, 
was first established by Elder James Hooper, who was a tanner by 
trade. During the first years of his residence in town, he boarded 
with Benjamin Hammond, and while there put in some pits near the 
foot of the hill on the west line of the lot. It was a small affair, 
doubtless, yet it may have been sufficient to accommodate the wants 
of the settlers at that date. Tradition reports that the water-pit 



400 HISTORV OF PARIS. 

was used for immersion purposes, but there are none now living to 
dispute or vouch for it. After Mi. Hooper's settlement on his lot, 
he built a house for Moses Hodgdon, a tanner and cordwainer from 
Berwick. The tan-^ard was near these buildings, and portions of 
the old bark-mill were stored, till quite recently, in the l)arn. Mr. 
Hodgdon was employed for some years in the varied capacity of 
tanner, slioe-maker and farmer. On the decease of Mr. Hooper, 
his wardrobe and old chaise, by his request, were given to Tanner 
Hodgdon, who had moved to some eastern town. The tannerv at 
South Paris was established by Dea. Ezra Gary, and carried on by 
him several years. Charles McFadden 'has been known in our da}' 
as the tanner, the business having ceased at the time of his death. 
The Whittemore tannery was built by Isaiah Whittemore, near his 
residence on his homestead farm. He gained the sobriequet of the 
"Old Tanner." 

A small tannery was established at Paris Hill, and Cyrus Hutch- 
ins from Kennebunkport, came here March 1, 1833. He continued 
the business for over twenty years. He lived in what was the old 
Bemis store adjoining the tan-yard, but moved to Canton and died 
there in 18S3. 

The tannery buildings were afterwards all burned. The tannerv 
at North Paris was established bv a man named Osgood, who con- 
tinued the business for some years. The }ard was on the east side 
of the outlet of INIoose pond, and nearly opposite the residence of 
Solomon Chase. It long since disappeared. 

Lime. 

Lime is found in portions of the town, but only one kiln was ever 
burned, of wliich we have any knowledge. This was near the 
Stony Brook !oad. and near the junction with the Daniels road. 

Malt. 

The old malt-house in the Hall neighborhood, referred to in the 
earl}' records of the town, stood near the residence of John S. Bar- 
rows, at the junction of the road leading to the pond. It was built 
by Abijah Hall, who manufactured malt for himself and neighbors, 
enabling them to provide themselves with malt liquors, ale and por- 
ter. Two days in each year were set apart In* the miller in which 
to srind malt. 



history of paris. 401 

Hat-Making. 

The first hatter's shop in Paris was built b^- Nathan Woodburv, 
"Hatter." It was on the site of the present store of Stephen D. 
Hutchinson. Major Dennett's mother and step-father moved into 
this shop in 1804, and lived here. The second shop was built by 
Moses Perry in 1815, between the Simeon Cunimings stand and the 
house of Miss Calista Cummings. This building has been re- 
moved. 

Potato AVhiskey. 

The distilleries were among the early institutions of the town — 
almost every school district being provided with one. There was 
one at Stephen Robinson's, one at Gustavus A. Goss', one at Seth 
Carpenter's, and others at Samuel Chesley's. John 'Robinson's, 
and Jairus Shaw's, besides two others, making eight in all, as stated 
by John Dennett, William Stowell and Edmund Dean. It made a 
large demand for potatoes, the farmers often exchanging a ])ushel 
of potatoes for a quart of whiskey. Stephen Robinson at one time 
had between twenty and twenty-five acres in potatoes, raising 
nearly- five thousand bushels. 

Potash. 

Potash was quite extensively manufactured in previous years. 
Daniel Stowell was engaged in its manufacture at an early date. 
The Potash stood near the barn of William Rice. There was one 
also near the north-west corner of the old cemetery on Paris Hill. 
Its location is pointed out by Samuel R. Carter as being a few rods 
below the cemetery and on the southern slope of the bank across 
the run. Simeon Cummings also entered into the manufacture. 
The site is now occupied by the stand of Stephen D. Hutchinson. 
In later years, Francis Bemis operated a potash on the site of the 
Elmer H. ]Marble stand. There were probably others. 

Plow-Makixg. 

Among the early industries of this town, was the manufacture of 
plows. David Durell seems to have been the pioneer, followed at a 
later day by Moses Hammond and Richard Morton. Specimens 
that have been preserved as curiosities or heir-looms, show them to 

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402 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

have been of rude manufacture, 3'et in keeping with fanning utensils 
of that day. The mould-boards were of wood, plated with thin 
strips of iron. The plow-share and point were of one piece and 
were held in place b}' the coulter being hooked in the point and ke^^ed 
into the beam. The first innovation from the wooden plow in its 
manufacture in this town, was attem[)ted b\' Simeon Hersey and 
Perez Record, who came here from Sumner in 1835, and in company' 
with Richard ^Morton, built a small foundry near his house in South 
Paris, the same now occupied b\' Mrs. Dudley. A cast-iron mould- 
board was substituted for the clumsy wt)oden one, Richard Mor- 
ton doing the wood-work in the manufacture of these' plows. The 
business was soon moved to the Stony Brook, Mr. Hersey having 
built the dam. Alvah Hersey, a brother of Simeon, came here in 
1837, and went into company with him under the firm of S. & A. 
Herse}'. Buildings, consisting of a fouudr}^ blacksmith-shop and 
wood-shop, were erected on what is now Merrill's upper dam, new 
patterns made, and the Hersey Plow had its beginning. Tiie build- 
ings were all burned in 1842. The dam on which the present foun- 
dry is situated, was at once commenced and Ijuildings erected. 
Simeon Hersev withdrew from the firm and his place was filled by 
another brother, Tristram, imder the firm name of Hersey- & Brother. 
Then Warren Hersey united with the compau}-, under the firm name 
of Herse}' Brothers, in 1846. AVarren Hersey died in 184:8, and 
Alvah retired from the firm. The business was continued bj' Tris- 
tram Herse}', until its purchase by F. C. Merrill, the present pro- 
prietor. The Hersey plow became widelv known and justl}' cele- 
brated. The exact surface of a perfect mould-board has long been 
a mathematical problem. Thomas Jefferson attempted to solve it, 
in a paper read before the French Institute. F. C. Merrill, b}' 
patient studv and repeated trials has come as near and perhaps 
nearer its true solution than has ever been obtained. His patent 
is based on diagonal lines crossing horizontal straight lines, and as 
a result, he has placed in the hands of the farmers the O. K. Plow. 




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CHAPTER XLIII. 

jMusical Celebrities. 

^Iiisieal talent of a high order has often manifested itself among 
the people of our town, and we have had main' ''sweet singers," 
but coin[)aratively few have had that severe training and tiie long, 
patient practice so essential to the full development of their musical 
powers. Our several church choirs have always been ereditaljly sup- 
plied witli native talent, and it has never been dillicult to organize a 
band, while in many of our homes the piano and organ are plaved 
with taste and precision. Indeed, quite a number of our citizens 
have successfulh' taught the musical art during the long winter 
evenings when "going to singing school" was among the most en- 
joyable pastimes of the 3'outh of both sexes, but only a passing 
notice can l)e given of those who have only i)racticed music as a 
pastime, or taught singing school for the pleasure and the small 
compensation it afforded ; while a few who have made nnisic a pro- 
fession and have become distinguished in the divine art, arc entitled 
to the same notice that is accorded to those engaged in other depart- 
ments of professional life. Foremost among those of our town's 
people who have distinguished themselves in vocal music is Mrs. 

Flora E. Bakrv. 

She is the daughter of Isaac Harlow, and was born in Paris, 
September 10, 183(3. When eleven years of age, she removed with 
her parents to Boston. She early developed a love of music, and 
when very young she had a voice of wonderful compass and sweet- 
ness. She secured her musical education b}' persevering effort, and 
became the leading artiste of the Mahn English Opera Company. 
Many were the flattering notices published of her while connected 
with this company, in the leading journals of this country and in 
Europe. The Albany Argus pronounced her "one of the best con- 
traltos on the operatic stage." The Brooklyn Times spoke of her 
"prepossessing and winning manner; of her sweet, sympathetic 
voice, her easy and graceful gesture, and of her way of imparting 
sunny brightness to passages that in other hands might lack that 
important quality." The Boston Transcript said of her, that "she 
delivered the alto arias (Messiah) with rare power and genuine feel- 
ing, showing a conception adequate to the loft}' work in hand, 



404 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

greatly an<l profoundh' moving the audience." V Ilalki,, of Flor- 
ence, Italy, said "she interpreted her role with great dignity and 
grandeur," and another journal published iu the same cit}', declared 
that "she performed her part exquisitely." After leaving this com- 
pany, she purchased a fine residence in Boston, and since then has 
received pupils in vocal music, giving particular attention to the 
preparation of artistes for the concert and operatic stage. 

WiNFiELD Scott Ripley. 

He was born in Paris, February 3d, 1839, the son of Orison and 
Hannah (Maxim) Ripley. He was a natural musician and easily 
learned to plav all the various instruments employed iu a baud. At 
the breaking out of the war of 1861-5, he enlisted as a musician on 
board of a receiving-ship at Charlestown, Mass., and at the termi- 
nation of his enlistment he resolved to adopt music as his life-work. 
He is an instructor in band music and has probalily had more bands 
under his instruction than an3' other person iu this country. He can 
pla}' with proficiency on all the instruments used, and is also an ex- 
tensive composer of band music. At the band tournaments at 
Maranocook the past two 3ears, he has been one of the judges. He 
has also composed the music for several of the patriotic songs, 
among them, "Dip the Flag Reverently ;" words by Mrs. Alice El. 
Maxim of Sumner. Of his memorial march, "We Honor the 
Brave," over four thousand copies have been sold. Mr. Ripley 
resides in Wakefield, Mass., but his place of business is in Boston, 
where he is ^-et in the full tide of success. He married Mary J., 
the widow of Nehemiah Davis, and daughter of Joshua Ferham of 
AVoodstock. She has a son, Richard Davis, by her former husband, 
who. under the instruction of his step-father, has become veiy pro- 
ficient in baud music, and, with the same practice, may yet become 
his equal. 

William Henry Dennett. 

He is the son of the late Major John Dennett of South Paris, 
where he was l>orn. He has fine natural gifts and has received a 
thorough musical education, partly iu this country aud partly in 
P'urope. It was more than thirty years ago, that at a little enter- 
tainment at which we were present, he drew such exquisite sounds 
from his violin, that the}' linger in memory even to this hour. He 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 405 

resides in PortlaiKl, is a fine singer, and has made one of several 
distinguished quartettes. He is an instructor of music and makes 
this his profession. 

Stephen Emery, Jr. 
The musical taste and talent of Hon. Stephen Emeiy, liave 
already been spoken of, and these qualities were transmitted to liis 
son, Stephen P^meiy, Jr. He resides in Boston, makes music a pro- 
fession and has composed several fine and popular pieces. He is 
the son of Stephen and Sarah (Stowell) f^meiy, and was born in 
Paris, November 16, 1822. 

Henry Newell Hall. 
He was the son of Haven and Rachel (Shurtletf) Hall, and was 
born in Paris, June 5, 1830. He had a fine, well-trained voice, and 
was passionately fond of music. He was also a good performer on 
stringed instruments and on the organ. His work and reputation ' 
were limited to this and the neighboring towns, but as one of the 
best of our local musicians, and one who introduced musical instru- 
ments in a good many families, he is entitled to this brief notice. 
He led the choirs in several of our churches, and taught vocal music 
in various neighborhoods and towns during the winter season, for 
several years before his death. He died of consumption, Januaiy 
17, 1870, when but littU; past middle life. He married Mary P., 
daughter of America and Caroline (Prentiss) Thayer. 



CHAPTER XLIV. 

anecdotes and incidents. 

'"The Old Man in the Corner." 

Henry Prentiss was a well-educated and well-read man for his 
times, but never showed off his knowledge in a pedantic manner. 
At one time when he was going to Boston, it happened that two 
literary gentlemen were his fellow-passengers. They talked of 
books and authors, and finally fell to quoting poetry. After a while 
one of them turned to the quiet old gentleman in the corner of the 
coach and asked his opinion of the verses he had repeated. After 



406 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

expressing it in a manner tliat surprised his hearers, he asked them 
if the}' knew the author. The}' frankh' replied that they did not. 
Mr. Prentiss then began wliere they had left oft', and repeated the 
rest of the poem and also the portion preceding their quotation, 
closing In' giving the name of the author and informing them where 
the poem might be found. The literaiy gentleman were more cir- 
cumspect in their conversation during the rest of the journey, and 
treated the old man in the corner with marked respect. 

"Speaking in Meeting." 

Patience, the good wife of Dea. John AVillis, whose home w^as 
near the meeting-house, usually took a nap at home between the ser- 
mons, two services a day being held in those early daj's. Elder 
Hooper's sermons were an exception to the rule of long discourses 
in which ministers generall}' indulged, and one Sunda}', Mrs. Willis, 
being tired out with household cares and duties, slept too long and 
stepped into the meeting-house door as the Elder was pronouncing 
the benediction. Using her favorite expression, she exclaimed 
aloud, "Of a truth I have got here." 

Neighborhood Justice. 

Eleazer Cole*from Bridgewater, settled on a lot in the Swift neigh- 
borhood. He was rather undersized, l)ut active and of uncommon 
strength. One day he had troul)le with Jose])h Swift, one of his 
neighbors, and, as was too frequently the case in those days, from 
words they came to a trial of strength. Swift was much the larger 
of the two, but Cole was quickest and soon got the better of his 
antagonist. Instead of carrying the matter into court, the}* agreed 
to leave it to their neighbors, who doomed Cole to two da3's' work 
hoeing corn for Swift. The corn-tield was b}' the side of the public 
road, and Cole, while performing his enforced labor, hailed everv- 
one that passed and explained that he was paj'ing for giving Swift a 
whipping. The latter, who was hoeing with Cole, was much an- 
noyed b}' these frequent explanations, and was no doubt glad when 
justice was satisfied and Cole had gone home. 

The Lost Boy. 

Job Macomber, an early settler, is said to have lived on the farm 
since occupied by Soranus Shaw. After Macomber died, the family 



HISTORY OK 1>AKIS. 407 

was broken up. The widow, whose nuiulen name was Catherine 
Pratt of Micklleboro,' married Dea. William Barrows of Hebron. 
Daniel, one of the sons, learned the l)lacksmitli trade, and had a 
shop in the Partridge district. Isaac, the youngest son, went to live 
with his uncle Gorham. On one occasion, this boy was sent to 
Stephen Robinson's, who lived on the farm since the homestead of 
Dea. Stephen R. Parsons, to get an iron wedge. The boy not re- 
turning when expected, Mr. (iorham became uneasy and went to find 
out the reason of delay, and was sur[)rised when told In' Rol)inson 
that the boy had taken the wedge and gone toward home. A gen- 
eral alarm was given, and Robinson started for Hebron, calling on 
the people by the wa\' to turn out and assist in the search for the 
missing boy. The search was protracted and careful ; woods and 
fields for miles around were travelled over and over again, and no 
nook or corner left unexplored. But it was all to no purpose ; no 
vestige of the boy was ever found, and his mysterious disappear- 
ance became the subject of conversation at the firesides of the 
inhabitants for years afterwards. Various theories were suggested, 
but the m3'stery was never satisfactorily explained. 

"Ix A Destitute Condition." 
'*Aunt Katy ]Macomber," as she was familiarly called, the widow 
of Job Macomlier, was engaged to be married to Jctseph Cole, but 
Seba Smith advised her not to marry Cole, but to go to Hebron and 
keep house for Dea. William Barrows, who had lost his wife and 
wanted a housekeeper. She heeded Smith's advice and went to 
Hebron, and in process of time became the wife of Barrows. Under 
the law of that day, the husband was li.able for the debts of the 
wife contracted previous to marriage, unless she came to him in a 
destitute condition. In order to evade the conditions of the law 
and relieve her proposed husband from the responsibility of paying 
her debts, Aunt Katv, on the da}- of her marriage, repaired to the 
barn opposite the Deacon's house, and, disrobing herself, ran back 
across the road clothed only in her underwear. 

A (^UEER Team. 
It is related of Gen. Levi Hubbard, that during his pioneer farm- 
ing on the Andrews lot, he had ten acres of ground ready to sow to 
grain when one of his oxen became lame. But, with true Yankee 
expedienc}', he made a single yoke with a lever end some ten feet 



408 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

long, which he carried himself, and in this waj' succeeded in harrow- 
ing in his grain. 

Calling Together the Court. 

In the early times, before the court-house was built, the terms of 
the court were held in the Baptist meeting-house. The judge alwa3's 
stopped at Dr. C^rus Hamlin's, and court was called together by 
the beating of a drum, the drummer standing at the south-west cor- 
ner of the meeting-house. 

The Spirit Moved. 
Two Quaker women came to Paris on a certain occasion, to hold 
a meeting on a week da}*, and a large audience turned out to hear 
them. But the spirit did not move and there was no talking. After 
waiting a full hour, the patience of the audience being well nigh 
exhausted, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., arose and said the people had come 
together to hear the women speak, and if they had anything to sa}', 
the}' desired them to begin or the audience would disperse. This 
decided action seemed to give the spirit a jog, for first one woman 
spoke and then the other. 

First Wagon, and Clock. 

The first wagon in Paris, it is said, was owned by Abijah Hall. 
It was brought here from INIassachusetts by Hall's wife's father, 
whose name was Matthews. Though it had no springs, the body 
being bolted to the wooden axle, and was large and unwieldh', yet 
it was very convenient and was considered a great luxury for the 
times. Mr. ]Matthews also brought to town at the same time, a 
clock, which was doubtless the first one here. It has been pre- 
served and is now in the possession of Capt. H. N. Bolster, a 
grandson of Abijah Hall. 

A False Alarm. 
Eleazer Cole was fond of playing practical jokes upon his neigh- 
bors — John Billings was one of them. Billings had commenced a 
clearing, built him a log hut and was keeping "old bachelor's hall." 
He had a field of corn near his hut, and one day while at dinner he 
heard a cow-bell in his field, and thinking a neighbor's cow might 
be trespassing, and rushing out he was surprised to find no animal 
in sight. A second alarm caused him to make a more thorough 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 40{> 

search, when the disturbance was explained b}- finding Cole seated 
upon a log and hidden from view bv the growing corn, with an old 
cow-bell in his hand. Billings afterward married Cole's daughter, 
Phebe. 

Proprietors of Lincoln. 

Citizens of Paris became proprietors of the town of Lincoln on 
Penobscot river, and its first settlers were from this section. The 
proprietors were Simeon Cummings, Gov. Enoch Lincoln, Moses 
Hammond and Jacob Jackson. Among the early settlers there who 
went from here, were Dea. Smith, Alfred Gates, Mr. Wyman and 
some of the Hammonds and Chesle3-s. Dea. Stephen Chase of 
Woodstock was there with the first. The town was named for Gov. 
Lincoln. 

Town Clerk's Dilemma. 
For years after Paris became a town, intentions of marriage were 
published either In' posting notice thereof in the church, or by oral 
notice in church given by the town clerk. At one time Dr. Benj. 
Chandler, who was then town clerk, undertook to 'cry" a couple, 
and after announcing the name of the male of the contracting par- 
ties, he stopped suddenlv, being unable to recall the name of the 
female. But Lemuel Jackson, Jr., who was present and knowing 
the parties, came to the rescue of the clerk and announced the name 
of the lady, when the clerk finished his dut}' and sat down. This 
was but a trifling incident, but such trifles in those days, in a new 
and interior town, where happenings were few, created no little mer- 
riment at the expense of the clerk, and furnished food for the gos- 
sipers for a whole week. 

Bears. 

Bears were quite plentiful for some time after the first settlers 
came, and it was no uncommon thing for a person to come across 
one when out exploring in the woods. But bruin was generally 
much the more frightened of the two, and rarely manifested a desire 
to interview the other party. AVhen meeting children, however, 
the case was sometimes diflferent. Harvey and Orison Eipley, sons 
of Uriah, aged ten and eight years, were one evening sent by 
their mother to the house of Daniel Macomber, carrying some meat 
and a flat-iron done up in a package. When passing through a 
piece of woods, they saw an animal approaching them, and as it 



410 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

was bright moonlight the}- saw hiiii when some distance oft'. The 
boA's, to whom the sight of bruin was a stranger, thought it was a 
bhiek hornless cow, and kept on until within a few feet of him and 
then stopped. The confronting parties looked at each other for a 
moment, when the bear stepped out of the road, and the boys 
passed on. Beech nuts were plenty, and probably the bear was not 
hungry, otherwise he would probabl\- have investigated the bo_ys' 
bundle, if indeed he had left them unharmed. 

P'iRST Settlers' Camp. 

There were hunters' camps in Paris several years before the first 
settlers came, and the parties who surveved and lotted out the town, 
had a camping-place on Ston}' brook, but the first settlers' camp, 
l)eyond a reasonable doubt, was built by the Jacksous, and was 
located near the site of the old burying-place on the Hill. 

The Glorious Fourth. 

A Fourth of July celeljration was had at Isaac Bolster's, i)robably 
a])out the year 1800. Bolster furnished dinner and all the liquor 
wanted at one dollar each. Tradition comes down to us through 
this long vista of years, that it was a veiy hilarious occasion ; that 
there were five doctors there and all became intoxicated, three of 
them together in one bed. This maj- seem almost incredible to the 
youth of to-da}-, but those of us whose memorv covers a period of 
fifty years, have witnessed similar scenes and almost as bad as the 
one here related. When ministers drank daily and openly, and 
plivsicians became helpless from intoxication, what could be ex- 
pected from' the masses of the pooi)le ? It is said that many young 
men got intoxicated on that occasion, and the girls whom they car- 
ried there were obliged to go home alone. 

A Mock Trial. 

Lemuel Jackson, od, had a dog named "Sliigar," against which 
charges had been preferred for depredations on the Bisco farm. 
Jackson, who was something of a wag, decided that the dog should 
be tried in regular court style. Accordingly counsel were assigned, 
a jury empanneled, the dog arraigned, and a scene followed so 
ridiculous that it is difficult to describe it. Liquor was freely passed 
between judge, jury and counsel, and in a short time the defendant 
dog was the soberest one in the crowd. "Slugar" was brought 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 411 

in guilty and sentenced to be hanged, lie was placed in a wagon, 
escorted to a tree, and a rope placed around his neck. He was then 
reminded that if he had anylliing to sa^- wliy the sentence of tlie 
court sliould not be executed, lie had an opportunity. The culprit 
was silent, the wagon moved on and poor Slugar was left suspended 
in mid-air. 

Dr. Lkvi AVillis. 
Dr. Levi Willis, whose earl}- death was mourned by a very large 
circle of friends, had a remarkable memory, inheriting this trait from 
his mother whose memory of dates was almost i)henomenal. While 
attending lectures at the Maine Medical School at IJrunswick. in the 
early da^-s of that institution, after delivering his lecture, it was the 
custom of the professor to question the class upon the topics em- 
braced in it. On this occasion he asked young Willis a very hard 
question, and in a manner that conveyed the idea that he did not 
expect a correct answer ; but to his surprise and that of the class, 
it was answered promptly and in a way that indicated that he thor- 
oughly understood the subject. This led to another question and 
then another, until the whole time was spent in (piestioning young 
Willis. After closing his catechism, the professor asked him how 
long he had been studying medicine, and was surprised to learn that 
he had just commenced, and still more surprised when Willis in- 
formed him that all the knowledge he had of the subject upon which 
he had been questioned, he had gained by hearing the professor's 
lecture. He had, in fact, taken in the whole of it ; not an idea had 
been overlooked or forgotten. 

POLDER AViTIIAM's AdVEXTCRK. 

The Little Androscoggin river, in its passage through Paris, on 
ordinary occasions, except at Snow's Falls, is a very sedate and 
quiet stream, meandering through green meadows or ripi)ling along 
its rocky bed : l)ut it quickly feels the influence of rain and is often 
transformed into a roaring, seething torrent, its banks and barriers 
over-run, and its surface covered with foam and the debris of over- 
turned fences and dismantled bridges. At such times it is very 
dangerous crossing with a boat, though man}' years ago, when 
bridges were farther apart than now, the settlers found it necessary 
to do so. At one time, before the Witham bridge was built. Elder 
Witham and an Irishman named Dennis O'Brien, had occasion to 



412 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

cross the river to go to mill. The}' crossed over in a rude boat^ 
called a "dug-out," but while they were absent there came a sudden 
and violent rain, which caused a rapid rise in the river and rendered 
it hazardous crossing. But the Elder was anxious to get home, 
and placing his bag of meal, an axe, and a few necessaries which 
he had purchased, in the boat, he and O'Brien embarked. Before 
the}' were half over the boat capsized and floated down the river, 
leaving its late occupants floundering in the water. O'Brien could 
swim and boldly struck out for the land, but the Elder could not. 
He had on, however, an overcoat, which si)read out and buoyed him 
up, and he floated down to a point of land where parties who had 
witnessed the catastrophe were read}' with poles to drag him ashore. 
His bag of meal and "store" things were lost, l)ut the axe was re- 
covered by Levi Berry, Jr., who floated in the boat down over the 
spot where it sank, and having previously tied a steel trap to the end 
of a pole and set it, he sprang it over the end of the upright helve 
and drew the axe up. By this ingenious process and with consid- 
erable risk of a ducking, he earned twenty-five cents. 

A AVoman's Pluck. 

At one time within the recollection of the writer, though more 
than lialf a century ago, after a severe rain, when the river had 
overflowed its banks and was many times its ordinar}' width and 
running with great violence, it became necessary for some one to 
cross to the opposite side, and the only means was a small dug-out, 
but little better than a trough. There were two or three men pres- 
ent, and some grown-up bo3's, and the calls from the opposite side 
were loud and persistent, but not one of them dared to launch the 
frail bark and undertake to cross the seething flood. But, after a 
little while, a woman coming out of the iiouse near b}' and learning 
what was wanted, without a word or a moment's hesitation, walked 
to the boat, pushed it oft", jumped in, and with a single oar began to 
pull out into the stream. Then the men on the shore, with a bed- 
lam of tongues, began to instruct her how to manage the boat, and 
had she listened to what they said she would probably have become 
confused and frightened and perhaps lost her life ; but heedless of 
their advice and standing up, she continued to paddle on the same 
side, keeping the head of the boat up stream, and finally suc- 
ceeded in landing nearly opposite where we stood. Having attended 
to the wants of the opposite neighbor, she re-crossed in the same 



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way and landed in safet}'. Three children, of which the writer was 
the Aonngest, watched the performance with the deepest solicitude, 
and when the boat struck the bank on the return trip, and their 
mother sprang ashore, they felt that she was indeed a hero, and the 
better man of all those that stood there and did not oft'er to go. 

IMoRE Than He Bargained For. 
During the war there was a certain soldier's wife living near the 
Hill who was said to be in destitute circumstances. Oilman Tuell, 
who happened to be in one of the stores one day when the matter 
was spoken of, offered to take all the ten-cent donations to her that 
would be offered, taking onh- one at a time and returning to the 
store after each trip to the woman's house. This was early in the 
afternoon, and the offer was accepted In* a few who happened to be 
present and JVIr. Tuell began his charitable work. Meantime, 
others came in, and, iiearing what was going on, were ready and 
eager to take part in the sport ; and Mr. Tuell, though rushing 
back and forth at double-quick, could not begin to keep up with the 
donations, and the ten-cent scrip was literally piled up awaiting 
transportation. It was late in the night before he got through, and 
the donors had long since retired, but he pluckil^- fulfilled his en- 
gagement though nearl3' exhausted with his exertion. A calcula- 
tion showed that he had travelled over twenty miles, and the soldier's 
wife found herself richer b3- quite a number of dollars. 



CHAPTER XLV. 

Anecdotes of Elder Hooper. 
The character of this, our first settled minister, as a pastor and 
preacher, a man of business and as a citizen, has been full}' set 
forth in another place ; but he was also a man of strong convictions, 
of decided views, a despiser of shams and a persistent defender of 
his opinions. He was not only argumentative, but he could be ter- 
ribly sarcastic, and sarcasm was a weapon which he never hesitated 
to use when occasion required, whether against preacher or layman. 
After having preached to the society fifty years, Mr. Hooper notified 
its members that he should preach no longer. Before another min- 



414 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

ister was engaged, preachers from neighboring towns were called in 
to supply, and Mr. Hooper alwa3s attended church. At one time 
a minister from Hebron was supplying the pulpit and in the fore- 
noon preached a veiy long, rambling and pros^' sermon, occupying 
an hour and a half in its delivery. Elder Hooper was noted for his 
short sermons, rarely exceeding half an hour, and often not more 
than twent}' minutes, and being i)resent on this occasion he became 
very restive and impatient, and as soon as the "amen" was uttered 
from the pulpit, he arose and said in his inimitable way, "I give 
notice that there wdl be ^)/'e«c/<U(i7 in this church this afternoon l)}^ 
m3'self." 

It happened on one occasion that Mr. Hooper had an appoint- 
ment for an evening lecture at the house of Ezra Cary, who then 
owned and lived in the Phineas Morse stand and was himself a Con- 
gregationalist, though his son Shepard was a Baptist. A jNIr. Hil- 
lard, a missionary of the Congregationalist church, was present at 
Mr. Gary's, and ]\[r. Hooper, on his arrival, noticing him in the 
room, asked : "AVon't you preach this evening, Mr. Hillard?" ac- 
companying the question with the characteristic remark: "My wife 
says she likes to go a visiting sometimes, even if she don't get any 
better victuals than her own." 

Mr. Hooper was a i)ractical man. During the haying season, if 
there were signs of a shower, he often told his people from the pul- 
pit, that "if they had hay out, they hud better go home and see to 
it :" sometimes he would accompan}- these words with the remark 
that he "had haj* out which needed his attention," and would at 
once close the service and start for his home and farm. 

After performing the marriage ceremony on a certain occasion 
where the prospects of the contracting parties were particular!}" 
promising. Elder Hooper said : "This is as it should be; first the 
house, then the wife and then the children ; the order is too often 
reversed." 

Elder Hooper was in no wise in advance of his generation upon 
the temperance question, and though a "watchman upon the walls," 
it is doubtful if he saw and realized the evils of intemperance as 
early as did some of his people. Believing ardent spirits to be 
among the good things of this life, he was a frequent partaker, 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 41o 

though never drinking to excess. It is stiid b}- those who knew liim, 
that he wonkl frequently seek inspiration for his afternoon sermon 
b}' going to a friend's house near the church at noon, and asking for 
a glass of brandy, which he always drank with great relish. On 
one occasion, during a week-da}', he was sitting by a fire in the vil- 
lage store warming himself, when several of his parishioners dropped 
in, one at a time, and called for ardent spirits. This must have 
been after temperance began to l)e talked, for each one felt called 
upon to give some excuse as he called for his drink. One luul a 
severe cold, one had the toothache, and another rheumatism, and so 
on. Mr. Hooper bore it for some time, and then stepjnng to the 
counter, he said aloud and with i)eculiar emphasis, ••! want a glass 
of brandy l)ecause I love it." 

Elder Hooper's first wife was a Merrill, from New Gloucester. 
They lost their two children from' canker-rash, and soon Mrs. Hooper 
was attacked with consumption and all hopes of her recovery were 
abandoned. Reuben Hubbard had died, and his widow, who was 
the daughter of Benj. Stowell of Worcester, had returned to her 
father's. In view of his threatened bereavement, the Elder wrote 
to Mrs. Hubbard, and, stating the case, expressed the hope that she 
would not get married as lie desired her for himself. She waited, 
and subsequently became the wife of Elder Hooper. 

Elder IIo<>[)er liad a black cur dog which always went to meeting 
with him, and during the services la}' quietl}- on the steps of the 
pulpit. One Sunday the I^lder was too unwell to preach and did not 
leave his house for the day. A supply was obtained, but the dog- 
came alone to the meeting-house at the usual time, took his accus- 
tomed place on the steps, and at the close of the services quietly 
returned home. 

Daniel ]\Iacomber, the smithy, thought he had a call to preach, 
and asked permission from the Baptist church, the members of 
which were generalh" favorable to hiin, but he w^as opposed b}' Elder 
Hooper. Macomber, meeting Mr. Hooper, asked him what he had 
against him. "I haven't anything against 30H personally," said the 
plain-spoken parson. "l)ut you know, Daniel, 30U are n't fit." There 
is no doubt he was right. 

A Mr. Eveleth was preceptor of Hebron Academy, and being on 



416 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

a visit at Dr. Hamlin's, be was introduced to Elder Hooper, who 
chanced to drop in. Mr. Hooper asked him if he was preceptor of 
Hebron Academy, to which he responded, "I am." He answered 
several other questions in a similar manner, when Mr. Hooper be- 
came impatient and said: "'Well, Mr. Eveleth, you have turned 
those good old words 'yes' and 'no' out of doors at Hebron 
Academv. haven't vou?" 



CHAPTER XLVI. 

PERSONAL NOTICES. 

It is not claimed that these personal notices embrace all who are 
entitled to such distinction, but as much .space is devoted to this 
chapter as can be spared for the purpose. Brief notices have 
already been given of the grantees of the town, of the ministers, 
lawyers, doctors and other professional men, and the design of this 
chapter is to include those i)rominent citizens of Paris not embraced 
in any of the preceding lists, and natives of Paris who have been 
engaged in professional life, or who have achieved success in busi- 
ness after their removal from the town. These notices are so 
numerous that thev are necessaril}' brief — mere outlin.e sketches — 
but they are sufficient to identify the persons named. For conven- 
ience in referring to them, the sketches are arranged in alphabetical 
order. 

SiLLivAN C. Andrews. 

He was born in this town June 18, 1828 ; received an academic 
education, graduated from the Harvard University Law School and 
practiced the legal profession for many 3'ears in Buckfield. He then 
moved to Portland, where he 3'et resides. AVhile in Buckfield, he 
was elected to the Legislature and also as County Attorney'. He 
has engaged in various branches of business outside of tlie legal 
profession, and is now one of the directors of the Buckfield and 
Rumford Falls Railroad. 

Horace Armsby. 
Deacon Horace Armsby was born in Paris, his parents being 
among the early settlers. He went awa}- from this town when quite 




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young, and in 1849 became a resident of Millburv, Mass. While 
there he held many offices of responsil)ility and trust. He was Rep- 
resentative to the General Court in 18GI and 1S(32, and was a num- 
ber of times a member of the Board of Selectmen and Assessors, 
and for several years President of the Millbury Savings Bank, whicli 
office he held at the time of his death. He was a prominent mem- 
ber of the Second Congregational Church, haviug served the church 
as deacon twelve years. He died in Millbury, aged 70 years. 

David P. Bolster. 
Dr. David Porter Bolster was the son of David and Sarah (Cusli- 
man) Bolster, and grandson of Captain Isaac, our early settler. 
He was born in Paris Aug. 11, 1827; attended the public schools 
and at Hebron Academy. He then studied medicine and graduated 
at the Maine IMedical School. He has practiced in Leeds, at AYash- 
ington Mills, at Weeks' Mills in China, and now resides in Augusta. 
He was Assistant Surgeon of the 21st (9 months) Maine Regiment, 
and subsequently of the IGth Maine. He married Faustina M. Bart- 
lett of Union, and has one child— a daughter. 

Soi.OMON A. Bolster. 
He is a son of Gideon and Charlotte (Hall) Bolster, and a 
native of Paris ; born December 10, 1835. He received an academ- 
ical education and attended two terms at the Chandler Scientific 
School connected with Dartmouth College. He then studied law 
with Wm. W. Bolster and attended the Law School of Harvard 
L^niversity, where he graduated in 1859. He was admitted to the 
Oxford County Bar in 1858 and at Boston in 1862. He enlisted in 
the 23d ^Nlaine Regiment, in his brother's company, F, and was ap- 
pointed Orderlv Sergeant and subsequently was commissioned 
Second Lieutenant. After his regiment returned and was mustered 
out, he moved to Roxbury. Mass., now a precinct of Boston. He 
has been successful in his business, has held various positions of 
trust and profit, and is a highly respected citizen. Since his removal 
to Massachusetts he has served on the Governor's staff. He mar- 
ried, Oct. 30, 18G4, Sarah Jane Gardiner of Dixfield. 

William H. Bolster. 
Rev. Win. H. Bolster is the oldest son of Otis C. and Caroline 
(Virgin) Bolster, and born April 17, 1844. He graduated at Bates 



418 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

College, Lewistoii, studied theology and was ordained at AViscasset. 
He is now (1S84) settled in Everett, Mass. 

Sylvester Besse. 

Rev. Sylvester Besse was the sou of John Besse, Jr., whose wife 
Avas Betse3% daughter of Elder John Tripp of Hebron. He was 
born in this town June 25, 1815. He was educated in tlie town 
schools and at Hebron Academy. He became a Baptist minister 
and has been pastor of the Baptist church at Lincoln Center for 
nearly thirty years. He also served in various places under the 
patronage of the Maine Baptist Missionary Convention. He has 
held various town offices, especialh' on the school boards, and in 
1877 he was elected to the Maine Legislature. 

Fred E. Boothby. 
Fred E. Boothby, the popular General Passenger and Ticket Agent 
of tlie Elaine Central Railroad Company, was l)orn in Norway, Dec. 
3d, 1845. When quite young, his father, Levi T. Boothby, moved 
to South Paris, where Fred attended the town schools and also at 
the Normal Institute. After his father moved to Waterville in 
1857, he attended the High School there and at tlie Classical Insti- 
tute, and when he was old enough his father took him in to assist 
him in taking charge of the railroad station at that place. From 
this position he Avorked his wa}- up, being Acting Paymaster from 
1871 to 1H74, until he was appointed General Passenger and Ticket 
Agent, which position lie now holds. The position has grown in 
importance by the consolidation of other roads with the JNIaine Cen- 
tral, until it now ranks among the first of like railwa}' situations in 
New England. ]Mr. Boothby is a faitliful and efficient officer, and 
is deservedly popular with the Railroad Company and with the trav- 
eling public. He married, October 2o, 1871, Adelaide E., daughter 
of Charles II. and Vesta B. Smith of AVaterville. Mr. Boothby's 
mother was Sophia P., daughter of Martin and Ruth (Durell) Brett, 
all of Paris. 

Granville M. Chase. 

Granville ]M. Chase was the son of Timothy and Lucy (Porter) 

Chase of Paris, and a native of this town. He married a daughter 

of Dea. Elisha Morse of South Paris. He resided many years in 

Portland, and carried on a large business as contractor and builder^ 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 41D 

acciunulatiiig u large property, which by unfortunate contracts and 
investments he subsequently lost. He was a leading man among 
the mechanics of Poilland and at one time President of the Me- 
chanics' Association. He was tilling that position at the time 
Mechanics' Hall on Congress street was dedicated. He built Payson 
Memorial Church, and had about $10,000 in tliat l)uildiug, which he 
could not realize, and which embarrassed him to such a degree that 
he had to suspend payment. He moved to Chicago after the fire, 
and helped build up that city, but he contracted fever and ague, 
which hastened his death. He died at Fall River, Mass., and left 
a wife and three daughters. He was a large-hearted man of enter- 
prise, and represented Portland twice in the Legislature. 

William Chase. 
William Chase was the son of Timothy and Lucy (Porter) Chase, 
and a native of this town, where he was born Nov. 1, 1820. When 
four years of age, his parents moved to Portland, and when a bov 
he entered a West India goods store as clerk. Becoming of age, 
he engaged for himself in the same kind of trade and continued with 
marked success, till 1871, when he moved to Dedham, Mass. He 
had purchased the Hamlin homestead at Paris, in 1861, and after 
being at Dedhnm about fifteen months he came to Paris, where he 
devoted his time to farming and stock breeding. He was a director 
in the Paris Hill Manufacturing Company, and was interested in 
other local enterprises. In 1875 he purchased the water-power at 
Snow's Falls, where he erected and put into operation a mill for the 
manufacture of wall-paper. His death was the result of an injury. 
He had been to Portland, and on arriving home at South Paris, 
when attempting to get from the train, he stepped upon some ice, 
which formed an inclined plane toward the road, which forced him 
beneath the wheels ; one truck passed over the left foot and also 
over the right leg, crushing both fearfully. Both legs were ampu- 
tated—one at the ankle, the other above the knee — but he died four 
days after the operation. He was an enterprising business man, 
and his sudden death when but little past middle life, Avas a great 
loss to the town. 

Aldex Chase. 
Alden Chase, Esq., came here from Woodstock early in 1857,. 
having been chosen Register of Deeds at the previous election. He 



420 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

was re-elected and at the end of his second term he returned to his 
farm in Woodstock. He was the son of Merrill and Luc}- (Felt) Chase, 
and was born June 15, 1819. He married Luc}', daughter of Jona- 
than Cole, and grand- daughter of Eleazer Cole, an early resident in 
Paris. He served in the Maine Legislature before he came here and 
also after his return to Woodstock. He has also held various other 
positions of trust. He has had three children. The oldest, Aldeu 
Fitzro}', graduated at Middletown (Conn.) University, was Pro- 
fessor at Kent's Hill several years, and is now at the head of the 
East Maine Conference Seminary at Bucksport. Aquilla Montrose, 
the second son, is a printer at Bryant's Pond and the proprietor of 
the first printing office in that town. The only daughter, Estella 
Ophelia, is the wife of Rev. Albert A. Ford. 

Thomas Crocker. 
Hon. Thomas Crocker died in Paris, August 22, 1872, aged 84 
3'ears. He was the second sou of Roland Crocker of Conwa}^ N. 
H., and was born there April 14, 1788. Wliile 3'oung, he chose the 
occupation of merchant, and first came to Norway, where he was 
clerk in the store of INIr. Increase Robinson. As a clerk he gave 
promise of his future, by his i)iT)mptitude, energy and fidelity. Sub- 
sequenth' he came to Paris Hill, while the county Avas new, and in 
the midst of the thriving, active pioneer population, laid the foun- 
dation of his character and fortune. During some thirty or tliirt}'- 
five years, his store was a place of trade and business — not only of 
Paris, but also of the adjoining towns. He was one of those rare 
men financially, that whatever he touched prospered. He took a 
comprehensive view of business, and having great foresight and 
enterprise as well as executive and financial ability, could and did 
command success. He married for his first wife Miss Clarissa 
Stowell, daughter of Thomas Stowell, Esq., of Paris. After her 
decease in 1843, he married ^liss Almira Davis of Methuen, Mass. 
Mr. Crocker was not wholly occupied in his own private aftairs. 
His discretion and financial ability called him into pul)lic life. When 
the property of minors required a trusty guardian, liis services were 
sought and his management approved. He was also a member of 
the Governor's Council in 1835. But the public capacity in which 
he served longest and where his financial ability shone most con- 
spicuously, was as a director of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence 
Railway Company-. This post he filled during several years with 



niSTOUY OF PARIS. 421 

great satisfaction, wliilo that road was being located and constructed. 
He bad been an invabd since 185-i. Prior to that time, cataracts 
liad formed in both eyes, and liad rendered liis vision very imperfect, 
so that in ^lay of that year he submitted to an operation. One eye 
only was operated ui)on, which, instead of improving, took on severe 
inflammation, resulting in great sutlering during the subsequent six 
months, and the total disorganization of the eye. lie would not 
consent to have the other eye operated upon, and was, therefore, 
totally blind from that time to his decease. In his will he left a 
thousand dollars to the poor of the town, on condition that the names 
of the beneficiaries be read in town-meeting every year. 

Simeon Clmmings. 
Simeon Cunnnings, Jr., was born in Paris, April 17, 1812. In 
early life he commenced the stud}' of medicine, but not feeling satis- 
fied with the prospects which the profession at that time offered, he 
abandoned it and went into trade, for a time in the store formerly 
occupied by his latlier. He afterwards enlarged the l)uilding and 
fitted it up for a dwelling-house, and ever afterwards occupied it. 
He served as Deputy Sheriff for quite a number of years, and also 
in the Legislature. As a l>usiness man, he was very successful, 
amassing one of the largest private fortunes ever accumulated in 
town. This success was achieved in trade, in operations in real 
estate and in loaning money. He was a man of plain and simple 
habits, and no one who saw him in his everyday dress, would have 
anv idea that he was the wealthiest person in town. He was never 
afraid to work, was frugal in his habits, economical. in his expendi- 
tures, and left his large property' to his family. He married 1834, 
Lucv C. Bent of Paris, who died, and for second wife he married 
Emeline S. Thayer. His family' record may be found elsewhere. 

John Dennett. 

John Dennett, or "Squire Dennett" and "Major Dennett," as he 
was frequent!}' called, was born in the ancient town of Kitteiy, 
where several generations of his ancestors had lived, August 4, 
1795. AVith his mother and step-father, named Pra}', he came to 
Paris in 1804, and moved into the building that Nathan Woodbury 
occupied as a store. They afterwards moved to a house which stood 
near General Hubbard's house, and which is still known as the Pray 
place. He was clerk for Russell Hubbard, and afterwards partner. 



422 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

About the year 1820, he moved to South Paris aud l)Ouglit a lot of 
Elias Stowell, whose daughter Polly he married, August G. 1820. 
She died in 1822, and he then married Ilaunah, daughter of Nathan 
Noble of Norwa}'. She also died in 182.'), and he married her sister. 
He had three children, all l)y the last marriage. He was early a 
Justice of the Peace, and was mucli employed in the execution of 
deeds and other similar documents. 

Jamks Deerinu. 

James Deering who still resides at Soutli Paris and is enjoying a 
green old ago, Avas born at Old Orchard Nov. 2, 1798, He was the 
ninth child of Joseph aud Hannah (Jameson) Deering and a descen- 
dant of a familv of this name which earl3' settled in York county. 
He is a distant relative on both the paternal and matcrunl sides, of 
the Deerings who lived on High Street. He served an apprentice- 
ship in a furniture establishment in Saco, and came to this town in 
1820. The first chairs he manufactured here were from timber which 
he cut in the woods and split out by hand read}' for turning. Some 
of these early made chairs are still in existence in this town. He 
has always been a public spirited man, and has been closely identi- 
fied with all the material interests of the village of South Paris, 
since it first Ijcgan to be called a village. He has been a liberal 
contributor and a pillar of strength to the Methodist Church here, 
aud a warm friend of education. Besides doing cabinet work, he 
has often turned his attention to building, and several dwelling 
houses in the village are of his construction. He married in March, 

1824, Eliza, daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth (Morse) Moore of 
this town and has three children. Few, if any of our citizens are 
held in higher esteem than James Deering. He and his wife cele- 
brated the GOth anniversary of their marriage in IMarch, 1884. 

"William Deering. 
Probably no son of Paris has been more successful in business 
than the subject of this notice. He was born in this town April 2.5, 

1825. His father is James Deering a sketch of whom precedes this. 
He attended the town schools and several terms at the Maine Wes- 
leyan Seminary at Kent's Hill. After leaving school, he was for 
four or five years connected with the South Paris Manufacturing 
Company, chiefl}' as clerk, and in 1849 and 18.")0, he was agent of 
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until 18G1, when he moved to Portland and became tlie senior 
partner in the firm of Deering, INIilliken & Company. This firm 
was engaged in handling the products of several woolen and cotton 
mills on commission, and the firm established a commission-house in 
New York, which is still in successful operation in the name of 
Deering, Milliken & Company, under the management of S. M. 
Milliken. They also became part owners of several woolen-mills dur- 
ing this time in varions parts of the State. Mr. Deering retired from 
the firm on account of ill liealth, and invested some money in the man- 
ufacture of grain and grass harvesting machinery with a gentleman en- 
gaged in that business at Chicago, without any expectations of moving 
his residence from Portland, but the health of his partner having failed 
made it necessary for him to go west and superintend the business 
personally. In l-SG'J, he purchased the interest of his partner, since 
which time he has run the business alone until January. 1884. when 
the business was incorporated in the name of Wm. Deering & Com- 
pany. His two sons, Charles and James, and nephew, AVm. D. 
Porter, were then admitted to an interest in the business. The 
present business of this concern is the manufacture of grain and 
grass harvesting machinery, and its specialty the manufacture of 
automatic twine binders. Of these machines they pro1)ably manu- 
facture more largely than any other concern in the world. Mr. 
Deering married first. Miss Abbie Reed, who died January 10, 
1856, aged 28 years. 

Ebenezer Drake. 
Ebenezer Drake was in trade many years at North Paris, Avas a 
man of honor and integrity, respected and confided in by the com- 
munity, and successful in business. He was modest even to diffl- 
dence, yet a man of sound judgment and every way reliable. He 
was a member of the Baptist church at North Paris, and one of its 
strong supports. He was prol)al)ly the son of El)enezer and Martha 
(Gurney) Drake of Bridgewater. Mass. His wife was also a Gur- 
ney, a daughter of Jacob, who was an early settler in this town. 
He had two children — Horace, who died some years ago, and Eliza. 
He moved from this town to Mechanic Falls, and engaged there in 
the manufacture of paper, and died there several years ago. 

Dr. Andrew J. Fuller. 
Among the native born sons of Paris who have achieved success 
in professional life, is Dr. Andrew J. Fuller of Bath. He was born 



424 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

to Caleb and Hannah (Perkins) Fuller, September 15, 1822, being 
the youngest of a large faniih'. He attended the town schools in 
Paris and at the academy in Hebron. P^arl}' showing a leaning 
toward the medical profession, he pursued his studies at the Maine 
Medical School, at the University of New York and at Jetterson 
Medical College in Philadelphia. He graduated from the Maine 
Medical School in the class of 1841, and settled in Searsmont. In 
1847 he moved to Bath, and has remained there in practice ever 
since. He has enjoyed there and still enjoys the respect and confi- 
dence of the people, and has had an extensive practice, not onl^- in 
common medicine and minor surgery, but in the higher grades of 
both. Among his successful major operations have been amputa- 
tions at the liip joint and resection of the humerus. He is a mem- 
ber of the American Medical Association and Vice President, 
member of the Maine Medical Association and its President in 1871. 
Among his published papers is an essay on "Cholera Infantum," 
and "Prognosis on Fractures," the former to the American Medical 
Association in 1850, and the latter to the Maine Association. 

Previous to the war, he served seven years as Surgeon of the 
Second Maine Infantry, and was Post Surgeon at Bath during the 
war. He has been a good business man, as shown in the fact that 
he has served as President of the Bath Board of Trade twelve years, 
and as President of the Lincoln County Fire Insurance Company five 
3'cars. He lias served one term as Trustee of the Maine Insane 
Hospital, and is one of the consulting physicians and surgeons of 
the Maine General Hospital. His practice is not confined to Bath, 
but he is fretj[uently called in consultation in diflicult cases, especially 
in surgery, and often from places far remote from his home. In 
July, 184.3, he married Miss Harriet, daughter of George Marston 
of Bath, and had three children, one of whom, a daughter, is living. 
She married Samuel C. Barker and has one child, a son, Byron F. 
Barker. Dr. Fuller has ever manifested a strong attachment to his 
native town, and a lively interest in all matters pertaining to the 
welfare of her people. He is one of the many strong men who left 
Paris in earh' manhood, to develop and win respect and success 
elsewhere. 

Emily A. Goodenow. 

Miss Emily A. Goodenow died at Washington, D. C, ]May 15, 
1872. She had been a clerk in the Treasury Department since 1865. 
She had been somewhat indisposed for some time, but had been out 




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HISTORY OF PARIS. 425 

every da}' and was out walking on the da}' of her death. She had 
a sudden attack of hemorrhage of the lungs and lived only about 
three hours after. She was 42 years of age, a lad}' of fine culture. 
When the war broke out she was governess in the family of Hon. 
Humphrey Marshall of \"irginia, afterwards Gen. ^Marshall of the 
confederate army. With much difficulty she succeeded in coming 
north, leaving her pay for her service and much of her wardrobe 
behind. Reaching Washington, she became a teacher in the freed- 
men's school, depending for her compensation on voluntary contri- 
butions. She was a very graceful and ready writer. She was the 
youngest child of Hon. Rufus K. and Jane (Bean) Goodenow of 
this town. 

Moses Hammond. 

Moses, son of Benjamin Hammond, was born in Paris, June 20, 
1791, and died April 10, 1871. When he became of age he selec- 
ted the spot and built the buildings where he ever afterwards lived. 
He early developed a taste for mechanics and was often employed 
by the town in drafting plans for bridges, &c. He was many years 
in trade, and also a large lumber operator, owning mills, at one 
time and timber lands, not only in Oxford but in Penobscot 
county. He was active and energetic, possessed of a robust con- 
stitution, and was not afraid to "put his own hand to the plow." He 
was often in town office, and had the confidence of his fellow-citizens 
in the fullest degree. He was social, genial, and confiding, careful 
in the selection of friends, but true to those be had tried. He mar- 
ried ^Nlary Keith, a native of Bridgewater. He was buried in the 
new cemetery, in a spot selected by himself for a family lot. The 
granite monument placed in his cemetery lot was cut and lettered by 
himself, and is a good exhibition of his skill and handiwork. 

Elijah L. Hamlin. 
Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin was the son of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, and 
was born in Livermore, ]March 29, 1800. When six years of age, 
his father moved to Paris. Elijah fitted for college and graduated 
from Brown University in 1819, studied the legal profession and 
opened an office at Bangor. Here he spent the remainder of his 
years. He was a man of marked ability, a good lawyer and well up 
in other departments of knowledge. It was he, in connection with 
Dr. Ezekiel Holmes, who discovered the deposit of rare minerals at 



426 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

JNIoiint Mica, and he was much interested in mineralogy, especialh' in 
the I'arer varieties of minerals and gems. In politics lie adopted 
the AVhig side and Avas the candidate of his part^' for Governor, but 
the Whigs never had much of a show in Maine, and he was not suc- 
cessful in being elected to otlice like his younger brother who took 
the opposite side. But the organization of the Repuljlican part}' 
brought them upon the same platform, and Elijah was elected as 
such from Bangor to both branches of the Legislature, where he 
served with distinguished ability. His social qualities were of the 
highest order, and he was a most interesting and valued memlier of 
society. He was always strongly attached to Paris, especially to 
the old homestead on the Hill, and among his regrets late in life was, 
that it had l)een allowed to pass out of the family. He married 
Eliza Choate of Salem, Mass., and had three children who are fur- 
ther spoken of in the Genealogical Register. 

Hannibal Hamlin. 

Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, one of the foremost citizens of our State 
and country, was born in Paris, August 27, 1809. On the paternal 
side he descended from the Hamlins, who early settled at Barn- 
stable on Cape Cod, and from whom the different New England 
families of this name sprang. His grandfather, then of Pembroke, 
Mass., and a prominent citizen, was an officer in the Revolutionar}' 
war and did much to fire the patriotic heart in the Old Colon}' dur- 
ing the da3's that tried men's souls. On the maternal side, Mr. 
Hamlin's Puritan ancestry were no less distinguished than were the 
Hamlins in the Old Colony. His mother was Anna, daughter of 
Dea. Elijah Livermore who was one of the proprietors and first 
settlers of the town, formerly in this county, which bears his name, 
and whose first American ancestor was an early settler and prom- 
inent citizen of AVatertown, Mass. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, the father 
of the subject of this notice, born in Pembroke, Mass., after 
graduating in medicine, settled in practice in Livermore, but on the 
formation of the Count}' of Oxford, in 1805, he came to Paris to 
officiate as Clerk of the Courts. A collegiate education was in- 
tended for Hannibal, and he was prepared to enter college when his 
fixther died. Duties then devolved upon him which prevented him 
from carrying out his previous plans, and he remained at home until 
he became of age. In company with Horatio King, he purchased 
the i)aper started at Paris a year or two previous, called the Jeffer- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 427 

sonian, in 1829, and worked at the ease for about six months, when he 
sold out his interest to Mr. King. He then read law, was admitted 
to the l)ar, and in the spring of 1833 moved to Hampden. He con- 
tinued in active practice for about fifteen 3'eai'S. 

He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1836 and re-elected 
three times, serving his last three terms as Speaker of the House. 
He was elected a member of the XXVIH Congress and re-elected 
to the XXIX. He was again elected to the Maine Legislature in 
1847, and May 26, 1848, Avas elected to the United States Senate 
to fill the vacancv occasioned bv the death of Hon. John Fairfield. 
In 1851 he was re-elected for the full term of six years. In 1856 
he was nominated for Governor by the Republicans of Ma'ine, and 
elected l>y an overwhelming majority. He resigned his seat in the 
Senate, but January 16th he was re-elected to the United States 
Senate for a full term of six years, resigning his position as Gov- 
ernor to accept it. He was a prominent member of the Senate, 
serving on important committees, among others on the Committee 
on Commerce, and District of Columliia. In 1860 he was nomi- 
luited by tlie Repulilican Convention as candidate for Vice President 
on the ticket with Abraham Lincoln, and was elected. His position 
as presiding officer of the Senate during the dark days of the rebel- 
lion, Avas difficult in the extreme, but he filled it Avith distinguished 
ability and to great acceptance. At the close of his term he was 
appointed Collector of the Port of Boston, but resigned before the 
end of the A^ear, not l)eing satisfied with the polic}' of the 'acting Presi- 
dent from whom he had received his appointment. In 1869 he was 
again elected to the United States Senate and re-elected in 1875. 
In 1881 he was appointed by President Garfield, ^Minister to Spain, 
which position he resigned at the end of the year and returned to 
his home in Bangor. 

Mr. Hamlin married first, Sarah, daughter of Hon. Stephen 
Emerv, and had by this marriage three children who grew up to man 
and womanhood — two sons and a daughter. Both of the sons 
served creditably in the war of the rebellicm, and after the war was 
over, the youngest, Cyrus, settled in Xew Orleans, but soon died. 
The daughter was married, and died some years ago ; and Gen. 
Charles Hamlin, the oldest son, is a practicing attornev in Bangor. 
Mv. Hamlin married second. Pollen Emery, half sister of his former 
wife, and they have two sons, both of whom have graduated from 
college, and one of them is engaged in professional life as a lawyer. 



428 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

During his long public career, ^Ir. Hamlin has coustautl}' held the 
esteem and confidence of the people of Elaine, and has richly de- 
served it, for his attention to business, his untiring efforts in behalf 
of liberty and human progress and his spotless record as a public 
man. Genial and kind-hearted bj- nature, he has cultivated the 
acquaintance of men in the humbler as well as in the higher walks 
of life, and has had a personal following such as few public men 
have ever enjoyed. In the exalted positions to which he has 
attained, he has never lost sight of the fact that he owed his eleva- 
tion to the original source of power, the people, and in his official 
capacity he has never gone counter to the public will. He probal)!}' 
has a larger personal acquaintance with the yeomanry of the State 
than was ever had b}' any of our public men, and the fact that, 
meet them where he may, he always recognizes them and has a 
pleasant and cordial word of greeting for them, accounts in some 
degree for his popularity. Although over fifty years have elapsed 
since he left his native hills and took up his residence on the Penob- 
scot, his attachment to Paris and its people remains unabated, and 
his visits here, when his public duties would admit it, have been fre- 
quent and appai^ntly enjoyable. Though somewhat advanced in 
years, he is still vigorous both in mind and body ; and at his pleas- 
ant home in the city of Bangor, surrounded by warm personal 
friends, and having in his retirement the profound respect of the 
people of the State and country, and the consciousness of having 
been faithful to the many trusts which have been imposed upon him, 
he has every prospect of a green old age and 3ears of grateful rest. 

JOSIAII S. HOBBS. 

Josiah S. Hobbs is the son of James Hobbs, Jr., of Lovell, where 
he was born. June 27, 1828. He received a thorough academical 
education and was for several years engaged in teaching in Water- 
ford. He finally read law and was admitted to the bar. He was 
elected Register of Probate and moveil to Paris Hill. He was re- 
elected twice, serving three full terms of four years each. At the 
end of his third term he was appointed by Governor Perham, State 
Librarian, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Joseph 
T. Woodward, and moved to Augusta, where he has since resided. 
He has held the position of State Librarian by re-appointment, with 
the exception of one year, since his removal to Augusta. He mar- 
ried Emeline, daughter of Stevens and Sophia (Chadbourne) Smith 
of Gorham, and has no children. 




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history ok paris. 429 

Hiram Hcbbard. 
Hon. Hiram Hubbard was the sou of Russell, find grandson of 
Gen. Levi Hubbard. His mother was Emma, daughter of Daniel 
Stowell, Esq., and he was born in Paris, September 28. 1811. He 
has been one of our most active and substantial business men. For 
man}- years he was in trade, either bv himself or in company with 
others. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Paris Ritte Com- 
pany, :\Iay 15, 1835, and promoted to Aide-de-Camp in 1837. He 
has served in l)oth branches of the Legislature, and as Countv 
Treasurer. He was also for some years connected with the Portland 
Custom House. A few years ago, in response to the popular wish, 
he fitted up his house as a hotel, now the well-known "Hubbard 
House." This has been a favorite resort for city people who like 
a pleasant house and family in which, with pure air and pleasant 
surroundhigs, to spend the summer months. Mr. Hulibard married 
first. p:iizabeth, daughter of Nathan Marble ; and second, Nancy 
J., sister of his former wife. He has had eight children, five by 
the first marriage and three by the second ; six are now living. 

Horatio Kixg. 
Hon. Horatio King was the son of Samuel and.Sarali (Hall) 
King, and was born in Paris, June 21, 1811. His father was quite 
early here, and his mother was a daughter of Jonathan Hall, an 
early settler here from Hopkinton, Mass. The grandfather of 
Horatio King was George King of Ray n ham, Mass., and he and 
three of his brothers served in the war for independence. Like 
most of the country-reared ^'oung men of the period, the subject of 
this notice was brought up on the farm and had a personal know- 
ledge of what life upon the farm is, or rather what it was at that 
time, for it is somewhat different now. He received such an edu- 
cation as the common schools afforded, and, in the spring of 1820. 
entered the office of the Jeffersonian, a paper then printed in Paris, 
to learn the printers' art. One year afterwards he became part 
owner, and six months thereafter sole owner, and, in 1832, editor 
of the paper, and in May, 1833, moved it to Portland. On the first 
of January, 1838, he sold out to the Standard, and that paper was 
finally merged with the Eastern Argus. In March, 1839, he was 
appointed by Postmaster General Amos Kendall, to a position in 
the Post Office Department at AVashiugton, D. C, where he has ever 
since resided. He received promotions from time to time until 



430 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

l.s.'jO, when he became connected with the foreign mail service, in 
which capacity h^ originated and perfected certain postal arrange- 
ments of great importance to the service. In March, 1854, he was 
appointed by President Pierce, First Assistant Postmaster General, 
an office of great responsibility. l)ut for which his long experience 
well titted him. He held this position until the 1st January, 1861, 
when he became Acting Postmaster General, and on the 12th Feb- 
ruary he was nominated by President Buchanan and confirmed by 
the Senate, as Postmaster General, serving in that capacity until 
the inauguration of President Lincoln and the appointment of his 
successor, March 7, 18G1. He filled all these important places with 
fidelity and distinguished ability. He was Postmaster General dur- 
ing the latter part of Mr. Buchanan's administration, when treason 
stalked with a bold front through tlie streets of the National Capital. 
Though a life-long democrat, Mr. King was loyal to the core, and 
remaiTied so during the entire struggle. Though exempted by law 
from the performance of military duty, he furnished a representative 
recruit who was duly mustered in and served in the Union army. 
This exhibition of patriotism and public spirit received oflicial ac- 
knowledgment from the government. Alter retiring from the Post 
office Department, he was appointed, in April, 1«62, one of a Board 
of Commissioners to carry out the emancipation proclamation in the 
District of Columbia. This position was tendered him by President 
Lincoln, unsolicited, and doubtless on account of his valuable ser- 
vices near the close of the previous administration. The service of 
this commission was limited to nine months, and on finally leaving 
office, Mr. King went into a quiet business as an attorney l)efore the 
executive departments and international commissions, which he fol- 
lowed until about ten years ago, when he retired as far as practical )le 
from active business. Mr. King has twice made the tour of Europe, 
first in 1867 and again in 1875-6. Tlie last one was somewhat more 
extended than the first, and on his return he published a book en- 
titled -Sketches of Travel, or Twelve Months in Europe." He 
has written much and upon a great variety of topics, and has also 
lectured on various occasions. He delivered an oration before thr 
Uuiou Literary Society of Washington in 1841, which was pub- 
lished. He also originated a series of Saturday evening literary 
entertainments at his private residence, which became very popular. 
February 2, 1884, the hundredth meeting of this kind was held, and 
the proceedings were printed in a neat pamphlet of 48 pages. He 



IIISTOHY OK I'ARIS. 431 

has for many years been a contributor to newspapers and niagaziues, 
on historical and literary subjects, sometimes transhiting articles 
from the French. He spends his wintex's in Washington, but about 
six months eacli season are spent at his summer liome at West New- 
ton, Mass. 

:Mr. King married May 25, 1835, Ann Collins of Portland, by 
whom he had seven children, only three of whom — one daughter and 
two sons — survive. The others died young. His first wife died 
September 22, 18(59, and he married, February 8, 1875, Isabella G. 
Osborne of Auburn, N. Y. Mr. King's somewhat eventful life has 
been one of usefulness. In all the i)Ositions he has filled, he has 
inaugurated important improvements, including, within the last few 
years, that of the orticial "Penalty Envelope" — a convenient, eco- 
nomical device ; and l>y his literary efforts he has contributed much 
to elevate the tone of society at the National Capital. During all 
the years since he left Paris, he has shown in various ways that his 
devotion to the dear old town is unwavering ; and now, as he grows 
older and the cares and duties of life have become lessened, his 
heart is drawn still oftener and with greater force toward the home 
of his childhood, youth and early manhood. 

Francis Lane. 
Captain Francis Lane was born in Gloucester, ]\Iass., in 175G, 
and in 1775 enlisted in Capt. Rowe's company and marciied to Bun- 
ker Hill in season to take part in the engagement whicli took place 
there June 17. Keturning to Gloucester, he entered the navy on 
board a privateer, and at the close of the war received his share in 
several prizes which he had aided in cai)turing. He subsequently 
became master of a ship and made voyages to various parts of the 
world. He was once shipwrecked and spent the winter in Green- 
land. He married, February 25, 1771), Miss Esther Grillin of Glou- 
cester. Later in life he moved to North Yarmouth, when he 
continued to follow the seas for many years. He subsequently 
moved to Minot, and in 1818 to South Paris, where he died Novem- 
Ijer 30, 1829. His first wife died of yellow fever in 1799, leaving 
five children. He married next. Widow Hannah Wyman of North 
Yarmouth, July 8, 1800. His second wife died in this town, and 
for his third wife he married Mrs. Betsey Gammon, December 5, 
1822. His only son, Ammi R., served in the war of 1812, and 
came with his father to South Paris in 181'S, and died there June 



432 HISTORY' OF PARIS. 

16. 1863, leaving a family. His widow died October 18, 1884. 
Marv, daughter of Francis Lane, married Samuel Richards of Ox- 
ford, and Samuel Richards, Jr., of South Paris, is their son. 

AuGUSTLS G. Lebroke. 
Hon. Augustus G. Lebroke was the son of Jacob and Martha 
(Foster) Lebroke and was born here Feb. 9, 1823. His grandfather, 
James Lebroke (or "Le Brook," as it is in the early records,) came 
from France in the French fleet that came over to assist in our strug- 
gle for independence. After the war. he settled in Pembroke, 
Mass., and from there came to Hebron and finally to Paris with the 
early settlers, and died here. Jacob Lebroke early moved to Fox- 
croft, where in his youth the subject of this notice worked upon his 
father's farm and for others in the vicinity. He was educated in the 
common schools in Foxcroft and at Foxcroft Academy, at which he 
fitted for college. He taught common and high schools three terms 
a year for several years, with marked success ; had experience as 
Assistant Postmaster at Dover Village and East Corinth, and read 
law while teaching, in the office of the late J. S. Holmes, Esq., 
in Foxcroft. He was in the California mines one and a half years ; 
read law after his return in the office of the late Hon. C. P. Chan- 
dler, in Foxcroft, and in the office of Hon. A. W. Paine, in Bangor. 
He was for the most of the time for fifteen years a member of the 
S. S. Committee, or Supervisor of Schools, in Foxcroft, till he de- 
clined to serve longer. He served as Town Agent of Foxcroft for 
24 years, with the interrui)tion of a single year in two instances. 
He also held other town offices. In 18.5'J and also in 1872 he was a 
member of the INIaiue Legislature and one of the most distinguished 
debaters in that day. He was County Attorney for Piscataquis from 
1860 to 1870. In 1882 he was elected a menil^er of the Maine 
Senate and was made Chairman of the Judiciary Connnittee. He 
is an able lawyer and a natural born orator, having a wonderful 
command of language and a remarkably pleasing address. He has 
been much on the stump in Maine and elsewhere, and is regarded as 
one of the most efficient speakers in his party. He is now prac- 
ticing his profession in Foxcroft and is doing a large and lucrative 
business. 

Jarvis C. Marble. 

Jarvis C. Marble was the son of Nathan and Mehitable (Free- 
land) Marble of Sutton and Bethel, and was born in the latter town. 



HISTOKY OF PARI?. 433 

When seventeen years of age, he went to New York and served 
as clerk for his cousin, Lawson C. Carter, for three years. His 
hcaltli being impaired, he returned to Maine and entered into part- 
nersliip with Hiram Hubbard as soon as he w:is of age. Afterwards 
lie purchased Mr. Hubbard's interest in the store, and continued in 
trade alone. In 1845 he bought of Lorenzo Swelt, the Buckfield 
Powder Mills, located at Basin Falls on Twenty-Mile river, and soon 
after disposed of his store at Paris. About 1847 he purchased of 
Emery Allen, the powder-mills at Hale's INIills ; built mills at Platt- 
ville, Wisconsin, and also bought a lialf interest in the mills at 
Camden. In 1852-3, in company with A. P. "Waterhouse, he liuilt 
mills in Portsmouth. Ohio. Subsequently, having disposed of his 
Platville and Portsmouth mills to New York parties, he built others 
at Windsor, in the Province of Quebec ; al.~o engaged largely m 
lumbering, and to a limited extent in mining. In January, 1878, 
he sold out his entire interest in the powder manufacture, but has 
continued his Canada operations in other directions, in the lumber, 
bark and wood business. JNIr. 3Iarble was elected a member of the 
Legislature in 1880, and re-elected in 1881. He was a useful and 
intluentiul member of that body. 

Silas P. Maxim. 
Silas P. Maxim is the sou of the late Silas Maxim, Jr., and grand- 
son of Silas Maxim, our early settler. He was born Feb. 21, 1827, 
attended the town schools and at Hebron Academy. He worked 
upon the farm summers and taught school winters for a few years, 
and finally learned the carpenter's trade. He carried on the manu- 
facture of sash, blinds and doors on the Hill for some years, and 
then moved his business to South Paris, where, much enlarged, it is 
still carried on by him and his son. Mr. INIaxim was Clerk in the 
Enrolling Board of the Second Congressional District during the 
war, and has been one of the Board of Selectmen in Paris dur- 
ing the period of seven years. He was early interested in 
the history of his native town, and much of the material for this 
history was gathered up by liim. He l)egan to collect this material 
many years ago when some of tlie early settlers were living, and by 
jotting down their recollections he saved important facts bearing 
upon the subject, which but for his forethought must have been for- 
ever lost. He has erected some of the best buildings in town, 
among which are the Odd-Fellows' Block, the school-house in South 

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434 IIISTOKY OF PARIS. 

Paris and the sled-factory. He was eneumerator of the census of 
1S70, for the town of Paris. lie married Augusta M. Prentiss, a 
grand-daugliter of Dea. Caleli, early trader at South Paris. 

Virgil D, Parris. 
Hon. ^'irgil Delphini Parris was the son of Capt. Josiah and Expe- 
rience (Lowdeii) Parris, and a first cousin of Hon. AUnon K. 
Pariis. He was born in Ruckfield, Feb. 8, 1807, and graduated at 
Union College, N. Y., in 1827. Among his class-mates were Leon- 
ard Wood, I). D., ex-President of Bowdoin College. Hon. E. G. 
Kawson of Bangor, Gov. Bowie of Maryland, Hon. Preston King 
and Judges W. W. Campbell and Kufus W. Peckham of New York, 
the latter of whom was lost in the steam-shii) Ville de Harve. 
Adopting the law as his i)rofession, he was admitted to the bar in 
1830. Entering upon active life at a period of high i)olitical ex- 
citement and inheriting an ardent temi)erament from his patriotic 
ancestors, he zealously espoused the cause of Gen. Jackson, and in 
1827, before he became a voter, organized in his native town the 
first Jackson Club in Maine. In 1831 he was chosen Assistant 
Secretary of the Maine Senate. From 1833 to 1838 he represented 
Bucklleld in the Legislature, and in 1838 he was elected to fill the 
vacancy in the XXV Congress occasioned by the death of Hon. 
Timothy J. Carter of Paris, and in 18;5'.» was re-elected. In 1.S42 
and 1843 he served as State Senator from Oxford county, and in 
the latter year, when Edward Kavanagh became, by the death of 
Governor Fairfield, Acting Governor of the State, Mr. Parris was 
chosen his successor as President of the Senate. In 1844 he was 
appointed by President Tyler, United States Marshal for the Dis- 
trict of Maine, which position lie held during the administration of 
President Polk till 1849. In 1853 President Pierce appointed him 
Special Mail Ag'ent for New England, and in 18r)(; he was appointed 
Naval Store-keeper at the Kittery navy yard. With the inaugu- 
ration of President Lincoln. Mr. Parris retired from office, although 
he still continued to take an active part in politics until precluded l)y 
disease. Mr. I'arris had a decided taste for scientific pursuits. He 
was interested in all branches of natural history and was a collector 
of antiquities ; but he tooi< especial pleasure in astroaiomy and 
numismatics. To the latter subject he was a devotee and possessed 
one of the finest collections of coins in the country, which he took 
much pride in exhibiting. 



IIISTOKY OF FAKIS. 435 

Mr. Parris was a man of iron will, with great energy of cluvacter ; 
his intcgrit}- was unquestioned, his iini)nlses were generous, most 
genial in his companionship. As a man. a citizen and a friend, he 
was esteemed the most bv the those who knew him best. Before 
stricken with disease he possessed great i)hysieal vigor, strength and 
activity. He married in 1833, Miss C()huiil)ia. tlaughtcr of Capt. 
Samuel and PoUa (Freeland) Rawson, wiio survives at this time 
(18H4). He died in j'aris. where he had resided quite a number of 
years. Saturday morning. .June 13, 1874. Mr. Parris did not re- 
sume the practice of law after retiring from i)olitics. He was one 
of the originators and i)rime movers in Iniilding the Buckfield rail- 
road, and was interested in all the [trojects for the advancement of 
his native town and county. 

Edwaud L. Pakhis. 

Edward Louden Panis is the son of Virgil D. and Columbia 
(Rawson) Parris and was born in Bucktield. September 3, 1837. 
He came lo Paris with his parents and spent several vears here. 
He graduated at Union College. Schenectadv. New York, studied 
law. and. having been admitted to the bar. settled in the practice in 
New York City, where he has been very successful. He is now 
holding tiie important otlice of Assistant District Attorney for the 
City and County of New York. 

Hexky R. Paksoxs. 

He was born in New Gloucester in September. 17!i4. and died at 
South Paris. October 3. 1X74. His ancestors were from filoucester, 
Mass. In 1M13 he came to Paris and ever after resided here: after 
that time up to his decease, he was largely identified with the history 
of the town anil a prominent actor in most of the impoitant business 
enterprises therein. He was an earnest advocate of the cause of 
temperance and secretary of the first temperance society in Paris, 
which was organized in 1832, and an ardent supporter of any step • 
which, in his view, tended to improve the morals or ameliorate the 
condition of his fellow-men. Although never seeking political 
preferment for himself, he took a deep interest in the great political 
questions that agitated and divided the country, and was ever solic- 
itous for the success of that party to which his convictions of right 
and justice caused him to allv himself. He held many offices of 
trust in the town and was alwavs regarded bv his fellow-citizens as. 



436 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

oue oininently qualiiied to advise and manage in difficult aflfaifs. 
His proverbial honesty and strict integrity of character gained for 
him the respect and confidence of his associates. He was married 
in 1814 to 3Iiss Betsev Gross of New Gloucester, with whom he 
lived for more than 57 years. They raised a large family of child- 
ren, of whom seven were then living. The three sons are prominent 
business men in the west ; and of his daughters, one, Mrs. Hewett. 
resided wiih Ikm- father, one was the wife of Dea. Elisha Morse of 
South Paris, one resided at North Yarmouth and one at the West. 
Col. Parsons, at the time of his death, was almost the only living 
representative of those who were ])rominent in the earh' history of 
the town, and 1)V his death almost the last link was broken that con- 
nected the town with that early period. 

SioxFv Peuiiam. 

Hon. Sidney I'erham first, came to this town from Woodstock as 
Clerk of the Courts, to which position he was elected in 1859. But 
his ancestors were connected with the early settlement of the town, 
his grandfather. Lemuel Perham, Jr., being upon the Center lot on 
Paris Ilill in 1 71*1 . IxMuuel Perham, Jr., came to Paris from Upton. 
Mass., where his father had kept a })ublic house for more than forty 
years, and where his grandfather, Benjamin Perham, also resided. 
Benjamin Perham was the son of John, of Chelmsford, Mass., and 
grandson of John the emigrant, who settled in Chelmsford in 1GG4, 
and that year married Sarah Shepley. The father of Sidney Per- 
ham was Joel, who was born on the Center lot. now occui)ied by 
Col. C. H. Ripley, March 31, 17'.i7. and whose wife, Sojihronia 
Bisbee, was born at South Paris, April 1, I.SOI. AVhen twelve years 
of age, Joel Perham moved with his father's family to Woodstock, 
where he after resided and where Sidney was bom INIarch 17, 1819. 
Sidney Perham was brought up on a faru). and. on becoming of 
ago, he purchased the homestead of his fatiier, wliere he continued 
to reside until his removal to Paris to fill the position as above 
stated. He was re-elected to the same position, but before the close 
of his second term he received the nomination of Member of Con- 
gress for the Second Maine Congressional District, and he 
was elected. He was re-elected twice to the same position, his 
service covering a large portion of the period of our civil war. In 
1871, he Avas elected Governor of Maine and was re-elected twice. 
While livinu; in Woodstock he was elected a member of the Elaine 




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HISTORY OF PARIS. 437 

Legislature in 1855, and was cliosen Speaker. He had previously 
been much in town office and was well versed in public attairs. 
After his third term as governor had expired, he was in private life 
until the appointment of Hon. Lot M. Morrill as Collector of the 
port of Portland, when, on his recommendation. Governor Perham 
was appointed Appraiser of Merchandise for the same port, which 
position he still holds. In all the public positions he has filled, he 
has enjo^-ed the fullest confidence of his fellow-citizens. He early 
enlisted in the cause of temperance, and no citizen of the State has 
done more good, honest, square temperance work than he. He 
began to lecture on the subject when a minor, and there are few 
places in the State where his voice has not been heard. He has be- 
longed to the leading temperance organizations in the State, and 
been at the head of two of them. He has been President of the 
Trustees of the Maine Industrial School for Girls since the School 
was founded, and has also served for several years as President of 
the Trustees of Westbrook Seminary. He married Almena J., 
daughter of Lazarus and Lucy (Cole) Hathawa}' of Paris, and has 
had five children, four of whom are living. He was President of 
the Directors of the Paris Hill Manufacturing Company, and has 
served as a Director of the Norway' National Bank. His attach- 
ment to his early vocation, that of agriculture, is still strong, and 
he has frequentl}' been called upon to address the farmers at their 
annual festivals, which he has always been al)le to do to great ac- 
ceptance. For several years, while engaged in farming in summer, 
he taught schools in winter, and always with marked success. His 
Hfe has been busy and his occupations varied, but he is still 
vigorous, and, to all appearance, 3-ears of usefulness are yet before 
him, 

Henry E. Prentiss. 
Henry E. Prentiss, sou of Henry 'and ^lary (Hart) Prentiss of 
Paris, graduated at West Point, the fourth in his class, in 1881, 
and was Assistant Teacher of ^Mathematics in the Military Academy 
for two subsequent years. He was then commissioned and sent 
with troops to Fort ^Morgan, Alabama. Being commissioned in the 
artillery instead of the engineers, he, in 1835, resigned his commis- 
sion and commenced the study of law with Messrs. Kent and Cut- 
ting of Bangor. In 1836 he formed a co-partnership with Hon. 
Israel Washlturn, Jr., atOrono, and in 1837 opened an office in Ban- 
gor, where he remained for several ^'ears and until he engaged largely 



438 IIISTOKY OF PARIS. 

in land and lumber operations, which proved more lucrative and con- 
genial than the practice of law. Possessing engineering skill, 
energy and great physical endurance, he became familiar with all 
the timber lands of the State from actual observation, and was thus 
enabled to purchase understandingly. He was connected with many 
large lumbering operations and was for many years Clerk of the 
Penobscot Boom Company. He amassed a comfortable fortune. 
He was a strict temperance man, and upon the temperance issue he 
was elected Mayor of Bangor in is 70 and the year following. In 
1858 and 1859 he was a member of the State Legislature and among 
the ablest in that bod3'. He was public spirited and a friend to 
education. He donated no less than four i)ublic libraries and left 
funds to siipjjort them, one of which was to his native school dis- 
trict in Paris. He was a man of culture and* refinement, fond of 
literature and veiT agreeable in conversation. Though i)ossessod of 
abundant means, he was ever a plain man, never exalting himself, 
and ever living an honest, frugal and industrions life. He married 
Abigail A., daughter of Samuel Pawson of Paris, Septem])er 30, 
1830, who survives him. Mr. Prentiss, after retiring from active 
business, made an extended European voyage, accompanied bv his 
wife and children, which he enjoyed very much. He died Julv 1,. 
1873. 

Sai{ah J. Pkentiss. 
She was the daughter of Heiny l^rentiss and was born in Paris in 
1823. She was a lady of literary tastes and many accomplishments. 
She was not only a wi'iter, but an artist as well, and many of her 
landscape sketches done in oil have Ijcen greatlv admired. JVIany 
of the productions of her pen, both in prose and poetry, have found 
their way into print. During the war of the Iveliellion, when nurses 
were wanted to take charge of tlie loyal sick in Southern hospitals,- 
Miss Prentiss volunteered her services, and was there until near the 
close of the war. After her return from the South with impaired health, 
she went to Euro[)e and was al)sent tliree years. She returned with 
health still more impaired, and finally she was obliged to give up 
her home in Paris and go to live with her brother in Bangor. She 
died Oct. 21, 1877, aged 54 years. She is gratefully remembered 
by manv wounded and sick Maine soldiers who were fortunate 
enongh to come nnder her kind care dnring her hospital service. 
She attributed her impaired health and early death to malaria con- 
tracted while in the Southern hospitals. She was kind-hearted, a 





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friend to the poor, and the benefactor of many families in lier native 
town who will ever remember her with gratitude. 

Ambhuse K. Sihrtlkff. 

Ambrose K. Shnrtletf, son of Alva Shurtleff, was born in Paris, 
August 12, 1815. In 1829 he went to Portland and into the em- 
plo3'ment of Eleazer ]\IcKenney. ami afterwards was book-keeper 
for Abner Shaw, also a native of Paris. About the year 1834, he 
formed a co-partnershii) with John Ct. Warren, under the firm name 
of Sluirtlert" & Warren, and for the next eight 3'ears carried on a 
wholesale grocery business. At tiiat time a new firm was formed, 
Mr. Warren retiring and ]\Ir. Charles Leach taking his place, whicli 
continued for a few years, when Mr. Leach went out and Mr. Shurt- 
letf carried on the business alone until 18G0, when he retired from 
active mercantile business on a competency. He was for many 3'ears 
a Director in the National Traders' Pank and for fifteen years its 
President. He was for several years a member of the Portland City 
Government, a Director of the Portland and Rochester Railway, 
Trustee of the Maine Savings Bank and Vice President of the Board 
of Trade. He married Lorenda, daughter of the late Seth Curtis 
of Paris, whose death preceded his by several years. He died in 
Portland, January 3, 1880. He left no children, and his estate, 
after liberal bequests to several Portland charitable institutions, was 
left tp his brothers and other near kindred. 

George K. Shaw. 

Rev. George K. Shaw was born in this town June 1, 180.3. He 
graduated at Gorham Academy, and at eighteen years of age he 
began to teach in the public schools in Cumberland and York coun- 
ties. While engaged in teaching he pursued theological studies and 
occasionally preached. In 1838 he took charge of the L'uiversalist 
society of Dixfield. Here he labored as pastor and preacher for 
eight years. Feeling tbe need of a larger income, he accepted the 
position of Register of Probate of Oxford county. In 1846 he re- 
moved to Paris Hill. The labors of the ministry he continued to 
perform, preaching in several towns in Oxford county. During his 
residence in Paris he gave a large number of addresses on education 
and temperance, and for two years edited a monthly religious peri- 
odical, and was political editor of the Norway* Advertiser. In the 
summer and autumn of 1855 he resided in Alfred and wrote the 



440 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

editorials of the Maine Democrat, which was then published in 8aco 
by Alpheus Hanscomb. Late in the autumn he received an appoint- 
ment as Clerk in the Interior Department at Washington. This 
position was held for about six years. In 1874 he obtained a place 
in the General Post Office Department in Washington. During his 
fourteen years residence in that city he was a regular editorial con- 
tributor to democratic newspapers. He moved to Biddeford in July 
of 18G9, and assumed the editorial management of the ]\Iaine Dem- 
ocrat, then published in Biddeford by the Watson Brothers. He 
continued to edit the paper till it became financially embarrassed. 
After its change to the State Democrat and removal to Saco, he 
was a regular contributor to its editorial cohnnns. Socially, Mr. 
Shaw was a genial and pleasant gentleman. For several years prior 
to his death, his health was poor. He kept al)out till within a few 
weeks of his death, when he took his bed. His sufferings were at 
times intense, but he was sustained V)y a strong and clear Christian 
faith. He died in Biddeford. 

Eaton Shaw. 
Eaton Shaw was the son of Gilbert and Silence (Cole) Shaw, and 
was born in Paris in 1H03. At the age of 17 years he became quite 
successful as a teacher in the public schools, and soon after studied 
architecture in Boston. After remaining in Boston six years he 
removed to Portland, at which time he gave up the study of archi- 
tecture and studied for the ministry. For many years he was an 
effective and popular preacher in the Methodist church. He origi- 
nated the Congress street Methodist church in Portland, and was its 
first preacher. His health had been injured by study in the begin- 
ning of his ministry, and in 1852 he was compelled to retire per- 
manently from the pulpit. He-Avas for several years State Liquor 
Agent. He was married in 1828 to IMiss ]\Iary Roberts of Portland 
and had a family of three sons and five daughters. All of his sons 
served in the Union army in the war of the rebellion. Mr. Shaw 
died at his home in Portland, August 9. 1884. 

Ruius S. Stevens. 
Among the successful business* men of Paris, who began at the 
foot of the ladder and worked their way up, was Rufus S. Stevens. 
He was the son of Simon and Nancy (French) Stevens, and grand- 
son of Dr. Cyprian, our first settled physician. He was born Octo- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 441 

ber 21. 1821 ; attended school and worked upon the farm in his 
youth and entered a store on the Hill as clerk when he came to his 
majority. He was in trade at the Hill in partnership and alone, 
and in company at South Paris. He was a shrewd business man 
and rapidly accumulated property. He was also an active politician 
and served a term in the House of Representatives in 1855, and in 
the Senate in 18G4. He was an earnest worker in the cause of tem- 
perance and identified with the leading temperance organizations in 
town. Soon after the close of the war he moved to Minneapolis 
and went into business there, but died a few jears later. He mar- 
ried Sarah, daughter of Deacon Elisha Morse of South Paris, who 
survives him. 

David P. Stowell, 

David Porter Stowell was the son of f^lias and P0II3' (Barnard) 
Stowell, and was born in Paris, October 22, 1810. He was the 
youngest of ten children. He received an academical education, 
studied law, and, on being admitted to the bar, settled in Dixfield 
and afterwards in Canton. He entered the volunteer service Octo- 
ber 31, 18G1, as major of the First Maine Cavalry, and was dis- 
charged for disability in 18G3. He was a man of tine physique, 
over six feet in height and well proportioned. After his return from 
the army he again Avent into practice at Canton, but his health was 
permanenth' impaired by the exposures incident to the service, and 
he continued to fail until death came to his relief, Juh' 26, 1884. 
Major Stowell was a kind-hearted, genial and companionable man 
and a general favorite. He married Miss Sophronia, daughter of 
Capt. Isaac X. Stanley of Dixfield. 

Augustus S. Thayer. 

Dr. Augustus S. Thaver is the son of America and Caroline 
(Prentiss) Thayer, and was born in Paris, March 18, 1835. He at- 
tended the town schools, also at Paris Hill Academ\' and at Gould's 
Academy in Bethel. He studied medicine, graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania, March 12, 18G4, and commenced prac- 
tice in Portland the 3Iay following. He has been very successful in 
the practice of medicine and has worked up a large and profitable 
business, although the competition has always been sharp and the 
profession in Portland largely represented by older physicians. He 
was appointed physician on the staff of the Maine General Hospital 
at its opening in October, 1874, and teacher of Theory and Practice 



442 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

in the Portland School for Medical Instruction, in the spring of 
1881. Dr. Thayer was married January 1st, 1867, to Mary, daugh- 
ter of Jarvis C. Marble of Paris, who died after a few years ; and 
for his second wife lie married Annie L. Soule of Groveton, N. H. 

Henry O. Thayer. 

Rev. HeniT O. Thayer, second child of Ziba and Almira (Fobes) 
Thayer, was born at South Paris, December 2. 1832. He graduated 
at Bowdoin College in the class of 1862, and taught successively in 
Yarmouth and Limerick academies nearly a year after graduation, 
and then entered upon a course of theology, graduating from the Ban- 
gor Institution in 1865. He was ordained in 1866, had settlements 
in Solon and Bingham, and in 1867 he settled at Woolwich, where 
he yet remains. Besides successful work in the ministry, he has 
given much time to investigations into the history of the early set- 
tlements on the lower Kennebec, and has furnished several valuable 
articles 1o the press. He is a member of the Maine Historical 
Society and an active worker in the held of local history. He was 
malTied November 7, 1865, to Miss Sarah E. Plewitt, and has sev- 
eral children. 

AVarrex II. Vinton. 
Hon. Warren Howard Vinton was born in this town in 1825. 
His family name was Besse, but when he Ijecame of age he changed 
his own to Vinton. He was educated in the common schools and at 
Hebron and other academies, studied the profession of law and set- 
tled in Gra}'. He is a fluent and interesting speaker, and able in 
debate. lie has lieen much in otiice, having served as Su|)ervisor 
of Schools and Selectman in Gray ; Commissioner on the pulilica- 
tion of the Revised Statutes of 1857 ; Trustee of the Reform 
School ; member of the House of Representatives in 1857 and 1873, 
and of the Senate in 1854, 1862, 1877 and 1878, the last term as 
President. In his legislative experience he has taken part in many 
stormy debates and has always acquitted himself to the satisfaction 
of his friends. 



HISTOKV OF PARIS. 443 

CHAPTER XL\'ll. 

paris villages. 

Paris Hill. 

"Beautiful for situation." in borrowed plirase from the psalmist; 
■"Grand for observation," in the language of the tourist, are terms 
briefly descriptive of the village of Paris Hill. Yet to no other 
village in Maine can thev so truthfully be applied. Situated as this 
village is, at an altitude of 831 feet al)ove the sea level — the high- 
est but one in the State — its extended views at once attract the 
notice of the traveler. Heniy Tudor, Bairister at Law. in his Tour 
of North America, publislied in London in 1834, says that ''Paris 
Hill is a place as little resembling its original as a cottage does a 
palace ; at the same time it may l)e said that to the extent in which 
it falls short of its great prototype ag to architectural beauty, does 
it exceed it in the beauties of nature, being surrounded l)v a circle 
of mountains of the most imposing and romantic features." It is 
not unfitting that we scan the broad stretch of horizon and the con- 
spicuous land-marks so familiar to every resident, although 

"Tis a picture in memory distinctly detiued." 

The Ossipee is noticed first to the southward in the western line 
of mountains ; then the whole ridge of Mount Pleasant attracts the 
attention, and next, though farther in the distance, Chocorua may 
be seen. AVhiteface, Passaconaway, Trypyramid and Moat are out- 
lined against the horizon. Then Kiersarge, like some bold sentinel, 
stands out alone, as watch and ward, while next, as we sweep north- 
ward, are Carrigain, Double-Head, Giant's Stairs, and Bold-Face. 
Then the White Mountain group, or Presidential range, among 
which ''the eye catches the rounded swell of Madison, the sharp 
spurs of Adams, Jefferson and Clay, and then the supreme head of 
Washington." Carter appears in the foreground, and further to the 
north the Moriah range ; then Barker's, Lincoln Peak*. Saddleback, 
and Puzzle, which is last in the broad sweep of vision. 

Thj village of Paris Hill is chiefly built on lot 13. in the fifth 
range, the southern line of the lot being on Lincoln street and the 

*This niDuntiiiii is situated in Grafton and was named in honor of Governor Enocli 
Lincoln, by Prof. John Locke of Cincinnati, in 18.53. It is the third liighest mountain in 
Maine. 



444 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

northern line passing between the residences of Mrs. Arabella Carter 
and Samuel R. Carter. This was one of four lots in the draught 
No. i*, that fell to Ezekiel Whitney, the original grantee, and re- 
mained in his possession until Nov. 13, 1793, when it was sold b}' a 
committee of the proprietors, for delinquent taxes, to Isaac Jack- 
son. The two county roads had been located the ^lay previous, 
crossing this lot — one from Gray meeting-house passing over Paris 
Hill to the center lot, as referred to elsewhere ; the other passing 
diagonally across the town, from south-east to north-west. So 
much of the last named road as was laid across lot 13, was discon- 
tinued. The record of its location is as follows: ''From a point 
opposite Benjamin Hammond's barn, thence north 40 deg., west 249 
rods ; thence south 89 deg., west 53 rods to the center of the road, 
intersecting said road near the barn of Lemuel Jackson, Jr." The 
course of. this road from Benjamin Hammond's to the south line of 
lot 13 was changed, and from the point near the residence of Hiram 
Jackson the road was laid out on the lot line, and is now known as 
Lincoln street. At the time of the location of these roads, LenuK'l 
Jackson, Sr.. was living on "Granny Jackson Hill," on lot 14, and 
Lemuel, Jr., in the house now the residence of 3Irs. Carter. Isaac Jack- 
son may or may not have occupied a log house near l\y, for no record 
points to a local Iiabitation. Levi Jackson was settled on the lot west 
of Lemuel, Sr., now known as the Goodenow farm, and his brother-in- 
law, John Willis, on the lot north. The lot east of lot No. 13, 
being lot 13 in the sixth range, has been claimed as constituting part 
of the "kettle purchase." It was in draught 42, and was in the 
right of P'phraim Burrage. This was deeded to Joshua F'uUer, July 
10, 1772, and by him to Lemuel Jackson. Sr., January 19, 17<S1. 
The Jacksons and Willisses had owned the land on all sides of lot 
13, in the fifth range, for a dozen years or more, and it is a matter 
of some surprise that it remained so long intact. 

Isaac Jackson purchased of his father, lot 13. in the sixth range, 
April 22, 1794. thus extending his land from John Willis' on the 
west to Asa Perry's on the east. This lie continued to hold until 
July 1, 1802, when he deeded to Nathan Woodbury one-half an acre 
on "Jackson's Hill," being sixteen rods on the road and five rods 
back, for $20.00. In September following, he sold the two above 
named lots to Jonathan Cummings, reserving one-half acre of land 
to accommodate Mr. Nathan Woodburv, being sixteen rods on the 
road and five wide, westerly of the county road and being on lot 13 



HISTOKV OF PAKIS. 445 

in the lifth range, his store standing iu the center of the half-acre on 
this road. Also three-fourths of an acre on said lot 13, "where the 
dead are now buried," "provided, the said Jonathan C'uininings, his 
heirs, and executors, pay the said Isaac Jackson two thousand dol- 
lars on or before April 1, next, and one thousand six hundred in 
three 3-ears from the first day of April next, which will be iu the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, with lawful 
interest." The mortgage was discharged Fel)ruary 20, 1806. For 
over twent}- years, therefore, it had remaiued. virtually. "Jackson's 
Hill." April 6, 1803, Jonathan Cunimiugs deeded the Meeting- 
house Common to the building committee of the Ba|)tist church. 
On the sale of the pews the committee gave deeds, including joint 
ownership in the land to puix-hasers, February 16. 1804, and the 
owuership of the Common is still vested in the pew-holders of the 
Baptist church. The balance of Jonathan Cummings' purchase 
then passed into the hands of his father, Jesse Cummings, on March 
12, 1804, and to him hereafter are traced the title deeds of the 
greater portion of Paris Hill. The County Common, on which the 
court house, jail, count}- ottice building, and the jailer's residence 
were located, was deeded by Jesse Cummings to the county, October 
8, 1805, for the consideration of one dollar. May 20, 1813, it was 
widened foin- rods on the street, by a deed from Jonathan Bemis. 
the stal)le standing thereon being removed to the rear of the Bemis 
l)uildings. The Nathan AVood])ury stand referred to iu the al)ove 
deeds, was built by Woodbury. This stand, lot and stoi'e, together 
with tln-ee other lots of land, he sold to Daniel Hanney for $4,200. 
April 27, 1804. 

The stand and store was set of! on execution to Thomas F Chase, 
who sold the same to Jonathan Bemis, Aug. 14, 1806, for $500.00, 
who opened the first tavern in the place. The Bemis store was liuilt 
by James and Francis Bemis. It has been materially improved, and 
is now owned and occupied by Stephen I) Hutchinson and Edwin 
Newell. The Nathan AVoodbury store that stood in tlie center of 
the lot, was moved to Lincoln street, and was long the residence of 
Tanner Ilutchins. One-half of the main house —doubtless the addi- 
tion erected by Jonathan Bemis — has been removed and located on 
a lot next south of the residence of J^lbridge Fobes, and is now 
owned and occupied by Joseph Cole. The Bemis stand is now 
owned and occupied by George W. Cole, Jr. From the corner of 



446 HISIOKY OF PAKIS. 

this lot, Frank Bemis sold the site on whicli the Universalist Church 
was erected. 

Dr. Cyi'ns Hamlin purchased the tract on which he built his home- 
stead, Nov. 4, 1806, for $450.03. This sale included all the land 
south of the Count}' Common, being twelve rods and twent}' links in 
width, between the Common and the farm of Lemuel Jackson on the 
south, and extending from the County road on the east, to the lot 
line on the west — 31 rods ; — also all the land west of the Count}' 
Common and the Meeting-house Common, to within five rods of tlie 
northwest corner, containing seven acres. Some of the noble elms 
that now ornament the grounds were planted by Vice-President 
Hamlin in his early boyhood. This stand remained in possession 
of the family until 1860, when it was purchased by AVilliam Chase, 
Esq., who improved the grounds and buildings. 

Dec. 10. 1811. Dr. Hamlin sold the store lot, about five rods on 
the County road and six rods on the County Common, for $75.00, 
to Increase Uobinson and William Cox', of Norway, traders, one un- 
divided half, and also to Thomas Crocker of Paris Hill, the other 
undivided half part, 'i'hey at once erected the store and opened 
trade, under the firm name of Cox & Robinson. April 16, 1818, 
Cox ifc Kobinson deeded their undivided half to Thomas Crocker, 
who was then occupying it. This store was bui'ued at the time Emery's 
stable was Itnrned ; ]Moses Hammond's shop and the hotel stable were 
also destroyed. It was rel)uilt and occupied as a store for many 
years. It finally passed into the hands of Sampson Andrews, who 
sold the building to Benjamin S. Doe, who removed it to its present 
location, — now the residence of Jacob Daniels. 

The lot on which Hon. Stei)lien Emery erected his stand, he pur- 
chased of Thomas Crocker, being the west end of the store lot. July 
\^ 1S18 — ''beginning at a i)o[)lar tree, which is the first in a row of 
poplars on the southern line of the County Common, this tree being 
twelve feet from the corner of Crocker's store," &c. The elms that 
now add so much to this homestead, were planted by Hon. Stephen 
ICmery. Sampson Andrews became the purchaser and incorporated 
all the land into his house-lot, and otherwise improved it. This 
place is now owned and occupied by his widow. 

The lot on which Moses Hammond built his house was purchased 
of Dr. Hamlin, November 3, 1815. It was soutli of the County 
Common. The homestead is still owned and occupied l)y his heirs. 

Isaiah Fuller purchased the lot, afterwards the 3Iellen homestead, 




The Hamlix Homestead, Paris Hill. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 447 

of Dr. Hamlin, antl built i^art of the house. He then sold it to 
Enoch Burnham, clock-maker. This lot was the balance of the 
Hamlin lot lying between the lot sold Robinson & Company and 
the line of Lemuel Jackson's farm, and extends west to the lot line. 
Burnham built his shop on the south-east corner of the lot, next to the 
road on the south line. November 4, 1815, he sold the opposite 
corner, next to the lot of Robinson & Company, to ^Nloses Ham- 
mond, for a shop. It was three rods and four links on the county 
road, and contained one-eighth of an acre. It is the site of the 
Oxford Democrat and Post Office, owned l\v Geo. H. Watkins. 
February 12. 181 G. Burnham suld to Nathaniel W. Greene, for 
SGoO, who conveyed the same to Dr. Asaph Kittredge, June 5, 
1818. Alauson Mellen ijccame the purchaser and occupied it 
through life. It subse(iuenth' passed into the hands of his son, 
Charles T. ]Mellen, who has made extensive re[)airs and improve- 
ments. 

The first lot Jesse Cummings sold on the east side of the Coiintv 
road, was conveyed to Levi and Russell nnl)bard, Dec. 31, 180G. 
It was ten rods on the road and eight rods back. The store had 
been liuilt previously, and stood next to the north line of the lot. The 
Huljbard house was built in 1807, and "Hubbard's Hall," in the 
second story, was occupied by the Masons Nov. 12, 1807. Nov. 
22, 1808, an addition was made to the lot on the south end. After 
the decease of Russell llulibard it came into the possession of his 
son, Hiram Hubl)ard, who made extensive rei)airs and additions. 
and opened it as a public house. 

Jacob Daniels, cordwainer, purchased the lot next the Hubbard 
stand Feb. 8, 1808, and built a house containing two rooms and a 
porch. This lot was five rods on the road and eight rods back. 
After the decease of Daniels, it was occupied b\' Gov. Albion K. 
Parris, and afterwards l>y Thomas Clark, Esq. While Gov. Pariis 
occupied the house he built the little office on the corner of the Hub- 
bard lot, which was afterwards occupied by Gov. Lincoln, and bv 
Judge J. G. Cole, who owned it at the time of his death. It after- 
wards passed into the possession of Samuel R. Carter, the present 
owner. Nathan M. Marble purchased the stand of the Daniels heirs, 
enlarged it and opened it as the "Union House." It subsequently 
came into the possession of Horace Cummings by exchange, who 
enlarged it to its present state, and continues it as a hotel. On this 
lot was located the first school-house, with the understanding that 



448 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

the school-house lot should be given to the district. The committee 
neglected to take a deed, and after the purchase of the land by 
"Charles Dean, Physician," April 13, 1808, the school-house was 
removed to the site of the present house, LemuelJackson giving the 
lot. Dr. Dean's purchase was an acre for $1.jO — eight rods on the 
county road and twenty rods on Lincoln street. May 20, 1808, he 
conveyed the lot to Jonathan Bemis for ^350. Bemis sold the cor- 
ner — four rods by ten — to Thomas Crocker, who built the brick 
house and out-buildings, which still remain in the family. 

The north half-acre was sold to Solomon Hall, April 20, 1S16, 
for $200, who built thereon the old Stage House. He worked 
for Lemuel Jackson and married Susan Cole, a daughter of the sec- 
ond wife of Lemuel Jackson by her first husband. On April 15, 1817, 
he sold the stand to Thomas Crocker for 81,000, who opened it — 
the second tavern on the Hill. Zachariah Stephens came here in 
1829 and occupied it for the same purpose a few years. Simeon 
Norris then ])ought it and put on the addition since cut ott' to make 
Gov. Perham's house, kept it some years, when it again went into 
the hands of Mr. Crocker, who rented it to G. G. Waterhouse. 

Simeon Cummings, Sr., bouglit of his fatlier the lot between the 
Stage House and Union House, and for many years carried on the 
potash business here. He sold to Asa Robinson, who removed to 
it the present house from the spot where it was first built by Benja- 
min Hammond opposite H. E. Hammond's dwelling. It was pur- 
chased by Stephen D. Hutchinson, and is still owned and occupied 
bv him. 

The Job Rawson stand is on the site of the old printing office, 
which was built by Geo. W. Millett and soon after liurned. This 
lot was original! V partly included in the potash lot and parti}' in the 
acre purchase. 

The Gov. Perham Stand is located on the site of the old tan-yard 
and was included in the a^-re purchase. The house was the addi- 
tion built to the Stage House, and after the tannery buildings were 
destroyed by fire, it was moved to its present location and repaired 
and out-buildings erected. It was purchased by Gov. Perham when 
he came to the Hill, and is still owned and occupied by him. 

Tlie site on which the Hutchins house is located is the east end of 
the Dr. Dean purchase, which became the propert}' of Jonathan 
Bemis in M'ay, 1808. It has been called the Old Bemis Store. At 
least, Jonathan Bemis moved it from the lot he purchased of Nathan 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 449 

WoodbuiT. If it was the Woodbury store, it was built between 
July 1, 1802, and the September foUowing. It was long the resi- 
dence of Tanner Ilutehins. 

Isaiah Fuller, carpenter, purchased a lot of one acre of Jesse 
Cummings, April 17, 1810. It adjoined the Dean purchase and was 
the second lot sold on the north side of Lincoln street. Fuller built 
on it a small house and sold the same to Dr. Benjamin Chandler, 
who built the present ell and stable, just before he died in 1827. 
Judge Cole then became the purchaser. He took down the front — a 
square hip-roofed house — and erected the commodious dwelling 
which he occupied through life. It is now in the possession of the 
heirs. 

The next acre, east of the Cole homestead, was purchased bv 
Rufus K. Goodenow, Jan. 1, 1825. and by him sold to Dea. Joel 
B. Tiiayer, who built the buildings thereon. He sold to Alden 
Chase, who occupied it during his three terms of office as Register 
of Deeds, and sold it to his successor in that office, Sumner R. 
Newell. It is now owned I\v his heirs. 

The next acre east was purchased by Nathan Ryerson, Oct. 24, 
1825, who built a small house thereon. He sold to Dr. Asaph 
Kittredge, who enlarged the house and occupied it until his removal 
to Connecticut. His back field adjoining was a subsequent pur- 
chase. It passed into the hands of Cyrus Perkins, who occupied it 
through life. His family remain the occupants. 

Francis Bemis purchased the next lot, being one-half an acre, for 
a potash. Hiram Hubbard became the owner and built on the west 
end of the lot, the house he since sold to S. D. Weeks. Hubbard 
took down the potash, and removed the building known as the 
John Merrill shop, to the premises, and finished it into a dwelling- 
house, which he sold to Josiah S. Hobbs. Elmer H. Marble J)e- 
came the owner and when occupied by him it was destroyed l)y fire 
March 7, 1880. This was originall}' the corn-barn of Dr. Hamlin 
and stood near the jail. The house of S. D. Weeks, after his 
decease, was purchased by AVm. T. Perkins, who removed it to the 
south side of the street, and the half-acre lot went into the hands of 
J. C. Marble, who erected thereon, for his son, one of the most 
attractive residences in the village. 

The Harlow stand stood on the lot the next easterly of the potash 
lot. It was purchased b}- Isaac Harlow in 1834, of Jonathan Cum- 
mings. All lots on the street, heretofore sold, had been deeded by 



450 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jesse Cummings. Harlow built the house which he occupied until 
his removal to Boston, Mass. Stephen Enieiy became the purchaser, 
who extended the grounds and improved the buildings for a resi- 
dence for his son-in-law. Rev. Nathaniel Butler. G. B. Crockett 
became the owner, who subsequenth' raised the main house to two 
stories. The tine shade trees that ornament the grounds were 
planted by Judge Emery. The corner lot was purchased by Emer- 
son Colburn, who built a house thereon, but afterwards moved it to 
the site of his father's residence. The lot is now owned by ]Mrs. 
Angeline Mason, buildings having been erected on the same. 

The buildings on Beech Hill were erected by Horace Cummings, 
on land deeded to him by his father. He occupied the farm until 
its exchange with Nathan M. Marble for the Union House. Joseph 
Holt became the purchaser, who occupied it until his decease. The 
present owner is Mr. A. S. Austin, Clerk of Courts. 

The settlement on the north line of the Common may be traced 
as follows : 

The Simeon Cummings, Jr., lot was nine rods on the Common 
and six on the county road, and was conve^-ed by Jesse Cummings 
to his son, Simeon, June 11, 1807. He soon erected a store upon 
it, in wliich he traded until his decease. This was converted into a 
dwelling and was occupied by Simeon, Jr. After his decease his 
widow refinished it and occupied it through life. It is still in the 
possession of her heirs. 

August 10, 1815, Simeon Cummings, Sr., sold a lot 18 by 20 
feet, off the north-east corner of his lot, to ]Moses Perry, on which 
he built a shop for the manufacture of hats. This has been re- 
moved. 

April 13, 1818, Simeon Cummings, Sr., bought of his father, 
Jesse, the land between the Hatter's shop and land sold to Jonas 
Cummings, and extending back on the line of the Common 21 rods. 
On this extension fronting the Common, he built his house. This 
was occupied by him through life, then l)y his widow. It afterwards 
passed into the hands of Job H. Rawson, who moved the barn from 
the western end of the lot to the opposite of the house, and otherwise 
improved the premises. He sold to Dea. Joel B. Thayer, who died 
there. It is now owned and occupied by his widow. 

The Benjamin S. Doe stand is located on a portion of the lot 
which Jesse Cummings deeded to his son Simeon, Sept. 17, 1829, 
extending westward to the lot line. Benjamin S. Doe l)ecame the 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 451 

purchaser of this lot, on which he erected a two-story French-roofed 
house, tliis being his present homestead. 

The Willis house, standing at the north-west corner of the Com- 
mon, was built by Dea. John Willis on the lot he ])ought of Jesse 
Cummings, April 11, 1810. This was the balance of the land west 
of the Common, adjoining land before sold to Dr. Cyrus Ham- 
lin. Dea. Willis, from his tirst settlement up to this time, had lived 
on his farm adjoining this purchase, on which his buildings stood. 
The site may still be seen. Previous to the location of the county 
road over the Hill, the travel was westward of the cemetery, pass- 
ing by Willis' and coming out near Levi Jackson's, and thence by 
Dr. Stevens' and Elder Hooper's to the south of the town. After 
the decease of Dea. Willis, it passed into the hands of Levi Rawson, 
and is now owned jointly l)y John Garland and B. C. Rawson. 

.lune 15, l<si(j, Jesse Cummings deeded to his son, Jonas, "Black- 
smith," the lot on which he built the house now owned and occupied 
by his daughter, Calista. This lot contains one and one half acres. 

The residence of the late Hon. V. D. Parris is the lot purchased 
by George Ryerson. Ma^ 20, 1818. It was next the north line of 
the town lot No. i;i, and was six rods on the road and eight back. 
He Iniilt the house. It passed into the hands of Alfred Andrews 
April 4, 1829, with an additional strip of two rods and six feet, who 
occupied it until he sold to Hon. V. D. Parris, who resided here 
through life. It yet remains in the possession of the family. 

April 4, 1829, George Ryerson purchased of Jesse Cummings a 
lot next south of the strip sold to Alfred Andrews of the same date. 
This was six rods and fourteen links on the road, and cost forty-one 
dollars. He built the house now owned and occupied by the widow 
of John Demming. and known as the Demming stand. 

Jerathmel Colburn purchased a lot of Jonas Cummings, he hav- 
ing been deeded by his father, Jesse, April 17, 1832, "all the land, 
remaining unsold, on the west side of the County road." The house 
which Colburu built gave place to the house moved from the corner 
of Lincoln and Tremont streets, by his son, Emerson. Father and 
son have both deceased and the property is now in the possession of 
Emerson's widow. 

Jonas Cummings deeded the Asa Woodbury place, it being next 
north of his homestead, to his sou. Col. Simon H., who built the 
stand thereon, and occupied it until his decease. The blacksmith- 



462 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

shop was used by him for a carriage-shop. The staud is now owned 
and occupied by Asa Woodbury. 

The Hilborn stand was built by Col. Simon H. Cummings, on part 
of his lot, and sold to Thomas J. Hilborn, who still remains in pos- 
session. 

The balance of estate titles on tlie east side of the County road 
ma^' be traced as follows : 

As heretofore stated, lot 13, came into the possession of Isaac 
Jackson, Nov. 13, 1793, at which time no improvements had been 
made on this hundred acres, except the opening of roads. At this 
time mills had been built, so that the house that Isaac Jackson pro- 
ceeded to liuild, although the first on this hundred acrcrs, was com- 
parativeh' a modern house. It is described as a long, narrow build- 
ing, and stood on the road north of the well originally dug on the 
premises and now used bj' Elbridge Fobes. The township had al- 
ready been incorporated. This house was occupied by Jackson until 
1802, when it passed into the possession of Jonathan Cummings, 
w'ho deeded it to his father, Jesse, in 1H04. who occupied it until he 
had built the house iioav owned by p^lbridge Fobes, since which time 
it has been torn down. 

The Elbridge Fobes stand, as referred to above, was built b}' 
Jesse Cummings, and by him deeded to his daughter '"Anna, single 
woman," April 30, 1827. It comprised the orchard, being about 
twenty-nine rods on the road and extending back about thirty rods. 
The southerly line was on the south line of the orchard, being five 
rods distant from the dwelling of Jonathan Cummings, afterwards 
known as '-Tremont." He reserved the improvements during his 
natural life, and the life of his wife, Mary Cummings. After the 
decease of Anna this passed into the possession of Daronia Bates, 
who sold it to Elbridge Fobes, the present occupant. 

May 6, 1820, Jonathan Cummings bought of his father, Jesse, the 
tract on which he built the "Tremont." It extended from the 
Nathaniel How lot. northerl}-, ten rods and ten feet, and fifteen 
rods liack from the Connty road. This was occupied by him until 
the location of the new street, in 1855, wdien it was torn down. 

The lot on which the old red store was built was purchased by 
Nathaniel How, "Attorney," of Jesse Cummings, Jan. 29, 1810. It 
passed into the hands of Joseph Rust, April 17, 1810, and afterward 
into the hands of George Rverson. It has since l)een owned bv 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 453 

Alfred Andrews, who moved it to the opposite corner of Tremont 
street, and has hitely been known as the Bates store. 

The Samuel R. Carter lot adjoins the north line of lot 13, and 
was deeded by Jesse Cummings to Amos Armsby, house-wright, 
March 10. 1812. who built the house now standing. He occupied 
it until 1815, when Dea. Joseph Lindsey, cabinet-maker, became the 
occupant. Rufus K. Goodenow became the purchaser May 2, 1825, 
and it was occupied by him until ^lay 20, 1837. when he sold it to 
Levi Stowell. Esq. Through other hands it has passed into the 
possession of the present proprietor. 

The Butterfield house-lot was purchased of Jesse Commings 1)3- 
Rufus K. Goodenow. It has since been owned by Joseph H. King 
and others, and is now in the possession of the Benson fiimily. 

April 17, 1832. Jesse Cummings deeded to Jonas all of his re- 
maining land easterly of the counts' road and northerly of the wall 
on the south side of the orchard. This came into the possession of 
his son Charles, who erected the buildings and occupied them until 
his decease. The place is now owned and occupied by his widow. 

The Cushman stand was built by Charles Cummings, on part of 
his lot, and occupied by the heirs of Caleb Cushman. After the 
decease of the Widow Cushman, it was sold to Geo. W. Cook, who 
sold to Mrs. Charles Cummings. This completes the record of the 
sales of the estate that passed into the possession of Jonas Cum- 
mings. 

The Benjamin Walton house-lot was purchased by Harrison Tuttle 
and fitted up as a dwelling for his mother. It came into the hands 
of Beniamin Walton, who occupied it during his life. It is now 
owned b^- E. I. Spofford, who occupies it. 

At the same date that Jesse Cummings deeded to Jonas a portion 
of his estate, viz : April 17, 1832. he also deeded to his sou Jona- 
than all the remaining land unsold south of the orchard wall and 
extending from the county road easterly to the Packard field. Jona- 
than deeded his share to Horace Cummings, who built tlie buildings 
on Beech Hill, as stated heretofore. Hiram Hubbard became the 
purchaser of a portion of this, and opened the street known as Tre- 
mont, through it. 

AV^^e now come to Tremont street : 

Mrs. Anna Brown's residence was built by Alfred Andrews and 
Benjamin F. Bates in 1853, and completed in 1854. After the de- 
cease of Alfred Andrews, Dec. 14, 1864, it was purchased by Geo. 



454 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

L. Vose, who settled here hi 1866. It is now owned and occupied 
by Mrs. Anna Brown. 

The Chipmau Stand was built by Hiram Hu])bard and sold to 
Cyrus Chipnian. May 13, 1858. He subsequenth' built his l>lack- 
sniitli-shop on the same premises and is still the resident proprietor. 

The next lot on the same side of Tremont street, was bought by 
Geo. B. Shaw, who built the stand thereon. It is now owned bj' 
Mr. Proctor. 

The Mrs. Hardy stand was built by Thomas M. Crocker. Since 
the decease of Mrs. Hardy it has passed into the hands of her heirs. 

The Thomas M. Crocker stand was the carriage-shop of Simon 
II. Cummings, which was moved from his lot, and occupied In' 
Thomas Chase until his decease. 

The AV. A. Barrows stand was the blacksmith-shop of Charles 
Perry and was moved by Hiram Hubbard and finished into a dwell- 
ing. W. A. Barrows is now the owner and occupant. 

The Austin Partridge stand was built by Mr. Jackson and sold to 
Austin Partridge about 1871, and is now owned and occui)ied by him. 

The Garland stand. The lot on which this stand was built was 
sold to Gilman Garland in 1862. It is now owned and occupied b\' 
George Garland. 

The Hawks store-lot was purchased b}' Alfred Andrews, who re- 
moved the old red store, made it two-story and finished the upper 
story into a dwelling. It is now owned and occupied by S. U. 
Hawks, who continues trade in the store. 

The Wm. K. (ireen stand was built by Benjamin F. Bates, on the 
lot he purchased of Hiram Hubbard, Aug. 23, 1854. Sarah J. 
Prentiss became the purchaser, who occupied it until her absence in 
Hospital service. After the close of the war she returned and made 
a trip to Europe. After her return, failing health compelled her to 
abandon her much prized home for a residence in Bangor. After 
her decease, the property' was sold to Wm. K. Green, who is the 
present occupant and owner. 

The York stand lot was purchased by Russell A. Cummings, in 
August, 1854, who fitted up a house for his parents. It is now 
occupied by S. L. York. 

The next stand on the street was built by H. R. Hul)bard, in 
1882. It is now owned b3' James Andrews. 

The J. Conwell stand was built by Hiram Hubbard and is now 
owned by J. Conwell, the occupant. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 455 

The Stephen B. Rawson stand was ])nilt by Benjamin 8. Doe, 
who sold to the present proprietor. 

The Morton stand was built by Sihis P. ]\Iaxiin. in 1871. It was 
purchased by Henry F. Morton, who has improved the premises and 
is now the proprietor. 

The Mrs. Carter stand was on h)t No. 1-t, in the fifth range, and 
was in the right of Nathaniel Stone. Lemuel Jackson became the 
owner, and sold the lot to liis son, Lemuel, Jr., ]\Iarch 9, 1787. It 
remained in his possession until Oct. 5, 1805, when he sold it, to- 
gether with one-half of lot 14, in the fourth range, being west of 
the homestead farm and adjoining, for $3,600. The portion of the 
burying-ground, heretofore deeded, was excepted in the sale, as also 
the point near the guide-board, containing 4| acres, which had been 
sold to Nathan AVoodbnry. The house, at the time of sale, had 
been standing fifteen years. The following description and remi- 
niscence is furnished by Mrs. Carter : 

"The house on the north side of Paris Hill, owned and occupied 
by Mrs. Arabella Carter, was built by Lemuel Jackson, Jr. The 
frame was raised in April, 1789, and the house w^as so nearly finished 
by the following fourth of July, that the first celebration of the an- 
niversary ever held in this vicinit}' (then the County of York), was 
at this house on July fourth, A. D. 1789. Dr. Ebenezer Taylor 
was the orator, and the rostrum from which he spoke was a rum- 
hogshead placed on end in the door-yard. Dr. Taylor was a physician 
settled in what is now Buckfield. Mr. Jackson provided punch and 
dinner ! Old and young, from all the settlements within the circuit 
of twenty miles, were present. The writer of this paper has entire 
and authentic certaint}- in relation to that celebration, has heard the 
doings of that festival related by eye-witnesses, who said that for 
earnest, zealous patriotism, it had never been surpassed by any cel- 
ebration in later 3'ears, and likewise has entire proof that the house 
was built A. D. 1789. After Samuel Rawson built his brick house 
now the residence of Mrs. Frances F. Kimball, the old house was 
rented a number of years, thirtv-flve lamilies having resided in it. 
There have been twelve births in it, and only one death, and that a 
3'oung woman who was taken sick the day she arrived and died on 
the fifth day afterwards ; and onh' one marriage, and that of a couple 
who never resided in the town, but came especialh^ to have the cere- 
mony performed. It has been declared by some of the Jackson 



456 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

family, and also by Mr. Job French, to have been the first frame 
house built in Paris, but this cannot be proved be3'ond a doubt. 
Mr. French worked on the house as an assistant to Mr. Bryant, the 
carpenter and builder. AH the panneling, made ninety years ago, 
has been preserved and remains the chief ornament of the old 
house. It has been the birth-place of three generations — mother, 
son and grandson. Probably there are few houses in Paris with a 
histoiT so unique." 

The Eawson homestead was built by Capt. Samuel Rawson and 
still remains in the possession of his heirs. The engraving accom- 
panying this sketch shows it to be one of the most attractive 
residences in town. 

The portion of Paris Hill south of the line of Lincoln street, is 
on lot 12 in the 5th range, which was included in the right of 
Edmund Barnard. It came into the possession of Lemuel Jackson, 
senior, as also lot 11 in the 5th range, which was in the right of 
William Dana. Previous to the sale of lot 13, in 1802, the Jack- 
sons held the four lots extending from the farm of Frank Twitchell 
on the south, to the farm of Capt. Cyrus H. Ripley on the north. 
A portion of these two lots remained in his possession until his 
decease. The Jackson house, which was built by Lemuel, stood 
south of the old count}^ road of 1793, and near the well which is 
now under the corner of the piazza built ])y J. K. Hammond. The 
old house was taken down in l«5o, and portions of the timber used 
in the construction of the new house. The barn stood on the oppo- 
site side of the road, and was standing at the time of the location 
of the road in 1793. It became historical, on account of the ordina- 
tion services of Elder Hooper being held within its walls. One end 
of the barn is now the stable, on the premises of the late James T. 
Clark. 

The Dr. Brown lot appears to have been the first sale made by Lem- 
uel Jackson to Lemuel, Jr., in which he deeded, Oct. 28, 1806, '-two 
acres on lot 12, in ye 5th range, beginning on ye easterh' side of ye 
countv road where ye town road comes into it on 3-e corner near to 
ye schoolhouse," &c.. on which he erected the house which he occu- 
pied until his decease in 18 16. It then came into the possession of 
his son Jacob, June 3, 1818, who occupied it for many vears. It 
then passed into the hands of Dr. Thomas H. Brown. With this 
house is associated the destruction of the parchment plan of the 




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HISTORY OF PARIS. 457 

town, giving the draft of lots, and number of rights of each grantee. 
63- Lemuel Jackson, senior, it was christened the ''Colt's-skin," and 
familiarly known as such, by the early settlers of the town. Some 
errors had crept in, doubtless, in the sale of lots and land-owners, 
who had trafficked largely in lands of the town, foresaw that litiga- 
tion might arise as to ownership of lots, and in consultation at this 
house, decided to destroy the record. There were no witnesses, 
however, to its destruction, as the one that laid it behind the back- 
log in the old fireplace, was alone. This stand was struck by light- 
ning and destroyed, July 21, 1.S78. The present buildings were 
erected the same season. It is still owned and occupied by the 
heirs of Dr. Brown. 

January 7, ISla, Lemuel deeded to Jacob Jackson, blacksmith, a 
lot on the west side of the county road, next Enoch Burnham's 
shop, now the site of Mrs. Jairus A. Jackson's buildings. He 
erected a blacksmith sho[) thereon, and occupied it until his removal 
to High street. 

The next lot to the blacksmith shop, on the west side of the 
county road, was occupied by Asa Barton, trader, who kept the 
Oxford county bookstore. The building was the corn barn of Dr. 
Hamlin, which had been moved to this lot. It was also the first 
printing office. It was afterward purchased by Calvin Crooker, who 
built an addition to it, and opened it as a tavern. His stable stood 
next on the street. This subsequently passed into the possession of 
John R. Merrill, and the store was. used by him for a carriage shop. 
The porch, built by Crooker, was moved down on the new road, and 
became the Micah Allen house. After the decease of the owner, 
the shop was moved out on Lincoln street, as stated in another place. 

The Academy or High School building, was erected on land pur- 
chased of Moses Hammond in 185G. 

The Albert M. Hammond stand, now the residence of J. K. Ham- 
mond, was built by Moses Hammond for his son, A. M., who occu- 
pied it until he sold out to his brother. 

The homestead buildings of Jairus K. Hammond, were built by 
him in the summer of 1853, near the site of the old Jackson house. 
It is now occupied by his son, Herl)ert Hammond. 

The Alvah Black residence was built by Moses Hammond on his 
land, for his son-in-law, John Calvin Prince. It was purchased 
afterward, by Col. Charles Andrews, and the property conveyed to 
his wife, who still retains it in her possession. The '-Anecdote" 



458 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

stood next this lot, and was occupied at one time by Charles Walton. 
It was bought by Benjamin Walton, and moved out on what has 
since become Tremont street, and was used by him for a jeweler's 
shop. Hannah Allen, a sister of Micah, lived here for some years. 
After her decease, it was moved farther along, and become part of 
the stand of George Garland. 

"Mechanic's corner" also included the shoe shop of Alvah Shurt- 
lett", the small store of E. C. Shaw, now part of the house of J. 
H, Rawson, and the shop of Mr. Wharf, the blacksmith. 

The residence of the late James T. Clark, was built by Heniy 
Howe. The stable is a part of the Jackson barn, memorable as 
associated with the ordination of Elder Hooper. 

The Austin stand is now owned and occupied by Mrs. S. S. Giles. 
It was built bv Alvah Shurtleft" while he was a resident in this 
village. ' 

The residence of Joseph Cummings was built by Edward Chase, 
who sold to B. W. Bryant, and after his decease, it passed into the 
hands of Chas. P. Knight, then of Fred E. Shaw, and then of the 
present occupant. 

The present printing office was built by Moses Hammond for a 
shop, on the site of the one burned at the time the other buildings 
adjoining were l)urned. The shop that was burned was of the same 
size as the present building, and a part of it was used by him for a 
dwelling while he was building his house. The addition for a Post 
Office was built by J. K., and A. IM. Hammond. 

The parsonage lot was purchased of Jairus K. Hammond, by 
Plenry Howe, who removed the "Pray house," and finished it for a 
dwelling. It passed into the hands of Thomas Crocker^ who 
donated it to the Baptist society for a parsonage. 

The Jacob Daniels stand (lot) was purchased by Benjamin S. 
Doe, who moved to this location, the Crocker store, as before stated, 
and finished it for a two tenement house. It passed into the hands 
of R. S. Stevens, by exchange, who sold to Jacob Daniels, the 
present owner. 

October, 1821, Joseph Jackson deeded to Ransom Dunham, 
blacksmith, eight rods on Lincoln street, and ten rods back, on 
which he erected a house. His shop was built on the western part 
of the lot. He sold the premises, Nov. 22, 1823, to Benjamin F. 
Crawford, "Cordwainer," who occupied it until his removal to the 
north part of the town. Since it has passed into the possession of 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 459 

Tliomas M. Crocker, its present owner, and has been refinished and 
improved. 

The Jarvis C. Marble homestead is a part of the Jackson lot. 
The buildings have all been erected by Mr. Marble since the 
purchase. 

The sehoolhoiise is located on land given b}' Lemuel Jackson. 
The old schoolhouse was moved from the Dr. Dean corner to this 
location, and afterward destro^'cd by fire. The brick house was 
built on its site. 

The Orlando Thayer stand, was built by Jarvis C. Marble, and is 
one of the finest private residences in the county. 

O. A. Maxim purchased the Francis Bemis orchard, and erected 
the buildings, now owned and occupied by him. 

The Wm. I. Perkins lot. on which the stand is located, was pur- 
chased of Mrs. Brown. The house was moved from the opposite 
side of the street. 

The lot of the George Shaw stand has passed through several 
hands since it was detached from the homestead farm. It was pur- 
chased of Horatio Austin by Geo. Shaw, who erected the buildings 
and is the present owner. 

The following estates are outside the village limits, but are 
included within the boundaries of the school district : 

The homestead of Henr}' E. Hammond was one of tiie four lots 
in the right of Thaddeus Trowbridge, who convej-ed it to Josiah 
Smith, who sold to Benjamin Hammond of New Gloucester, June 
6, 1787, who was the first settled on the lot. This is one of the 
homesteads that have descended from father to son, and still remain 
in the famih\ 

Thomas Greenwood was the grantee of the George F. Hammond 
lot. who sold to Israel Whittemore. Josiah Smith become the pur- 
chaser in 178.5, and was the first settler on the lot. He came here in 
1791. It passed into the possession of Thomas Hilborn, who mar- 
ried a daughter. Peter Xewbert became an owner at a late date, 
and sold to the present occupant, who has erected a new set of 
buildings, and otherwise improved the premises. 

Orren Daniels erected the buildings on the Colburn homestead lot. 
It has had several owners. It was purchased by P. Mellen Colburn, 
who owns and occupies it at the present time. 

The Abbott homestead was a portion of the John Daniels lot, and 
was purchased b}' Joseph Blake, who married a daughter of Daniels. 



4G0 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

It came into the possession of Jacob Daniels, who sold it to Gilbert 
Abbott, who is the present proprietor. 

The Mason homestead was originally the farm of John Daniels, 
Jr. The honse which he bnilt was burned since his decease. "NVm. 
Noyes, who married a daughter, become an owner and built the 
present house. After his decease, it was purchased by Philip 
Mason, who is the present owner. 

The lot forming the .John Daniels homestead, was in the grant to 
Josiah Fuller. Lemuel Jackson became the owner, and sold to John 
Daniels, Jan. 18, 1783, who doubtless commenced on his lot at once. 
This long remained in the family, he having lived fifty-three years 
after the purchase. Afterward Dea. Joel B. Thayer became the 
owner. While in his possession the barn was struck by lightning 
and destroyed. He sold to Wallace J. Everett, whose house took 
fire May, 1880, and the buildings were all destroyed. Pherett 
erected new buildings and is the i)resent occupant. 

The homestead of Capt. C. H. Kii)ley is the center lot in town, 
and next north of the Samuel Rawson lot. It was in the draft of 
Nathaniel Stone who sold to Jacob Gurne}', who sold to Lemuel Per- 
ham one-half of the lot ]Marcli 26, 179;5. He subsequently bought 
the other half. Samuel Stephens became an owner April 8, 1798. 
It has had several proprietors, among whom was Thomas Clark. 
The present house was erected by Capt. C. H. Ripley, who is still 
the owner of the premises. 

The lot of the IIul)bard homestead was in the draft of Josiah 
Bisco, who sold to Isaac Bolster, Feb. '>, 1783, who sold to Levi 
Hubbard. He was the first settler on the lot. The brick house was 
built from brick made on the intervale at the south end of the lot. 
After his decease it come into the possession of Oliver Hubbard, his 
grandson, and after his decease it was purchased by Enoch Jordan, 
who in June, 1851, subdivided the farm and disposed of it. It has 
had several owners. Later, it came into the possession of Horatio 
Eastman, and passed into the hands of S. P. Stearns. His son, 
Austin P., is the occupant at the present time. 

The Henry Davis stand was a small lot purchased of Gen. Hub- 
itard. Davis built the buildings and worked at blacksmitliing. 
After his decease, it was sold and i)assed through different hands, 
and was finally bouglit by Mr. Brown, who has made additional pur- 
ohases, and is now the owner and occupant. 

The Edwin Cole homestead was a portion of the Center lot.. 



HISTORY OF PAUIS, 461 

Nicholas Sinitli purchased it, and in company with Sanniol Stephens 
built the mill on Smith brook, at tlie falls below the road. Samuel 
Rawson had a carding mill near b}'. After Smith's mill ran down 
he exchanged with Levi Hubbard for the farm where Hubbard first 
began. Rawson moved his mill to his home, and the same is now 
standing on the premises. Then Caleb Cushman became the owner, 
and finally Edwin Cole inirchased it and remains the owner and oc- 
cupant. 

The Goodenow homestead was lot 12 in the fmuth range, ami 
was in the draft of William Coolidge, who sold to Levi Jackson, who 
settled here. He sold to Thomas F. Chase, and moved to Belfast 
about 1802. Chase remained in possession until about 1837, when 
R. K. Goodenow became the owner. He remaiiftd here through 
life, and after his decease it was sold to Horace Cummings, and b}' 
him conveyed to his son, Wallace R., who is the present owner. 

The lot of the Stevens homestead was in the right of Samuel Ful- 
ler, and came into the possession of Alexander Shepard, who sold 
to Elias Stowell Jan. 3, 1785. Dr. Cyprian Stevens became the 
owner and remained here through life. After his decease it came 
into the possession of his son, Simon, who also spent his life here. 

The Hooper homestead w^as one of the four lots in the right 
granted to the first settled minister. Elder James Hooper settled 
here soon after he was ordained, in 1795. After his decease George 
P. Hooper became the owner, who late in life deeded the same to 
his son-in-law, Andrew Hall, who is now the owner and occupant. 
( )n a portion of the lot west of the road. Elder Hooper had erected 
l)uildings for Moses Ilodgdon ; after Hodgdon moved away tlie last 
years of Elder Hooper's life were spent here. James E. Hooper 
afterwards owned it ; after his decease in the army, it was bought by 
Mr. Rowe, who is the occupant at the present time. 

The homestead of B. F. Twitchell is the westerly half of lot No. 
10, in the fifth range, and was purchased of Job Cushman of Hebron, 
by Jacolt Twitchell of Gray, Sept. 16, 17'J4. This came into the 
possession of David Twitchell, and after his decease his son, B. F. 
Twitchell, became the owner. 

The half lot, western part of No. 9, adjoining, was deeded to 
Moses Twitchell, and passed into the hands of Capt. Benj. C. Cum- 
mings, and after his decease remained in possession of his heirs. 
Mr. Andrews is now the owner and occupant. 



'1G2 mSTOKY OF PAKIS, 

Sorni Paris. 

Tlic village of South Paris is hiiilt on portions of four lots, wliicji 
corner logctiicr at a iK)int near the Odd Fellows' l)lock. The mill 
lot, No. 7. in the tliii'd range, on which the mills are located, was 
deeded to Lemuel Jackson in 17S.'5. This was the reiuuining lot 
after the division had heen nnuU". as shown on imges.Hf) and S(!. 
That division disposcil of •JCiO lots, and tlie township had heen lotted 
into 201 lots. 

'IMie lot west of the mill lot. lot 7 in the 2d range, was in the right 
ol" Nehemiah Mason, who had sold to Daniel Clark, and he to 
JA-nuiel dackson, dan. 12, 17S.S. The lot north of the mill lot and 
extending up the river and coi-nering also at the block, was in the 
right of Isaac Jackson, who had sold to Lenuiel. The other lot, 
No. '">. in the 2d range, and extending north-westerly from the hlock, 
was inchidi'd in the propi-ietors' right, as seen on page .'V!, and was 
deeded to Jackson at the sami' time thev deedi'd him the mill lot. 
These remained in the possession ol" Jackson until Sept. 7, 1<S()2, 
when Klias Stowcll l>ecame the purchaser of this entire tract, 
togclhcr with ollu'r lauds. c\ce|)ting one-foiuMh acre that had heen 
sold to Ivonse IJishee, and so nnu-h of lot S, in tlu' ."hi range as lay 
cast of the river; this sale amounted to S')(»(1(>. June 2, ISO-'n Klias 
Stowcll piu'cliased the ouc-foiutii acre of Rouse P.ishee, and the 
huildiug standing thi-reon, and tlii-n sold all of the mill lot east of 
the I'ivei', and south of the road, containing Xi) acres, to ('apt. Seth 
Morse, .Joseph Ihnn'u Hall, and (icorge King; this sale amounted 
t()i!?20l(). Dec. 2(;, ISO."), all the land east of the river, and between 
the i-oad and Stonv P)rook, was sold to \\'illiam Stowcll. This sale 
included the grist mill, then slaudiug, as referred to under the head 
of mills. Sales of building lots on the west side of the river, wei'e 
made b\ i-'.lias Stowcll as setth'i's came in. The village was of slow 
growth, however, foi' in 1.S20, the time that Jauu's l)i>cring came to 
South Paris, the neighboi-s were hardly in luuliug distance. l''rom 
his recollections, corroborated by others, we are enabled to pi'cscnt 
the village as it was at that day. 

Maj. C-yprian Hall ociMipicnl the house ;it the wi'stern extremity of 
"Stowell's Mills," being the John P>. Stowcll house, which was then 
l)Ut one story, 'i'he next was occupied by Austin liuck. and the 
same is now the resitU'iice of W. ,1. Wheeler. Mr. lUick was a 
carriage-makei-. and his shop was the next building, and stood on 



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the site of the N. Masou house. This shop is now the well known 
jjaint shop of Robert Skillings, 

John Millett's cooper shop stood next, and is the present house of 
Mrs. Tuell. 

Daniel Noble's cabinet shop stood on the site of D. N. True's 
store. 

Simeon Chipnian's blacksmith shop stood on the corner, now- 
occupied b}' the lilock. 

The house farthest west on the south side of the street, w^as Daniel 
Noble's, opposite his shop above named, and since known as the 
Gallison house. 

The next house was Isaac Smith's, a one story building, now the 
residence of Robert Smith 

The house of Col. Henry R. Parsons stood next, and was the last 
on that side of the street toward the river. Opposite C'hipmnu's 
shop, sto()d his house. He afterward built an addition to it, and 
kept tavern. It has since been divided, and moved out on Cemetery 
street. 

The next house toward the river was Escjuire Stowell's. The 
third storv was added in l(S4y, b}- James Deering, and this is now 
the hotel. On the site of the residence of S. T. Beaman. stood the 
first frame house of the village. It was built by Lemuel Jackson. 
The Hamlin house, now the property of Capt. H. N. Bolster, was 
built out of materials used in the construction of this old Jackson 
house. The saw mill stood on its present location, now Billings' mill. 
There were two ''fifty foot" barns between the Elias Stowell house 
and this old house — one was burned with Newhall's buildings, and 
the other, whi,ch had been moved to Deering street, was burned at 
the time John Holmes' buildings were destroyed. 

On the Rumford road on the east side, the first, last, and only 
house was James Lebaron's, which stood near the oaks at Jacob 
Nichols. 

On the west side of the road was the house of Hiram Richardson, 
on the site of the brick house now owned by Jeremiah H. Winslow. 

This makes a total of onl}' eight houses on the west side of the 
river, at that time, although the town had been settled nearly- fort\' 
years. 

On the east side of the river, and north of the road, w-as the grist 
and saw mill, both under one roof. Major Dennett's store stood 
next. 



464 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

On the south side of the road was the carding mill, occupied by 
Howhind of Brunswick, and next below, the fulling mill of H. R. 
Parsons. 

Morse's inn stood next and back from the street. This had been 
built by Morse, soon after his purchase of Stowell, in 1803. The 
sign was an Indian in full dress and moccasins, with a bow and 
arrow, and underneath, "Morse's Inn." 

There was a small building standing on the site of the Kouse Bis- 
bee building, which had been built for a nail shop, and was then 
occupied by Isaac Knight as a shoe-maker's shop. 

Morse and Hall's store of that date, is now the dwelling house of 
A. C. Barrows. This was built in 1817, for Capt. Seth Morse, b}- 
Major Hall, carpenter, he having for apprentices at that time, Silas 
Maxim and Francis Shaw. 

The Perkins house was a one story building, occupied by Solomon 
Cloudman, miller. This was the Rouse Bisbee buildings and after 
its purchase b}' Morse in 1803, it was occupied by him as a store 
until the completion of his store above named. 

The next house was on the Alonzo Shurtleff lot, and was occupied 
by Abijah Hall. 

Solomon Brvant lived in the house now owned by Wm. L. Blood. 
This was the old Prentiss store and post office, and was moved from 
the Rice place. Br3ant moved here from Gra}', and his sons were 
the first settlers in Woodstock and gave the name to Bryant's Pond. 

On the road leading from the Stony Brook to the Hill, was the 
schoolhouse. 

The blacksmith shop of Phineas Morse stood on the site of the 
boundarv. 

The house of AV^m. B. Royal was then owned by Simeon Perkins, 
who also owned the mill. 

The next house was the Morse house, occupied by Nathaniel 
Green, who owned the tannery. The little shop on the side hill was 
the finishing shop. The last house on the west side of the road was 
John Valentine's — now the stand of Isaac D. Faunce. 

On the east side of the road, on the knoll near John Martin's, was 
the house of Isaac Knight. This was torn down by Cornelius 
Knight, who built the house now owned by John Martin. 

The last house on the east side of the road was Capt. George 
King's. It is now owned and occupied b}' O. W. Bent. The east 
side of the river at this time had nine dwelling-houses, the whole 




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HISTORY OK PARIS. 465 

village numberiug but seventeen. The somber shades of wood color 
constituted the whole line of exterior decorations. Paint came in 
later, in the order of yellow, red, and white. Tlie esthetic taste of 
a later day has led to the blending of all colors. 

Since 1820 the village has steadily increased. The greatest detri- 
ment to its prosperity was the failure of the woolen factor}'. The 
money lost here was the frugal accumulations of industrious citizens 
and was a blow from which man^- never fully recovered. 

The titles to some of the estates may be traced as follows : The 
tract of land on the south side of the street, and extending from the 
Gallison lot to the John Dennett lot, was purchased of Elias Stowell 
by Joseph Rust, May 8, 1809. for $100. He sold to Seth Morse 
Dec. 28, 1813, who sold to Col. H. R. Parsons, Aug. 9, 1814. After 
this date all the titles to lots on this purchase passed from Col. Par- 
sons. 

Abijah Hall bought the lot next to Dennett's and built what is 
now the residence of Mrs. Haskell. From the east end of his pur- 
chase he gave the lot on which the Congregational Meeting-house 
now stands. 

Ziba Thayer purchased the lot between the residence of Col. Par- 
sons and the house of Abijah Hall. He built his house in 1851, and 
occupied it thirty ^ears. He then sold to Augustus M. Whitman, 
and after his decease it passed to his heirs. 

The Gerry stand was built by William A. Rust, M. D., on land 
purchased of Col. Parsons. It is now the residence of Henry Gerry. 

The John Dennett house was built on land purchased of P21ias 
Stowell, April 14, 1820. After Dennett's decease it was sold to 
Samuel Stowe, the present owner. 

Odd Fellows Block was built on the site of the blacksmith shop 
of Amasa Fobes, recollected by few, as Chipman's shop, but 
generally remembered as the location of the brick store. The brick 
store was built b^' James Longle}', in 1834. It was while building 
this store that he had a 3oke of cattle killed by lightning. He 
occupied the barn near the Isaac Smith place, across the street from 
his store, and the cattle were standing at the corner of the building. 
A rafter was torn from the building and thrown some distance. The 
horses in the building were blindfolded and led out, but most of his 
robes, harnesses and carriages were burned. 

The Robert Skillings stand was built by him in 1834. He pur- 
chased the lot containing nearly three acres, Dec. 5, 1833, on which 

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466 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

he had commenced building his house in the November previous. 
His shop was moved from the site of the N. Mason house to its 
present location, the year following. His house, at that time, was 
the farthest out on the street. This purchase was made of James 
Longley who had recently bought of Elias Stowell the tract of land 
extending from the Cyprian Hall house to the Norway line, contain- 
ing about 200 acres, the price being $9.25 per acre. Longley re- 
served two acres between the lot sold Skillings and Cyprian Hall, 
on which now stands the residence of Arba Thayer, built by Man- 
ning of Portland, who was then a dealer in hardware in the brick 
store. The residence of D. N. True, built by AVm. Newhall, and 
since remodeled, refinished and enlarged, as also the residences of 
Alvah Shurtletf and :\lrs. Angie Jordan, stand on this reserved two 

acres. 

In 18.34, Benjamin Sturtevant built on the lot next on the street 
to Mr. Skillings'. This passed into the hands of Wm. R. Howe, 
and was since burned. His present residence has been erected in 
its place. 

The James Curtis house was the Smith house that stood in the 
Whitehead district, and was removed to its present location by David 
Jordan. 

The lot of the Newhall stand was purchased by Samuel M. New- 
hall of D. P. Stowell, March 19. 1.S39. The house had been raised 
to two stories and the buildings thoroughly repaired, when they were 
burned at the time the hotel stable was destroyed. 

The Leonard Shurtlett house was built by James Deering. He 
used in its construction the John Deering house that stood on the 
Eleazer jMarsluill farm. Simeon Chipman's shop was also used in 
the porch. The shade trees that make this location so attractive, 
were transplanted by Mr. Deering in 1850. This stand was 
exchanged with Mr. Shurtleff for a part of the Gen. Bolster ftirm. 

The Deering residence was soon after built on the site of the 
John Holmes buildings, which had been destroyed by fire, and in 
which he has continued to reside. 

The Edgerly house now occupied by Horace Edgerly, was built 
by James Deering, and occupied by him for some years. His 
cabinet shop stood across the street. It now constitutes a portion 
of the store of D. N. True. 

The house and jewelers shop of Samuel Richards was built out of 
the materials of the old Dennett Store. It originally stood on the 




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HISTORY OF PARIS. 4,57 

east side of the river. It was moved to the site of the Pheli)s stand, 
and after Maj. Dennett retired from business, it was purchased l)y 
David Rio;^s, who took it down and rebuilt it. It was afterward 
purchased by Samuel Richards, who remains the owner. The store 
was built by Samuel and Lewis Stowell, and was occupied by them 
until they sold to Major Dennett. 

North Paris. \\ 

In the sketches of mills, it is stated that Ebenezer Hutchinson 
built a grist mill on Moose Pond stream about the beoimiing of the « 
present century. In the list of early purchasers of land, on pao-e 
seventy-six, it is stated -April 2. 17;)9, Ebenezer Hutchinson of 
^Valton's Plantation, bought of Stephen Robinson of Paris, the 
southerly part of lot numbered 27-28 in the 6th range." Walton's 
Plantation now constitutes a part of the town of, Woodstock, and 
consisted of a few lots run out on the south end of what was after- 
wards the grant to Gorham Academy, and known as "Smith's Sur- 
vey." Several Walton families were among the first settlers here, 
and hence the name. Hutchinson came to this section from Fay- 
ette, and he. the Waltons and several other neighboring families 
emigrated to Ohio. This emigration occurred about the yeav 1812. 
The mills were a great convenience to the surrounding region, and 
did a profital:)le business. 3Ir. Hutchinson sold the mills to Stephen 
Washburn, a Bridgewater man. but who came here from Hebron . ^^The. 
mills then took the name of Washburn's mills. For a long time, 
the only buildings here were the mills and the house of the°miller.' 
Stephen Washburn and his son Stephen, Joseph Chandler and a few 
others had houses here in 1820. Ebenezer Drake came here and 
went into trade in 1819, with Ozen Gurney. They were the first 
traders. The other traders here have been Daniel Brock, Alanson 
Briggs. Lewis Stowell, Samuel Hammond, Charles Goss, Samuel 
H. Houghton, America Bisbee, Isaac Washburn, John Gardner, and 
Sullivan Andrews,:William Benson, and Israel Fletcher, Luther Wash- 
burn, Eliab .Alurdock, Calvin Washburn, Alfred Andrews, Levi Iler- 
sey. Ira Bartlett, Geo. Drake, William Drake, C. W. Chase, Lewis 
C. Bates and Geo. Walker, Bates and Hezekiah Stetson, Calvin 
Bisbee. Samuel AV. Dunham and James Bird. 

The oldest house at North Paris was built bv Israel and Perez 
Record, and is now occupied by C. W. Chase : the other old houses 
were built by Asa Dunham. Daniel Brock, Benj. AVashburn, Sanmel 



468 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

H. Houghton and Otis Washburn, and are now respectively occupied 
by SulUvan Andrews, Oscar P. Ellingwood, Geo. Adams, Levi 
Washburn and Edwin B. Richardson. The village is situated on 
part of lot number twenty-seven in the sixth range. The place 
has sometimes been called the "Harbor," and also "Sucker Har- 
bor." The species of tish known as "suckers" were formerly very 
abun^lant here in the spring, and hence the name. 

The Mineral Spring. 

The mineral spring at North Paris was discovered soon after that 
part of the town was settled, and its water has always had the repu- 
tation of possessing healing qualities. Its peculiar odor when first 
taken from the spring, is due to the presence of sulphuretted hydro- 
gen, which is constantly escaping until after a time the water 
becomes odorless. Its peculiar taste, so disagreeable at first, is due 
to the presence of several salts. A gallon of the water submitted 
to Mr. F. P. Pearson, chemist to one of the largest corporations in 
Lowell, Mass., was found by analysis to contain the following 
ingredients : 

Chloride of Sodium (common salt) 0.225 grains. 

Sulphate of Soda (Glauber's salts) 0.780 

Carbonate of Lime, 0.975 

Carbonic Acid, 0.400 

Oxide of Iron, a trace. 

Organic matter, a very small amount. 

When first taken from the spring, there is doubtless much more 
carbonic acid than is given above, as this, too, is constantly escap- 
ino-. Except its mineral ingredients, therefore, the water of this 
spring is nearly pure, being much more free from organic matter 
than brook water, and about as pure as the best spring water. Its 
medicinal properties are due to the mineral matter which it contains 
and which exists in sufficient quantity to produce an eflfect upon the 
system by a constant use of the water. The small quantity of iron 
found, renders it of no account as a chalybeate, but it is properly a 
muria'ted or saline spring, in which is an excess of soda and carbonic 
acid gas. This water is diuretic, aperient and in a certain degree 
tonic, and is effective in scrofulous and abdominal diseases, chronic 
rheumatism, kidney complaints, and cutaneous diseases. Its effect 
is more satisfactorv when drank directly from the spring, but its 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 469 

gasses oan be kept trom going off by K")ttliug it at the spring and 
corking it tightly, in bottles ooutaiuiug about a draught each. The 
water in the North Paris spriug is not as rich in mineral ingredients 
as that of the Congress, Hathoru and Geyser springs at Saratoga, 
but it is richer and better than that of many springs that have a 
wide reputation, and would doubtless become as popular if as well 
advertized. 

West Paris. 

The thriving village of West Paris, owes its origin very largely 
if not entirely, to the opening of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence 
Railroad, and the establishment of a station here for the accommo- 
dation of the north part of Paris, the south part of Woodstock, and 
the west part of Sumner. l*rv.'vious to the opening of this ivad iu 
iSoO-l. theiv was only one house here, and that occupieviby George 
Berry. John Willis had previously owned the laud upon which the 
village is situated, built a small house, and had a few acres deai-ed 
up, but he sold out to Ebenezer Drake. AVillis subsequently pur- 
chased the place west of the village, and still owns it. Fifty years 
ago when going to school from the place formerly owned by Samuel 
n. Marshall, now by John Willis, the most of the way to the school- 
house, which then stooil on the south side of the rv>ad, a short dis- 
tance east of the Leonan.1 Swan pla^-e, was through the w«.kxIs. 
The building of the railway station heiv begau quickly to attract 
settlers, Leonaixl Berry moved his house here fK>m Trap Corner 
and other houses wei-e erected. When a little later, Samuel B. 
Locke, Esq., came here fi\>m Locke's Mills in (.^reenwooiL and 
erected a set of lii-st class mills just below the old Witham Bridge, 
a new impulse was given to the settlement, and its future permanent 
growth was assured. Atler the removal of his father from town, 
Klijah S. Berry, who was long station agent here, o<.vupie<.l the 
homestead, but he finally sold it to Hannibal G. Bivwn, and built 
:ui\>ther. Francis A. Young went into tnvde heiv quite early, was 
appointed Postmaster iu 1857, and has held the otlicv nuvst of the 
time siuce. Flijah S. Berry was the tirst Postmaster, having Kvn 
appointed. February 27, lSo4, Jeremiah Howe was also an early 
trader here, and was followed by John Locke, Samuel B, Lo<*ke, Jr.» 
:ind others. The manufacture oi' chaii-s here has been an important 
indujitry, and while new industries have been added, the village has 
made a steadv and satisfactorv iiivwth. C\ rus Howe from Sumuer» 



470 IlISTOKV OF r.\KIS. 

was an early hotel keeper, followed hy John Bicknell and otiiers. 
The villaue is mostly situated upon the south-westerly i)art of double 
lot numbered 27-2M in the third I'aniie, owned respectively by Hev. 
"NVm. ('. AVitham. Stillman Berry, I)r, Charles l^issell and Leonard 
1>. Swan. This double lot contained originally, nearly three 
hundred acres. 

Snow's Falls A'illage. 
Phineas Stearns and one or two of his sons first utilized tiie water 
power of the Falls here, in the manufacture of chairs, and built the 
two story house still standing a short distance above. 'I'liey also 
did considerable farming here. They began here a short time before 
the railroad was completed through the town. The few houses below 
the Falls were mosth' built by workmen employed in the mill, among 
whom was James II. Barrows, now of West Paris. (Jeorge W. 
Hammond has kept a small store, a short distance above the Stearns 
house, for quite a number of years. lie is also farmer and Post- 
master. The little scattered village is built up mainly on parts of 
lots twenty-two and twent^'-three in the fourth range, the river divid- 
ing these two lots nearly in the center. The business carried on at 
the Falls has been changed several times, and owners have sulYered 
severely from fire. 

That Coknkk. 
This little lianilet is mainly built upon that pait of double lot 
number 27-28 in the Ibiutii range, which ^^'illiam Berry sold to Fox- 
well Swan. The first house erected here was that of Swan, who 
cultivated the farm. Afterwards he turned his house into a hotel. 
Ebenezer Drake came from North I'aris to the farm now owni'd and 
occupied by Nathan L. JMarsiiall. and l)uilt the store still standing 
in the corner, where he sold goods for several years. It was at this 
time and from the circumstance of building a store where there was 
no village for the purpose of taking the trade that would otherwise 
go to North or South Paris or the Hill, that the name of "Trap 
Corner" was given it. Sevi'ral persons have traded in this store 
since Mr. Drake left it, among others. Ezra Stei)hens. wlio was here 
several years. After Foxwell Swan left the hotel, it was kept by Jared 
L. Young, but it ceased to 1)0 a tavern many years ago. The first 
house on the opposite side of the East Branch was 1)uilt by Jiimes 
Swan, son of Foxwell, who was living in it half a century ago. 
Several houses have l)een built on each side of the Branch since 




RESIDENXE OF GEO. W. HAMMOND. 




SNOW'S FALLS. 



HISTORY Ol" TAUIS. 471 

that time, but the place was never imieh of a viUage, aud not much 
more now than formerly. James C. Perry has granite and marble 
works here, and Oliver L. Pratt and son a carpenter's shop. Ebene- 
zer Humphrey occupies the James Swan place. Jeremiah Howe 
from Sunnier, built up a place on the west side of the Branch a few 
3-ears ago, and died there. He was the son of Jacob Howe, our 
first mail carrier. 



CHAPTER XLVin. 

PARIS POETS. 

Some of the early settlers, and quite a number of the native born 
citizens of Paris, developed a talent for literature, specimens of 
which have occasionally been given in this volume. At the Centen- 
nial Celebration of the town, the literary exercises were of an ex- 
ceptionally high order, and most of the parts were prepared by 
natives of Paris. Of the earlier contributions to the literary press 
we have no means of knowing, but when a newspaper, the Oxford 
Observer, was started on Paris Hill in 1824:, its columns were at 
once filled with articles both in prose and poetry, aud upon a great 
variety of topics, the productions main!}- of Paris people. Doubt- 
less many young writers were gratified at a sight of their first printed 
composition in this paper, and the columns of the Observer and of 
its successors, for many years, continued to be filled from week to 
week with the productions of home talent. Elijah L. Hamlin wrote 
under the nom de plume oi: ^'Viator;" Dr. Ezekiel Holmes under 
that of ^'Libertas," "Selim," and "Veritas;' Henry Prentiss 
adopted that of "Cimon," and Caleb Prentiss that of "Cincinna- 
tus ;" Polly Prentiss signed "M," and Mary Prentiss "Oithona ;" 
by "M. D.," Levi Willis was understood, and by "Theodosia," Re- 
becca Hamlin ; John Otis wrote over the signature of "Don Alonzo," 
and C. Rawson over the letter "S." The early volumes of the Ob- 
server, Jeffersonian and Oxford Democrat, give other signatures 
such as "Decius," "Oxford," "Quarles," "Cato," "Yeoman," *S:c., 
whose real names we are unable to give. It is not possible in this 
brief chapter to pass in review the literary- productions of all the 
above and give examples of their work, nor to refer, except in pass- 



472 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

ing, to the literary work of our professional men, our ministers, ed- 
itors, lawyers and doctors, many of whom liave been men of fine 
literary taste and ready and graceful writers, for all these have been 
duly noticed, in their several professions, in other parts of the vol- 
ume. It is onlv proposed here to make brief mention of a few who 
have excelled in literature, more especially in poetical composition, 
and some of whose fugitive pieces are within our reach. In some 
instances the best of their productions maj' not be given, but it is 
because tlie}' are not at hand. 

HENRY PRENTISS. 

He was born in 1779, and was the son of Rev. Caleb and Pamelia 
(Mellen) Prentiss, of Reading, ^Nlass. He married Mar}-, daughter 
of Dr. John Hart, of Reading, and came to Paris quite early, though 
not among the first settlers. He was a frequent contributor to the 
columns of the early Paris papers, and a forcible writer. In his 
newspaper tilt with Elder Hooper, on the currency question, he dis- 
played great tact as a controveitialist. He also occasionally wrote 
poetry, which seems to have Ijeen a strong family trait. He died in 
Paris in 1843. From his contributions to the Oxford Observer, over 
the signature of "^Cimon," the following is selected, which appeared 
in the first issue of the paper : 

POWER OF THE PRESS. 

Youn^ genius of Oxford come (^arol your lay. 
Your Press is awaiting — your heraUl's away ; 
For Oxford demands (her aspiring c-aress,) 
A Press for her freedom and freedom of Press. 
Ye sons of her mountains, ye sages combine. 
Ye fair of her valleys your garlands entwine ; 
Your services proffer, your bounties bestow, 
Make a land of renown of your mountains of snow : 
For bleak are your hills, and the long winter's blast 
Her mantle of frost o"er your glaciers does cast. 
Breathe on l)almy gales ; let a spirit of fire 
Awake in the hearts of the son and the sire. 
Bid Oxford arise in the strength of her might. 
And drive from her brow the dim vapors of night. 
The Press, with a Majesty boundless as sea. 
And a voice loud as thunder, bids Oxford be free ; 
With a stride from the ocean she measmes the plain, 
And swears on the mountains of Oxford she'll reign. 
She seeks a retreat in the land of the brave ; 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 473 

She shrinks at the tyrant, and weeps o'er the shive. 

The Land of the Hills to the brave is a home, 

For the hills of the Swiss to their foes are a tomb. 

Fair daughter of heaven, O virtue, inspire 

The soul of the I'ress witli thine own sacred tire I 

If on the eseutcheon of Oxfoi-d remain 

A vice or a crime to encrimson her name, 

The foul crimson blot in oblivion wipe. 

By the tlash of thy frown or the lash of the type. 

E"en hallowed on earth; O, Justice, preside 

O'er the fate of our counsels, our destinies guide ! 

Hang high o'er our homes, thy bright balance in Heaven, 

And bj^ thy i-ed bolt be iniquity riven. 

O palsy the hand by extortion corroded. 

Doom peaceless the soul by its infamy goaded ; 

If guilt, with her train of dark vassals arrayed. 

The quiet dominions of Oxford invade. 

The Press thy artillery, the type be thy bow. 

To lay the base miscreant lifeless and low. 

His corse be the carrion where ravens shall feed. 

His bones bleach the turf on which tramples the steed. 

But when the oppressed in their anguish shall cry, 

Their cheek pale with sorrow, grief-smitten their eye, 

Then deal out they mercy, the victim opprest. 

From the gripe of the ruthless extortioner wrest. 

The Press be thine angel, our faults to record. 

Our vices to punish, our virtues reward ; 

Our morals to chasten, our follies expose, 

To gladden the bosom though pregnant with woes. 

Our minds to enlighten, our wanderings correct. 

To rescue our youth who in vices are wrecked, 

Our tastes to improve and our manners refine. 

And point the bold sinner to piety's shrine. 

A light to the blind, to the darkling a guide ; 

A bride to the groom and a groom to the bride. 

A home to the stranger, a guest to the host. 

Who brings him glad news of a heritage lost. 

A pillar of fire to enlighten our way, 

A mirror, the scenery of life to display. 

The yeomanry chart which shall point out the soil 

Whose bounties shall gladden the culturer's toil. 

An eye that shall ken the rich secrets of earth, 

And drag them reluctant to being and birth. CiMON. 



474 history of pakis. 

Caleb Prentiss. 
Deacon Caleb Prentiss moved from Gorham, Me., to Sonth Paris, 
about the beginning of tlie present century. He was a native of 
Reading, Mass., a son of Rev. Caleb Prentiss, and brother of the 
preceding. He was in trade some years at South Paris, and then 
purchased of Asa Sturtefant lot nuuilier six in the nintli range, 
where he moved and engaged in agriculture. He was deacon of the 
Congregationalist chui'ch, a man of marked aliility, a magistrate 
before whom cases of breach of the peace were frequently brought, 
and highly respected in town. He was also a contributor to the 
columns of the Observer, and the following scraps are selected from 
among his poetical compositions : 

DECEMBER DAYS. 

Euthless winter's rude career, 
(ouies to close the parting year; 
Fleeey flakes of snow descend. 
Boreal winds tlie welkin rend. 
Reflect, oh manl and well remember 
That dull old age is dark December ; 
For soon the year of life is gone, 
When hoarv hairs like snow come on. 

RESIGNATION. 

How pleasing tlie sound of the church going bell, 
How dismal the tone of the funei-al knell; 
Thus life is a scene that is checkered with ill. 
Though pleasure oftimes procures us a rill 
Of comfort to cheer us while passing the night 
Of this wilderness world, to the legions of light. 
Then let us enjoy the l)lpssings here given. 
And wait the fruition })rt)vided in Heaven. 

]\Iarv Prentiss. 
Mary Prentiss was a daughter of Dea. Calel) Prentiss, and was 
Ijorn in Paris, Dec. 27, 1798. For several years preceding her 
death, which took place Nov. IG, 1830, she had resided in Bangor. 
A brief, but appreciative obituary notice of her, appeared in a Ban- 
gor paper shortly after her death, from the pen of Hon. Edward 
Kent, a reproduction of wliich will he sufficient for the present occa- 
sion. Tlie stanzas referred to in tlie notice are appended thereto. 
Judge Kent wrote as follows : ''You may remember that soon after 
the dedication of Mount Hope Cemetery in July last, I informed you 



HISTOKV OF I'AHIS. 475 

that 1 had in my possession some stanzas composed l»y a young hidv 
of this city, which I intended to have pn1)lished. 1 am forcibly and 
sadlj' reminded of that promise hy the death of the author, Miss 
Mary Prentiss, daughter of Dea. Caleb Prentiss of Paris, who died 
in Bangor on the 1 6th inst. I will not attempt a formal newspaper 
eulogium on her character ; to those who had known her, had wit- 
nessed her life of unobtrusive usefulness and conscientious discharge 
of duty, and had been blessed with her friendship and love, such an 
eulogium would be useless. Her friends will long remember her as 
one who without adventitious and accidental advantages, had won 
her way to their lieaits and attections, by the vigor and discipline of 
her mind, by the gentle kindness and disinterestedness of her life, 
by an almost excessive sensibility, tempered and subdued, that she 
might never shrink from duty, and an expansive benevolence that 
embraced the whole human family, and a remarkable absence of that 
selfishness which regulates and calculates not its actions, without a 
reference 1o present comfort. At the time above alluded to, the 
•dedication of Moinit Hope, she was deeply interested in the object 
and the occasion, and in a note to a friend, enclosing the annexed, 
she sa^'s : 'P^ver since I heard of the arrangements for the dedica- 
tion of Mount Hope, I have imagined myself dead and buried there. 
I send you the fruit of my strange imaginings.' At that period, and 
until a short time before her death, her health was excellent. There 
is something in the lines and thought of that mysterious and indefina- 
ble presentiment, that far reaching vision, dim and indistinct, and 
3'et almost real, which we sometimes fancy is vouchsafed to the pure 
in heart as they approach near the si)irit land." The stanzas are 
entitled 

A SIMKIT AT MOUNT HOPE. 

1 am no more a child of eailh, 
My spirit t'roin its clay hath tied ; 

And yet I liii<;fr round the spot. 

Where they have made my low, last bed. 

The stronji', deep wish to be beloved, 

Has not departed with my breath ; 
It had its oriijin in Heaven, 

And was too pure to yield to death. 

I see the tenrs the mourners shed, 

1 catch the nuirnmr of their sighs; 
And througii their long and weary days. 

I watch them with my spiiit-eyes. 



476 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Mj' home is in a better world 

Of ceaseless bloom and cloudless light ; 
And the soiled robe I wore below, 

Is changed for one of spotless white. 

Deck then mj' grave with earth's frail flowers, 

And teach the mourning trees to bend ; 
But do not water them with tears, , 

Plume the soul's pinions to ascend. 

If it is bliss e'en heie to mount. 

When we must bear tlip heavy chain 
Which checks us in our highest flight, 

And drags us to the earth again. 

Think of the soul with nought to clog. 

With nought to dim its eagle sight ; 
Forever drinking in new joy, 

Forever catching some new light. 

If this dark stream is beautiful. 

Which waters but an earthly clod. 
Think what must be that purer one 

Which sparkles from the throne of God. 

Oh. dry your tears, no longer weep, 

The grave is not a gloomy place ; 
Keligion sheds a radiance 

Which every lingering cloud should chase. 

HANNAH E. (mAXIM) ALLKN. 

Mrs. Allen is the daughter of Silas and Hannah (Packard) Maxim^ 
and was born in Paris, Oct. 6, 1831 . She began when quite young to- 
contribute to the local papers, both in prose and verse, and her pro- 
ductions attracted considerable notice. Since tlien she has written 
more or less for the Oxford Democrat, Portland Transcript, Boston 
Museum, Olive Branch, &c., under the nam de plume of "Rose San- 
born." She has written quite a number of stories, but much more 
of poetry. Her poem "Greeting to my Native Hills," read at the 
Centennial Celeliration and printed elsewhere with the proceedings, 
is a fine speciiuen of blank verse and highly poetical. She married 
J. W. Allen, and moved to Michigan, but has since removed to Ne- 
braska. She has written but little since her marriage, being en- 
grossed with family cares and duties, a fact to be regretted ; one 
who can write so well should write more. Among her earlier pro- 
ductions, the following is copied from the Monthly Literary Miscel- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 4<< 

lany, published in Detroit, Michigan, and was written in Paris in 
August, 1850. It is entitled 

THE DAIGHTEIJ OF .lAIHl S. 

The diuigliter of the ruler hiy 

Upon the cout-li of tleath ; 
Her snowy bosom cold and .still, 

Heaved by no fluttering breath ; 
A mother's joy, a father's pride. 
With that young gentle girl had died. 

The dark curls swept like raven plumes 

On her clear marble brow, 
And the fringed lash pressed softly down 

Upon her cheek of snow, 
Hiding the eye whose melting blue 
Seemed l)orrowed from the heaven's own hue. 

Beside the couch stood they whose hearts 

By deepest grief were torn, 
They who had watched her early years. 

Her girlhood's radiant morn, — 
Who long had fasted, wept and pi-ayed. 
That Death's sharp arrow might be stayed. 

Another stood beside her there. 

In that still room of death. 
In all his saintly majesty — 

Jesus of Nazareth I 
His eyes unwet, his brow serene, 
A holy calmness on his mien. 

The master clasped his hands; 

''AV'eep not," he niildlj^ said, 
*'For this is but a living sleep. 

Thy daughter is not dead. 
Weep not, — the maiden shall awake 
And live again, for thy faith's sake." 

And as he spoke he gently took 

Her white hand from her breast, 
Then paused, as loth to break a sleep 

So deep, so sweet, so blest ; 
To call a soul once freed fiom pain, 
Back to a sinful world again. 

He si)ake ; — those lovely lids were raised 

From their deep orbs of blue, 
Back came the flush of glowing life, 

Her pale cheek melting through ; 
.She lived again — she breathed — she smiled : 
The wondering parents clasped their child. 



478 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

The following four sonnets on the death of her friend, are perhaps 
among the best of Mrs. Allen's productions. They first appeared 
in the columns of tlie Oxford Democrat : 

IN MEMOKY 
OF Miss Sarah J. Prentiss, who died at Bax<;or, Octobei? 22, 1877. 
Dear friend, the days of mellow tone and tint, 
The ripe, rare days that thou so well didst love 
Have laid once more tlieir glorious imprint 
On tield jind wood, and even the blue above 
That nearer bends witli its soft mantling liaze. 
In these cliarmed hours, oh I friend, or so I dream, 
Tlie veil "twixt me and thee dolh tliinner seem ; 
I feel thy presence in this tender ralm. 
And in these airs, still rife with summer balm, 
The touch that smoothed my hair in other days. 
Ah I were mine eyes not holden I might see. 
Perhaps, thy radiant face lean close to me ; 
And looking in thy deep, true eyes, should know 
Death had not touched with frost, the love of long ago. 

"Twas fitting thou shouklst gain the Master's feet 

AVhen the i-ipe year its crown of glory wore; 
Wfll might he smile at thy full sheaves of wheat. 

The gathered gold of years, a precious store; 

The faith that to a Father's hand could cling, 
Though darkness veiled His face ; the zeal that burned 
To l)less thy brother man; love that discerned 

Christ in the lowly and the suffering. 
Anil when the war-cloud darkened all the land. 
Drew thee with eager haste to join the l>and 
Who. where the l)attle tempest spent its wrath. 
And Ifft its wreck of anguish and of death, 
Hovered \\ ith sweet and gentle ministries. 
As God's own messengers sent in human guise. 

Tlie Po(4's soul shone clear upon thj' brow; 
'fhine. too, the Artist's loving touch, the skill 
To )iid tlic canvas blossom at thy will; 
For, priestess at the shrine of Beauty, thou. 
Oh, friend beloved, to duller ears and eyes. 
Interpreted her choicest mysteries. 
Yet 'twas not given thee to win and wear 
The crown Fame held aloft. A coronet 
Of brighter lustre on thy l)row was set; 
The glory of a womanhood most rare, 
And rii-h and rounded hito full conii>leteness. 



HISTORV OF PARIS. 470 

111 whose calm strpugth was iiiterhlent all sweetness, 
As on thy native hills, the rock's searred'tate 
Is beautiful with mosses and the harebell's grace. 

''Perfect through suffering." Oh, heart sore tried. 
Through all the long, long anguish, bj' thy side, 
The angel Patience walked with calm, sad eyes ; 
While on thj' brow, the saint's white aureole 
Grew large, till as a star in dawn's red skies 
Fades from our sight, so passed thy chastened>oul 
Into God's rest ineffable. And now. 
After one golden jear of Paradise, 
One year of seeing with unclouded eyes, 
Companion of pure spirits, dost not thou 
Behold even thy sorrows glorified. 
As one who on a lofty mountain's side. 
Sees the cold mists that drench the vales below, 
A bank of pearl and opal in the sunlight glowy 
PI's'isojitoH, Mich., Oct. IS. EosE Sanbokn. 

AX APRIL SXOW-STOEM. 

All da}' against the window pane, 

The April storm has fiercely beat ; 
The naked trees have writhed in pain, 

Whitened with driving snow and sleet. 

And many a proud old tree, o'ertbrown 

With sudden crash and deafening roar, 
A wreck of kiugh- pride lies prone, 

To wear his kingly crown no more. 

The tender shoots of grass are hid ; 

The crocus-cups are filled with snow ; 
And under icy coverlid, 

The snowdrop's fearless heail lies low. 

I think the violets, half awake, 

Shut their sweet liils in sad suri^rise ; 
So treacherously the south wind spake 

Of greening woods and sunnj' skies I 

But ah 1 most piteous sight to me. 

In all this dreary waste of storm. 
Beneath the whitening lilac-tree, 

A hapless robin's shivering form. 

T-he cruel cold has pierced beneath 

His vest of flame and warm, brown coat: 

Dulled his bright eye — maybe with death — 
And shut the music in his throat. 



480 HISTOKV OF PARIS. 

Poor bird I I womlor if he grieves 

For the old lioine in southern l)Ower.s, 
AVhere soft briglit days and bahny eves 

Crown even Winter's brow witli flowers I 

EOSE 8ANB0UN. 

A WINTER PAXSY. 
Once in the morning twilight of our love, 
When Hope's first red had scai-cely tinged the gray, 
I plucked a pansy from its winter bed 
And gave it you. In its fresh faee, i)erc-hance. 
You read a vague, sweet prophecy of good. 
Of love surviving life's autuninal chill, 
And blossoming even in its winter days. 
After long years, once more I pluck for you 
A pansy that has braved a frosty skj- 
And worn a snow-wreath on its purple l)rows. 
For a sweet sign that in our liearts to-day 
We tiad the old time prophecy come true. 

Mary H. (Prentiss) Cummings. 
Mary Hart Prentiss was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Hart i 
Prentiss, formerly of Reading, Mass., but earh- settlers here, and 
was bornju^Paris, January 7, 1807. She married Whitney Cum- 
mings of West Sumner, afterwards of Buckfield, and died in the 
latter town in the spring of 1878. She was a frequent contributor 
to the Oxford Democrat, Portland Transcript and Zion's Advocate, 
over the signature of "Oithona." From a number of her short 
poems, the following are selected for this chapter : 

EEVEPJES. 

My child will come no more 
P My ministries of love 

Are changed for those above — 
The little journey of his life is o'er. 

I see his garments hang 

In many a spot — 

How can he be forgot, 
Tho' every mem'ry brings the heart a pang I 

^Tis vain to change the scene — 

From each sequester'd nook 

llis little treasures look; 
I cannot wander where he has not been. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. ^ 481 

8prliig'*s gloi'ious siuil»e;ims istreain, 

And hriglitlj^ do they fall, 

Alike on floor and wall ; 
But my lo!it boy looks out on eveiy beam. 

I turn my ejes above, 

But tears will force theii- A\ay 

E'en when I strive to pray — 
Is there no place of rest for eartlilv love? 

My youno; and happy boy — 

I see his glad step springing, 

I liear his sweet voice singing, 
And yet these memories bring no thrill of joy. 

But why these restless daj's? 

The promises are mine ; 

I hear a voice Divine 
Call on mj' soul a sovereign God to praise. 

Why spend my hours in gloom. 

Or weep for treasures gone. 

When I am hunying on 
To join them in a world beyond the tomb. 

My cherish'd one is there. 

He spends his glorious days 

In songs of holy praise 
To Him who heard on earth his daily jirayer. 

Then let my heart arise 
To his bright home abov(,', 
• And to the God of love 

Look for a blessing on "earth's broken ties.'' 

OUR SCHOOLHOUSE. 

As I sit in my room alone to-day, 
My tho"ts are wandei-iug far away; 
Through many a j-ear they are looking back 
Over childhood's many-color'd track ; 
And the schoolhouse, with its batter'd door. 
Stands upon the hillside as of yore. 

How often we ran a merry race 
Over piles of snow to reach the place ! 
How Ave carefull}' plac'd the dinner pail, 
And hung our wrappings on jjeg or nail ; 
Then turn'd in haste to such wealth of blaze 
As is seldom seen in our modern days. 

How the wood was piled on the heavy stones 
Till the tire sent out unconscious groans 1 
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482 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

How "the boys" climird up on the roof, and flung 
Baskets of chips tlie logs among I 
And we pusli"d it and crowded around the flame, 
Intent on warmth ere the teacher came. 

Few wei'e the studies of childhool then ; 

Reading and spelling and use of i)en ; 

Slight use of figures and jiarts of speech, 

But all that the spelling book could teach ; 

And we spelt for the head with such warmth and zeal 

As few, save politicians, feel. 

Oh, little we tho't as we frolick'd then. 
What sort of women, what sort of men. 
Would soon go out from that huml)le place. 
As help or burden to the race. 
Yet hi looking back on those days, I see 
That each was then what he grew to be. 

From that humble shelter of early days 

We soon went out into Ijroader ways ; 

We went with joy thro" its open dooi'. 

To look back with sighs, but return no more. 

We scattered like leaves in October day. 

And like leaves have the many pass'd away. 

Long years ago on a stormy night, 
When earth was clad in a robe of white, 
A flame stole out on the schoolhouse floor, 
Stealthily crept over wall and door ; 
Mounted the roof— and at rise of sun 
The whole sad work of the night was done. 

That ])rimitive building in its da}^. 

Did a useful work in a quiet way. 

Would I could see it as of old. 

With the scholars gather'd in its fold I 

But most, with the house, have to dust gone down 

And I am musing here alone. 

LINES SUGGESTED BY A DREAM. 

Who e"er has thauk'd the Lord with heartfelt sense 

Of all His goodness to a fallen Avorld, 

And has not blest Him for the gift of dreams? 

Oh, those sweet evidences that the mind 

Is ever wakeful ; that the soul within 

Is indestructible ; that we shall live, 

And feel, and think when death itself is past ! 

AVhen the exhausted, wearied ft-ame nuist rest, 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 483 

And seek in sleej) those fresh supplies of strength 
To-morrow will deniiuul, how would the mind, 
The active spirit, grudge the wasted liours. 
Were it not certain that the hand of God 
AVould paint some picture of the fading past. 
Or the uncertain future, on the mind, 
While the veilM eye sees not the outer world ! 
Our sleei)ing visions may, perchance, be sad, 
But wlio. oh who would lose them? 

I saw in dreams last night a favorite spot, 

One 1 have seldom seen in latter years. 

It was a farm upon a mountain's side. 

Rough in appearance, and yet beautiful. 

With all its trees and vines, its rocks and streams. 

"Twas there a relative I lov'd in life 

And mourn'd in death. livM out his threescore years. 

I ever lov'd to see tlie tall, gray house. 

It look'd so like its owner, firm, upright. 

As tho" 'twere fortified by praise and praj-er. 

I saw it in my dream, with just the look 

It wore of old ; the same vine-shaded porch. 

And spreading trees around the open door ; 

But of the numerous smiling faces there 

In days gone by, but one arose to view. 

It was a youthful cousin, who had grown 

To man's estate beneath that sheltering roof ; 

But. thinking that the world had greener spots 

And lovelier scenes, had wandered far away. 

Long, long ago, from his paternal home. 

In mj" night vision he was blithe and young, 

As when I saw him ere he bade adieu 

To beautiful Xew England. .Just the same 

Were the dark locks around his ample brow ; 

And in his flasliing eye were mingled deep 

The energy, the softness and the pride 

Which blended in liis character. Xo word 

Was said between us, yet I feel to-day 

As tho" departed years had come again. 

And I was living still the hours of youth. 

I bless the giver of that happy dream, < 

For long has been the time since I have seen 

That well-remembered relative and friend, 

And we, perchance, may never meet again. 

I have a sprig of wither'd laurel leaves 

He sent me from his Pennsylvania home 

In token of remembrance, and I oft 



484 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Look at it now, with (question in my tlionghts, 
Whether that home is dearer to his lieart, 
Than the rough momitain one he left behind. 



Rose (McKenney) Rawson. 

She was the daughter of William and Mary (Besse) McKenney, 
and was born July 18, 1.S45. Her mother was a sister of Hon. 
Warren H. Vinton, whose name was formerl}' Besse, as stated in 
Personal Notices. Mrs. Rawson before her marriage, was a suc- 
cessful teacher in the public schools, having been emplo^'ed in the 
schools in town, at Bryant's Pond and elsewhere. She has been an 
occasional contributor to the papers for a number of years, and gen- 
erally in poetr}-. The two following selections fairl}^ exhibit her 
talent as a poetical writer. She married Otis Bent Rawson of this 
town, who is a Baptist preacher, and has been settled over the 
church in Bethel, but is now settled out of the State. 

THE OLD HOME IX THE LANE. 

There's something in the air this morn, that cai'ries iiic away. 
Back many a year of toil and care, back many a weaiy day. 
Once more I seem a careless child, I'll fling away cai-e's chain. 
And visit with my heart to-day, the old home in the lane. 

Oh, let my father just this once lay oft" his silv'ring hair. 
And put away those spectacles, and then those lines of care ; 
Do take away those signs of age ; oh, make him young again. 
To visit with his child to-day, the old home in the lane. 

Oh let ray mother once again, I beg with aching heart. 
Have just a score of age's cares from oft" her life depart. 
Then will she not so feebly step, but free from grief and pain 
Again go happ}', singing in the old home in the lane. 

And now I look acx-oss the hill, and see the self-same grass 
Roll oft" in waves 'way down the vale, and flee as on I pass. 
Just as I've watched it many a time sweep off" across the plain, 
WJien I regretfully would seek the old home in the lane. 

The path across the orchard lot we hourly used to pass. 

Has been fenced up. by stranger hands, they say, to save the grass; 

And then the Bahn-of-Gilead trees will never bloom again, 

A stranger's axe has sadly robbed the old home in the lane. 

The brook in which we fished for frogs, and bare feet waded through. 
And all the unhatched polliwogs and toads we thoughtless slew 
To make a fertile field they say, he's spoiled it with a drain, * 
Ah, sadly changed are you to-day, dear old home in the lane. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 485 

Ah, stop — where are the dearly loved, the old home held so long. 

The dear, unbroken household baud, that cheered its hearth with song? 

Then let ine lay aside uiy pen, and hear again that strain, 

Just as it cheered in years ago, the old home in the lane. , 

The noblest boy, the father's pride, to-day his heart so true 
Lies still and silent 'neath his coat of undimmed army blue ; 
Beneath the sun of distant skies, upon a southern plain, 
There lies the pride and treasure of the old home in the lane. 

The old church yard upon the hill, of dear ones has its share, 
Two brothers dear lie side by side, a sister too, is there ; 
So sadly changed is now the flock, 'twould be less joy than pain, 
E'en if I could go back and see the old home in the lane. 

The dear old neighbors, though to them must needs have been the lot 
Of human frailties; still they seem as though they had them not, 
And dear to me as precious links in memory's golden chain 
Are these old friends united with the old home in the lane. 

I have had many kindly friends, God bless them all and each. 
But there's a tender tie of old that these can never reach ; 
Perhaps 'tis wrong and childish weak, I know it's all in vain. 
But how my heart is yeai-ning for the old home in the lane. 

But now 'tis time I dried my tears, and closed the portals up, 
That's filled with recollections sweet, from memory's l)i-imming cup ; 
I draw the cuitain to the world — go back to work again. 
But treasured next to Heaven, shall be the old home in the lane. 
Fort Kent, Aug. 1868. 

PARTIXG ODE. 
(Oxford Xormal Institute.) 
How short the time in fleeting days, since early in the spring, 
We first were all assembled by the old bell's cheerful ring. 
But long, how long and pleasant, if we reckon thoughts and deeds, 
If time maj' be computed by the sowing of good seeds. 
In life's day-book for each of us, 

How great is the amount 
That's credited to pleasure's side 
In memory's account ; 
And everj^ kind and noble act we have received or given 
With interest, is registered, to be returned by Heaven. 

As time rolls by its heavy freight of happiness and cares, 
May richest harvests fall to us exempt from weeds and tares; 
And though the golden ball we seek, be held beyond our reach, 
Yet much tliafs good and beautiful shall l)e the lot of each. 
Fate loans from out her treasures vast. 
To each some costly gem ; 



486 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

To some gives beauty, talent, wit. 
To some the diadem. 
A tender heart, a patient soul, or love the best of all. 
We each shall be remembered, if our portion be but small. 

Though oftentimes the highest hopes, unrealized, must fade, 

And castles built for happiness, must in the dust be laid. 

Yet saved by actions good and wise, we'll stand each storm and shock 

Secure from harm and danger if we've built on wisdom's rock. 

Then let us keep our treasure pure, 
Undimmed with stain or dust. 

Where thief can never enter, 
And gold can never rust ; 
And if no more on earth we meet, a dear unbroken band. 
May we sing at last together, far beyond the golden strand. 

Wii,LiA:\r ^y. Maxim. 

Wm. Wallace Maxim has contributed more or less to the public 
journals, sometimes in the form of rhyme and sometimes in prose. 
He has written some articles upon agriculture which have been 
valuable. Among several of his contributions to the Oxford Demo- 
crat, the following is selected for this chapter : 

STRAXGEKS. 

We are living and toiling as strangers. 

In a land that we call our own ; 
We are passing like priest and Levite, 

The road to the great unknown. 

We talk of the golden city, 

Of friends in that home so dear. 
But scarcely a word of pity 

For those who are starving here. 

Starving for love and devotion, 
And the graces that round them fall ; 

Starving for pure religion 

In a country of churches tall. 

These shadows and liaubles are emptv, 
Though decked with the treasixres of art. 

And the light of a life burns dimh' 
^Mien love has gone out of the heart. 

We read in the legends of heroes, 

Who, labors of love to bestow. 
Put self in tlie misty background 

And built up the kingdom below. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 487 

May we ask with a patience enduring 
Like the servants and seekers of yore, 

That the faith of the aneient martyrs 
Might visit the eartli once more. 

Might come like the splendors of sunlight 

To a shadowy groping l)and : 
Might come like the rain in summer 

To the arid and tlusty land. 

For the same old passions bind us, 

And the same afflictions bo\v. 
And we know that the God of the Bible 

Is the God of His children uow. 
Paris, Me., Jnhj 9, 1SS2. 

IMary (Hathaway) Rowe. 
She is the daughter of the hite Lazarus and Lucy (Cole) Hatha- 
way, and was born in Paris, January 6, 1829. She was educated 
in the town schools, taught school before her marriage, and has 
sometimes written brief articles for reunions, famil}' gatherings and 
other special occasions, but not for tlie press. She married EUeiy 
W. Rowe of Woodstock, and has resided many years in Portland. 
Her life has been saddened by the loss of several children, one of 
whom, Carrie M. Rowe, was a graduate of the Portland High 
School, a 3'oung lady distinguished for her amiability of character 
and her scholarly attainments, and who was held in the highest 
esteem b}- a wide circle of friends. The following fugitive lines 
which came into our hands, were composed on the occasion of 
revisiting the old homestead in Paris which had passed from the 
family into the hands of strangers. 

MY CIIILDIIOOD'S HOME. 
Home of mj- childhood, the last link is severed. 

That bound me to that spot I loved so well ; 
Xo more shall voice of kindred there recall me, 

Xo more entice by friendship's magic spell. 

The voice that soothed the early griefs of childhood, 

The willing hands that toil for me no more, 
A mother's love, a father's kindly greetings ; 

All, all have crossed to yonder happy shore. 

The weight of years is stamped upon my forehead, 
The weight of grief, sometimes too heavy seems ; 

But in my heart the home and joys of childhooJ, 
Are oft recalled by sweet and happy dreams. 



488 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

The rock that stood beneath the apple blossoms, 
The brook that murmurs "neath its shadows yet ; 

The tree our brother planted by tlie roses, 
Are memories dear that I would ne'er forget. 

The dear old woods that crowned the western liillside 
Whose sunset shadows waved around our home ; 

In schooldays, warm and tired, oft have I rested 
Beneath the spread of nature's emerald dome. 

The woods are gone ; a stranger's hand hath laid them ; 

^Ve rest no more beneath their grateful shade, 
But all the hills are there, as in our childhood, 

On one more dear, a sister's grave was made. 

As in a dream I hear the distant churcli bells, 
Eesounding where my j^outliful feet have trod ; 

In all besides, a sacred stillness i-eigneth ; 
Tliose Sabbath days so dear, so near to God I 

I see the brook and hear the river's murnuir. 
Mingling with songs of birds and matin chimes ; 

But list in vain for loved and kindred voices. 
For they \\ho walked with me now live in brighter climes. 

Beyond the liills and woods, beyond their shadows. 

Beyond the clouds, tinted by sunset skies. 
We there shall see our loved ones and be with them, 

In brighter liomes unseen by mortal eyes. 

Alice E. (Ripley) Maxim. 
Mrs. Alice E. ]Maxim, Iw mistake in the Centennial Proceedings 
called "Miss," is the daughter of Orison and Hannah Riple}^ of 
Paris, and was born January 7. 1847. "God Bless our Native 
Hills," sang at the Centennial, was written l»y her, and the music 
was composed by W. Scott Ripley, lier brother. She is the wife of 
Henry H. ]Maxim of Paris. The ^Memorial Ilyinn which follows, 
was composed by her, and was set to music l)y her brother, Win- 
field S. Ripley of Boston. 

"DIP THE FLAG IfEY'RENTLY.'' 
Strew flowers lovingly over each grave. 
Where lies the dust of the patriot brave ; 
Salute with the flag, each mound were they rest, 
They died at their duty, each doing his best; 
And their spirits arisen, are marching to-day 
In the Great Grand army, just over tlie waj^ 
Chorus. Dip the flag i-ev'rently over each grave. 

Comrades, they died our lov'd country to save. 



Chorus. 



Chorus. 



Choru; 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 

AN'ith u.s they trod tlie red fields of the soutli, 
And with us they faced the cannon's dread nioutli ; 
SuflferM with sicluiess, witli lian«!:er and cold, 
Can we forget them, our comrades of old? 
Never ! our liearts beat as warndy to-day 
As when, side by side, we JoinVl in the fray. 

God bless the soldiers who fought in the blue, 
"Xeath heaven's own color beat liearts warm and true ; 
Wherever they are, be they living or dead. 
Time weaves fresh laurels for each hoiiorM licad. 
Yearly they're passing to heaven's bright bowers. 
And yearly love covers theii new graves with llow'rs. 

God bless the soldiers who fought in the gray. 
Whatever we've been, we are brothers to-day ; 
Cast out of our hearts all hardness and pride. 
For one connnon country, we work side liy side. 
Whatever their faults, we forgive them to-day, 
Strewing sweet tlow'rs o'er the blue and the gray. 



489 




Modern Schoou-house. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 491 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 

PART II. 



Genealogical Registers. 
It is not claimed b}- the compilers that the following notices of 
Paris Families constitute a complete family record. The scope of 
the work would not admit of it, even if the materials for it were at 
hand. It has been our aim to begin as far back as our means of 
information would permit, to trace briefly the line of descent to the 
family or individual who came to this town and while they may have 
remained in town, dropping them out, except in a very few instances, 
when they went awa}' from here. Our personal notices have been 
so numerous in the preceding pages, and our space for this depart- 
ment of the work is so limited, that we have felt obliged to omit 
historical events connected with individuals except in a few excep- 
tional instances, and confine ourselves mainly to records of births, 
marriages and deaths. Nor is it practicable in these few pages to 
bring down the records of famlies to the present time in all cases. 
Paris is a large town and is over a century old, and to print a com- 
plete register for all the families that have lived here, would require 
more space than is afforded bv this entire volume. Our aim has 
been to take cognizance of every family that has lived hei'c, and if 
we have failed to do so. it is because the records could not be 
obtained. The records of some families will be found quite com- 
plete, while of others, the account will be meager. This is due to 
the fact that some families have taken great pains to furnish us 
with data from whicli to make up their records, while others have 
taken little or no interest in the matter. The records of Paris with 
regard to births, marriages and deaths, like those of most other 
towns, are very incomplete, and have been of but little value in 
making up these sketches. Otherwise, the work would have been 
much easier of accomplishment. While we have taken great pains 



492 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

to be accurate, we have not the vanity to suppose that we have 
avoided all errors. Such a thing is next to impossible, and has 
probabh' never happened in a genealogical register of any extent. 
The town records are not always correct, and the records of births 
furnished b}' families, often contain errors in spelling and errors in 
dates. Then errors are liable to occur in copying and in putting 
the records in type, and errors will often escape the most careful 
and experienced proof readers. 

The arrangement which we have adopted, we trust will not be 
found hard to understand. It will be seen that the head of 
the family is expressed in small capitals, and the children in 
Italics. Against the first in a family, the figure one is placed, and 
a brief sketch follows the name. By famil}' here, we do not mean 
simply the members of one household, but we include all the descend- 
ants of the one first mentioned, as belonging to the family. The 
first named being numbered one, the others are numbered consecu- 
tively from that, and in referring back to an}- one in the list, he or 
she is referred to by number as well as l)y name ; this is necessaiy 
to avoid mistakes in identity where persons have the same Chris- 
tian names. Where only three or four families are named, 
it is obvious that no nnml)ering is necessary'. The abbrevia- 
tions used here are as follows : b. signifies born ; m. married, d. 
died and s. settled ; bap. stands for baptized, dan. for daughter, 
wid. for widow and r. for resides ; "NV. P. stands for \Yest Paris, N. 
P. stands for North Paris, S. P. for South Paris, G. for Greenwood, 
W. for Woodstock. S. for Sumner, B. for Buckfield, H. for Hebron, 
O. for Oxford and N. for Norway. All towns mentioned are under- 
stood as being in Maine, unless otherwise designated. 

Abbott. 

George Abbott, according to tradition, came from Yorkshire, 
Eng., about 1G40, and was among the first settlers of Andover, 
Mass., in 1643. He m. 1G47, Hannah Chandler, who came in the 
same vessel with him. In a direct line of descent, we find Benja- 
min*, Jonathan', Jonathan\ Jonathan''. 

Jonathan married Jan. 27, 1709, Betsy Bachelder. Children: 

Betsey, b. Jan. 15, 1801, ni. John Howe of Runiford. 

Fatty, b. Nov. 13, 1802, dietl young. 

Polly, b. Nov. 13, 1802, died young. 

Addison, h. .Tul}' 2."). 1803, ni. Rebecca Cha^e of Paris. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 493 

M((ry, 1). Nov. IS, 1^04, ni. Xathan Eames; d. Sept. IG, 18(51. 

liebecra, b. Dec. 23, 180(). 

Jonathan., b. Aug. 7, 1808, m. Eliza Chase of Paris. 

Daniel, b. May 16, 1810, d. April 2, 1812. 

MehUahU, b. Oct. 13, 1812, m. Joshua Ballard. 

Dorcas, b. Sept. 9, 1814, m. Dea. Christopher Bryant. ' 

Sybil, b. Jan. 4, 1817, d. Aug. 0, 1866. 

Stephen, b. Jan. 8, 1821, d. Jan. 8, 1872. 

Addison, (sou of Jonathan) and of the seventh generation 

from the emigrant, was a Baptist minister. lie married Rebecca, 

dau. of Peter and Abagail (Sibley) Chase, Oct. 9, 1842. Children : 

Addison Judson, b. Sept. 4, ]84.o, ni. 1st, Ida Smith, 2d, Cynthia Berry. 

MehitaUe Ballard, b. Jan. 21, 1847, d. April 2, 18.55. The father died 

Dec. 3, 1855, and the widoAV married William Drake. 
Addisox Judson, (son of Addison) m. Ida, . She died of 

diphtheria, Aug. 14, 1866. ^larricd 2d, Cyntliia A., dau. of George and 

Melissa (Buck) Berry. 
Geo. Addison, b. June 1, 1870. 
William Ellsv-orth, b. Mch. 17, 1872. 
Ida Melissa, b. Feb. 16, 1875. 
Arthur Ballard, b. Mch. 1, 1877. 
Leroy Jonathan, b. Feb. 10, 1882. 

Simeon Abbott, son of Simeon of Andover, Mass., and Poll}' 
(Day) Abbott of Chatliam, N. H., was b. in Stowe, Nov. 12. 1801, 
and m. Nov. 11, 1839, Abagail, dau. of Jonathan and Abagail 
(Walker) Hardy. She was b. Nov. 1, 1804. Settled in Paris on 
the Jacob Daniels farm, Sept. 186G. Children : 
John Farinr/ton, b. Sept. 8, 1840, d. Oct. 15, 18.59. 
Gilbert Potter, (son of Simeon Abbott) m. Martha S., dau. of 

Edmund Wentworth, Mch. 11, 1866. She was b. April 2, 1845. 
An infant, b. Dec. 21, 1867, died. 

Edii-orth Ham,h. June 7, 1875, d. Jan. 1, 1878. The mother died Jan. 29, 
1879. Married 2d, Fannie Emma, dau. of Ordessa M. Bowker, Oct. 10. 
1880. 

Andrews. 
1 David Andrews was of Taunton, Mass., and was b. May 23, 
1736. He m. Naoma Briggs, May 14, 1768, and settled on the lot 
now the farm of Charles W. Stephens, when the family first moved 
into the town. Children : 

2 Edvard, b. Dec. 20, 1767, m. Elizabeth Xeveus of Poland. 

3 Ahiezer, b. Feb. 25, 1770, m. Sally 

4 Jihoda, b. July 23, 1775, m. John Gray. 

• 5 David, Jr., b. May 26, 1781, m. Abagail Pratt. 



494 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

2 Edward, (son of David) m. Elizabeth Nevens of Poland, 
Me. Children : 

6 John, b. Oct. 17, 1791, m. Anna Butterfiekl. 

7 Lncinda, b. Jan. 3, 1794, m. Noah Dean. 

8 Polly, b. Aug. 16, 1795, d. unmarried. 

9 Edward, b. Jan. 5, 1797, m. Sarah 

10 Alfred, b. March 9, 1800, m. EUza Cushman. 

11 Clara, 1». Feb. 5, 1802, m. Coburn. 

12 BtUy, b. March 16, 1804, m. Butterfield. 

13 Sullivan, b. April 9, 1807, m. Eliza Jane Child. 

14 Dorcas, b. Sept. 24, 1810. 

1.5 Charles, b. Feb. 11, 1814, ni. Persis, dau. of Wm. Sibley of Freedom. 

3 Abiezer, (son of David 1), m. Sally Andrews. Children: 

17 An adopted son, Samson (Cole) Andrews, b. in Paris July 3, 1813, 
m. Angeliue Briggs. Abiezei', d. Dec. 21, 1847. The widow m. 
Thomas Clark. 

5 David, (son of David 1) m. Abagail, dau. of Nathaniel Pratt. 
He exchanged the homestead with Jerathmael Colburn, for the farm 
north of the Pond — now the farm of W. W. Dunham. Children : 

15 Ziba, b. Oct. 23, 1800, m. Thankful Washburn. 

19 Cyrus, b. Aug. 1, 1808, m. Eebecca Robbins; 2d, Jane A. Dow. 

20 Levi, b. Jan. 23, 1810, m. Olive Dow. 

21 Miranda, b. May 3, 1812, d. Aug. 10, 1815. 

22 Nathan, b. July 30, 1813, m. JSTancy Cummings. The mother died 

June 16, 1815. Married 2d, Cyrene, dau. of Nathaniel Pratt. 

23 Abagail, b. June 1, 1818, m. Stephen Starbird. 

24 Jonathan, b. June 23, 1820, m. Pamelia Dunham. The mother died 

Oct. 23, 1823. Married 3d, Sally, dau. of Sylvanus Pobbius. 

25 Bathsheba, b. Oct. 26, 1824, m. AVilliam Thomas. 

26 Sabrina J., b. Jan. 23, 1827, m. Frank Field. 

27 Calista C, b. Jan. 11, 1829, m. William Field. 

28 Loretta, b. May 29, 1831, m. Kingman Churchill. 

29 David J., b. Oct. 17, 1833, m. Mrs. Lucy A. Wilson. 

30 Alcira, b. 

6 John (sou of Edward 2) m. Anna Butterfield. She was born 
July 21, 1798. Children: 

31 Abiezer, b. March 28, 1816. 

32 Betsy, b. June 14, 1818. 

33 Anna, b. Feb. 23, 1820, d. May 18, 1856. 

34 Clarissa B., b. Oct. 11, 1821. 

'35 Alfred, b. Oct. 28, 1823, d. Sept. IG, 1826. 
36 Eliza k., b. June 16, 1825. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 495 

37 Amanda, b. March 17, 1827, d. Dec. 16, 1844, in Powell, Mass. 

38 Melvina, b. March 18, 1829, d. Oct. 2-5, 18.51, in Manchester, N. H. 

39 America, b. Dec. 22, 1830, m. ]\rartha Fuller. 

40 Columbia G., b. Julj^ 30, 1832, d. July IC, 18.5.5. 

41 Laura, b. May 27, 1834. 

42 .S'rt% jF., b. Au^. 31, 1836, d. Sept. 6, 1801. 

43 Vesta 31., b. July 4, 1839. 

44 James B., h. April 22. 1842. The father died March .5, 1872, the 

mother died Oct. 9, 18.58. 

10 Alfred, (sou of Edward 2), m. Eli^a, dan. of Caleb Ciish- 
maii. Children : 

45 Sullivan Cushman, b. June 18, 1825. (See Personal ^Mention.) 

46 Lucy Ann, h. July 1, 1827, ni. Benjamin F. Bates. 

13 Sullivan, (son of Edward 2) m. Eliza Jane Child. She 
died Aug. 5, 1829 ; m. 2d, Olevia, dan. of John Gray. Children : 

47 Elizabeth Xevins, b. Sept. 15, 1833, d. Oct. 1, 1850. 

48 Charles Addison, b. Sept. 1, 1835, d. IMarch 22, 1853. 

49 Alfred Prentiss, b. Sept. 15, 1837. 

50 Tlmothtj F., b. July 20, 1839, d. at Sharpsbur>r, Md., Oct. 10, 1862. 

15 Charles, (son of lulward 2) m. Persis, dau. of Wni. Sib- 
le}-, Esq. See Personal mention. Children : 

51 Charlotte B., b. m. Geo. L. Yose of Brunswick. 

52 Persis S., 1). . The father d. April 30, 1852. The widow m. 

Alvah Black. 

22 Nathan, (son of David 5) m. Nancy, dan. of George W. 
and Lucy (Pratt) Cummings. She was b. July 17, 1817, in Nor- 
wa}-. Children : 

53 Merinda, b. Jan. 12, 1835, d. March 20, 1835. 

54 Horace Cumminys, b. Feb. 19, 1837, m. Adaline Abbott, s. Bethel. 

55 Lucy Ann, b. April 6, 1839, in. Edwin E. Judkius. 

.56 Mary Harris, b. Feb. 17, 1844, m. Simeon Webber, s. Harpswell. 

57 Abbie Frances, b. Nov. 8, 18.50, m. I. G. Gary, s. Gilead. 

58 Addie Estelle, b. June 8, 1854, m. Albert J. Picker. 

20 Lea'i, (son of David 5) m. Olive, dau. of Benaiah Dow, 
March 1827. She was born Dec. 8, 1812. Children : 

59 Oliver S., b. Sept. 16, 1828, m. Rosalia Gilkey, s. Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

60 James Farinyton, b. July 7, 18.33, m. Lizzie Rice of X. H., s. Austin, 

Minn. 

61 Everett I)., b. May 27, 1839. m. Francis Grovenor, Methodist 

Minister. 



490 HISTORY OF PAllIS. 

G2 EUn li., b. Sept. 10, 18-19, in. John A. Dow.st, s. Brooklyn, X. Y. 
03 1(1(1 ir.. 1). March 10, 1852, ni. llennon Fuller. 

49 Alfrki) p., (son of Sullivan 13) m. Eunice M., dau. of 
Samuel and Poll}' (Bradbury) Hersey. Children : 

64 Charlrs Ethjar, b. d. Oct. 4, 1800. 

Go Eut/piH' lln-svij, b. July 30, 1862. The mother died xVug. 2.5, 1862, 
Married 2d, Persis A., dau. of IJobert Gray. Persis A., died 
Dec. 1870. ^larried 3d, Ada M., dau. of John M. and Sarah 
(Coburu) Lane of Sumner, June 3, 1872. She was born Dec. 2, 
1848. C"hildren : 

60 Sullicnn Luiw, b. Aug'. 7, 1877. 

67 Ahna Lkuc, b. Feb. 3, 1871). The father d. June 27, 1882. 

61 Everett D., (son of Levi 20) m. Amanda M., dau. of 
Adonirara and Jennette (Young) Curtis, Feb. 28, 1860. She was b. 
Aug. 10, 1841, s. AVest Paris. Children: 

08 lleyhcH Everett, b. Dec. 26, 1867. 

18 Zir.A, (son of David 5) m. Thankful, dau. of Stephen 
"Washburn. Children : 

09 Elrec;/, b. Jan. 28, 1828, ni. Moses W. Bryant. 

70 liarhel, b. Dec. 18, 1830, m. Samuel W. Dunham. 

71 Isaac IF., b. July 0, 1833, m. Lucinda Bryant. 

72 Morton, b. April 10, 183."). 

73 A)))in F., b. Feb. 25, 1837, m. Oscar P. EUingwood. 

74 Jnlni C., b. April 22, 1838, m. Lorinda C. Packard. 
Jr, Charlotte, ]». Dec. 9, 1844. 

70 Zihn, b. . Was killed by accident on railroad. 

39 America, (son of John G) m. Nov. 5, 1834, Martha, dau. 
of Harvey Fuller of Woodstock. She was b. May 21, 1823. 
Children : 

77 Walter >S'., b. Aug. 12, 1850. 

78 William Wallace, h. July 13, 1858, m. Ilattie E. Bradford of Canton. 

79 AlijhcKs, b. Dec. 14, 1800. 

80 James II., b. June 5, 1804, d. Feb. 19, 1805. 

81 Lxicy A., b. March 25, 1800. 

82 Minnie H., b. Feb. 25, 1809. 

44 James B., (son of John G) m. Jane, dau. of G. Dudley. 
She was b. July 15, 1849. Children: 

83 Jahn, b. Aug. 7, 1809. 

84 Willie, 1). Aug. 14, 1802. 

85 Everett, b. Oct. 10, 1873. The mother died July 13, 1884. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 497 

17 Samson, (adopted son of Abiezev 3) was I), in Paris, July 
3, 1813, ra. Angeline, dau. of Alansou Briggs. Children: 

r>r> AlhiDU 7j., )). Aug. 20, 184.^, m. Siisjiu Cuiniuiugs. 

87 Ahiezer Albert, b. June 21, 1850, m. Georgie W. Stone. 

88 Aliicrnon 8., b. Feb. 23, 18.-)7, m. Isabella Field. The father d. July 

10, 1870. 'J'lie widow m. Aaron II. Mason. 

86 Albion B., (son of Samson 17) ni. Susan, dau. of Horace 
Cummings. Children : 

8!) IldUie An>/('Ii)i(\ h. May 20, 1871. 

90 Martj Sitsto)^ b. Aug. 18, 1875. The father d. :\[ay 3, 1870. Tlie 

mother died Maj^, 1884. 

87 Abiezer Albert, (son of Samson 17) m. Georgie W. Stone. 
Children : 

91 Charles B., b. Jan. 12, 1872. 

92 Lela, b. Nov. 19, 1873. 

93 Miriam, b. Mch. 25, 1875. 

94 Jesde *S'., b. Feb. 27, 1879. 

95 Fiaium S., b. May 0, 1882. 

88 Algernon Sidney, (son of Samson 17) m. Isabella Field. 
Children : 

96 Minnie B., b. Jan. 1879. 

97 Annie, b. , 1881. 

98 Frank, b. Jan. 1882. 

Allen. 
Thomas Allen, an Englishman, a weaver bj^ trade, m. 
Abagail Brown, and came from New Gloucester to Buckfield, April 
1, 1777, and settled on the lot since known as the Ira Gardner farm. 
Abijah Buck settled at the same time, and Nathaniel, a brother of 
Abijah, ra. Molh', a sister of Abagail, and commenced his settle- 
ment a month later. These were the three first families that settled 
in Buckfield. The first child born in Buckfield, was in the famih- of 
Thomas Allen. Children : 

John, b. Buckfield, m. Polly Clifford, s. in Hartford. 

Anna, b. Buckfield, m. Daniel Shaw, s. in Hartford. 

Edmund, b. Buckfield, 1782, ni. Putli Bryant. 

Abagail, b. Buckfield, ni. John Millett of Canton. 

Thomas!, b. Buckfield, m. Xaucy, dau. of Lemuel Cole. 

Molly, b. Buckfield, m. Abia Leach. 

Nathaniel, b. Buckfield, m. Polly Tinkhara, s. Livermore. 

Esther, b. Buckfield, m. Edmund Dean, s. Paris. 



498 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Sophia^ b. Bucklield. m. Xathaiiiel Tubbs. 

EUeanor, b. Buoktield, m. Job Perry, s. Paris. The mother d. , 

Married 2d. Polly Kicker of ^liuot. 
fieorgp, b. Buoktield, went to Ohio. Served in the Mexican war. 

Edmund, (son of Thomas.) m. Ruth, dau. of Amos Biyant 
of Middleborough, Mass., and settled in Bucklield. Moved to 
Paris in 1804, and removed to Hartford in 1809. Returned to So. 
Paris late in life, and died there, beloved and respected for his^ 
many sterling qualities. Children : 

JoH'Uhan, b. Biickfield, April 21, 1803, d. Feb. 1843. 

Esther, b. Paris, Dec. 13, 180.5, ni. Benjamin Royal, s. Paris. 

Elizabeth, b. Paris, 1808, died young. 

Jane, b. Hartford, May 14. 1810, m. Levi Barbour, s. Paris. 

Margarettc, b. Hartford, April (5, 1812, m. Solyman Pratt, s. Paris. 

Eujiicc, 1). Hartford, died youns^. 

David, b. Haitford, Feb. 1815, m. Mary Fogg, s. Hartford. 

Iluth, b. Hartford, April 1818, d. 1826. 

Xannj, b. Hartford, Aug. 0, 182."). m. \Vm. B. Royal, s. Paris. The 

mother died Oct. 20, 1843. Married 2d. Hannah Buck of Sumner. 

She died about ISCl. The father died Aug. 1808, at South Paris. 

MosES Allex, of a separate branch, was born in Minot, Aug. 
29, 1789. He came to Paris and settled on "High street." In the 
war of 1812, he was a sergeant in the company of Capt. Uriah Rip- 
ley. He married Rebecca, dau. of Samuel Whittemore of Hebron. 
Previous to 1822, he had moved to Harrison, and previous to 1825, 
he had located in Hebron, and was long known as Deacon Allen. 
His migrator}- instinct led him to ]S[echanic Falls, where he spent 
several 3 ears; then to Missouri, then to Pleasanton, ]NIich., and 
finally to \'alparaiso, Nebraska. He is now nearly ninety-five 
years of age. Children : 

Samuel Whittemore, b. Paris, Oct. 1.5, 1815. A physician in Missouri. 
John W., b. Harrison, Dec. 28, 1822, m. Hannah E. Maxim. 
Elizabeth ]]'., b. Hebron, Xov. 15, 1825, m. and settled in Missouri. 
Amanda J., b. Hebron, Dec. 11, 1828, m. Peter Nutting, s. X. H. The 
mother died in Missouri. 

John W., (son of Moses) m. Hannah E., dau. of Silas Maxim 
of Paris, Sept. 13, 1855, and settled in Mar3'land as a teacher; re- 
moved to Iowa, then Missouri, then Mich., and is now settled at 
Valparaiso, Nebraska. Children : 

Judson C, b. Sharpsburg, Va., July 4, 185(>, m. 3Iar}" Snyder, s. Neb. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 499 

]Vm. /'., b. Koliok:), Mo., Au<?. 8, 1859. 

Charles S., h. Kohoka, Mo.. June 14, 1864. 

Henry Austin, b. Ploasanton, Mkh.. Xov. .*{, 1808, died. 

Isaac Allen, a brother of Closes, m. Betsey, and settled in Paris. 
Children : 

Ei-oUne /., b. Pari*. Xov. 1, 1812. 

Sari Ann Millett, b. Paris, April 10, 1814. 

Cyrtis Prest-ott, h. Paris, Jan. 26, 1816. 

Jeremiah Allen, of another family, m. Philena, dau. of Edmund 
Dean, and settled in Paris. Children: 

C'Uira^ b. Paris, Sept. 1(5, 1822, ni. Lucius Bonney, s. Sumner. 
Clinda Eairmn, b. Paris, April 27. 1824, d. Dec. 7, 1843. 
Britanla, b. Paris, Mch. 10, 1826, ni. Samuel Xewell, s. Sumner. 
Joseph WUkshire. b. Paris. Jan. 10, 1829, m. Mary Dunn. 
Caroline, h. Pari<. July 14, 1831, d. April 10, 1834. The mother died 
April 25, 1857. 

•Joseph Wilkshire, (son of Jeremiah) m. Mary, dau. of Elias 
and .Alary (Doble) Dunn, Sept. 7, 1853. She was b. Feb. 4, 1832. 
Children : 

James Quiiiri/, b. .hily 8, 18.54, m. Ada F. Conwell, s. Franklin Pit. 
Susan Ida, h. Sept. 27, 1850, m. James V. Colburn, s. Paiis. 
Clara Brittanin, b. Xov. 27. 1858, d. Aug. 26, 1878. 
Edtcard Ecerett, b. Feb. 14, 1863. 
Gertrude IF., b. July 19. 1867. 

Micah Allen was the son of Dr. 3Ilcah and his 3d wife, 
Margarette (Ford) Allen of Sumner. He was b. Mch. 2r), 1794, 
and in. June 20, 1824, p:iiza (Battles), dau. of Thomas Dunham of 
Hebron. She was b. Mch. 20, 1804. He was a tailor by trade, 
and settled on Paris Hill. Children : 

Auf/ustus Coleman, b. May 15, 1825, d. Sept. 4, 1853, in Xew Orleans of 
cholera. 

Avis Elizabeth, h. June 23, 1827, m. Gideon B. Bowker. 

Francis Ernenj, b. Dee. 24, 1831. 

Micah Ciishinif, b. Xov. 22, 1833. m. .Alariali Bailey of Bangor. 

WiUiaiii Knight, b. April 21, 1837. The mother died Dec. 8, 1840. Mar- 
ried 2d. Atholinda. widow of Benjamin Russell, and dau. of Thomas 
Cushman of Greenwood, Oct, 8, 1843. She was b. Xov. 8, 1809. 

Henrietta Griffin, b. June 10, 1845. 

Frederic Augustus, b. Feb. 21, 1849. The father died June 15, 1881. 

Hannah, a sister of Micah, was long a resident of Paris Hill, and died 
there. 



500 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jonathan Allen of the sixth generation from James Allen, 
the progenitor of the Allen family of Medfielcl, Mass.. was the third 
sou of Asahel and Patience Allen of Medway, INIass., b. April 1. 
1780, m. Sarah Houghton of Princeton, Mass. He was a carpen- 
ter by trade, and came to Paris in the employ of Luke Bemis, and 
erected the buildings on the lot since known as the Pike farm — now 
owned b}' S. F. Briggs. After completing the buildings, lie rented 
the farm and entered into sheep husbandry. The Bemis l)rothers 
stocked the farm with Merino sheep, believed to be the first of this 
breed introduced into the town. He was drowned while washing- 
sheep at Snow's Falls, June 5, 1815, and was l:)uried in the Stearns 
neighborhood, where a suitable stone has since been erected by his 
son Otis. The children were : 

Otis, h. Sept. 12, 1808. Settled hi Lowell, 1828, and Diarried Louisa 

Bixby of Litrhfield, X. IL, in 1831, and is now living in Lowell, Mass. 

He has been largely engaged in manufacturing, and has become 

wealthy. 
Carnli))r, h. Xov. 8, 1809, m. Jonathan Stone, s. Hubbardston, Mass. 
.Juimlluni, b. Oct. 10, 1815, m. Allina Fuller of Xorridgewock, Me. The 

widow, after tlie death of lier husband, returned to WatertoAvn, Mass. 

JShe died in Lowell, Mass., .Tune 12, 18G7. 

Austin. 
Rev. Henry Allen Austin was the son of John Austin of 
Becket, Mass. He was bor)i Nov. 23, 1821, and settled in Pleas- 
anton, Mich. ; m. Caroline F. Maxim, Nov. 30, 1871. He died in 
Pleasanton, June 2, 1882, and the family returned to Paris in 1883. 
Children : 

Bose Can-it', b. in Pleasanton, Mich., June 11, 1873. 
3Iar)j Hannah, b. in Fleasauton, Mich., June 12, 187G. 
Jlcitri/ Pre)itist<, h. in Pleasanton, Mich., Oct. 14, 1878. 

Bacon. 

Benjamin Bacon, son of Benjamin of Westmoreland, N. H., and 
Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Lemuel Holmes of Paris, m. Elizabeth M., 
dan. of Samuel Biyant of Woodstock. Children : 

Benjamin, in. Betsy Jane Chandler. 

Samnel Brtjant, m. Mary A. Cliase. 

IsahcUa Ja)ic, m. Greenwood B. Tuell. 

iSarah, m. David G. Swan. 

Laura -V., m. Henry Madison Buck. 

Charles ;S'., m. Eliza M. I'enley. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 501 

Lucy .4., b. Xov. 4. 1847, il. Feb. 18, ISG"). The mother died and he 
inav-ried 2d, widow of Levi Frank of Xorway, and daughter of Joseph 
( liurehill, .July 28, 18G7. 

Samuel B. Bacon, son of the preceding, m. 'Mvay A., dau. of 
Solomon and Harriet (Churchill) Chase, May 1, 18G4, He was a 
carpenter by trade, and built several of the l)uildings at West Paris. 
Children : 

Citrletou Herseij, b. Dec, 1, 186G. 
John Clarence, b. Dec. 24, 1868. 
Hattie Lunette, b. Dec. 14, 1870. 
Anna Maud, b. Aug. 1, 1873. 
Evelena, b. April 30, 1875. 
Helena, b. June 18, 1878. 
The father died Dec. 3, 1878. 

Barbour. 
Levi Barbour was of Pownal, Me. He m. Jane, dau. of Edmund 
Allen of Paris. Children : 

AJhert GaUatin, b. Xov. 2, 1832. ni. Sarah A. :\Ierrill. 
E.-'iher 7?., b. May 3, 1834, m. Horace X. Bolster. 
He died in 1840, and his wife in 1879. 

Albert G. Barbour, son of Levi, m. Sarah Abliy, dau. of Moses 
Merrill. Children : 

Addle, b. . ni. s. in Auburn. 

CUrenre, b. , d. , 1882. 

Albert. 
George. 

Barroavs. 

Three brothers by the name of Barrows, came from Middle- 
borough, ]\Iass. They were the sons of Moses and Deborah (Tot- 
man) Barrows of Plympton. Two of them, Asa and IMalachi, 
settled in Paris, and Ansel in Sumner. 

Asa Barrows was b. July 28, andm. Content Benson of Middle- 
borough, Feb. 12, 1781. He settled on the lot, now the homestead 
of William A. Kuig. He subsequently exchanged farms with Capt. 
Samuel King, and moved to High street, and afterward to "Hamlin's 
Grant." He was a prominent member of the Baptist church. 
Children : 

AhijaJt, b. Xorth Yarmouth, .July 30, 1782. He Avas in the war of 1812, 
and died in the campaign in Northern Xew York. 

Asa, b. in I'aris, 3Iay i), 1784, m. Anna Pike. He d. in .Milan, X. H. 



502 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Deborah, h. iu Paris, May 21, 178G, d. . Hers was the first burial 

in the Bisco cemetery. 
FoUij, b. in Paris, Sept. 22, 1788, ni. Morton Curtis, a 2d wife, and died 

1879, at the age of 91 years. 
Hannah, b. in Paris, Aug. 5, 1790, ni. Moses Robbins, s. Milan, X. H. 
CaJch Benson, b. in Paris, April .5, 1793, ni. Abagail, dau. of Malachi 

Barrows, s. Hamlin's Grant ; d. in Aroostook, aged about 90. 
llaehael, 1). in Paris, Aug. 3, 1795, m. John Ellingwood, s. Milan, X. H. 

The mother died, 1735, the father died at Morton Curtis" 1850. 
Malachi, a brother of Asa, settled on the lot now the homesteads of the 

brothers, Austin and Xathan Cliase. His military i-eeord is referred to 

in auotlier place. A daughter, Abagail, m. Caleb B., a son of Asa. 

We have no further record of the family. 

Cornelius Barrows, son of Dea. AVilliam and Sarah (Dunham) 
Barrows of Hebron, was born Mch. 10, 1793, and m. Anna, dau. of 
Ichabod and Rachael (Cole) Packard. She was b. Aug. 2(i, 1798. 
Children : 

William L<'i'-ix, b. April 8, 1822, d. , 1859, in Kansas 

Ann Olive, b. Aug. 25, 1823, ui. Sylvanus Bearce, s. Hebron. 

John Stnart, b. Dec. 20, 1824, m. Lucy Ann Hall. 

Albert C'i)rneliiis, b. Aug. 23, 1826, m. Widow Elvira Latham, and dau. of 

David ]\rorse of Norway, b May 8, 1818, s. at .So. Paris. (See Military 

Eecord.) 
Elizabeth Maria, b. Nov. 6, 1829, m. Cyprian Hall. 
Silas Maxim, b. Mcli. 15, 1833, m. Lydia, dau. of Ephraim Packai'd of 

Blanchard and A\'as killed at the battle of Fredericksl^urg, Va., Dec. 

13, 1802. The mother died in Paris, June 15, 1852, the father died in 

Hebron, July, 18G9. 

John S. Barrows, (son of Cornelius) m. Lncv Ann, dau. of 
Major Cj'prian and Lucy (Brett) Hall, May 31, 1852, and settled 
iu Paris in the Hall neighborhood. Children : 

Emma Cora, b. June 19, 18.54, m. Prince B. Waldron. She died April 26, 

1876, in Paris. 
Lury Anna, b. Oct. 21, 1857, d. Dec. 21, 1878. 
Oscar Ellsirnrth, b. Feb. 27, 1861. 
Edf/ar Eluijd, b. Dec. 1, 1866. 

Harvey Barrows was of Sumner, and passed his boyhood in the 
family of Elder James Hooper. He m. Hannah Beckler, whose 
grandfather was of German birth, and settled in Albany. Children : 

Elizabeth, m. Sullivan Barrett, s. Sumner. 
Hannah, m. AVni. IJichardson, s. Greenwood. 
tSabrina, d. at the age of 13. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 503 

■,/ames Hooper^ b. Dec. 21, 18;U, m. Mary P. Fuller. 
George S., b. July, 1833, s. in Oliio. 

JSamantha, in. Battles, s. Nebraska. 

Ahbij Fntnn's, d. at the age of 4. 

tSabrind, again, ni. Asaph K. Jackson. The father is now living in Ohio. 

Tlie mother d. 185."). 

James Hooper Barrows, (sou of Harvey) m. Mary I*., dau. of 
Lewis Fuller. Settled in Paris in 1854. Has been largely engaged 
iu the manufacture of chairs. 

Ella 3/., b. Feb. 22, 18.^9. 

Aloxzo F. Barrows, son of Joel and Damaris Barrows, b. in 
Hebron, March 17, 1835, m. Sarah J., dau. of Jonathan and Nancy 
Pulsifer. She was b. in Sumner, Aug. 19, 1839. He served in the 
war of the rebellion, is a ])lacksmith b}' trade, and settled at South 
Paris. Children : 

Alberta J., h. Xov. 1, 18.')8, m. Charles Henieuway. 

Freddie 3/.. b. Feb. 13, 18G0, d. 8ept. 1861. 

Franl- E., b. June 25, 1866. 

Charles A., b. March 25, 1868, d. July 15, 1884. 

Fred Jr., b. July 31, 1870. 

tSadie A., h. June 2. 1782. 

Barrett. 

"Wright Barrett was born in Sumner, Jan. 5, 1816, and m. 
Harriet, dau. of Sprague Churchill, April 4, 1841, and settled iu 
Bangor. Children : 

Frank Winsloir, b. Feb. 28, 1843, ni. Georgia A. Young, s. Paris. The 
father d. in Bangor, May 15, 1845. The widow m. Solomon Chase. 

Frank AV. Barrett, son of Wright, m. Georgia A., dau. of 
George Young. Children. 

George W., b. 1868. 
i^/■a/•^/ P., b. 1869. 

Barton. 

Asa Barton, son of Aaron Barton of Bethel, formerly of New- 
ton, Mass., m. Lydia Chase of Livermore, and came to Paris Hill 
m 1820. He kept store in company with John Woodbury. His 
store was the building afterward the shop of John R. Merrill. He 
lived in the house of Thomas Chase, who theu owned the Goodenow 
farm. Children : 



504 niSTORY OF PARIS. 

Lydia Flora, b. Hallowell, :Mch. 24, 1819. 
Asa Bowers, b. Portland, April 9, ISll. 
Marion Concordia, b. Paris, June 3, 1823. 
Melvina Labertas, b. Paris, May 6, 1825. 

Bartlett. 

TiLDEN Bartlett, son of Capt. Josiah, who came from riymouth, 
Mass., to Norwa}-, his mother a Ilohnes, bought lot number twent}-- 
nine in the first range, and lived upon it a numlier of 3-ears, then 
moved to Hamlin's Gore, and from there to Bethel. His wife was 
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Abagail (Irish) Buck of Buckfield. 
Several of the oldest children were born in Paris. 

Eachel, b. June, 1808, m. Ximennes Philbrick of Buckfield. 
Tilden, b. Sept. 1810, m. Sarah Eastman. 
Martha, ^ b. April, 1S12, m. Adam Knight. 

^ twins. 
Abigail, j b. April, 1812, m. Joseph Frye. 
Benjamin, b. March, 1814, ni. Hannah Brooks of Paris. 
Sijlvia, b. Dec. 1815, m. Ferdinand A. Warren of Buckfield. 
Sarah, b. Oct. 1817, ni. Asa Kecord. 
Abijah, b. Aug. 1819, m. Hannah Stevens. 
Eliza, b. March, 1821, m. William Chase. 
Elmira, b. January, 1824, m. Alfred Harris. 
Enoch, b. Dec. 1825, m. Louisa Trask. 

JosiAH Bartlett, Jr., brother of the preceding, lived in Paris, 
and a neighbor to Tilden, for quite a number of years, and then 
moved to Reily Plantation. He married Hannah Tubbs of Norway. 
His children were Jacob, Kobert, David, Josiah, Desire and Hannah. 
Desire married John York of Albany, and Hannah married a 
Morgan, and then Dennis "NVescott. 

Bates. 
Elijah Bates lived in the northeast section of the town. He 
died May, 182G, leaving no children. He was a relative of the 
families that have since resided in Paris, being a brother to tlie 
grandftither of Benjamin F. and Daroma D. Bates. 

Bemis. 

Joseph Bemis was in Watertown, INIass., as early as 1(;40. He 
was b. in 1609, and d. Aug. 7, 1G84. 

John, (son of Joseph) b. Aug. 1G5'J, and d. Oct. 24, 1732, m. 
Marv Harrington. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 505 

Jonathan, (son of John) was born Nov. 17, 1701, m. Anna 
Livermore. 

David, (sou of Jonathan) was b. Jan. 25, 172G, m. Mary 
Bowman. 

Jonathan, (son of David) was b. June 12, 17G2, m. Sept. 22, 
1781, Mary, dan. of Capt. Samuel Stearns of Watertown. He 
came to Paris in the spring of 17'J6, and settled in the Stearns 
neighborhood, and afterward moved to Paris Hill. His military 
service is referred to in another place. He was the first innholder, 
and was an enterprising, public spirited citizen. Children : 

Mo-i/, b. Sept. 14, 1782, d. Mch. 28, 1807. 

David, h. April 24, 1784, d. April 14, 1839. 

Elizabeth, b. Feb. IG, 1786, d. April 5, ISGG. 

Jonathan, b. Feb. 26, 1788, m. Olive Hannnond. 

He7iry, b. April 3, 1790, d. April 6, 1790. 

James, b. March 26, 1791, d. Oct. 27, 1846. (Referred to in Military 

Record.) 
Francis, b. Oct. 1, 1793. (Referred to hi Military Record.) 
Atii/ustus, b. Paris, Dec. 9, 179G, m. Batlisbeba L. Stowell. The father 

died July 5, 1828. The niotlier died Nov. 14, 1841. 

David Bemis, son of Jonathan, m. in 1805, Mehitable, dan. of 
Ephraim Field. She was born in Bridgewaler, Mass. Children : 

Charles W., b. Sept. 26, 180(>, in. Avice, dan. of Benjaniin Pratt. 
Mar;/ Vose, b. March 6, 1808, ni. Cyrus Bessey. 
Anno liichardson, b. Jan. 31, 1810, m. Charles Tribon. 
Charlotte Field, b. Mch. 12, 1812, m. Cyprian Benson. 
Jane Field, b. May 15, 1814, m. David Purvey. 
Hannah liirhardson, b. June 17, 1816, ni. Charles AVoodbury. 
David Waldo, b. Oct. 19, 1818. 

Catherine Mehitahle, b. Oi-t. 26, 1821, m. Charles "Woodbury. 
James Francis, b. April 3, 1824, d. May 7, 1832. 
Ahar/ail Bridge, b. Oct. 13, 1826, in. Isaac S. Curtis, s. Woodstock. 
The father died April 15, 1839. 

Jonathan Bemis, brother of the preceding, m. Olive, dan. of 
Benjamin Hammond. Children : 

M((ry S'tearus, b. July 22, 1821, m. .Tohn M. Hersey. 
Elizabeth Hammond, h. Nov. 16, 1823, d. about 1836. 
(reor(j(* Henry, b. Aug. 13, 1826. The father died in Biddeford. Sept. 25, 
18.51. 

Augustus Be:mis, (bro. of the preceding) m. Bathsheba, dan. of 
Elias Stowell. Children : 

Frederic Auf/ustus, b. Jan. 29, 1821. 



506 history of pakis. 

Benson. 

1 Elnathan Benson, b. in AVareham, Mass., Fel). 15, 1745, m. 
Sarah Gibbs, b. July 17, 1741. Most of the children were born in 
AVareham, Mass.. previous to their removal to Hebron, Me. 
Children : 

2 Ji'phthiih^ b. Sept. '24, 1763, m. Silence Churchill. 

3 Maria, b. Aug. 17, 1765. 

4 JElnathan, b. June 28, 1767. 

5 Xathan, b. July 15, 1769. 

6 Z('php))iah, b. . 

7 Maria, b. , ui. Jabez Churchill. 

8 xVhnn\ b. Xov. 24, 1775, m. Catharine Colburn, s. Paris. 

9 Si'lh, b. Nov. 24. 1774, ui. Esther Jackson, s. Paris. 

10 Salbj, b. , ni. Benjamin Churchill. 

11 Caleb, b. , m. Margaret Farris. 

12 Jonathan G., b. June 28, 1780, m. Lucy AV. Heisler, s. Paris. 

13 Joshua, b. , m. Iluldah Bessey, 1827, s. Paris. The father d. 

Aug. 10, 1S14. The mother d. Nov. 25. 1823, hair unchanged at 83. 

8 Abner Benson, (son of Elnatlian 1) m. Catharine, dait. of 
Jerathmael Colburn of Paris. Children : 

14 Clarissa, b. Xov. 17, 1809, m. John Chase, s. Bethel. 

15 Sallii, h. Sept. 13, 1811. Kesidence on Paris Hill. 

16 Cathcrinr, b. May 23, 1814 m. Eev. Marcus AVight. 

The father died Xov. 17, 1814 or 1816. The widow m. 2d," John Butter- 
field. 

9 Setii Benson, (son of Elnathan 1) m. Esther, dau. of Samuel 
Jackson of Newton, Mass., May 31, 171)8. She had two sisters 
that m. Durells. See Durell family. Children : 

17 Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1799, d. Aug. 3, 1805. 

18 Seth, b. May 21, 1800, d. about 1816. 

19 Esther, h. Xov. 18, 1801, m. Sylvanus Dunham. 

20 Etnathan, b. Xov. 19, 1803, d. Oct. 1805. 

21 SaJIij, b. Aug. 21, 1805, m. Jacob AVhitman. 

22 Samuel Wood, b. June 6, 1807, m. Achsa Hammond of AVoodstock. 

23 Eliza, b. April 2, 1809, m. Cyprian AVhitmau. 

24 Cribbs, b. March 17, 1811, m. Lucinda Chase. 

25 Cmrrian, b. Dec. 21, 1812, m. Charlotte Bemis. 

26 Laura, b. Sept. 11, 1815, m. Phineas B. AVarner. 

27 Ahner, b. , m. Adaline Tuell. 

12 Jonathan Gibbs Benson, (son of Elnathan 1) m. Lucy AV., 
dau. of Isaac Heisler, b. May 25, 1787, probably of German 
descent, settled near AVest Paris. Children : 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 



507 



28 Sarah Gibb.s, h. Aug. 6, 1807, in. p:k'azer Austin llolnic?. 

29 Mary Heisler, b. April 22, 1809, living on the homestead. 

30 PrisriUa Mrlutiirp, b. March G, 1811, m. Edwin Farrar. 

31 Ehi'uezer MrLtti/rc, b. 1813. 

32 Catherine Heisler, b. March 17, 1815, ui. Ebcnezer B. Huinpliroy. 

33 Zepheniah, b. Marcli 20, 1817. 

The fatlier d. Feb. 5, 1857. Tlie mother d, Sept. 15. 1869. 

34 Joseph Benson, (son of Jephtha 2) in. May 26, 1820, Beulah, 
dau. of Solomon Bisbee of Sumner. She Avas b. Dec. 17, 1799. 
They settled on the farm, now the homestead of Abner Benson, and 
afterward moved to Sumner. Children : 

35 Ah<'J Stetson, b. April 2, 1821. m. Deborah Phillips, 
30 Hath Barrett, b. June 25, 1822, m. Benjamin Young. 

37 Wai. Wallace, b. Nov. 30, 1823, m. Ann Dunham. 

38 Fidelia, b. April 7, 1825. m. Asia Keen. 

39 JIanj Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1827, m. Israel Fletcher. 

40 Benjamin F., b. July 1, 1828, died young. 

41 Joseph Franklin, b. April 23, 1830, m. Sarah M. Ryersou. 

42 America Bisbee, b. Oct. 21, 1831, m. Elizabeth A. Kilbreth. 

43 Elbriihje Stetson, b. April 25, 1833. m. Jane Loring Russell. ( 

44 Thomas Benton, b. ilarch 30, 1835, m. Amanda T. C'ushman. 

45 Sylcia Howe, b. Aug. 23. 183(j, m. Decator Monk. 

46 Calvin Bisbee, b. Aug. 27, 1838, m. Eosabelle C'ushman. 

47 Sophia Morton, b. Sept. 27, 1840, m. John Brown Hathaway. 

48 John Morton, b. April 9, 1843, d. Oct. 24, 1862, in the army at New 

Orleans. 
The father d. July 2. 1S(;8. The mother d. Sept. 10. 1874. 

24 Uea. Gibbs Benson, (son of Seth 9) m. Lucinda, dan. of 
Merrill Chase of Woodstock, Nov. 3, 1833. He was chosen Deacon 
of the Baptist church, North Paris, in 1847, and faithfully filled the 
office up to the time of his death, April 7, 1881. Children : 

49 ./«/(•'?, b. Dec. 14, 1834, m. Luther Y.. Tubbs. 
.50 Seth, b. Aug. 28, 1836, m. Charlotte Chase. 

51 Harden, b. June 8, 1838. killed in the army, June 1, 1864. 

52 Jonathan G., b. July 28, 1840, d. July 26, 1842. 

53 Adelia, b. Sept. 29, 1842, m. James R. Tucker. 

.54 Sophia C, b. Jan. 18, 1845, m. Wm. Dunham, d. Xov. 11, 1S73. 

.55 Katie H, b. Nov 10, 1848, m. Benjamin S. Doe. 

56 Abbie F.,^. June 20, 1850, m. Fred C. Low. 

57 Gibbs Z., b. Dec. 18, 1852, m. Hattie Rowe. 

58 Ida L., b. Dec. 16, 18.54, m. J. B. Field. 

59 Emma A., b. April 26, 1860, m. F. L. Barrett. 



508 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

25 Cyprian Benson, (son of Seth 9) m. Charlotte F., dan. of 
David Beniis. Children : 

GO Ahhie Josfphiue, b. 1844. 

(Jl Charles Btnuis, b. Feb. 27, 184G, ni. ^Nlary Emogene Hammond. 

62 George Sanforcl. 

The mother d. 1881. 

27 Abner Benson, (son of Seth 0) ni. Adaline, dau. of Ebenezer Tuell. 

Children : 
G3 Fortesqne. 

G4 Lercnj^ m. Cora E. Lambkin. 

The mother died. Married 2d, 1859, Mrs. Sobrina Dunham. 
G5 Juliette. 
The mothei- died. Married 3d, Mrs. Sarah II. Cliild. 

50 Rev. Seth Benson, (son of Dea. Gibbs 24 1 ra. Charlotte, 
dau. of Sibley Chase of Paris, March 19, 1859. Children : 

GG J. EUen, b. Feb. 11, 18G0. 

G7 Walter II., b. Sept. 13, 18G1, d. Aug. 6, 18G2. 

G8 Stella L. 

G9 Lida E., b. April 14, 1871. 

70 Harden F. 

The mother d. March 3, 1882. Married 2d, Ilanuali (i., dau. of Jacob 
and Sarah Emmons of Greenwood. 

57 GiniJS Z., (sou of Dea. Gibbs 24) m. Ilattie E. Rowe. Children: 

71 Harden (t., h. Oct. 2, 1S77. 

61 Charles Bemis Benson, (son of Cyprian 25), m. Mary 
Emogene, dau. of George W. Hammond. He was admitted to the 
bar. and is in the practice of his profession at North Paris. 
Children : 

72 Ilohi-rt Sanford, b. :March 2, 1880. 
The mother d. Marcli 24, 1880. 

Bent. 
"William Bent Avas born in Middleborongh, Mass,, in 1767, and 
m. Olive, dau. of John and Hannah (Cusliman) Bessey of AVare- 
ham, ]\rass. He was a nail maker by trade. He came to Paris pre- 
vious to 1790. Children : 

Olive, b. in Middle1>oroug-li, Xov. 30, 1790. d. young. 

Otis. b. in ^Nliddleborough, Aug. 2G, 1793, m. Hannah Wallier. 

Orr<')u b. in Paris, Marcli 27, 179G, m. Caroline Eaton of Faxmford. 

]Vm Jr., b. in Paris, 3Iarch 24, 1798, m. Cynthia Eussell. 

Olive, b. in Paris, Sept. 10, 1800, m. :Mark B. Eawson. 

Bcthiah. h. in Paris, Oct. 5, 1S02, m. Tristram Norton, s. Livei-moro. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 509 

Christ iioia, h. in Paris. ^larrli 4, 18(1"). m. Alansou ]\Icllcii Diiiiliaui. 
Ahiiira. b. in Paris, March 14. 1807, m. Samuel Jackson Durell: 
John, b. in Paris, :Marcli 12, 180!), ni. Dolly Kej^s. 
Lucy Cole, b. in Paris, Sept. 15, 1812, ni. Simeon Cunnninos. 
The mother died , IS-")!. The father died May 20, 1858. 

Otis Bext, son of William the preceding, m. Hannah, dan. of 
Eichard Walker of Fryeburg. Settled on the farm now owned ly. 
Charles Felton, and afterward on the lot now known as the Bent 
farm. He sold the fiirm, and purchased the Richard INIorton stand, 
South Paris, which he occupied through life. Children : 

Clarissa Shaw, b. April 18, 1817, m. Charles Howe. 
Ann Chandler, b. Jul}' 12 1818, m. Wellington Dudley. 

Daniel Chandler, b. 1821, m. Harriet Hamlet of Epping, X. H. ; 2d. 

Arabella Holmes. 
Orren Webster, h Jan. 31, 1824, m. Mary Morse. 
Tlie father d. March 31, 1871. The mother d. June 1, 1877. 

William Bent, brother of the preceding, m, Cynthia Russell of 
Bethel. Children : 

Anyeline, m. Alexander Libbej^ ; 2d, Samuel Phinnej'. 

Cijntkia Augusta, m. Albert Livermore, s. Lowell, Mass. 

Mary Jane, b. Sept. 1827, m. Frederic Fibbey ; 2d, Albert Q. Felton. 

Elizabeth, b. , 1820, d. in infancy. 

Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1834, m. Horace Waldron. 

Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1834, m. Augustus Kuowles, s. Lowell, Mass. 

Olive Elizabeth, b , 1S3G, m. Isaac Trask, s. Roxbury, Mass. 

William, b. July, 1837, m. Lucy Knowles, s. Lowell, Mass. 

Tlie mother d. , 1843. Married 2d, Hannah Wardwell of Oxford. 

The father d. Dec. 9, 1878. Hannah Bent, d. March 28, 1881. 

15 Orren Webster Bent, son of Otis and Hannah (Walker) 
Bent, m. Maiy, dan. of Dea. Elisha Morse. He is a cabinet maker 
b}' trade. He now resides at South Paris. Children : 

Louisa M., b. Jan. 21, 1848, m. Charles E. Kichardson. 

Otis Morse, b. May 26, 1850, d. June 16, 1881. ]Merchant at South Pai'is. 

2Iary Ella, b. Oct. 13, 1853, m. George F. Wescott. 

Sarah Lizzie, b. March 24, 1855, d. Aug. 6, 1856. 

Lillie if., b. May 6, 1858. 

Anna Chandler, b. May 5, 1860, m. F. T. Crommett, s. Boston. 

The mother d. April 18, 1883. 



510 history of paris. 

Berry. 

Dea. William Berry, his wife Joanna Doane, came from Fal- 
mouth, and was one of the earl}- settlers of Buckfield. His father was 
George, who married Sarah Stiekney, his grandfather George, who 
married Elizabeth Frink and came from Kittery to Falmouth in 
1732, and was proprietor of Berry's shipyard; also a major in the 
French and Indian wars. The parents of the last named George, 
were George Berry and Deliverance Haley ot Kittery. Dea. William 
Beriy had eleven children, all of whom grew up and had families. 
Three of the sons came to the north part of Paris. 

Levi Berry, b. in Falmouth, April 28, 1777, m. Lusannah, dau. 
of Soloman Bryant, and came to this town from Woodstock in 1811. 
His place was near West Paris Station. He died in Smyrna, Me., 
Feb. 8, 1854. Children : 

Levi Jr., b. .Tune 11, 1801, m. Polly Hammond. 

Loiirisa, b. April 9, 180.3, m. John Laphain, son of Abijah. (See 
Lapliam) 

William, b. April 4, 1805, m Sally Lovejoy of Xorway. He has lived in 
Pai-is and Woodstock, and died in Norwaj-. His children were Levi, 
died young-; Sarali J., m. James M. Abbott of Oxfoi-d; Elvecy, m. a 
Davis, who died, and she re-married and went to ^lassaehusetts ; 
Frank L., who has been twice married. 

Leonard, b. Feb. 7, 1807, m. Hannah Pool of Xorway, dau. of Joshua, 
lived many years in Paris, and then went to Woodstock and died there. 
His children, born in Paris, were Edwin R., went to California, thence 
to Nevada and died there, leavin»- a family ; Julia, m. Albion P. Cole 
of AVoodstoek; Albina S., m. Wm. H. Cole; Cyrus P., m. Lucy Cole 
daughter of Col. Cyprian of Greenwood; Horace C, m. Angelia Cole, 
dau. of same; Geo. L., killed in the army; Flora J., m. Henry F. 
Cole of Greenwood, and Henry, A\ho is married, and still resides in 
Woodstock. 

Aurelia, b. April 29, 1810, m. Elijah Swan, Jr., of Paris. (See Swan.) 

Cordelia, b. Aug. 17, 1829, m. Abel Bacon. 

Levi Berry, Jr., who married Polly Hammond, lived in Paris a 
few years and then moved to Wilton. Being unsuccessful in lousi- 
ness, he moved to Aroostook county soon after 1840. He settled in 
the town of Smyrna, then a wilderness, and cleared up a farm of 
several hundred acres. Besides extensive farming, he kept a store 
and public house, and engaged in lumbering. He died in 18 — . 
Children : 

Thaddeus C. S., b. Aug. 24, 1823, m. Susan Oakes, May 19, 1844. He is 
a physician in Houlton. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 511 

LinUa Jani\ b. Xuy:,. 0, lSi>(i, m. 1st, Oliver II. Perry; 2il. Wm. Winsluw. 
Pdeg H., b. Aus;. 10, 18-20, m. Caroline Kstes, April 17, 1850. 
Amhella It., b. Dee. 29, 1831, d. Feb. 1, 1841. 
Andrftr ./., b. Feb. 25, 1834, in. Julia E. Estes. He resides in Smyrna, 

and has been a member of the Legislature. 
Eliza Z>., b. Aug. 16, 1836, three times married; 3d. to Rev. Philip 

Wheeler. 
S(()iU(fil Z., b. June 21. 1838, m. Nellie Anderson, April 27, 1869. 
Mary Arabella, b. Feb. 15, 1842, m. Simon Adams. 
Levi, b. July 7, 1845. 

Polly Berry died in 18,59, and for second wife Levi Beny mar- 
ried Apharinda Eaton, and had : 

Geor(/e D., b. Xov. 13, 1860. 
Charlci^ IL, b. Aug. 4, 1862. 

William Berry, brother of Levi, 8r. , was born in Buckfield, 
April 11, 1783. He m. Deborah, dau. of John and Mar}' (Cole) 
Drake of Buckfield. William Berry was a Deacon of the Baptist 
church for many years. He was the first settler in what was after- 
ward called the Berry neighborhood — West Paris, about the 3-ear 
1800, beginning on the farm now occupied b}- Geo. H. Briggs, and 
lived here the rest of his life. Children : 

StiUman, b. July 15, 1811, m. Pei-sis Cushuian; went West. 

Harvey, b. May 4, 1813, m. Desire Perkins, moved to Hartford. 

Polly, b. Dec. 9, 1815, m. H. Hiram Heath, s. Sumner. 

Georije, b. May 25, 1818, m. 1st, Melissa Buck; 2d, Mary H. Marshall. 

Sally, b. .June 19, 1821, d. inimarried. 

William D., b. Xov. IS, 1823, m. .Joanna Lawrence, s. Sumner. 

Olive, b. Feb. 14, 1826, died young. 

Elvecey, b. Feb. 16, 1828, died young. 

Zeri, b. May 23, 1830, m. Elizabeth Packer, s. Sumner. 

The father died March 1, 1848. The mother died Dec. 6, 1857. 

Harvey Berry, sou of William, m. Desire, dau. of Dea. 
Cornelius Perkins. Children : 

Lucinda, b. Aug. 31, 1839, m. Leonard W. Thompson, s. Hartford. 
Hiram H., b. .Jan. 18, 1843, m. Rosanna Robinson, s. Hartford and West 

Paris. 
Elvesa, b. Sept. 7, 1844, m. Addison Tirrell, s. Auburn and South Paris. 
Charles Hinry, b. Sept, 4, 1846, m. Abbie F. Robinson, s. Hartford. 

Hiram H. Berry, son of Harvey, m. Rosanna Robinson of Hart- 



512 IIISTORl' OF PARIS. 

ford, and settled first in Hartford, and moved to West Paris. 
Children : 

Bosn May. 

Edith (rcrtnidc. 

Perh'ii. 

Pcrnj H. 

Etta. 

The mother d. March 31, 1S83; lu. 2tl. T.uey I'.. Davis, maiden name 

Fiekett. 

George Berry, sou of Deacon William Beriy, m. Melissa, dau. 
of Simeon Buck, Jnly 28, 1844. Cliildren : 

Cynthia A)in, h. May 20, 174G, m. Addison J. Ahl)ott. 

The mother d. June 10, 1848; m. id, Mary II., dau. of Nathan Marshall, 
Jan. 7, 1850. Children : 

Kathan Lcroy, h. Dee. 20, 1850, d. Sept. 20, 18.53. 

Eleazer, h.Jan. 2, 1852, d. Oct. 2, 1853. 

Geon/i' William, h. Aug. 8, 1854, m. Enuua Churchill. 

Fred Lcray, h. Aug. 24, 185G. 

Mary Lizzie, h. Sept. 11, 1858, m. Jolm AV. Carsley. 

BnsseU Eddy, h. July 7, 1801. 

EUa, h. Oct. 3, 18G3. 

Hiram 3IarshnU, h. Feb. 17, 1800. 

Jennie Eliza, h. March 20, 1808. 

Clara Etta, h. Feb. 10, 1873. 

George William Berry, son of the preceding, m. Emma 
Churchill, s. West Paris. Children : 
Loretta Churchill, b. Oct. 13, 1880. 
Geonje Lean, b. April 17, 1883. 

George Berry, brother of Levi and AYilliam Sr., was born in 
Buekfield, July 30, 1787. He m. Sally, dau. of Elijah Swan of 
Paris. Late in life he lived on the lot where West Paris village is 
now situated. The house has since been owned by H. G. Brown. 
He died in Brownfield. Children : 

Oliver F., b. July 2, 1813, m. Cynthia Lander, resides X. Y. 

EdvMrd L., b. Dee. 7, 1823, m. Carrie Case, d. N. Y. 

Ahbie L., b. Feb. 2, 1823, m. James M. Marshall, s. Milford. 

Wheeler F., b. May 19, 1825, d. July 5, 1851. 

Betsey J., b. June 8, 1827, m. William :Mooney, d. at West Paris. 

Elijah S., b. Nov. 18, 1829, m. Miranda Parlin, s. Mechanic Falls. 

Anna W., b. Aug. 11, 1833, m. X. T. Chapin of Milford, Mass; 2d, 
Wilham IJ. Gray, M. D., deceased. 

Georfje L., 1). July 9, 1830, d. June 22, 1857. 

Hiram B., 1). April 20, 1840, ra. Fanny Merwin, s. New York. 



HISTORY Ol- PARIS. 513 

Bkssey. 

1 Joshua Bessey of Wiiveham, Mass., with his two sons, John 
and Joshua, Jr., and their families, came to Paris in 1793. 

2 John, with his father, settled on lot 9, in the 9th range, which 
was the next lot north of the farm of Silas Maxim. Joshua, Jr., 
bought lot 11, ill the 7th range, Mch. 12, 1790, of Edmund Bowker. 
It is now the homestead of Wm. N. Daniels. His log house stood 
at the south end of the lot, and was afterward burned. The first 
singing school ever taught in town, was in the King district, by him. 
He m. ^lercy Morton of AVarcham, b. 17G2. Cliildren : 

3 Fdtttu 1). Warehani, :Mass., 1787, ni. Lewis Monk of IJuckrtphl. 

4 Bitscij, h. Warehani, Mass., 1789, ni. Isaac Jackson, 2(1 wife. 

5 Anthoni/, h. Wareham, Mass., 1791, m. Tliankful Stcai-ns of Bethel. 
G SHh, b. Wareham, Mass., 1793, ni. Susan Pratt. 

7 Lydia, b. Paris, 1795, in. Mark Enieiy, s. Poland. 

8 3fprc!/, b. Paris, 1795, d. Oct. 1810. 

9 PoUtj. b. Paris. 1797, n\. Theodore Steai-ns, s. Bethel. 

10 Xanoj, b. Paris, 1799, ni. Jaeob Jackson; is now living-. 
The mother died. Married 2d, Mrs. Silence (Churchill) Benson. 

11 Joshua 3(1, b. Paris, May, 1802. 

12 Charity, b. Paris, March, 1804, m. John Thurlow, s. Woodstock. 

13 Mahala, b. Paris, May, 1806, m. Sumner Stearns, s. Betliel. 
The father d. in Bethel, Oct. 1835. 

2 John Bessky, (son of Joshua 1 ) ni. Ilaunali, dau. of C'alel) 
Cushman of Hebron. She was born in Carver, Mass., Jan. 15, 
1745-6. Children : 

14 LiidJa. I). Warehani, Mass., m. Joseph Bessey of Middleboroiioh, 

Mass. 

15 SaUij, b. Warehani, Mass., ni. Joseph Sturtevant. 

16 OJire, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Wm. Bent. 

17 Hannah, 1). Wareham, Mass., ni. Holmes Doton. 

18 Lucy, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Joseph Cole. 

19 John Jr., b. VYareham, Mass., Feb. 8, 1782, m. Betsey Tripp. 

20 Calph, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Abagail Packard. 

21 HuJflah, b. Wareham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1791, m. Joshua Benson. 

The mother died in the road while she was returning home from Silas 
Maxim's. July 23, 1S25. She left six children, 48 orand-ehildien, and 45 
great grand-children. 

19 John Bessey, (son of John 2) m. Sept. 25, 1803, Betsey \V., 
dau. of Elder John Tripp of Hebron. She was born in Edgarton, 
on Martha's Vineyard, July 5, 1785, and settled in the Mountain 

33 



514 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

district. Late in life, be moved to Hebron. The mother died June 
3, 1837. The father d. in Hebron, July IG, 1867. Children: 

22 Erastns, b. July 26, 1804, ni. Sail}- Smith. 

23 Cyrus, h. Jan. 26, 1806, ui. Mary Beniis. 

24 Miirnuhi Tripp, b. Sept. 13. 1807, died about 1822. 
2.T 0?/(v, b. Oct. 30, 1809, m. Johnson Holt. 

26 John Grafton, b. July 17, 1811, killed by steamboat explosion on the 

Mississippi. 

27 Betsey Orson, b. June 5, 1813, m. Ethic Fairar, s. Bucktield. 

28 Sylvester, b. June 2.5, ISl.o, Bai)tist minister, s. Lincoln, Me. 

29 lioxalana, b. Jinie 18, 1817, m. George Wiglit, s. Peabody, Mass. 

30 Fessendf'iu h. April 29, 1819, m. Ilarmonj- Alger of Stoughton, Mass. 

31 Henry Osijuoil, )). .Tune 3. 1821, m. Almira Crookei-, s. Soutli Boston. 

32 Hannali, b. June 2, 1823, m. Henry Watkins, s. X. Y., now in Paris. 

33 Sarah, b. June 18, 182.5, umnarried in Bath. 

34 Angustus Havelock, b. March 15, 1829, s. Danvers. 

35 Charles Brainard, b. Sept. 11, 1831, m. 1st, Ilannali Sojiliin Gallison, 

s. Mechanic Falls; m. 2d, Aravesta (Whitman) IJawson. 

22 Erastus Bessev, son of John 19. m. Sally Smitli. Children: 

36 Joseph, b. , 1834, s. in Tenn. Enlisted in a Minnesota regiment, 

and was killed in a battle with the Indians, Aug. 1861. 

37 Hansard X., b. ^[arch 31. 1836. He m. Lucy Guptil of Abington, 

and had tln-ee cliildrcn, viz. : Mabel, Everett and Elmer. He died 
Aug. 1874, of injuries received from a gasoline explosion in a 
shoe factor}', of which he was su]>erintendent. 

38 Aldt^n E., b. Jan. 1, 1838, m. Helen ,1. Morton. 

23 Cyrus BESeEY, (son of -John l!li ni. Mary, dan. of David 
Bemis. Children : 

39 Mehitahle Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1843. 

40 J^dius Augustus, b. Oct. 11, 1835. 

41 Francis Sidney, b. Feb. 21, 1832, d. June 24, 1837. 

31 Henry Osgood Bessey, (son of John 19) m. Almira, dau. of 
Calvin and Almira (Thayer) Crooker. Children : 

42 AJire L., b. April 17, 1852. 

43 Georgt' H., b. May 6, 1859. 

38 Dr. Alden E. Bessey, (son of Erastus 22) spent his youth in 
the family of Dea. Austin Chase of Paris. Fitted for college at Hebron 
Academy, and at the Maine Wesleyan Seminarv, Kent's Hill, Me, 
Entered Amherst college in the winter of 1866, in the class of 1869. 
Remained in college two years, and then left to study the profession 
of medicine. Graduated at the Maine Medical School in June, 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 515 

1870. Practiced six montlis in Wayne, and then removed to Sid- 
ney, Me., where he remains in the siiccessftil practice of his profes- 
sion. He m. Helen J. Morton of Paris, May 4, 1863. Children : 

44 J/(')-fo)i ]]'., h. Oct. ;W, 18(38. 

45 E((rlf A'.. 1). ,Tan. It), 1871. 

Tlic iiiothfM- d. June 10, 1873. M;initHl 2(1, M;iy 28, 1874, f'hini A., dau. 
of Elbridye Fobes of tliis town. 

46 Lcnora, b. June 11, 1870. 

1 JosKi'ii Hkssey of Middlehorongh, Mass., m. Lydia. dan. of 
John Bessey, and settled on the lot afterwards owned by his son, 
Capt. Alden Bessey. He was blind the last years of his life. 
Children : 

2 J'oUy, ni. Gershoni Cole. 

3 Wiirrcu. HI. ^Iari>ery Ganniion. 

4 Sail!/, 111. Xath;iniel Billings. 

5 Laodiccti. HI. Epbriiiin Harlow, s. Bucktield. 
(5 EJisha, \n. Mrs. Verrill. 

7 John., 111. Ruth Allen. 

8 Hannidi. mi. Willard Andrews. 

9 Jofiepli Jr. 

10 Aldfiu b. April l(i, 1N07, in. Laodicca Benson. 

3 Warken Bessev, (son of Joseph 1 ^ ni. Margery Gammon. 
Children : 

11 Marij Lou-ell, b. April 18, 181G, in. Wni. McKenney. 

12 Salhj, b. Jan. 10, 1818. 

13 Warren Uliitefield, b. March T), 1821, now known as Hon. W. H. 

Vinton. 

14 Albi'm K. P<irrh, b. Oct. 4, 1823, s. in California. 

15 Cfiarlntte A., b. Aug. 24, 1827. 

16 Franklin, h. Jan. 3, 1831. 

7 John Bessey, (son of Joseph 1 ) ni. Ruth Allen of Buckfield : 
Children : 

17 Vlarisiia Columbia, b. July 24, 1826. 

18 Roxanna Whittemore, b. Dec. 13, 1829. 

19 American Libert;/, b. Sept. 7, 18.33. 

10 Capt. Alden Bessey, (son of Joseph 1) m. Laodicea, dau. of 
Elnathan Benson of Hebron, and settled on the homestead. He 
now resides in Buckfield. She was the grand- daughter of Elnathan 
and Sarah (Gibbs) Benson, b. March 25, 1807. Children : 

20 Alden Marion, b. July 21, 1828, m. Josephine Waldrou. 

21 Florinda. b. Xov. 7. 1830, m. Aaron Cobb. 



516 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

22 Lijdia, h. March 14, 1833, lu. >Shubal A. Baker. 

23 3fan/ Helen, h. Dec. 16, 1835, m. Augustus Pearson. 

24 Annie, m. Frank Merrill. 

25 Alvin Stnrterant, ni. Alfaivtta Turner. 
2(» FairtiehL 

20 Alden Mariox Bessey, ison of Capt. Alden 10) in. Jose- 
phine Waldion of Bnckfield. and settled on the home farm. 
Children : 

27 Lestn- Marion, b. Dec. 25, 185!). 

28 Winrield C, b. Sept. G, 1860, 
3Ian1ey TF., b. April 14, 1871. 

The mother d. ^lay 10. 1871. Married 2d. Saral). dau. of .Tacob Lane. 

BiCKNELL. 

John BiCKNELL. son of John of Bncklield, in. Marcena Churelnll. 
Cliildren : 

Joint, b. April 15, 1821, ni. Eveline Cuslnnaii. 
Jof<eph Bearce, b. Sept. 1823, ni. Adaline Woodman. 
Eiiiil;/, b. Mux 1826, m. Benjamin C. Lurvey of Wootistock. 
Williinn SinoU, b. March 1830, m. Mary Whitman. 

John Bicknell, Ji:., in. Eveline, dau. of Caleb and P^veliue 
(Bridgham) Cnshman of Bnckfield, Feb. 20, 1851>. She was 1). 
May 28, 1840. Children: 

Nellie, b. May 25, 1860. 
Af/nes, b. Jan. 6, 1866. 
John Alton, b. June 14, 1868. 
£rrJiin. 1). May 27, 1873. 

BlLLINOS. 

John Billings is said to have been brought up in the farailj' of 
Peter Durell of Newton, Mass. He came to Paris with the early 
settlers, and married here, Phebe, daughter of Eleazer Cole. He 
was born April 30, 1771, and his wife, October 31, 1777. His 
three oldest children at least, were born here. He began on tlie 
place recently occupied by Jonathan Starbird, and moved to Wood- 
stock prior to 1815. Cliildren : 

Jonathan, h. Jan. 7, 1798, m. Betsey Felt. 

Silas, b. March 24, 1800, m. first, Arinina Whitman ; second, Rebecca 

Whitman ; third, the widow of Willoughby Russell of Xewry, whose 

maiden name was Kilgore. He d. in Sept. 1884. 
Lxry, h. Feb. 22, 1802, in. Asa Thurlow, Jr. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 517 

./(//(//, b. April 2."). ISO;"), in. Hannah Cooper, dau. of Benjamin, and lived 

in Paris. 
Charles, b. Oct. 20, 1807, lived in the family of his brother .Jonathan; 

was never married. 
Samuel Dexter, h. Dee. 8. 1811, m. T.ucy Swan, dau. of Gideon; lived in 

Paris. 
Eleazer C. b. Jan. 22, 1817, in. ^lary J. Xute. 

John Billings, Jk., m. Susan, dau. of Benjamin Cooper, Sept. 
27. 1829. He lived several years at Macomber Corner in Paris. 
Late in life he went to live with his son, Simon S., in Oxford, where 
he died. 

Emihj C, b. Xov. 21, 1830, m. Gorham. 

Samuel Dexter, b. April 19, 1832, ni. Abbie A. Partridge. 

Simon S., b. Sept. 8, 1835. 

Philantha, b. Jan. 28, 1841, d. Jan. 26, 1846. 

The mother died Xov. 10, 1870. The father died IVIeli. 27, 1883. 

Leander S. BiLLiNCrS of another family, son of Charles and 
Eliza (C4ould) Billings, was b. in Waterford, Oct. 10, 1838. 
Located at South Paris about 1870, and has continued to reside 
here. Married Flora A., dau. of Arba Thayer of this town. 

BiSBEE. 

RowsE BisBEE was b. in Bridgewater, ]Mass., Oct. 10, 1775. He 
was eight years old when his parents came to Maine. He married 
Hannah Carriel of Buckfield. He came to Paris in 1801, and lived 
at South Paris. He afterwards moved to Woodstock. He was a 
blacksmith and mill-wright, an ingenious man, and a man of ability, 
though eccentric. His first wife died, and he married widow Wash- 
burn, who survived him, and married next Enoch Knight, and then 
Foxwell .Swan. The children of Rowse Bisbee were : 

Sopliroiiia. 1). April 1, 1801. ni. Joel Perham. 
Sueh b. August 13, 1803, m. Milla Whitman. 
Desire, b. Jan. 31, 180.5, m. William Chamberlain. 
Piraiii. b. Get. 8, 180!), m, Asenath Swett. 

RowsE Bisbee was the son of Charles and Beulah Howland, 
grandson of Moses, great-grandson of John. g. g. grandson of 
Elisha, and g. g. g. grandson of Thomas Bisbee (Besbedge), who 
with his wife, six children and three servants, came from .Sandwich, 
England, to Scituate, Mass., in 1634. 



518 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

America Bisbee, son of Solomon of Snniner, and nephew of 
Rowse abovenamed, lived at North Paris, and was a blacksmith. 
He now lives in Norway. He married 1st. Olive Gurney of Hebron ; 
2d, Cynthia C. (Buck), widow of Dr. Gilman Rowe, and 3d, Clara 
Tattle of Buckfield. Children by first marriage: 

Miriam^ b. Dec. 1, 1S.S2, m. Nathan D. I.ibby of I.ewiston. 

Wright, b. July 6, 1833, ni. Georgie liamb of Bennington, Vt.. ?;. Norway. 

Jonas Bisbee, brother of the preceding, b. April 27, 1818, was 
married to Mar^- J. Walker of Danville. March 15, 1840, by Rev. 
AV. F. Eaton, and resided at North Paris. Children : 

Im ir., b. Nov. 29, 1842, d. March 19, 18(j3 ; Man/ J., b. Feb. 4, 1845, m. 
Charles E. Stephens, Oct. 2, 18(55; Calrui, h. March 17, 1847, m. Fanny 
Churchill, Jan. G, 1874; Extlwr A., b. March 18, 1849, ni. Adna K. Tuell; 
Williaui F., b. Aug. 19, 18.55. 

Bird. 

John Bird, son of Samuel and Mary (Can) Bird, both of P^ng- 
land, as he always stated, was born in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 2, 1774, 
and went with his parents to (Quebec. The parents and four child- 
ren remained there, viz. : Samuel, Benjamin, Polly and Nanc^'. 
John came to the States, and in company with Jonathan Paine came 
to Paris. He worked for Daniel Stowell, and while there married 
the maid, Polly Churchill. Slie was of Hebron, formerly of Bridge- 
water. The}' were the second couple published after the organiza- 
tion of the town. They moved into the log house with Eleazer 
Cole in the Swift neighborhood, and afterward to a lot in Norway. 
Children : 

PolUi h. Nov. 20, 1796, ni. William Cliurchill. 

Xancy, b. Sept. 11, 1798. in. Daniel C'unnuiiigs. 

John Jr., b. Jan. 11, 1802, d. April 10, 1804. 

SamuH, b. March 14, 1804, m. bucy Dunn, d. Albany. 

John Jr., b. Sept. G, 1807. ni. Ann Young, 2d, Ennna Mason. 

Behccra, b. Aug. 13, 1810, ni. 1st, Levi Twitchell, 2d, Wm. Swan. 

Lf/nian. b. Jan. 23, 1812, m. 1st, Eliza Young. 

Benjamin, h. Dec. 15, 1813, ni. Harriet R. Millett, dau. of Nathan. 

A.'ioph, b. Dec. 12, 1817, m. Philena Tubbs, d. in Paris. 

Chritftiana, b. Dec. 1, 1819, ni. Jacob Tubbs. 

The father d. 1862, aged 88 years. 

John Bird, Jr., m. Ann, dau. of Capt. Amos Young of Green- 
wood. Children : 

1 ?Jliz<i A., b. Jan. 10, 1833, d. Aug. 25, 1850. 



HISTORY OK I'AHI:?. 



519 



II Jiilni .]/., 1). Dt'f. 1."), 183(:. ni. J:iiza J. .Tackson. 
in Am»!( A., b. Jan»^ 'M), 1840. 

IV Angcrniw A., b. Feb. 18, 1844. in. (■yni>; H. Witt of Noi-\vay. 
The inotlier died and he niairied 2(1, Knnna. dan. of IJev. Daniel ^lason 
of Bethel, 

V Amos A., b. Mareli 20, 1846, m. Anna J. Edgerly. 
VI J'iii}('s E.. b. Sept. 4, 1850, ni. ]Martha H. Gould of Bridgton. 
VII Martha A., b. May 25, 1854, in. Charles H. Barnard of Bridgton, 

AsAPii Bird, son of John, Sr., ni. Pliilenu, dan. of Angler Tubl)S 
of Norway, Dec. 12, 1841. She was b. Sept. -ir), 18IG. Children : 

Marietta P., b. July 15, 1844, m. F. L. WiUis, s. West Paris. 
Emma Jane^ b. Aug. 19, 1852, m. Eldron Stearns. 
Orra Asaph, b. Xov. 10, 1854. 
The father d. Feb. IG, 1879. 

John M. Bird, son of John, Jr., m. Eliza Jennette, dau. of 
Lemuel Jackson. Children : 

I Fred J., b. Jan. 4, 1868. 
The mother d. Jan. 4, 1868. Married 2d, Kaehel N. .Monroe. 
II Ella ]F., b. Nov. 14. 1809. 
The mother died Nov. 1878. Married ;5d, Margarette Holden. 

III Anna, b. Feb. 23, 1881. 

IV Jlari/ ]]'., b. Feb. 1884. 

Amos A. Bird, son of John, Jr. m. Anna J., dan. of Horace 
Edgerl}'. Children : 

Charles A., b. March 27, 1872, d. Aug. 27, 1872. 

Lizzie F., b. Oct. 20, 1874. 

John, b. Oct. 5, 1879, d. Jan. 7, 1880. 

Bisco. 

Nathaniel Bisco, the progenitor of the AVatertown famih-, wrote 

his name Brisco, which is undoubtedl}' the true orthography. The 

coat of arms indicates that this is an ancient family. He was called 

the rich tanner, and was in Watertown as earh* as 1G42. Children : 

John, (son of Nathaniel) b. 1622. 

Thomas, (son of John) b. April 1, 1655. 

John, (sou of Thomas) b. Oct. 22, 1685, m. Feb. 1, 1710, Sarah Kemington. 

Thomas, (son of John) b. Nov. 11, 1711, ni. Abagail Mason. 

JosiAH Bisco, (son of Thomas) b. July 18, 1740. He m. Grace 
"Whitney, and came with a part of his famih' in 1793. He was one 
of the original grantees, and assisted in lotting out the township. 



520 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

He was the first Town Clerk, and a prominent member of society 
during life, as shown by other references. Children : 

D<(>ii('J, b. in Watertown, Nov. 17, 17G,5. 
(rracf, 1). in Watertown, Oct. 2. 1707. 
Tlioiiias, b. in Watertown, Aug. 31. 1769. 
Leonard, b. in Watertown, Marcli 211, 1773. 

He in. 2d, Mary Mason. 
Mary, b. May 3, 1775, d. 177<). 

Jonas, b. Xov. 1, 1777, d. at Paris of fever, April 6, 1810. 
Mary, b. May 1, 1783, m. Alanson Mellen. (See Mellen.) 
Aziihah, b. March 5, 1787, d. at the home of C. T. Mellen, Nov. 2, 18.59. 
The father died Sept. 3. 1812, aged 72 years. The mother died 1831. 

BlXBY. 

Lkvi L. Bixby, son of Rnssell II. and Caroline (Rowe) Bixb}- of 
Kirby, Vt., m. Ellen R., dan. of Enoch Penley of Paris. Children : 

liiissfU L.. b. March 8. 1880. 
Jitscph rcnlcij, h. .Tnne 20. 1881. 

Black. 
JosiAii Black of Cape Cod. Mass., b. 17.50, came when a young 
man to Wells, Me., and learned the blacksmith's trade. Hem. 
Martha Cookson of Standish, and settled in Limington previous to 
the revolution. He was in the battle of Hubbardston, Vt., July 7, 
1777, and with Stark at tlie surrender of Bnrgoyne, Oct. 17, 1777, 
and served through the war. He died at Limington, July 4, 1840, 
aged 92 years. Cliildren : 

PoUy, b. Limington. ni. Jacob Small of Limington. 

John, h. Linnngton, m. Nabby Small of Linungton. 

Jofth, b. Limington, m. Hannah Hamlin of Limington. 

Josiah, Jr. b. Liunngton, Aug. 31. 1873, m. Mary I. Libby, s. Searboiough. 

Martha, b. Linungton, m. Amos FJbby, ,s. Scarborough. 

Aaron, b. Limington, m. Lydia Libby. s. Scarborough. 

JosiAH Black, Jr., m. Mary T. Libby of Scarborough. She was 
born March 11, 1781. Children : 

Zclndon, b. Limington, Dec. 12, 1808 m. Elmira Emerson, s. Newry. 

John, b. Limington, Dec. 24, 1810, m. Roxanna Andrews. 

Josiah S., b. Limington, Nov. 19. 1812, m. Eunice B. Smith, s. Ncwry. 

Martha, b. Limington, 1815, d. in infancy. 

Martha,h. Limington, :March 29. 1817. m. .lohn I. Tlaisted, s. Lynn, Mass. 

Darnl /., b. Limington, Sept. 28. 1819. 

Joah, b. Limington. Feb. 3. 1821. d. 1823. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 521 

Aimer, b. Limiugton, April 13, 1S24, m. Betsey Bailej- of Medford, and 

settled there. 
Mary L.. h. Liminsjton. Ma}^ (5, 1827, in. Lorenzo Uoodwin, s. in Lynn, 

Mass. 
The father d. July, lS(i4. 

Alvah Black, Es(^»., (sou of Joab who married Htinuah Hanilen), 
was the youngest of seven children. He was b. Dec. 3, 1817, and 
m. Persis 8., widow of Hon. Charles Andrews, and dan. of William 
Sibley of Freedom. Children : 

Charles A., b. Jul}' 2. 1850. He graduated at Bowdoin College, elass of 
1875. He was piincipal of the Paris Hill Academy one year, and one 
}-ear of the Xorway Liberal Institute. He then studied law, was ad- 
mitted to the bar, and having practiced one year, he resumed teach- 
ing, for which profession he has a natural taste and superior qualiti- 
cations. 

Joiix Black, son of Josiah, m. July 17, 1839, Roxanna, dau. of 
Hezekiah Andrews of Bethel. She was b. Dec. 31, 1810. Settled 
at Snow's Falls in Paris, March 3, 1865. He was elected collector 
of the town of Paris in 1869, and still retains the office. Children : 

OUre, b. Feb. 10. 1840, d. Xov. 2. 1859, m. Charles S. Willis, s. Gorham, 

X. H. 
HaniKih, b. Mareli 21. 1844, m. Lemuel B. Carter, s. Paris. 

David I. Black, son of Josiah S., who married Eunice A. Smith, 
was b. in Xewry. Dec. 27. 1838. He married Hannah Locke of 
Bethel, and settled at Snow's Falls in Paris, and removed to Norway 
village, where he died April 3, 1879. He was Master of Paris 
Lodge of Masons at the time of his death. His military service is 
given in the record. Children : 

MaM, b. March 7, 1868. 

Blake. 
Joseph Blake of Cape Ann, came to Paiis and settled on the lot 
next north of John Daniels, whose dau. Betsey he had married. 
He had two brothers, Isaac and Richard, who settled in New 
Gloucester. Joseph was a seafaring man, and to make the last pay- 
ment on his farm, he concluded to make one more vovage. He 
never returned. This was in 1808. The youngest child was born 
soon after he sailed. Children : 

Betsey, b. Paris, July 24, 1794. d. :\[anh 21. 1814. She was to have been 
m. to John Thaver in two weeks. 



522 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Bichiinl, b. Paiis, 179G, in. Sail}- Kuynl, a !<ister of Benjamin. 
Henry, h. Paris, 17i)S, m. Eleanor Cushnian of Buckfield. 
Joseph, b. Paris, March 15, 1801, m. Mary Ann Whitney. 
William, b. Paris, 1808, m. vSally Monk. 

The mother married for her 2d husband, Asa Perrj- of Paris, as his 3d 
wife. 

Richard Blake, (son of Joseph) m. Sally, claii. of Robert Royal 
of Yarnioiith. Settled iu Paris and moved to Freeport. Children : 

Elizabeth, m. David Dyer, s. Bangor. 

Frances Jane, m. Daniel Gould, s. Bangor. 

The mother d. Xov. 3, 1839. The father d. 1875. 

Joseph Blake, Jr., (son of Joseph) m. Mary Ann, dau. of 
John Whitney of Pownal, Me., March 13, 1824. She was b. Jan. 
23, 180G, settled in Paris, living at one time in the Whitteniore 
neighborhood. Removed to Minot. and remained there through life. 
Children : 

William Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1824, d. in the army, Dee. 25, 1862. 

John Whitney, b. June 15, 1826, d. April 1, 1841. 

Erneline Whitney, b. Jan. 13, 1829, m. Charles B. Jacobs of Mechanic 

Falls. 
Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1831, d. Dec. 25, 1831. 
Jennette, b. March 21, 1833, d. Nov. 8, 1854. 
Joseph Corrydon, b. June 18, 1834, d. in infancy. 
Georye, b June 4, 1837, d. Sept. 13, 1837. 
George Freeland, b. Dec. 4, 1838. 
The father died Oct. 28, 1871. 

William Blake, (son of Joseph) m. Sally ^lonk. Children: 

William Franklin, Caroline Elizabeth, Charles ^iiiynstas. 

Stephen Blake of another faniil}', was born in Barre, Mass., 

Sept. 18, 1749. He m. Abagail . and settled in the Robinson 

neighborhood. A sister of Stephen m. Elijah Robinson, the father 
of the early settlers of that name. Children : 

Aaron, b. Dec. IS, 1777. 

— Susanna, b. Jan. 9, 1780, ni. John Bobinson. 

— Stephen Jr., b. Oct. 10, 1782, m. Sally Robinson. 
Adnniram, b. Aug. 28, 1785. 

Abner, b. March 25, 1788. 

Eliphalet, b. May 15, 1791. 

The mother d. Nov. 15, 1815. The father d. June 16, 1816. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 523 

Capt. Stkphex Blake, Jr., m. Sally, dau. of Stephen Robinson, 
and settled in the Robinson neighborhood. Late in life he moved 
to South Paris and bought the stand now the residence of his son, 
Wm. II. Blake. (See :Military Record.) Children: 

J^rastiis. 

AhaiinU A'., d. in Georgia, Oct. ;n. ]84;^. 
Charles yiafiuire, m. Mary Cuinniing.-i. 
Evi'lena, ni. Daniel S. Hubbard. 
Horatio (^itiHrt/, m. Daniaris W. Eaton, s. Hallowell. 
Apphia liohinson, b. Oct. 12, 1825, ni. Hon. Geo. W. Burbunk. s. Cal. 
Andrew Jackson, d. in California. 
Augustus Seville, s. Clinton Cit}-, 111. 
Albert Eliphalet, s. Providence, K. I. 
^ William U., b. Jan. 23, 1837, m. Mrs. Ellen E. Lord. 

Charles Maguire Blake, son of Capt. Stephen. Jr., ni. Mary, 
<Jau. of Isaac Cummings, Feb. 1845. Children: 

Charles 3/., b. Dec. 7, 1847, d. Sept. 6, 1849. 

The father died Oct. 1, 1847. The widow m. Col. Simon H. Cuniininos. 

William H. Blake, brother of the preceding, m. Ellen E., 
widow of Cyrus A. Lord, and dau. of Stephen and Lorinda 
(Wilkins) Lovejoy of Norwa}-. She was b. Nov. 10, 1886. 
"Children : 

William Albert, b. May 17, 1871. 
Sarah Lorinda, b. Aug". 27, 1872. 

Blood. 
William L. Blood, son of Hemau L. and Lucy Ann (Lombard) 
Blood, was 1). in Harvard, Mass., Jan. 10, 1847, m. Nov. 14, 1872, 
Sylvia, widow of J. Barker, and dau. of Jonathan Clark, and 
settled in Paris in 1873. Children: 

Maud, b. April 4, 1874. 
Fannie, b. Sept. 20, 1877. 

BONNEV. 

John Bonney, who lived several years in the Robinson neighbor- 
hood, was the son of Ichabod Bonney, Esq., the sixth settler of Turner. 
He m. Elizabeth Caswell of Harrison, He was Sheritf and Town 
Collector while he resided in town. His farm has since been known 
as the Mills place. Children : 



524 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

John, b. Jan. 2(i, 17'.)0. ni. LiK-inda Bearoe. 

Betaey, in. James Washburn. 

Count dp Grasse, s. in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Jane. 

Chauncrij, ni. Betsey Tlionias, s. Oxford. 

Philip, m. Betsey I.ovve of Gray. 

Sophronid. 

Marshall, ui. Marc-ia Everson. 

John Bonney, Jr., m. Lucinda Bearce of Hebron, and settled oa 
the farm with his father. Children : 

Lncimla, b. in Turner. Au.i;-. 2G, 1814, m. Stephen Rieliardson, now of 

South Paris viUage. 
Bansoin Ih'jilet/, h. Feb. 5. 1810, ni. Arvilla Bridghani, s. Oxford. 
Apphia Hohin.sdii, b. Feb. 18, 1820, ni. Elbridge Bridg-hani of Paris. 
Jiolaml, b. Aug. 1822, ni. Jane Keeord. 
Chauncpy, b. March 10, 1820, s. in Australia. 
Eliza Jane, b. Marcli 16, 1820, d. in infancj'. 
Sophronia, b. May 1, 1830, m. Solomon I. C'ushman. 
Eliza Jane, ]). Jan. 2(i, 1836. ni. Henry Bonney, a second cousin. 

David Bonney was of Sumner, and more or less related to the 
other families of the same name in tliis town. He m. Sally Wight 
of New Gloucester. Children : 

Oliver, ni. .Vdaline Sturtevant. 

Betxey Jane, m. Rev. Otis Andrews. 

Eunice, m. Benjamin C. Brings, s. I'aris. 

Sijlxania, b. July, 1834, ni. (ieorge Sliaw of Kuniford. 

David, m. Mary E. Baker. 

Hosea Eipleij, b. Marcli 7, 1838. m. Susan Biiggs. 

Edwin, m. Emma Lynch. 

Lorenzo D , ni. Frances ^I. Mayliew. 

An (J II St IIS. in. Emilia Sinisun. 

David Bonney, Jr., in. :Mary E., dan. of C.'H. Baker of Liver- 
more, Nov. 26, 1859. She was b. Sept. 2!i. 1.S41. Children: 

Eva Estella, b. March 31, 18()3. m. 'rhoma<; :\Iiicihoi.d of Liveriiool. 
Edgar Boscoe, b. Dec. 6, 186.J. 
Orial, b. April 13, 1872. 

HosEA R. Bonney, Vnotlier of the preceding, m. Susan, dau. of 
Joseph Briggs. Children : 

Walter Z.. b. Aug. 2."). 18.')9. m. llattie Crooker of Minot. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 525 

Alton -v., b. May 7, 1S(U, d. Feb. 15, 1S80. 

Emery i., b. Jan. 6, 1863. 

Melrotj 7,., b. Dec. 4, 1864. 

Nettu Ella, b. Feb. 14, 1867. 

Wilson, b. Aug. 3. 1860. 

Elmer Clifford, b. Dec. 4, 1878. 

Daniel Bonxey of Sumner, of still another branch, was the son 
of Thomas, the grandson of Isaac, and the great grandson of John, 
who came from Pembroke, Mass., and settled in Sumner. He m. 
Bathsheba, dan. of Zaeheus Stephens, wlio kept the tavern on Paris 
Hill, from 1829 to 1832. 

Herbert Eugene Bonnev, (son of the preceding') b. in Sumner, 
Dec. 2. 18,")4, m. Emma F.. dau, of Albion P. Bonne}- of Buckfield, b. 
Aug. 19, 1857. Children : 

.Vrn-// J., h. Auji. 30, 1881, s. at South Paris m 1883. 

Fred W. Bonnet, brother of the preceding;, 1). JNIarch 5, 1857, 
in. Carrie M., dau. of Lot ¥j. Keene of Buckfield. b. April 15. 1862. 
Children : 

liH Mo)/, b. .July 26. 1881. 

Bolster. 
Early in the last century, persons bearing the name of Bolster, 
are said to have come from England and settled in Uxbridge, Wor- 
cester county, Mass. The records regarding the family are very 
few, but it is quite probable that Isaac Bolster was the emigrant who 
with his wife Abigail were in Uxbridge in 1732. From the scatter- 
ing fragments of records we have been able to collect, we conclude 
that they had the following children, though it is possible that two 
families may be mixed. 

I John, b. . 1726, ni. Ahiirail Keith. 

II Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1732. 

By 2cl wife, Hepsibah, he had : 
ni WiJltam, b. March 10, 1735-6. 

IV Ixiiar. b. April 28, 1737, m. Mary Dwinall of Sutton. 
V Bftty. 1). Dec. , 1740, d. June 5, 1741. 

Hepsibah Bolster, the mother, died July 20, 1742. Isaac Bolster, the 
father, died April 28. 1753. 



526 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 








John Bolster abovenamed, was 
Intending marriage with Abagail 
Keith of Uxbridge, Nov. 3, 1751. 
^Mien okl he moved to Guilford, Vt. 
where he was killed by being thrown 
from his horse, the spot near Ilines- 
buig, a little hamlet in Guilford, 
beiug marked by a slate slab with an 
inscription of which the accompany- 
ing cut is an exact copy. Children : 

Kczidh^ b. June 1(5, 1752. 

Jniiiinii, 1). May 1!), 17.")4, ni. Aaron 
Brown, 1774. 

Xdthidi, 1). April "iO, 17r)(). 

I><n-I,l. h. Mn\\'\\ 10. 1700. 

Jixl. 1). .January 17, 1761. He mar- 
ried 1st, Betty, tlau. of Lemuel 
Pcrhani of I'pton, Mass., and sister 
of Lenuiel Perhaui, .Jr., our early 
settler. He ui. 2d, Sarali Seaoraves 
of Uxbridge, in .June, 1783. He 
moved from I'pton to Guilford, and 
he aud his wife are buried in the 
i-emetery above Hinesburg. 



Isaac Bolster beforenaraed, son 
Y-^ of Isaac, who married Mary Dwin- 
nell (orDwinall) of Sutton, July 24, 
1761, was our earl}' settler. He and 
his brother William, were both in the revolutionary war, and pre- 
vious to that, in the Colonial service, serving as privates at various 
times between 1755 and 1761. Isaac was one of the minute men 
who marched to Concord, April 19, 1775, serving as Lieutenant in 
Capt. John Putnam's company, and Col. Ebenezer Learned's regi- 
ment ; later, he was commissioned as Captain. He was among the 
early settlers in Hebron, and in May, 1784, moved to Paris, where 
he afterwards resided. The old farm in the south part of the town 
where he resided, has been divided up, and the greater part is owned 
by D. N. True. Children : 

Hepsihdh^ b. in .Sutton, Nov. 4, 17(!1, ui. Caleb Cushman. 
Abraham^ b. in Sutton, Aug. 25, 1763, m. Bathsheba House. 
Isao.r^ Jr.^ b. in Sutton, May 12, 1769. m. Hannah C'ushnian. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 527 

David, b. in .Sutton, July 26. 1782, ni. iSarah Cushman. 

Solomon, h. in Sutton, May 11, 1789. 

The inotlun- died Au^^ 4, 1814. The fatlier died April 27. 182.5. 

Abraham Bolster, son of the preceding, ni. Bathsheba House 
and settled on the lot and built the brick house, since known as the 
Capt. AVhite farm, now the homestead of Capt. G. C. Pratt. He 
was an industrious, hard-working num, but became involved in debt 
b}- building, and was oliliged to leave his farm. Children : 

Polh/, b. May 13, 1797. 

Lydia, b. Dec. G, 1800. 

Moses. 

Jacob, b. Feb. 3, 180."). 

Sophronia, b. Oct. 4. 1809. 

Av(/)ista. 

Ortnnis. 

Capt. Isaac Bolster, brother of the preceding, ni. Hannah, dau. 
of Gideon Cushman. INIarch U, 1794. She was b. April 16, 1777. 
He settled on the lot which he occupied through life. It has since 
been owned and occupied by liis son, Capt. Gideon. It has now 
passed out of the name. Children : 

Alraii. ]). Dec. 7, 179.5, m. Cynthia Wheeler, s. Euniford. 

Isaac, 3(h b. Feb. 28, 1797, m. Polly Cushman, s. Harrison. 

Gideon, b. April 29, 1799, m. Charlotte Hall. 

Otis C, h. Sept. 2.5. 1801, ni. Dolly Keys. 

WilUam, b. June 23, 1804, m. Hannah Turner, s. Marrison. 

Hannah, b. June 23, 1807, ni. Thomas Gore, M. D. of Minot. 

Lyman, h. March 29, 1809, ni. Betsey Knight. 

Lonisn, b. April 28, 1812, m. Augustus King. 

Levi, b. Nov. 10, 1819, m. Marcia Warren, s. in Waterbury, Conn. 

Ruth, b. Jan. 1, 1823, ni. Alexander Cushman, s. Bucktield. 

The father died July 8, 183.5. 

David Bolster, brother of the preceding, in. Sarah, dau. of 
Gideon Cushman, and settled on the home farm. Children : 

Eunice S., b. Sept. 23, 1806, m. Leonard Shurtleff. 

Solomon C, b. March 28, 1809, m. Olive Hall, d. Sept. 3, 1832. 

Harriet H, b. Xov. 24, 1810, m. Alvan Rice. 

Elizabeth Cushman, b. Jan. 31. 1813, d. Dec. 12, 18.33. 

Mary Ann, b. Dec. 17. 1819. m. Xoble Blossom, s. Turner. 

Sarah Jane, b. May 19, 1824, ni. Andrew Merrill, s. Kennebunkport. 

David Porter, b. Aug. 11, 1826, is a physician, in Augusta. 

The father died Nov. 6, 185.5. The mother died Sept. 14, 1862. 



528 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Otis Clshman Bolster, son of Isaac, Jr., when a lad of 15 years 
of age, left home and went to work for his unele, Francis Ciishmau, 
at Rumford. His outfit consisted of a sliirt and pair of stockings. 
He remained with him until of age, and soon after commenced trade 
for himself. By accident his store was blown up by powder, Nov. 
1, 183C>, and his oldest child, a boy of eight years, was killed. He 
and anotlier boy, probably attempting to light some kernels of 
powder on the i)owdor keg, in the absence of Mr. Bolster, Oct. 2.3, 
1852, his buildings were set on fire and destroyed. He moved to 
South Paris in March, 1855. and purchased the old brick store, and 
Avent into trade, in which he continued till his decease. He was 
esteemed for his genial traits of character, and strict integrity. He 
married Oct. 28, 1807, Dolly B. dan. of Francis Keyes of Rumford. 
She was 1). May 10, 1806. Children : 

Hnratio A.^ b. Sept. 8, 1828, d. Xuv. 1, IS.'JC. Killed by blowing up of 
store. 

Hnirietto L., b. Jan. 2!), 18;i5, d. Xov. 17, 1843. 

McUcn E.^ b. Sept. 1!>, 1837, ni. Ann Sophia Roberts: 2d. ^Mary Smith. 

Frci'hnul K., b. Aug. 8, 1840, d. Oct. 20, 185."i. 

The mother died Aug. 17, 1840. Married 2il, ^Xhy'va ( '. 1... d:ui. of Peter 
C. Virgin of Eumford, May 14, 1841. 

WUUiiin Ilcnn/, b. April 17, 1844, s. Everett, Mass. 

JJvUti -V., b. March 14, 1840, d. May 25, 1807. 

Horn's DdijUnu b. May 22, 18.10. ni. Helen Morton. 

Snndt v.. b. April 30, 1853, m. J. Pereivai Kichardson. 

MariHtii, b. Xov. 17, 1850, m. Gilbert, s. Canton. 

The father died Xov. 0, 1871. 

Caft. Gideon Bolster, brother of the preceding, m. Charlotte, 
dan. of Abijah Hall, and settled on the old homestead farm. He 
was a successful farmer, and respected citizen. Late in life he 
removed to So. Paris village, where he remained until his decease. 
Children : 

CharlottP E.^ b. Oct. 12, 1822, m. Cyprian Hall. .Tr. 

(if'onie Addison, b. Oct. 27, 1824, d. June 30, 1849. 

CurdeJid Alziixi, b. Oct. 19, 1826, ni. Zebedee C. Perry, s. Boston. 

Horace Xewell, b. Oct. 5, 1831, m. Esther IJ. Barbour. 

Solomon Alonzo, b. Dec. 10, 1835, ni. Sarah Jane Gardner, s. Boston. 

Charles Henri/, b. Jan. 1, 1838, m. Sarah M. Peterson, s. Chicago. 

The father died Oct. 20, 1873. The mother died Feb. 2, 1884. 

Lyman Bolster, brother of the preceding, m. Betsey, dau. of 
Daniel Knight of Peru. He died at Brvant's Pond. Children : 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 529 

Mmj W'loi, b. Dec. 23, 1840, m. Charles 11. Houghton, d. Bryant's Pond. 
Albert A., h. April 13, 1850, m. Mary Louise Dunham. 

Capt. Horace N. Bolster, son of Gideon, who m. Charlotte 
Hall, m. Esther K., dan. of Levi Barbour of Paris, Dec. 20. 1853. 
She was b. June 1, 1834. He built the store which he has always 
occupied. His Military Record and services for the town are 
referred to in another place. Children : 

George A., h. June IS, 1855, ni. Carrie Gerti-ude Hall of Ellsworth, and 

s. at Cliieago as clerk. 
Jennie 3/., b. March 2, 1858. 
The mother died Sept. 14, 1803. Married 2d, Susan, K., dau. of Barnabas 

and Miriam (Abbott) Eowe. Feb. 27, ISGG. She was b. Jan. 18, 1840. 
Maud J/., b. Sept. 5, 1870. 
Lester 3/., b. Dec. 29, 1873, d. May 31. 1870. Drowned by falling in the 

river. 

Solomon A. Bolster, brother of the preceding, m. Sarah Jane, 
<lau. of Amos and Mary Jane (Morrill) Gardner of Dixfield, Oct. 
30, 1864. She was born March 25, 1838. He settled in Boston, 
and is a lawyer by profession. His integrity and honorable dealing 
have won him a lucrative business in the settlement of estates, 
(MilitaiT Record in another place.) Children : 

Percy Gardner.^ b. Aug. 20, 180.5. 

Wilfred, b. Sept. 13, 1800. 

May Merrill, b. July 20, 1872. 

Stanley Marshall, b. March 21. 1874. 

Boy Hale, b. April 0, 1870. 

Bowker. 
James Bowker, the early settler of Paris, w\as a descendant of 
James Bowker, a Swede, who was earlj' in Scituate, Mass. He m. 
Nov. 15, 1787, Judith Chase, and settled on lot 11, range 9, being 
the south lot of the old Town farm. He was a blacksmith. 
Children : 

James, b. May 10, 1788, m. Abagail Bicknell. 

Tryphosa, b. Aug. 18, 1789, m. Simeon Howard of AVoodstock. 

Anson, b. June 7, 1792. d. in war of 1812. 

Cyprian, b. Dec. 1, 1793, m. 1st, Eaehel Mayhew, 2d, Mary (Mayhew) 

Cole. 
Sally, b. Jan. 22, 1796, d. in Buckfield. 
Edmund, b. Oct. 3, 1798, m. Mary A. Chase, s. Woodstock. 
Judith, b. July 13, 1800, d. Xov. 30, 1801. 



530 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

JniJith, b. May 18, 1802, in. James Bicknell, s. Buckfield. 

H'tnv'!/^ b. May 4, 1804, in. 1st, Phebe Prootor, 2d, Diana Curtis. 

Alonzo, b. April 16, 1806, m. Phebe Andrews. 

Elvira, b. April 16, 1806, m. William Crockett. 

Laura, b. March 29, 1800 

The father died in Bucktield, June 1, 1827. 

Capt. James Bowker, Jr., m. Abagail, dan. of John Bicknell of 
Buckfielcl, and settled there. He moved to Paris in 1834, and 
settled on the C'hesley farm, where he remained through life. 
Children : 

Whitmorp Warhop, b. Buckfield, Xov. 18, 1817, m. Mary, widow of Col. 
fSimon II. Cummings. 

Abaijail Bickndl, b. in Buckfield, March 12, 1810. 

CaroUue An(/>(sta, b. in Buckfield, Dec. 1, 1820, m. Horatio Downer, s. 
Xorwaj^ 

Mart/ Tracy, h. in Buckfield, Sept. 29, 1822, ni. Tliomas Ililborn. 

Ordessa Marian, b. in Buckfield, Feb. 13, 1828, m. Mary Jordan. 

Aravpsta DpJphina, b. in Buckfield, Feb. 23, 1831, in. Prentiss M. Colburn. 

DpJphinas Farris, b. in Paris, Oct. 7, 1835, d. April 28, 1841. 

The fatlier died May 16, 1847. The mother died Xov. 1779. 

Whitmore W. Bowker, son of James Jr., m. Mary, widow of 
Col. Simon H. Cummings, and dan. of Isaac Cummings. He 
remained on the homestead farm through life. Children : 

Dplphiiiits F., b. Dec, 3, 18.")9. Employee Grand Trunk Kailroad. 
Charles W., h. July 19, 1861. Clerk in Portland. 

The father died June 1."), 1808. The widow m. 3d, Xaphtali Mason, s. 
South Paris. 

Ordessa M. Bowker, (bro. of the preceding) m. Mary, dan. of 
Noah Jordan of Norway. She was b. July 14, 1837, and he remains 
on the homestead. Children : 

Cora Ellen, b. May 27, 18.58, in. Sidney Sanborn. 

James E., b. Oct. 8, 1859. 

Fannie Emma, b. July 7, 1862, m. Gilbert P. Abbott. 

Edmund Bowker, a brother of James, Sr., m. Patience, dan. of 
Dea. William Barrows of Hebron. He settled on the lot since 
owned by Joseph Daniels, and now b}- William N. Daniels. His 
first children were born here. He moved to Hebron. Children : 

Silva, b. Paris, March 11, 1786, d. Feb. 2, 1813. 

Mar;/, b. Paris, Aug. 12, 1788, in. Daniel Macomber, s. Paris. 



HISTOUY OK PARIS. 531 

Patience, b. Hebron. :MaiTh 2S, 17t)l, iii. K'ticl K. I'ncknid, s. lUiiiiclianl. 

Lijdtd, b. Ilcbioii. Jan. 19, 1793, ni. Dea. ^Vfartln, s. Bangor. 

Sarah, b. Hebron, Dec. 9, 1794, died 3'oung. 

Paul, b. Hebron, ^[arch 4, 1797, ni. Mary, widow of (iideoii Mearce. 
WiUiani, b. Hebron, Feb. 18. 1799, ni. Betsey Crafts, s. .Moiison. 
A'eziah, b. Hebron, Dee. l'^, 1S();{, ni. James (". Wbiting, s. Monson. 
Tbe fatber d. April ;i(). 1S12. Tbe uuitlici- d. in Blancliard, Mr. 

Gideon B. Bowker, son of J'anl ante of Hebron, ni. Avis E., 
(lau. of Micali x=ind Elizabeth (Dunliani) Allen. Settled at Aul)uin, 
moved to South Paris, enlisted in theaiinv, and died at Hilton Head, 
South Carolina. July I'), IHG.'*. ("liildren : 

Man/ Eliza, b. Feb. (i, 1849. 

Anna Coleman, b. Aug. 2G, 1858. ' 

Everett Forest, b. Dee. 28, ISofi, ni. Ada \'oung. 

Alanson Soutlworth, b. Aug. 27, 1802, ni. Delia W. Dairy. 

Bradbury. 

The earliest record of this family is traced to Thomas Bradbury, 
who was born at Wicken Bonant, Plssex county, England, in 1610, 
and came to America as agent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges, as oarlv 
as 1634, and settled at Salisbury, Mass. 

Horatio Taylor Bradbury, son of Wm. of Athens, ]Mc., and 
Comfort (Taylor) Bradbury of Koxbury, was b. in Byron, Sept. 15, 
1825, m. Eliza, dau. of Robinson Parlin, Dec. 27, 1851. Children : 

William liohinsoii, b. Nov. 13, 18r)2. ni. ]Mary G. (base. 

Charles Uiiniiilx/1, b. Xov. 25, 1854, d. Jan. 25, 1859. 

AI/^iV .4«»(V. b. :>[areb 19, 1863, m. Wm. Hannnond, s. rVnd)roke, .Mass. 

Mary Ahhi,-, b. April 19, 1806. 

Jennii' Lara, h. July 21, 1868. 

William Kobixsox Bradbury, son of the above, m. Mary G., 
dau. of John Chase. Children : 
Inez Maij, b, July 0, 1877. 

MosES Bradbury was the son of Joseph and Tabitha (Cotton) 
Bradbury of North A'armouth, b. in New Gloucester, July 12, 1803. 
He came with his father to Norway in 1807, and in 1825, m. Hannah 
Knight, and settled in Greenwood : Children : 

Joseph A., \\\. Sarah .1. Mixer. 

Roscue E. 

Agnes, n\. Andiew J. Jackson. 

The mother died 1883. 



532 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Joseph A. Bradbury, son of the preceding, m. Sarah J., dau. of 
Aretas Mixer, Aug. 1862, and settled in the King district ; now 
lives in Norwa}'. Chiklreu : 

Algernon, b. 18G3. 
JEMe F., b. 1864. 
Herbert, b. 18G6. 

Bradford. 
Horatio Bradford of Turner, m. Brittania, dau. of Joseph 
Daniels, and settled on the Butterfield farm. Children : 

James K. 7^, b. Xov. l.'J, 1814. 

Columbia I)., b. Jan. 3, 1847, ni. AVeUingtou W. Dunham. 

Isabella, b. July 22, 1849. 

Sarah, b. 1853. 

Horatio, b. Dec. 15, 1855. 

W<(Uer B., b. April 27, 1801. 

Br ADM an. 
Robert Bradman settled in the Tubbs district, Init after a few 
years removed from that town. Children : 

Calista X, b. Nov. 15, 1810. 
Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 29, 1812. 
Dexter Spraijue, b. Oct. 4, 1813. 
AUjernnii Shenaun, b. July 5, 1815. 

Brett. 

1 William Brett came to Duxbury, Mass., in 1040, from Kent, 
England. He was one of the original proprietors of the town of 
Bridgewater, and was an Elder in the church. Often, when Rev. 
James Keith was sick, he preached to the people.* He was a lead- 
ing man in both church and lo\\n, and was often representative to 
the General Court of the colony. Perhaps from this family sprang 
all of the name of Brett in this countr3'. He died in 1681 . 

2 Xathamel Brett, (son of William 1) one of six cbildrcu, iii. Sarali 

Hayward. lie died Xov. 17, 1740. 

3 Seth Brett, (sou of Xathauiel 2) was oue of seven ehildron ; was 

b. Feb. 24, 1688, and m. Sarali Alden, dau of Isaac Alden. lie 
died Jan. 11, 1722. 

4 Simeon Brett, (son of Seth ante) was one of five children, b. 



*]MitclK"ir.s History ol' Bridgewater. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 533 

Jan. 8, 1720. He in. Mehitable, dan. of David Packard, Jau. 31, 
1749. Children: 

5 Jennette^ b. Briclgewater, Nov. 10, 1749, in. Xatliaiiiel Southworth, s. 

Bridge water. 
G Iiufiis, 1). Bridgewater, Aug. 2, 1751, in. Susanna C'ary, s. Paris. 

7 Simeon, b. Bridgewater, Oct. 12, 175;j, ni. Susanna Perkins, s. Canton. 

8 Zibia, b. Bridgewater, Sept. 10, 17.")5, ni. Jolin Xoyes of Minot. 

9 Mehitable, b. Bridgewater, Dec. 7, 1757, ni. Maj. Daniel Cary, a 

1)rother of Susanna, who s. in Turner. 

10 Jiubi/, b. Bridgewater, Nov. 9, 1759, m. Ephraini Field, s. Paris. 

11 Amzi, b. Bridgewater, May 3, 17G2, m. Phebe Packard, s. Paris. 

12 Daniel, b. Bridgewater, Jan. 27, 17G4, came to Paris. 

13 Luther, b. Bridgewater, 17GG, m. Sally Dwelley, s. Paris. 

14 Odvin, b. Bridgewater, July 25, 1768, ni. Esther Ilollis. 
The father died 1792. 

6 RuFus Brett, (son of Simeon 4) m. Susanna, dan. of 
Zaehariah Car}', Sept. 28, 1775. She was b. Dec. 14, 1755. 
Children ; 

15 Jonathan, b. Bridgewater, Sept. 29, 177G. 

16 Ezra, b. Bridgewater, Feb. 27, 1779. 

17 Cynthia, b. Bridgewater, May 12, 1781, ni. Thomas Lothrop of Leeds. 

18 Seneca, b. Bridgewater, m. Sarah French of Fayette. 

19 Snsanna, s. Turner. 

■ 20 Flint/, s. Rhode Island. 

11 Amzi Brett, (son of Simeon 4) m. Phebe, dau. of Abial 
Packard, 1788. Children: 

21 Sophia, b. 1789, m. Apollas Packard, 1811. 

22 Charlotte, b. 1791, m. John Valentine, s. Paris. 

23 Martin, b. March 26. 1794, m. Kuth Durell, s. Paris. 

24 Ira, b. 1800, m. Polly King. 

25 Phebe Farkard, b. 1808, d. Oct 19, 1821. 

The father died March 26, 1842. The mother died Aug. 30, 1818. 

13 Luther Brett, (son of Simeon 4) was a l)lacksmith. He 
married Sally Dwelle}' of Abington, Mass., and settled on the lot 
now owned l)y his son Luther. Children : 

26 Arabella, b. Dec. 24, 1794, m. 1st, Paine, 2d, Kufus Bartlett 

of Norway. 

27 Lurt/, b. Aug. 24, 1796. m. Cyprian Hall, s. Paris. 

28 St/bil, b. Oct. 25, 1798. m. Zenas Maxim, s. Paris. 

29 Lueretia, b. Feb. 2, 1800, ni. Joseph Jackson, s. Paris. 
.30 Elvira, b. Aug. 19, 1802, m. Daniel Young, s. Paris. 



534 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

31 SaraJ), b. Oct. 30, 1807, m. Oren Daniels, i^. Paris. 

32 Luthn- P., h. June 20, 1804, Clarissa Daniels, s. Paris. 

The fatlu-r died .Tune 2.3, 1843. The mother died Oct. 10, 1847, aged 78. 

23 Martix Brett, (son of Aiiizi 11) m. Ruth, dau. of David 
Durell. Jan. 13, 1810, and settled on the farm, now the homestead 
of his son William D. Children : 

33 Applna, b. Paris, July 14, 1820, m. S. T. Beanian. 

34 William D., b. Paris, Xov. 9, 1822, m. Kuth Hamilton. 

3.5 Sophia P., b. Paris, Oct. 28, 1824, m. Levi T. Boothbv. ^- \Vaterville. 
30 Marij A»ii, b. Paris, May 11, 1826, m. W. W. Brown, s. Lincoln, Neb. 
The mother died ]March 12, 1832. Married 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas 
Stevens. 

37 Henrij Martin, b. Paris, Feb. 11, 1830, d. in Hospital at AVashington, 

Jan. 16, 1864. 
The mother died Feb. 18, 18-38. The father died Oct. 26, 1863. 

32 LuTHKK P. Brktt, (son of Luther 13) m. Clarissa, dau. of 
John, Jr., and Wealthy (Ilobbs) Daniels, and settled on the home 
farm. Children : 

38 Gt'onjc, b. May 7), 1831, m. Eliza Ellen Vose, d. at Paris, Sept, 15, 

18.54. 

39 Fniiiri^, b. April 8, 1833, m. Lizzie Field of Brockton, Mass. 

40 Wealth >j Ami, b. Dec. 15, 1835, m. Charles H. Clitlbrd. 

41 Samurl Xcin-ll, b. Aug. 12, 1838. 

42 Eliza EUhi, b. May 27, 1842, m. George Kichards, s. in Oxford. 
The mother died .Tune 14, 1843. Married 2d, 3Iary P., dau. of Simeon 

Perkins. 

43 Geor</iaitiia, h. Aug. 24, 1S44, m. .Toseph Prescott Day. s. Franklin, 

Mass. 

44 3far>/ Isahrlhi, b. July 7, 1846, d. Aug. 1849. 

45 Sarah Maria, b. July, 1848, d. Aug. 1849. 

The mother died Sept. 1849. Mairied 3d, Xov. 1850, Nancy, widow of 
Henry Durell, and dau. of William Mixer. 

34 William D. Brktt, (son of jNIartin 23) in. Ruth. dau. of 
James and Abagail (Brady) Hamilton, May 7, 1855, and settled on 
the home farm. Children : 

46 Charh^s E., b. April 3, 18.5G, m. Jennie L. Briggs. 

47 Hcman P., b. Nov. 19, 18.59, m. Sarah Moody. 

48 Josi'j.h ir., 1). Feb. 8, 1862, d. June 25, 1865. 

35 Sophia P. Brktt, (daughter of Martin 23) who married Levi 



niSTOKV OF PAHIS. 535 

T. Bootliby, lived in Norway and South Paris, and died in "Water- 
ville, June 25, 1874. Children : 

49 Fred E., b. Dee. 3, 184.5. (See Personal Xotices.) 

50 EUen S., b. May 31, 1847, d. April 18, 1869. 

51 Mary i., b. Mareli 9, 1849, d. Jan. 24, 1852. 

52 WiUiam A. J?., b. Nov. 3, 1851, ni. resides Waterville. 

53 Eihrard Z>., b. Jan. 14, 1857, d. Aug-. 22, 1882. 

54 Emma I)., b. Aug. 10, 1800. 

Bridgham. 
George Bridgham, (son of Dr. William) of New Gloucester, 
bought out Anthony Bennett at South Paris, and commenced keep- 
ing tavern in 1841. He and his wife were both born Feb. 13, 1788. 
Children : 

George^ b. Norway, m. Mertilla Cole. 

Anna^ b. Buckfield. m. C\liles Long'. 

Eveline, b. BucUtield, ni. Caleb Cushman, Jr. 

Arvilla, b. Buckfield, ni. Eansom Bouney of Turner. 

Elbridge Gerry, b. Buckfield, Dec. 14, 1817, m. Apphia E. Bouney, s. So. 

Paris. 
Liicretia, b. Buckfield, m. James Curtis of Paris. 
Prescott C, b. Buckfield, ui. Luc-y Foster. 
Hosetta, b. Buckfield, m. Kufus Brainard of Hallowell. 
The mother died Nov. 4, 1854. The fatlier died Sept. 24, 1873. 

Elbridge G. Bridgham, (son of the above) m. April 7, 1846, 
Apphia Robinson, dan. of John Bouncy, who lived several years in 
the Bolster neighborhood. 

Briggs. 

Clement Briggs came in the Fortune, 1621. and is the first of 
the name found on the old Colonv Records of Plymouth. 

1 Jesse Briggs of Wareham, Mass., was, doubtless, a descend- 
ant of Clement, but the lineage has not been traced. He was born 
in 1759, as we find that he was 21 years old at the time of his 
enlistment, July 10, 1780. (See Record of Military Service.) In 
his descriptive list he was five feet, ten inches high. He m. Naoma, 
dan. of Capt. Robert Bailey of New Gloucester, and settled first on 
the center lot in Paris. Children : 

2 PoUy, b. Aug. 13, 1783 m. John Koyal, s. Paris. 

3 Simeon, b. Sept. 24. 1784, m. Martha Potter of Gardiner. 

4 Jesse, b. Sept. 29, 1786, d. 1851. A clergymau iu N. Y. 



536 HISTOHY OF PARIS. 

5 Ahinson, b. Sept. 3, 178S, m. Esther Potter, s. Paris. 

G Thankful, b. Oct. 22, 1790, m. Bennaih Moody, s. Paris. 

7 Lurinda, b. Jan. 16, 1793, m. Uriah Eipley, s. Paris. 

8 Martha BaUeij, b. Feb. 24, 1795, in. Henrj- Davis, s. Paris. 

9 Josf'ph, b. ]Nrarrh 27, 1797, in. Susan Cooper, s. Paris. 

10 I'^alli/, h. May 19, 1799, m. Stephen Washburn, s. Paris. 

11 Celia. 

12 Samuel, m. Mehitable Smith. 

13 Emdiiw, b. March 9, 1809, m. Elbridge Bicknell. 

3 Simeon Bkiggs, (son of Jesse 1) m. Martha Potter of 
Gardiner. She was b. March 27, 1789. He was a carpenter by 
trade. He built the old poor-farm house for Dea. Daniel Stowell, 
having as apprentices at that time, Milo Hathaway and Eleazer C. 
Shaw. He lived for some years on the farm now owned by Jona- 
than Starl)ird. He moved to Hebron. Children : 

14 Ahinson, b. Oct. 11, 1811, s. East Poland. 

15 Andrew, b. March 1, 1813, s. Lawrence, Mass. 

16 Eiither, b. May 8, 1814, d. March 26, 1830, s. X. H. 

17 Sumner, b. May 8, 1817. 

18 Martha, b. July 31, 1818. 

19 Simeon, Jr., b. April 8, 1821, s. Lawrence. 

20 America, b. Jan. 22, 1823. Killed in battle of the Avilderness. 
• 21 Daniel Eaton, b. March 7, 1828, d. May 29, 1853. 

22 Solon, b. Oct. 28, 1830. 

The father died Jan. 19, 1854. The mother died Feb. 1859. 

5 Alanson Briggs, (sou of Jesse 1) m. Esther Potter of 
Gardiner, and settled in the Whittemore district. He died at the 
age of forty-nine. The widow, at an advanced age is now living 
with her sons, Simeon and Jacob, in Buckfield. Children : 

23 Alanson, b. April 14, 1818, m. Abao-ail "Whitteniore, s. Lawrence, 

Mass. 

24 Simeon, b. Dec. 11, 1819. 

25 Mary, b. July 26, 1821. 

26 Xancij, b. March 17, 1823. 

27 Angeline F., b. Oct. 5, 1825, m. 1st, Samson Andrews, 2d, Aaron H. 

Mason. 

28 Jarnh, m. ]\[ary II. AVeeks. 

9 Joseph Briggs, (son of Jesse 1) m. Susan, dan. of Benjamin 
Cooper of Paris, and settled on the farm now in the possession of 
his heirs. Children : 

29 Harriet, b. May 2, 1824. 



HISTORY OF PAUIS, 537" 

30 Benjamui C, b. May 10, 182G, in. Eunice Bonney. 

31 Joseph, Jr., b. Sept. 1, 1828, m. Julia E. Kyle of Peru. 

32 Miranda, b. June 28, 1831, il. Aug. 24, 1883 

33 Susan, b. April 18, 1833, ni. Ilosea H. Bonney. 

34 Diana, b. Sept. 15, 1835, ni. Jonathan Starhii-d. 

35 Leonard, b. May 7, 1830, ni. Lydia Jane Field. 

The father died April (i, 18(;(>. The mother died Fel). 2S, 1873. 

12 Samuel Briggs, (sou of Jesse 1) ni. Mcliitable R., dan. of 
Archibald and Lydia (Hainuiond) Smith. Children: 

36 John, b. May 11, 1831, ni. ^Farcia ( . Todd. 

37 Naoma, b. Aug. 20, 1832. 

38 Samuel F.. b. Dec. 13, 1834, m. Louisa Keen. 
30 Ahbie W., b. Aug. 11, 1830, d. June 1, 184G. 

40 Hiram IL, b. Jan. 30, 1841, d. Feb. 22, 1884. ■ 

41 Jane M., b. Jan. 25, 1845, m. Alvin K. Koss. 

42 Luvinda A., b. Jan. 13, 1847, m. David S. Knapp. 

43 Angle A., b. Aug. fi, 1851, m. Silas W. Foster. 

44 George A., b. May 13, 18.")3, m. Cora Skillings. 
The father died June 1(1, 1872. 

30 Ben.tamin C. Bkig(;s, (son of Joseph 9) m. Eunice, dan. of 
David Bonne}-. Children: 

45 Julia. 

46 Charles Lcraont. 

47 FredL., d. Aug. 1881. 

48 Scott E., b. Jan. 13, 1802. ^ 
40 Ella J. 

31 Joseph Brig(;s, (sou of Joseph !•) m. Julia K., dan. of Anio* 
and Charity Kyle of Peru, b. July 2-i, 18;>9. Children : 

50 Julia Elmer, b. March 5, 1863. 

The mother died March 12, 1863. Married 2d, Carrie A., widow of 
Ansel Coffin of Portland, and dau. of Francis McKeernan of Bangor, 
formerly of Manchester, England. She was born in Bangor, Me., Marcli 
0, 1842. 

51 Frank Augustus, b. Oct. 20, 1870. 

52 Carrie Luetta, b. March 0, 1870. 

35 Leonard L. Briggs, (son of Joseph 'J) rn. Lydia Jane, dau. 
of Zibeon Field. Children : 

54 Jennie L., b. Oct. 28, 1860, m. Charles E. Brett. 

55 Charles L. 

56 Carrie .1/., b. Aug. IS, 1872. 



538 HISTOKY- OF PARIS. 

36 JoHX Bkiggs, (son of Samuel 12) ni. Marcia C. Todd of 
Canaan. Vt., b. Dec. 8, 1836. Children: 

57 AJhfirt F., 1). Sept. 3, 1855, in Aroostook county. 

58 Charles Addison^ b. June 19, 1857, in Eagle City, Idaho. 

59 Xellie 31., b. March 28, 1S59. 
The mother died April 23. 1882. 

38 S.\MUEL F. Briggs, (son of Samuel 12) m. Louisa J., dan. of 
Bradford and Jane (Field) Keen of Sumner, March 1, 1843. He 
is a butcher by trade, and is settled at South Paris. Children : 

GO Fred C, b. Aug. 25, 1800, ni. Lila Stone. 
Gl A<jnes C, b. Oct. 20, 1862. 

44 George A*. Briggs, (son of Samuel 12) m. Cora, dan. of Frank 
H. and Ellen (Dunn) Skillings, April 12, 1.S76. Settled at South 
Paris. Children : 

G3 Cassie Gladden, b. Ai)ril 2G, 1879. 

George Henry Briggs, of another family, son of Rev. George 
and Martha (Kilbreth) Briggs, was b. in Hartford, Oct. 23, 1838, 
m. Nov. 29, 1866, Mary E^Uen. dan. of Nathan Lineas and 'Mary 
(Irish) Marshall. Settled at NVest Paris. (See record of Service 
for Town.) Children: 

Geor(/e Lineas, b. Dec. 11, 18G7. 
Carrie Ellen, b. Dec. 21, 18G9. 
Ada May, b. Jan. 21, 1872. 
Frank Sebra, b. Mardi 8, 1874. 
Charles IHitssell, b. June 3, 1877. 
Inez Mabel, h. May S, 1880. 

Luther Briggs of still another family, son of Ephraim, an 
original Shaker at New Gloucester, was born December 10, 1775. 
His family was from Plymouth county, Mass. He married Lydia 
Bryant, daughter of Solomon, lived in Paris, and moved into Wood- 
stock in March, 1799. Children: 

John i?., b. in Paris, Nov. 11, 179S, ni. Lucy Swan. 

Tabitha, b. Oct. 24, 1800, m. 1st, Lemuel Dunham of Hartford; 2d, 

Daniel Coffin of Greenwood. 
Louisa, b. Dec. 14, 1802, m. Jolm Swan; lived in Greenwood. 
Luther, b. June 14, 1806, m. Bethiali Swan. 
David, b. July 26, 1808. 
Geonje William, b. Feb. 21, 1812, died young. 



IIISTOKY OF PARIS. 539 

Anna X., b. Dec. 2, 1815, m. Benaiah Dow. 
Joseph H., m. 1st, Lydia Fuller; 2d, Sally J. York. 

Three children of Luther Briggs, viz.: CaJvin and Luther, twins, and 
jSulomon, died in infancy. 

Brown. 
John Brown was the son of Aaron and Hannah Brown of Wilton. 
He was born Dec. 2!), 1802. He was a distant relative of John 
Brown, whose "soul goes marching on." He married Huldah, dan. 
of Jonathan Gardner. Children : 

John (^>uinf)/ Adams, h. in Canton, Sej)!. 11, 182.5, ni. Lucia Littlchale, B. 

Portland. 
Jodnna Allen, b. in Dixniont, Sept. fi, 1828, ni. Seth D. Davis, s. Errol, 

X. n. 

Hannibal Gardner, b. riyniouth, Dec. 18, 1829, ni. Hannah ('. Parlin. 
Aaron Blanchard, b. riyniouth, July 29, 1831, ni. Ellen Eacklift', s. 

Portland. 
Burtlett Jackson, b. Xewbury, July 29, 1833, ni. ilarietta Mckery, s. 

Boston. 
Meiria Ennire, h. Xewlnirj-, May 6, 1835, s. Boston. 
Orin Hutrhins, b. Livennore, Dec. 10, 1838. ni. Adriaiuia A. Stacy, s. 

Lynn. 

Hannibal Gardner Brown, son of the preceding, m. Hannah C. 
■clau. of Robinson Parlin of Paris, May 23, 1853.. She was b. Sept. 
26, 1833, and settled in AVest Paris, 1850. He has been identified 
with the business enterprises of this section of the town, and has 
.aided largely in building up this prosperous village. Children : 

Edn-in Hannibal, h. May 29, 1856, m. Cora Judkius. 
Charles Htrrnon, h. March 13, 18G3, d. March 30, 1805. 
Jennie Ma>i, b. July 10, 1870. 

Orin Hutchins Brown, brother of the preceding, m. Adrianna A. 
Stacy of Sherman, Nov. 11, ISGO. He d. at West Paris, June 8, 
1865, of disease contracted in rebel prisons during the war. 
•Children : 

Agnes Izella. 

Edwin Hannibal Brown, sou of Hannibal G., m. Cora A., dau. 
of Edwin Judkins. Children : 

Charles Leslie, b. April 30, 1878. 

Dr. Thomas Huntington Brown, of another family, son of 
Thomas Brown of Minot, was b. Aug. 27, 1813. He m. Maria M., 



540 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

dau. of Samuel King, Nov. 12, 1838. (See Personal Mention.) 
Children : 

Hennetta J/., b. Dee. 1, 1840, d. Jan. 25, 1842. 

Sarah C, b. July 6, 1844, d. April 7, 1845. 

Charles H., b. July 3, 1846, d. Jan. 12, 1847. 

The mother d. Xov. 28, 184G. Married 2d, Juliette, dau. of Moses 

Hammond. 
Edirard Thomas, ra. Angle Watson, April 5, 1877. 
Agnes JIari/. 

Gertrude Juliette^ m. Maj. J. R. Brinckle, U. S. Army. 
The father d. Aug. 3, 1880. 

Lieut. Edward T. Browx, son of Thomas H., m. Angie Watson 
of St. Augustine, Florida. He is now Lieut. 5th Artillery, U. S. 
Army. Children : 

Thomas IJ'., b. St. Augustine, Florida. Oet. 25, 1880. 

Bryant. 

Solomon Bryant was the youngest son of Dea. Samuel and 
Tabitha (Ford) Bryant of Plympton, INIass.. and the 4th in descent 
from Lieut. John Bryant, Mariner, of Plymouth. He m. Elizabeth 
Curtis of Hanover, Mass., and soon after moved to Gray, Me. 
From thence he came to Paris and was among the early settlers at 
South Paris. He naoved to Woodstock about 1808, but returned to 
Paris and died here, March 5, 1H2G. His sons were among the first 
settlers of Woodstock, from whom Bryant's Pond took its name. 
Children : 

Elizabeth, b. 17G7, m. Itsaac Cunnnings of Gray. 

Betsey, m. 1st, Dr. Peter Brooks; 2d, .Jonatlian Fiekett. 

Christopher, b. March 26, 1774. m. Susanna Swan. 

Solomon^ b. Oct. 30, 1776, m. Sally Swan. 

Lijdia, b. March 30, 1778, m. Luther Briggs. 

Samuel, b. May 9, 1780, m. Lucy Briggs. 

Lusanna, b. May 31, 1785, m. Levi Berrj-. (See Berry.) 

Abayail, m. Melviu Pool. 

Joanna, b. Sept. 27, 1791, never married. 

Martha, b. June 2, 1794, m. Thomas Whishi]j. 

David Bryant of Raynham, and his wife Luca", who was his 
cousin, came to Paris in 1800, and settled on the lot afterward set 
ofi into Hebron. He was in the Revolution, serving in the expedi- 
tion to Rhode Island, May, 1782. Children : 

R-hahod, b. in Raynliam, ^Nlass., m. Eutli Richmond. 



HISTOHY OK PAKIS. 541 

JW;«cv/, b. in Kayiihain. Mass., m. Moses Smith. 

David, b. in Raynhaiu, Mass., went to AVest Iniiies and d. with yeUow 

fever. 
Zehulon, b. Raynhaui, Mass., May 11, 1782, ni. Desire Kiehmond. 
Arodus, b. Eaynham, Mass., ni. ]\Iarv Richmond. 
Three brothers m. tliree sisters. 
The father d. 1812. The motlier d. April, 1804. 

Zehulon Bryant, sod of David, m. Desire, dan. of P^Uab Kieh- 
mond, and lived on the homestead. Children : 

Zilpha, b. May 1, 180.5, m. AVilliam Pratt, s. Hebron. 

Alanson, b. Xov. 13, 1807, s. Oxford. 

Matilda, b. May 27, 1809, d. 1830. 

Esther, b. Xov. 14, 1811, m. Hiram Ililboru. 

Bhoda, b. Jan. 25, 1813, m. Benjamin F. Pratt. 

WiUiam, b. , 1814, m. Eli/a Hall, s. Mass. 

Eliab i?., m. Almira Bancroft. 

Oren, m. Jerusha Xelson, s. Oxford. 

lioioena, m. Thomas Dearborn, s. Garland. 

Leri KiiKjrnaii, s. Dexter. 

He m. 2d, Mrs. Dorcas Bancroft. 

Cyrus, s. Oxford. 

The father died Sept. 27, 1881, in his one luuidredth year. 

Auouus Bryant, son of David, ni. Mary, dau. of Eliab Rich- 
mond, and settled in the Binnpus neighborhood, on the farm now 
•owned by Simon Dudle}'. Children : 

Murij, m. George Phelps, s. Garland. 
Jonathan, m. Abagail Littlehale. s. Oxford. 
Eleazer, m. Kaphira White. 
Beward, m. Mary Cummings. 
Alvira, died at the age of eighteen. 
Nathan, died while a student at Hebron Acadeni}-. 
He m. 2d, Marceua, dau. of Artemas Rawson. 

The father died Feb. 17, 18(53. Marcena d. Jan. 7, 1864. 

Eleazer Bryant, sou of Arodus, m. Kaphira White and settled 
at South Paris as a blacksmith, and built the house on the site of 
the residence of Alonzo E. Shurtleff. Kaphira d. May 16, 1838. 
He m. second, Paulina, dau. of Alexander Day of Woodstock. 
She died Oct. 22, 1839. Eleazer Bryant, previous to his death, 
April 20, 1840, disposed of his property, leaving a portion to the 
Methodist society, as stated in another place. 



542 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

BrcK. 
Peter Buck who settled near the Seneca Brett fi\rm. and after- 
ward moved to Norway-, was the son of Peter and ( Benyatt) 

Buck. They were French Huguenots, who were driven from their 
country. They settled in Worcester, INIass. Hem. Jemima Fay of 
Framingham, Mass. His first purchase of land in Norway was in 
Oct. 1799. Children: 

James, m. Susanna Yoving, ?. Xorway. 

Mary. m. Cliarles Young, s. Xorwaj-. 

Jared y., ni. Sally, dau. of Thomas Stevens of Paris. 

.Sally. U). Wm. Corson, s. Oxford. 

Ausihi. b. Julj- 3, 171)1, m. Sarah Coburu. 

DanipJ. ni. Eunice Coy. s. Greenwood. 

The mother d. Sept. 10. 1839, aged 80 years. The father d. Xov. G. 1842^ 
aged 94 years. 

Austin Buck, son of Peter, m. Sarah Coburn of Tyngsboroiigh, 
Mass.. Jan. 14, 1810, and settled in South Paris. (See Sketch of 
South Paris village.) Children : 

liosanua, b. Dec. 6, 181(i, ni. Henry Crockett, s. Xorway. 

Z. Spauldiiu/, b. April 16, 1818, m. Ellen Haven of Fraiuinghani. 

John Austin, b. Sept. 17, 1820, m. EUzabeth Kowley, s. X. Y. 

Cyrus W., b. Aug. 14. 1824, m. Sarah Snikh, s. X. H. 

Miranda, b. Aug. 11, 1828, m. Frank W. Perry of Woodstock. 

Esther, b. March 19, 1830, drowned by falling in a tub, July 13, 1831, 

near the old well now the site of the post office. 
Caleb, b. in Xorway, Oct. 19, 1834. m. Melintha Kecord. 
Sefall, b. April 10, 1839. m. and s. in Tyngsborough. 
The father d. Oct. 18.53. The mother d. March 23, 1864, in Brooklyn, 

X. Y. 

Charles T. Buck of another family-, son of Washington Buck of 
Sumner, m. Elizabeth A., widow of M. M. Stinchfield, and dau. of 
Eleazer Dunham of Paris, Dec. 7, 1865, and settled on the Dunham 
homestead. Children : 

diaries L., b. July 28, 1868. 
George E., b. Xov. 15, 1873. 

BUMPUS. 

Edward Boxpasse came from England in the ship Fortune, the 
next after the Mayflower, and landed at Ph'mouth, Nov. 9, 1621. 
The name has been spelled differently in modern times, now usually 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 543 

written Bumpus. "We have not been able to trace the line of descent 
from Edward, but conclude that he is the progenitor of all the 
name in New England. 

1 Morris Blmpls of Wareham, m. Huldah Bumpus of the same 
town, and was among the first settlers of Hebron, his third child 
being born there in 1784. His farm has since been owned b\- his 
son Samuel, and later b\' James Lebaron. Children : 

2 Morris, b. AVareham, Dec. 12, 1780. m. Marv Sturtevant of Hebron. 

3 Sitiieon, b. " Xov. 20, 1782, burned to death by camp takin>j 

fire while the mother was pickino: peas. 

4 Xathaniel, b. Hebron, Aug. .31, 1784, m. Elizabeth Warren of 

Buckfield. 

5 Lydia, b. Hebron, Oct. 10, 1786. 

6 Samuel, b. " Ma_v 23, 1788, m. Rebecca Kinsley of Miiiot. 

7 Hnhhih, b. " Sept. 14. 171)0. 

8 Jesse, b. " 3[ay 3. 1792. ni. Fully AVliitman of Shelburne. 

X. H. 

9 Martha, b. Hebron, .Sept. 16, 1799, m. 1st, Coolidge. 2d. 

.Snowman. 

10 Daniel, b. Hebron, Oct. 10. 1800, m. Olive Tripp. 

11 Patience, b. •• May 27. ISOl. d. Oct. 20, 1820. 

12 Eliza, b. " May 23, 1806, m. Alden Fisk of Turner. 

13 Seth, b. " Aug. 6, 1808. d. June 6, 1814. 

The father died Oct. 14. 1837. The motlier died Dec. 19, 1841. 

i N.vTiiANiEL BuMPfs, (son of Morris 1) m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
John Warren of Buckfleld. He was a blacksmith b}' trade, and 
settled first in Hartford, then in the Mountain district in Paris, near 
No. 4 Hill, later in the Hall district, where he remained through 
life. Children : 

14 Phebe W., b. Hartford, June .5, 1808, m. Orra Halb 

15 Morris, b. " June 13, 1810, ra. Abagail Fisk of Turner. 

16 Axel, b. " June 17, 1812, m. Bethiah Andrews of Hebron. 

17 Ethel, b. " Oct. 10, 1814, m. Sarah Swan. 

18 Mary, b. " 1817. 

19 Xathaniel Greenleaf, b. Paris, March 20, 1820, m. Maria AA'inslow. 

20 Huldah, b. " " 31, 1832. 

21 John Warren, b. " 1834, d. Oct. 2, 1838. 

22 Samuel A., b. " May 2. 1838, m. Julia A. Hariiman. 

16 Axel Bumpus, son of the preceding, m. Bethiah L., dau. of 
Alfred and Serena (Carter) Andrews of Hebron, March 25, 1838. 



544 HISTORV OF PARIS. 

She was born May 18, 1812. Settled ou the Thomas Hill farm iu 
1857. Children : 

23 Christopher Leonard, b. Feb. IG, 1839. ni. Katie S. Whitney of Lynn, 

Mass. 

24 Cyrena Elizabeth^ b. July 1.5, 1841, m. Charles A. Hersey, s. Chicago. 
2.5 Orra Hall, b. Aug. 21, 1843, m. Margarette L. Eiehardsou of Hart- 
ford. 

26 James Henry, b. March 3, 1845, m. Augusta Bumpus. 

27 Hiram J/., b. Xov. 16, 1846, d. Oct. 17, 1861. 

28 Xettie P., b. Sept. 17, 1849. 

29 Hosina H, b. July 24, 1852, d. Oct. 26, 1861. 

17 P]tiiel Bumpus, brother of the preceding, m. Sarah, dau. of 
Demerit Swan of Hebron, and settled iu the Hall Dristriet. 
Children : 

30 Anna Lotiella. 

31 Warren Ethel, b. May 9. 1856. m. Melvina E. Turner. 

32 Ida Mabel, b. Jan. 26, 1859, ni. Adrian T. Maxim. 

33 Alice Victoria, b. Xov. 14, 1861, m. Alma Stm-tevant. 

34 Hov-ard Grant, b. Feb. 9, 1866. 

19 Nathaniel Gkeenleaf Bumpus, (son of Nathaniel 4) m. 
Maria, dan. of Amos and Ruhania (Churchill) Winslow of Buck- 
field, Nov. 16, 1849. She was b. Dec. 21, 1820. Children : 

36 AiKjnsta M., b. Marcli 26, 18.50. m. James H. Bumpus. 

37 Frank H, b. Oct. 20, 1852. 

38 Adalaide Louella, b. May 26, 18.54. 

39 Xellie 0., b. Dee. 4, 1865. 

22 Samuel A. Bumpus, brother of the preceding, m. Julia A., 
dau. of Levi Harriman of Litchfield, Me. She was born Jan. 18, 
1833. Children: 

40 Ella L., b. Aug. 21, 1856, m. Eleazer A. Tapley. s. Dedham, Mass. 

41 Georeie F., b. Feb. 11, 1858. 

42 Carrie L., b. March 24, 1867. 

BURXHAM. 

Enoch Burnham was a clock-maker, and lived on Paris Hill, in 
the house since the Mellen homestead. His shop stood next the 
street, as explained in another place. It was moved out on Lincoln 
street, and is part of the Dr. Kittredge stand. His bi-ass clocks 
are scattered through the communitv, and are monuments of his 



HISTORY OF PAKIS. 545 

handiwork, and of increasing value from age. Augustus Beniis 
learned tlie trade of liim and taught the same to his brother. Jona- 
than Burnliani m. Judith Virgin of Concord. N. H. Chihh-on : 

Ale.rus^ b. Feb. 23, 1801); Jcnnettr^ b. Nov. .5, 1810; Britt,ini<i. b. .Sept. 1, 
1812 ; Elhridxje Gerry, b. Xov. 3, 1814. 

BuaxKLL. 

SwASEY G. BuRNELL, SOU of Jonathan and Martha (Hall) Bur- 
nell, was born in Baldwin, Me.. May 29. 182.), m. Harriet E. dau. 
of Abner and Harriet (Xewbegin) Libbv. Nov. 11. I'SfJii. Came to 
South Paris in the spring of lo68. Bought the Capt. Hill stand in 
18G8. Children : 

Laitru E., b. Juno !l, 1802: ILitde B., b. March 18. 180.""). 

BrXTERFIELD. 

John Bltterfield, son of an English emigrant, m. Jan. ];3, 1825, 
Catherine, widow of Abner Benson, and dau. ot Jerathmael Col- 
burn, senior. Children : 

Lucy A)ni, b. April 3, 1826. 

Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 1. 1828. 

Franres Ann, b. Marcli 1, 1830, in. Abner B. Cliasc, r. Norway. 

Lysdnihr T., b. Aug. 8, 1838, m. Isabella (/unuiiing.s. 

Caldwell. 

John Caldwell, the fourth in descent from John and Sarah 
(Dillingham) Caldwell of Ipswich, Mass., m. Dolly Bowley, and 
was the first of the name who settled in Paris. They lived some 
years in Haverhill and in Oxford, previous to their removal to this 
tov\'n. The farm has since been known as the Matthews farm. 
Children : 

John. m. Sarah Merrill, s. Oxford. 

PhiU/u h. Haverhill, Dee. 2, 1773. 

William, b. Haverhill, 177.5, m. Nancy Woodward hi 1709. and died in 
Oxford, Me., Dee. 12, 1802. 

Polly, m. Rev. Dan Perry. 

Dolly, in. Rev. Joseph Ricker. 

Philip Caldwell,* son of the preceding, born in Haverhill, Mass.. 
Dee. 2, 1773, married Susan Perkins, who was born in Middleboro, 
Mass, July 20, 1781. He settled in Paris in 1798, and the births of 
his children are recorded on our records as follows : 

I Wesley, b. Feb. 9, 1799, ra. Margaret F. C"u.shmau of Suumer. 
II Lovina, b. May 17, 1801. m. Isaac Cumming.s of Gray. 

3.T 



546 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

III riiljij, h. Maivli 17, 1S03, in. John True of Poland, d. Jnly 21, 1883. 

IV Jiihit^ h. .June 3, 1805, m. 1st, Maria Soribner of Harrisonport ; 2d^ 

Catherine Foss of Minot. He died in Pari.*, Dee. 27, ISGl. 

V Susun, 1). .Tune 8, 1807, d. Sept. 9, 1821. 

VI Ashnrij, 1). April 27, 1809, m. Olive E. Merrill of Kennebuuk. 
VII Jsiiiiili^ I). March 18, 1811, m. Ljnlia Xelson of Oxford, and died 

.lunc 19, 1839. 
VIII ^f<n•i(/ 7'., b. March 5, 1813, d. in Paris, June 24, 185(5. 
IX 7>V/.sY//, b. April 3, 1815, ni. Richard Caldwell of Poland, d. Feb. 21, 
1840. 

X li('hi-cr<i C, 1). April 8, 1816, d. young. 

XI Curulliir /'., 1). Nov. 29. 181s, ni. 1st, 3[. Ennnons Xelson, 2d, Mil- 
ton A. Straw. 
XII Jdscph I'., 1). Jan. 29, 1820. d. May 21. 1846, at Savannah, (;a. 

XIII Sctli C, b. Jan. 22, 1822, ni. Eliza A. Cumniinys of Xew Bedford. 

XIV Fnntklin 7'., b. Dec. 29, 1824, d. June 8, 1871 at Xew Bedford. 
XV ' Ainjeliiir, ]). Sept. 16. 1827, d. Sejit. 16, 1831. 

Wesley Caldwell, the oldest son of Philip, luid who married 
IMargaret F. Cushman of Sumner, Nov. 24, 1824, moved to Lincoln 
in 182G, and to Sherman, Me., in 1842, where lie died Jan. 1!), 
1864. His children, all born in Lincoln except the three youngest,, 
and thev in Sherman, were as follows : 
I Levi C, b. Sei)t. 26. 1826. 
II Sarah J\, b. ^larcli 17, 1828. 

III JnliH II'., b. Xov. 6, 1S29. 

IV Hlnim P., b. April 28, 1832. 

V P/iUip, b. Dec. 5, 1834. 

VI Froiiris J7., b. .Tan. 7, 1837. 

VII Lcoiianl If., b. March 12, 1839. 

VIII Liinj Maria, b. March 18, 1841. 

IX .l.Wwnv/, b. March G, 1843. 

X Ciirciia, b. May 29, 1845. 

XI Mara >S'., b. Jan. 24, 1847. 

Six of the above sons, viz. : John, Hiram, Philip, Francis M., 
Leonard H. and Asbnry, served in the Union army in the war of 
1861-5. Hiram died in Kentucky, Philip in "\Vashington, and 
Asbury was killed before Petersburg, June 18, 1864. 

Samuel S. Caldwell, son of John, was b. in Oxford, Me., 
March 12, 1842, m. Elva A., dau. of Benjamin Murch of West 
Baldwin, :\Ie. Settled in Paris, 1868. 

Carter. 

Timothy Jarvis Carter*^, (Dr. Timothy', Timothy', Benjamin^ 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 547 

Timothy"', Rev. ThoniJis',) fourth child of Dr. Timothy and Frances 
(Freeland) Carter, was born at Bethel, Maine, Aug. 18, 1800. He 
served as Secretary of the Senate of Maine in 1833, was appointed 
Attorney for Oxford county in 1833, and represented his district in 
the 25th Congress. Before completing his term he died at Washing- 
ton, I). C. :\rarch 14, 1838. (See Personal Notices.) Children: 
SaiaiO'I L'<urs<,ii, h. at Taris, ^Maiiic, .Tune 22, 1S29. 

Samuel Rawson Carter, only child of Timothy .larvis ;ind 
Arabella (Rawson) Carter, born at Paris, Maine, June 22, 182!), 
was graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. in 1852, 
admitted to the liar of Oxford county, in 1854. Mnrried Feb. 2G, 
1857, Miss Julia Hamlin of Bangor, Maine, dan. of Hon. P^lijah L. 
and Eliza B. iChoate) Hamlin, and born Feb. 28, 1833. (See 
Personal Notices.) Children : 

Jarrh Lu-crmori- Curler. 1). at Paiis, ^le., Feb. 11, 1858. 

Jaryis L. Carter received the degree of A. B. from Union Col- 
lege, Schenectady. N. Y.. and also was graduated from P^astman 
Business College, Poughkeepsie. N. Y. Resi<les in New York CitY. 

Thomas B. Carter of another family, son of Kdward Carter, a 
slave owner, was b. in Lancaster Co., Va., ^lay 12, 1810. He 
came to Plymouth. Mass., in a sailing vessel in 1822, being then 
twelve years of age. He learned the rope-makers trade, and 
became a hand-spinner. He m. Sept. 2, 1833, at Plym)uth, Sarah 
P., dan. of Richard and Sally (Crowningshield) Green. She was b. 
in Portland, Nov. 18, 1.S12. Tiiomas B. and family came from 
Woodstock to Paris, April 18G1, and settled on the Daniel Pond 
farm. Children : 

Jajae^ Bidjlx-e, h. Plymouth, Mass., June 1, 1834, d. Dec 1, 1857. 

S((raJi ThohidK, b. " '• Dec. 23, 1835, m. George W. Bowker 

of Woodstock. 
Lemuel Bnidfonl h. Woodstock, Dec. 20, 1837, in. Hannah E. Black. 
The fatlier died at Plj-mouth, June 25, 1872. The mother d. at I'aris^ 

March, 1882. 

Lemuel Bradford, (son of Thomas) m. Hannah E. dau. of John 
Black, Nov. 23, 18G5. Children: 

Jataes Bradford, h. Jan. 24, 1867; John Thomas, h. .Jan. 12, 1873; Maud 
Ida, b. Jan. 27, 1876; Ivah May, b. Jan. 27, 1876. 



548 history of paris. 

Carpenter. 

Setii Carpenter was b. in Sutton, Mass., Nov. 23, 17(32, and 
was the eleventh chihl of Elisha and Anna (Whitaker) Carpenter, 
and the great grandson of William, who came from Gloucestershire, 
England. He m. Bridget Prime, Feb. 24, 178.5, b. Nov. 14, 1762. 
The home of this family is still known as the Carjienter farm. He 
was a Justice of the Peace, and prominent in town affairs. - Child- 
ren, the 8 youngest born in Paris : 

Xathanii'I, b. July 27, 1780, was ;i student at Ileljron Acadeiu}-, and coni- 

niitted snicide April 1.3, 1807. 
Xdthan, b. May 25, 1788, m. Susan Proctor, s. hi Foxcroft. 
Joshua, b. Feb. 27, 1790, ni. Susan Ileald. 
Walter Prime, b. April 26, 17!)2, ni. Nancy Barnard. 
Jo/in, b. Sept. 10, 17!);}, in Joanna Ford, s. Minneapolis. 
Dennis Whituker, b.,June 24, 1796, m. Phebe "Ward, s. Bangor. 
FoJlij Woodburii, b. May 2, 1798, d. in childhood. 
Anna llnmJin, b. Dec. 17, 1800, in. Xchenuah Emery, s. Lincoln. 
Beuhen Earl, b. Sept. 9, 1802, in. Harriet Heald, s. Lincoln. 
James Harce>i, b. July 2."), 1804, d. in cliildliood. 

The mother d. Aug. 8, ISO."), (suicide) in. 2d, Minda Proctor of lUickticld. 
March 25, 1806. 

Olecia, b. m. Daniel Fobes, M. D., s. in Lincoln. 

Married .3d, Sarah Sweet of Porthmd. 

Mary, in. a Swett, s. Portland. 

Minda, d. in childhood. 

tSeth Georije. 

The father d. Oct. 21, ISll). ( Referred to in ( alel) Prentiss diary.) 

CoL. Joshua Carpenter, son of the preceding, was a sergeant in 
Captain David Biyant's compan}', 45tli Regiment of Infantry, Col. 
Denny McCobb commanding, in service on the frontier in the w^ar of 
1812. He moved to Dover about 1820, and afterward to Howland, 
and represented that town in the Legislature. He was appointed 
by President Jackson to the coUectorship of Castine. He went 
from Castine to Bangor, and was High Sheriff of Penobscot Co., 
under Governor Dunlap. He moved to Lincoln, and was there 
appointed Indian agent in 1844, of the Potawatamies, in what is 
now Kansas. After the expiration of his office, he moved to Houl- 
ton, and remained there. His death a few ^-ears since was caused 
by a falling tree. He m. Susan Heald of Sumner. Children : 

Elvira Prime, b. May 19, 1811, m. Stilman Pollard. 

Rebecca Spcmldinn, h. Dec. 11, 1812, m. in 1848, Timothy Pilsbury, then 
a representative in Congress from Texas. He died in 18,58, and slie 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 549 

returned to Iloulton, Me., where she is now livinof and to wlioni we are 
» indebted for much of tlie information relating to this family. 

Winfield Gains, b. May 21, 181.5, m. Mary Larkin, and went to Texas and 
engaged in cattle raising ; died there. 

Stephen Decator, b. in Paris, May 14, 1818, m. 1st, Mai-garet Gear, 2d, 
Laura Jane Clark. He was a graduate of West Point, served in the 
Seminole war, and the Mexican war. He was afterward stationed in 
Texas, where he was wounded in a skirmish with the Indians. He 
was a ^lajor in the late war, and was killed at Murfreesborough, Dec. 
;n, 1862. 

Benjamin Franklin, b. in Dover, Sept. 22, 1822, m. Rebecca Hammond, 
.s. in Houlton. 

Harriet Heald, b. in Howland, March 2, 1824, living in Iloulton. 

Thomas Jefferson, b. Aug. (i, 182(5, d. Sept. 13, 1848. 

Carsley. 

John Caksley, b. in Barnstable, Mass., about 1740, m. Mary 
Freeman, April 5, 1764, and settled in Gorham. 

John, Jr., was b. in Gorham, Aug. 19, 179G, m. Martha Crockett, 
and was the first settler of Harrison. 

John AY., son of Ai L. and Elizabeth 'Allen) Carsley, was b. in 
Pownal, April 10, 1853. He is the grandson of Benjamin, and the 
great grandson of John, Jr.. abovenamed. He m. Mary Lizzie, 
dan. of George Berry. Children : 

Mary Raymond, b. June 16, 1881 ; Margarette Elizabeth, b. July 2.5, 1883. 

Cary. 

Ebenezer Cary, and a brother Daniel, sons of Icliabod of Bridge- 
water, came to Paris, then No. 4, in 1785. They were great grand- 
sons of John Caiy, who came from Somersetshire in England, and 
settled in Duxbnry, Mass., in 1G39. No mention is made of Daniel 
until 1791, at which time he was drowned in attempting to swim 
across the outlet of Norway Pond on his return from work for Cap- 
tain Rust. Ebenezer m. Martha, a sister of John and AVilliam 
Brock of Buckfield ; lived a while in Bucklield, and then came here, 
settled on the northern slope of Crocker Hill. It was known as the 
"Cary opening." Their log house that stood here, was the most 
elevated habitation in town. Children : 

Hannah, b. March 26, 1796, m. Caleb "Woodward, s. Oxford. 
Ichahod, b. Aug. 22, 1797, d. iu Veazie, Dec. 2, 1851. 
Zenas, b. April 3, 1799, m. Susan Estes of Bethel. 
Rememher, b. Feb. 20, 1801, d. in Waltham, 1837. 
Polly, b. Sept. 16. 1802, m. Moses Upham of Waltham. 



550 IlISTOUY OF PAKIS. 

Bctuicl. 1). Xdv. 2."), 1S04, 111. Iliirrict Livei'inore Dix. 

Ebeuezer, b. Jan. 2"), 180(!, ni. 8u«;iiii Wyman of Waltliaiii. 

MuKtha^ b. Jan. 2, 1810, iii. Thomas Roberts of Bradfoi'tl. 

The parents moved to Greenville, Me., and reeommeneed pioneer life. 
The mother died Feb., 1834. He m. 2d, Mrs. Hannah Davis of North 
Salem. The father died 1837 or 1838. 

Daniel Gary, son of Ebenezer, worked for Aniariali Harris of 
North Paris, from the time he was eleven years of age nntil he was 
sixteen. When he was twenty-one, he went to AValtliam, Mass., 
and in. April l.l, 18;U, Harriet L. Dix of Waltham. Children : 

Charh's Hcnnj, b. .Tune 13, 183.'i, d. Nov. (>, 1814. 
Martha^ b. Feb. G, 1842, m. Stephen A. Scripture of Lowell. 
(reoryc IF., b. Aug. !), 1843, m. 1st, Sarali Wells, and 2d, Luey Moore. 
Daniel Gary is now eighty years of age, resides in Waltham, ^Nlass., sur- 
rounded with all the comforts of family and liome. 

Dea. Ezra Cauv of anf)ther family, came to South Paris from 
Turner, and purchased the stand since owned and occupied by 
Pliineas Morse, and carried on tiie tanning business as given in the 
early industries of Paris. He was the first deacon of the church at 
South Paris, as stated in another i)lace. C'liildren : 

Shcpanl^ iJarltl, Tolmm, ZurlKinj and E.xni. The family all moved from 
town. 

Clark. 

TnOMAS' Clark, E,s(^, was a bookseller in Portland in 1801. He 
in. Nov. LS()2, Nancy (Joodwin. and remained in Portland until 
about 1810, then moved to Lisbon. Me., and then to Paris Hill, 
March 13, 1810, where he remained througli life. He was an influ- 
ential and capable man, and nnich in town and county office. The 
4 oldest children were born in Portland, and the o youngest in Paris. 

rhnmiis, Jr., b. Feb. 2G, 1804, d. Apill 2(j, 1804. 

S'aUn, b. June 10, 1805, d. Oct. 18, 180(i. 

Louisa, b. July 28, 1807, m. Joseph IJndsey. 

Jnlni (iomhriii, I,. T»Ijircli 21, 1808, d. March 24, 1808. 

Xiiucfl (ioinhrii,, b. Lisbon, April 22, 1810, m. Asa A. Ward of Dixrield. 

Einil!/ Poor, b. Lisbon, Dec. 13, 1811, m. Rev. G. K. Shaw. 

Elizabeth, b. Hebron, Aug. 28, 1814, d. March 29, 1834. 

Ezekid Whitman, b. Hebron, Dec. 1, 1815, m. Sarah T. Robinson. 

Jamm Thatcher, b. March 13, 1818, m. Harriet B. (lark. 

Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1819, d. Sept. 2, 1819. 

Marria, b. Aug. 24, 1819, d. Sept. 16, 1819. 

The mother d. Sept. 8, 1828, and he m. 2d, Orissa IJawson. Shed. Sept. 



IIISTOKY OF I'AKIS. 551 

28, 1S47, mill lie 111. .'!(1. Sally, widow of Ahiczci' Andrew s. 'I'lic father d. 
Feb. 13, IS'rI. The widow in. Siineoii Walton. 

E/.i:kii;l Wihtmax Clahk, son of Thomas, in. Sarah T. Rohinson, 
Oct. 1845. Childi-en: 

Charles, b. 184G, s. in 15ois City. Idaho. 

Sarah, m. Luther Stover, a blind niiisic teaclier. 

Mrs. Stover is matron in the Uoyal Institute for tlie Idind, under liie 
patronage of Queen Victoria. 

Thomas C, h. Dec. 7, IS.oJJ, is in Ure<ioii. 

Aiuiic, Ij. 1855, d. Aug. 3, 1871. 

117///^'. b. Jan. ISriS, d. Oct. 3, 1858. 

Tlie iiiotlier d. May 4, 1863. The fatiier d. at Hilton Head, S. C, Oct. 4, 
1805. 

Jamks Thatcher Clakk, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet B. 
dan. of Cj-rus Clark of Turner, b. Feb. 7, 1817. He was for man}' 
years a deputy sherifli', was officially connected with the Portland 
Custom House, and with government contracts for paper. He was 
an active politician, a genial friend and companion. Children : 

Harriet E., h. July 27, 1842, ni. Thomas M. Crocker. 

George, b. Jul}' 3, 184G, resides on the homestead. 

Mary Ella, b. July 11, 1855, resides on the homestead. 

The motlier d. Feb. 11, 1881. The father d. Jan. 16, 1884, at AVashington. 
D. C. 

Peter Clark of another family, son of Samuel and (Han- 
son) Clark, was b. in New Duriiam, N. H., about 1775. He m. 
Rhoda, dan. of Tristram and Abagail (York) Richards of Middle- 
ton. N. H. She was b. Dec. 20, 1787. Peter Clark came to Paris 
in 1827, and lived near the location of the James Dennett brick 
house. Children : 

Martha, b. Xew Durham, X. H., m. Thomas X. Stowell. 

Jonathan, h. " " May 2!J, 1815, m. Fannie W. Rawson. 

Samuel, b. " " 

Hezekiah Crockett, b. Xew Durham, X. II., Sept. 2, 1817. 

Sarah, b. •' '' m. Horace Eawsoii. 

Elizabeth, b. . " " m. Hemy Folsom of Eox- 

bury, Mass. 
Peter H., b. in Durham, X. H., was deaf, and killed on tlie raih-oad. 
The father d. about 1835. The widow m. Capt. Emmor Kawson. 

Jonathan Clark, son of Peter, m. Fannie W., dau. of Levi Raw- 
sou. Children : 

Fannie, b. Sept. 11, 1840, in. Edward Z. Sawtelle, s. Roxbury, Mass. 
Martha, 1). Sept. 23, 1842, m. Samuel D. Weeks. 



552 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Sarah Matilda^ b. — , 1844, d. in infaiu-y. 

Charles S., b. Nov. 16, 1846, ni. Sarah R. Cuniniings. 
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4, 1848, d. 1858. 
Arabella Holmes, b. Nov. 10, 1851, m. John S. Perry. 
Sylria Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1853, m. 1st, Jedediah Barker, 2d, Wni. L. Blood. 
James H., b. July 30, 1855, in. Emma Sawtelle. 

The mother d. Oct. 26, 1876. Married 2d, Elizabeth Lafferty of Houlton, 
b. Aug. 28, 1827. 

Hezekiah Crockett Clark, brother of the preceding, m. SN'lvia 
8., dau. of Capt. Eramor Rawson, April 16, 1837. Children: 

Rhoda Jane, b. Jan. 17, 1839, d. March 17, 1854. 
Clara E., b. Dec. 23, 1841, d. April 10, 1843. 
Horace B., b. Dec. 22, 1843, m. Sarah P. Skillings. 
Frances J., b. Dec. 14, 1849, d. April 26, 1852. 
Edith L., b. Sept. 17, 1854, m. Thomas Johnson. 

The mother died June 26, 1855, and he ni. 2d, Sarah R., dau. of Sanuiel 
F. Rawson, Aug. 28, 1855. 

Sarah E. A., b. May 8, 1856, m. Elliot E. Record. 

Harrij J. B.,h. May 7, 1857. 

William S. D., b. March 7, 1859. 

Hezekiah C, b. Sept. 4, 1861, d. Sei)t. 7, 1861. 

The father d. Oct. 28. 1861. 

Horace R. Clark, son of the preceding, m. Sarah P. Skillings. 
Children : 

Frank S., b. Sept. 13, 1865. 

Charles S. Clark, son of Jonathan and Fanny (Rawson) Clark 
ante, m. Sarah R., adopted dau. of Jairus S. Ciimraings. Children : 

Belle,]). Sept. 1874; Jennie J\I., b. Nov. 23, 1878; Anna L., b. June, 
1881; Charles J., b. 1884. 

Cleasby. 

Ira Cleashy, son of Isaac and Mary (Prescott) Cleasb}' of Rum- 
ford, formerly of Concord, N. II., was b. March 13, 1814, m. 1840, 
Minerva, dau. of Seth Ford of Sumner, b. Sept. 8, 1811, settled at 
South Paris and built the house now the residence of William E. Cush- 
man. Children : 

Timothy W., b. Feb. 28, 1842; Laura W., b. Feb. 18, 1845; Isaac, b. Apr. 
3, 1847, d. Nov. 2, 1854. 

Chase. 
Bradford Chase of the fifth generation, from Aquilla Chase of 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 553 

Newbur}', m. Abagail Sibley, June 21, 1763, and settled in Sutton, 
Mass. Children : 

Xathan, b. Sutton, Apr. 18, 1764. 

Elizabeth^ b. " Jan. 29, 1766, ra. Aniariah Chase. 

Elins, b. '' Feb. 16, 1768, m. PriseiUa Bachekler. 

Aba</<u!, b. " March 21, 1770, m. Ellas Partridge, s. Paris. 

Huldah, b. " Jan. ;n, 1773, d. Sept. 1777. 

Peter, b. " Dec. 17, 1776. ni. Kebecca Doble. 

Samuel, h. " Oct. 28, 1778, ni. ]\Iary Weymouth. 

Luke, b. " May 15, 1782, m. Dorcas Stearns. 

Peter Chase, son of Bradford preceding, m. Rebecca Doble and 
settled in Paris. Children : 

Sihieif, b. Dec. 25, 180.3, d. June 10, 1859. 

Arvilla, b. March 22, 1805. 

Hiram, b. Feb. 28, 1806. 

Rebecca, b. May 7, 1807, ni. Kev Addison Abbott. 

Leonard, b. March 11, 1810. 

Solomon, b. Sept. 20, 1813, m. Meliitable Doble. 

William, b. March 29, 1815. 

Abagail, b. March 25, 1817. 

Seth, b. Xov. 30, 1818. 

Eliza, b. Dee. 14, 1821, ui. Jonathan Abbott of Bethel. 

Cynthia, b. Jan. 1826. d. June 25. 1847. 

The mother d. Feb. 16, 18.59. The father d. Feb. 29, 1860. 

Luke Chase, bro of the preceding, m. Dorcas Stearns, Dec. 1, 
1808. She was b. Aug. 8. 1780, and was a sister to Mary, wife of 
William of Paris. Children : 

Bradford, b. Burton, Sept. 14, 1809, m. :Mary Kimball of Kumford, s. in 
Grafton, Mass. 
Austin, b. Benton, May 3, 1813, m. Lucy Bachelor. 
JVathan, b. " Feb. 5, 1815, m. Mary Ann Thayer. 

Elias, b. Barre. Apr. 19, 1818, m. Laura Clifford. 

Luke. b. •' Jan. 25, 1821, m. Sarali Smith of Scotland, and settled in 
Lunenburg. 

The father d. Sept. 25, 1839. The mother d. Aug. 6, 1859. 

Rev. Sibley Chase, oldest son of Peter, m. Charlotte Heath of 
Sumner. Children : 

Adaline Matilda, b. May 1, 1831, m. Henry E. Hammond. 
Peter Farrinr/ton, b. March 28, 1833, m. Corinna Stowell. 
Charlotte Heath, b. Dee. 17, 1836, m. Rev. Seth Benson. 
Mary Ellen, b. March 24, 1852. d. Apr. 9, 1852. 



554 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Hiram Ciiask, bro. of the preceding, m. ami had the foUowing 
ehihlren : 

Frances Ann, b. Sullivan, Dee. 3, 184.5; Hiram Wesjfii, b. Freedom, Sept. 
28, 1847; Gi'orgf^ Olin, b. Paris, Jan. 2.5, 18,52; E)nni/ Eliza, b. Paris, Dec. 
2G, 1853 : Harriet Bpechin\h. Pails, Aug. 14, 18.55; Freemont Loren-ell, b. 
Paris, Aug. 4, 1800. 

Solomon Chase, l)ro. of the preceding, ni. ]Mehitable Doble. 
Children : 

CharJcx ir., b. Dec. 28, 1S3S, married 3Iary T. Field. 

The mother died, and he m. second, Harriet, widow of Wright Barrett, 
and dau. of Sprague f'hurchill, Oct. 28, 1845. 

Freeman Herse;/, b. Aug. 20, 1846, d. Dec. 21, 184(J. 

3fanj Ann, b. Sept. 19, 1847, m. Sanmel B. Bacon. 

Cl<(ra Abba, b. Oct. 15, 1851, m. John C. lUdlon. 

Freeman Herse)/, b. Apr. 17, 1855. 

Fre,}<lie, b. July 12, 18G4. 

Dea. Austin Chase, son of Luke and Dorcas (Stearns) Chase, 
m. Luc}', dau. of Dea. Mark Bachelor of Sutton, Mass., Sept. 21, 
1837. She was b. June 8, 1812. Children : 

LnriniJa, h. July 27, 18.38. 

Liir,/ ./an<\ b. iMay 27, 1842, m. Paudall B. ^Morton ; 2d, George 'rucker. 

Nathan Chase, bro. of the preceding, m. Mary Ann, dan. of 
Col. Ebeiiezer Thayer, Feb. 14, 1844. Children: 

Cliarles Freeman, h. June 11, 1845, m. Clarissa S. (ioodwin, s. :Milron. 
Au(/iista .v., b. July IS), 1850, m. Amos B. Chase of Lynn, ^ilass. 
Henri/ Edward, b. March 10, 1853, m. Lucetta E. Penley. 

Elias Ciiask, bro. of the preceding, m. Laura, dau. of David 
Clifford, May G, 1840. Children: 

Henrietta, b. Aug. 25, 1841, m 

Clariman C, b. Feb. 5, 1846. 

Charles Leonard, b. Aug. 20, 18.50, d. Jan. 9, 1851. 

Ctiriis Elias, b. Sept. 14, 18.54, d. Apr. 18, 18.55. 

Hrin-;/ Walter, b. Sept. 10, 1857, d. Aug. 21, 1878; drowned. 

The mother d. Jan. 27, 1861, and he married second, Eunice F., widow 
of George Rawson, M. D., and dau. of Alanson Mellen of Paris. 

Llke Chase, Jr., bro. of the preceding, m. Sarah Smith, who 
came from Scotland. They settled in Lunenburg, Mass. Children : 

Qeori/e Webster, b. Dec. 23, 1852, d. Apr. 25, 1861 ; James Henry, b. Feb. 
1, 18.55, d. Sept. 24, 1855; Willie Austin, b. March 30, 1850; Judson Eddie, 
b. Feb. 24, 1858; Charles Henry, b. June 10, 1860; Ceorf/e Edward, b. June 
15, 1862; Emily An7ia, b. March 30, 1864; Sarah Dorcas, b. July 16, 1867; 
Caleb Jndson, h. June 2, 1869. 



IIISTOKV OF PARIS. 000 

TiMoTiiv CiiASK of another branch, son of Dr. Willuun Chase of 
Falmonth. ni. Lncy, dan. of Nehemiah Porter of tlio same town. 
Children : 

S'-irdll, h. ni. Mary A. Trowbriii,:;"^ of Portland. 

Jlary Aid), ni. ^rarsliall Stcnrns. 
■ Stisan M., m. J^ewis* Sturtevant. 

Hannah,, m. Alfred Staples, s. Portland. 

Edtrard P., b. July 17, 1818, ni. .Julia A. Dudley. 

WiUlam, b. Xov. 1, 1820, ni. Ellen Eaton. 

Anna P., ni. Daniel Hutehins, .s. Boston. 

GmnriUfi .1/., b. Dec. 2, 1828, ni. Elizabeth Morse. 

The mother d. Feb. 1.5, 183S. and he ni. 2d, Luey. widow of Otis Paine. 

Edward P. Chase, brother of the preceding, m. Julia A., dau. 
of Josiah Dudley- of Paris. Residence in Portland. Children : 

Alhr,, E., b. in Paris, Oct. 9, 1844, ni. .June .30, 1870, A'j'nes 
Eliza Nichols of Caniliridiicpoit, Mass. He graduated from Harvard 
Colleoe, class of 18(3.5; studied law and was admitted to the bar, but 
preferred teaching. He has taught in the Portland High School since 
1868. He Avas editor of the -^^faine Journal of Education, and is a 
member of the Maine Press Association. He has one child, Eda-ard 

Xirhn].<, b. Oct. n. 1874. 

AViLLiAM Chase, son of the preceding, m. Ellen, dan. of 
George and Elizabeth TProwbridge) Eaton, Xov. 2, 184.3. She 
was b. .July 1, 1820. (See Personal Sketches.) Children: 

Elhu ]'., b. March 28, 1845, d. in infancy. 

Georije Willkon, b. Aug. 25, 1846, d. July 14, 1862, drowned at Kent's 
Hill. 

Charles H., b. Aug. 11, 184S; d. Aug. 2.3, 1840. 

Edidn Augushts, b. May 26, 1851, m. Ella A. Sanderson. 

Frederic Genness. b. March 17, 1854, d. July 14, 18-55. 

Henry Jloore, h. July 1, 1856, d. May 10, 1861. 

Ullen Packard, b. Aug. 24, 1858, d. Jan. 26, 1866. 

James Leavett, b. June 11, 1861, m. Anna P. Rawson. 

WlUiam Trovbridye, b. Xov. .3, 1864, d. Jan. 22, 1866. 

The father d. March 12, 1876, caused by accident. (See Annals.) 

Jonx Chase, of still another branch, son of Gilbert of Conway, 
N. H., was b. Dec. 7, 1816, m. Dolly Gile. He first rented the 
Dr. Kittredge farm when he moved to this town and afterwards pur- 
chased the farm, now his homestead. Children : 

HattieAticood, b. in Conway, X. H., Feb. 24, 1840, m. Hezekiah M. Lapham. 

Phebe, b. Sept. 15, 1844, m. Aaron Edes of Canton. 

Charlotte Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1847, m. Simon R. Ellis. 

Manj G., b. April .3, 1849, m. William Bradburv. 



556 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jane Dolhj^ b. May 22, 1851, m. Henry C. Hammond. 
Laura Ellen, b. April 6, 1854, m. Oliver Chase. 
John, h. May 2, 1858, m. Edna Field. 
Anna, b. , 1863, m. Charles Kimball. 

Daniel Chase belonging to another branch of the great Chase 
famil3% ni. Lydia Lnfkin, and moved to the north part of the town, 
east of where George Berr}' now lives. He died in Buxton. Sev- 
eral of his children died in infancy', and those who longer survived 
are as follows : 

John, m. 1st, Clarissa Benson; 2d, widow Swan, r. Bethel. 

Mari/, m. Wadsworth Hayes. 

Lnfkin, lost at sea. 

Louisa, m. Ebenezer Whitney ; r. Buxton. 

Betsey J., ^ 

> twins ; d. young. 
Lijdia S., J 
Luoj, b. March 15, 1828. She never married. She lived in the family of 

Eben. Drake of Xorth Paris, for nearly 40 years; now lives in the 

family of Rev. Dr. Eicker, Augustei. 
Jane, d. j'oung. 
William L., m. I.ovina Graj' ; r. Sumner. 

Chesley. 
Nicholas Chesley was b. in Dover, N. H., Nov. 1750, m. Sarah 
Hammond, a sister of Joseph and Benjamin Hammond of this 
town, and settled on the lot now known as ihe locality of Mt. Mica. 
Some of the sons moved to Lincoln. Children : 

Ih-ujamin, 1). Xew Gloucester, April 21, 1780, m. 1st, Bethiah Keith, 2d, 

Polly Hathaway. 
Sarah, b. Xew Gloucester, 1783, m. David Farrar, d. Aug. 1, 1810. 
Bi'tseij, b. " Nov. 15, 1785, m. David Dinsmore of Minot. 

Samuel, b. Xo. 4, Oct. 31, 1788, m. Patty Perry, dau. of Asa Perry. 
Xirholas, b. " April. 1702, ni. Cynthia Partridge. 
Jonathan, b. Paris, May 12, 1704, a graduate of Bowdoin College. 
Charlotte, 1). Paris, April 21, 1707, m. Aaron Wait of Dixtield. 
The mother d. May 21. 1707, m. 2(1, Mrs. Susanna Sawyer. 
Darid, b. Paris, m. Mary Knight. 
William, b. Paris. 
The father d. Get. 14, 1827. The widow ni. Abijah Warren. 

David Chesley, son of Nicholas, ni. Maiy Knight. Cliildren : 

Julia Ann, b. Sept. 26, 1824; William Henry, b. Feb. 1826; Joseph 
Mitrhtdl, b. Jan. 23, 1828. 



histokv ok takis. 557 

Chipman. 
William Chipmax was liorn in Mass.. and ni. a Miss Lane of the 
same State. He settled in Minot, Me. Children : 

*S'ei/(, s. in 111., and i-cmoved to Texas. 

Joshua^ s. in Hebron, removed to New Portland. 

Simeon, b. 1787, ni. Orpali Shaw. 

CarnUnc, b. 1794, d. 1814. 

Jiebeccd, ni. 1st, Jonathan Glover of Ilebi-on, 2(1, Job Morton of Otistiehl. 

Lwi/, b. 1798, unmarried. 

Charh'S, b. 1798, s. in Oxford. 

Amos, s. at Mechainc Falls. 

Alhiint, s. in Halifax, Mass., d. in 1838, on account of accident. 

fjyriis, b. March ;}1, 1807, m. Hep/.ibah B. Mann: lie is a blacksniitli and 

resides on Paris Hill since 1799. 
Sumni'r, b. in Oxford, s. at Gorham, X. II. 
Willvim, haekman in Portland. 

Simeon Chipman, son of William, ni. ()ri)ah. dau. of Jairus Shaw, 
of Paris, and settled at South Paris village. He was a blacksmith 
by trade. His shop stood on the site of the I. O. Block, as 
descril)ed in another place. His house stood east of the road in 
which he kefjt tavern. • Children : 

Jairus <S'., b. May o, 1824, died in 18(;3. 

linftis, b. April 3, 182G, drowned by falling' off the logs in the Mill Pond. 

Alrau or Alhimt, I). July 1, 1828. He was brought up bj' John Millett, 

and became the stay and support of tliis childless f;unily in their old 

ag-e. 

Churchill. 

Joseph Churchill of Middleborough, Mas>., in. Alice Drake of 
the same town. He settled in Hebron first but remained there only 
a short time and then removed to Paris and settled in the Swift 
neighborhood. Children : 

Sprayufi, b. Ai)ril 28, m. Harriet Holmes. 

Polly, b. April 3, m. Daniel Dudley-. 

WilJiom, b. May 21, m. 1st, Polly Bird, 2d, Rebecca Churchill. 

Sdlhj, m. Shadrach Keen of Sumner. 

Sullirrui, m. ilartha Smith. 

Sophia, b. April 12, 1801, m. Xathaniel Libbe\-. 

Btirudcl, (Burry) )). April 17, 180.5, in. Jason Hammond. 

Milliccnt, (Milly) b. April 2.5, 1808, m. 1st, Levi Frank, 2d. Benj. Bacon. 

The father went on a visit to Dunstable, Mass., about 1809. and d. theie. 
The mother d. in Paris. April 18, 1823, or Aug. 17, 1831. 

Sprague CnuucHiLL, son of Joseph, ra. Harriet, dau. of Cajjt. 



558 HISTORY OF PAUIS. 

Lemuel Holmes, and settled on the lot now the homestead of his- 
son Kingman. Children : 

WiUiam, h. Sept. 5, 1814. in. Mary Libby. 

Harriet^ b. Sept. 28, 1810, m. AVriglit Barrett. 

I'ulhj, b. April 26, 181!», d. Oct. 12, 1838. 

Clara, b. Jiinc 24, 1821, in. Ist, Joseph C. Tuttle, 2d, Aniei-iua Bisbee. 

Kiuijiiian, }). June 18, 1828, m. Loretta Andrews. 

Kingman Ciiikchill. son of the preceding, m. Loretta, dau. of 
David Andrews. Children : 

. Fainiic ir., b. Jinie 2(!, 18."i2; Euima A., b. June 27. 185(!; Ahhu^ J.^h. 
Aug. 16, 185i); CharJrs: Xi'llic 

William CiirKCiiiLL. second, sou of Joseph, m. 1st, Polh' Bird. 
She died without children. He married 2d, Kebecca Churchill of 
Buck field. Children : 

Joseph, h. Feb. 2, 1828, m. 1st, Bctspy Moody, 2d, Maiiu Perhain. 

CaJista, b. 3Iarcli 22, 183.3, m. Calviu Kichardsou. 

WiJh'am, h. Jan. 22, 1837, m. Mary Penley of Norway, dead. 

EJJi'ii, b. Jan. 1, 1830, ni. John Gerry, r. Norway, a widow. 

JosKPii Chukciiill, son of William, was a tailor, and resided at 
Bryant's Pond, and died in Norway, Aug. 16*, 18S1. By his second 
wife. Viana, daughter of Joel Perliam of Woodstock, he had : 

WaJtcv AUx-rt, b. Dec. 6, 18.5«i, at Bryaiifs Pond, resides with hi^; motlu-r 
in Norway. 

Clifford. 

John Clifford of Miuot had the following children, all born in 
Minot : 

FoUij, b. Dec. 2.i, 177!), m. John, son of Edmund Allen. 

Jolni Sairi/cr, b. July 4, 1781, s. in Penobscot Co. 

Darid, b. :May 5, 1783, in. Mary Shurtleff, s. Paris. 

Cliariottt-, b. Feb. !), 178."), in. ^Moses Stearns, s. Minet. 

Ahai/ail, b. Oct. 23, 1787, uuiuarried d. in Minot. 

Benjaiiii)!, b. Oct. 24, 1789, remained on tlie homestead. 

Joseph, b. Feb. 29, 1792, s. in Pittstleld. 

Manjarctte, b. May 26, 179"), in. Andrew Goodwin. 

Bizpah. b. May 23, 1797, d. in childhood. 

The father was killed by a tree faUing on liini. The niotlier d. a])Out 
1833. 

David Clifford, son of John preceding, m. Mary, dau. of Jona- 
than Shurtleff, and settled in Paris on the farm previously owned by 
Samuel Durell, on which he resided through life. Children : 

Liir;i Bust, b. April 12, 1813, m. Joseph II. King. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 55i^ 

Lanni, h. .Ala}- 1!>, 1S17, ni. Elias Chase. 

Elbert, b. March 3, 1819, iii. iraiinali Laiulcr. 

Jonathan, b. Jan. 1, 1821, ui. Harriet X. JIall. 

Mary Ann, h. Ati-i'. 10, 1824, m. Win. O. Khig-. 

CJuriniond, 1). Aug-. 24, 1827, in. Orren Jones, s. Oxfoni. 

Charlps If., h. May 2i), 1829, in. Wealthy Ann Brett. 

The father d. Mareli 1, ISii."). The mother d. Nov. 7. ISCS. 

Elbert Clifford, son of the preceding, m. Ihuinuli, dau. of 
Seneca Lander of Woodstock, late of Paris. Cliildren : 

Giles Kendall, b. ^fay 21. 1844. killed in P.attle ot \Vilderness. (See 

Kecord.) 
Charles Kinsni((n, b. May, 1847. ni. Ida Slater ot China, Me. 
Julia, b. Aug. 1852, ni. Fred Johnson of China, ]Me. 

Jonathan Clifford, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet Newell, 
dau. of Maj. Cyprian Hall. Children: 
Francis Edmird, b. Xoy. 17, 1850, d. 1870. 
Henry Emerson, b. Sept. 19, 1853, ni. Ilattie AVhitney. 
Herman Weslcij, h. July 29. 1855, ni. Mary Sprague of AVoreester, s. 

Xebraska. 
Cora Einersan, b. .July 11, 1857. 
Joseph MHralf, b. Jan. 24, 18(j0. 
Katie Estelle, b. July 30,-18(5:?. 
Osmon Kendall^ b. \\n-i\ 27. 18f;7. 

Charles H. Clifford, brother of the preceding, ni. Wealthy Ann, 
dau. of Luther P. l'>rett, March 3, 183.5. Settled on tlie liomestead, 
now resides in South Paris yillage. Children : 

Georrje Herbert,]), ilareh 5, 185(5; Wallace Kendall, b. Aug. 22, 1862; 
Charlfs Alton, b. May 24, 1867; Carrie Belle, h. May 4, 1869; Laura Ellen,. 
b. Aug. 15, 1870. 

COLBURN. 

Jerathmael Coleurn was born in Dunstable, Mass., in 3Ia3', 
1750. is said to have Ijceu born in a garrison during an Indian raid. 
He came to Paris with his family, in 1800, and settled on the lot 
now the homestead of W. AV. Dunham. He and two of his sons, 
the Hutchinsons, AValtons and Jordans, were included in the exodus 
to Ohio. Children : 

Thomas, b. in Merriniae, went west. 

Oliver, b. in •• '• 

Jerathmael, b. in :Merriiuac, Sept. 8, 1787, m. Eliza AVarreu. 

Catharine, b. in " 1789, m. 1st, Abner Benson. 

Franris, b. in Merrimac. s. in Kentucky. 

Lucy, b. in '• s. in New York. 

David, b. in " 



560 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jerathmael Colburn, Jr., m. Eliza, dau. of William Warren, 
Apr. 2, 1820. Children : 

Arabella i?., b. July 20, 1820, d. Apr. 4, 18.39. 

Prentiss MeUen^ b. Marcli 6, 1824, m. Aravesta D. Bowker. 

Emerson -/., b. Sept. 7, 182'*, in. Monk. 

Elizabeth Augusta, ni. George Abl)ott of Haverhill. 

Prentiss Mellen Colburn, son of the preceding, m. Aravesta 
D., dan. of James Bowker, March 8, 1858. Children: 

ArabeUe Carter, b. Aug-. 19, 186.5; Hattie Chirk, b. May 3, 18G8, d. 1881. 

Emerson J. Colburn, son of Jerathmael, Jr., m. a dan. of Alfred 
Monk of Bnckfield. Children : 

Jaiiiei ]'., b. Deo. 15, 1855, ni. Susan I. Allen; Frank Lester, b. June G, 
1859; Frances Clara, b. Jan. 27. 18—, d. Feb. 10, 1880. 
The father was killed while walking on the railroad. May 27, 1877. 

Cole. 

Eleazer Cole, son of Joseph and Mary (Stephens) Cole of 
Plympton, Mass., born April 8. 1747, married 1769, Lucy Shnrtlelt 
of Bridgewater, born Oct. 11, 1751, and came quite earl}' to Paris. 
His place was one-half of numlier ten in the first range, his son 
Calvin owning the other half. He sold after a few years to Joel 
Robinson, and moved to Greenwood, where, and in AVoodstook, 
many of his descendants still live. His children, all born before he 
came to this town, were : 

Calvin, ni. Betsey Swan. 

Phebe, b. Oct. 31, 1777, ni. John Billings. . 

Silence, (^Tyla) ni. Gilbert Shaw. 

Ciiprian, m. 1st, Loviey Perhani, and 2d, Patty Tuell. 

PnUij, ni. Joseph Whitman. 

Lunj, \n. Lazarus Hathawav, Jr. 

Jonathan, m. Abagail AVhitnian. 

Judge Joseph Green Cole, son of Captain Abraham and Martha 
(Green) Cole, was b. in Wellfleet, March 16, 1801, m. Feb. 12, 
1834, Mehitable, dan. of Nathan and Mehitable (Freelaud) Marble. 
Children : 

William Avgustus, b. Xov. 18, 1834, d. July 20, 18.50. 

^lartha Green, b. Aug. 19, 1836, d. Dec. 22, 1878. 

Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1838, d. Feb. 22, 1842. 

Joseph Green, b. May 14, 1840, d. Sept. 9, 1871. 

George Pussell, b. Jan. 11, 1843, d. Xov. 8, 1874. 

Polio Marble, b. Feb. 27, 1845, d. Sept. 13, 1868. 



inSTOHY OF PARIS. 561 

L'hiirlfs Ahra/noiu h. 'Slay 23, 184(5, m. Margart-t Jit'diiiaii of Ell.-iwortli. 
Anna BiisseU, b. Xov. 4, 1850, m. George II. Watkins; died. 
The father d. Xov. 12. 18.")!. The inotlier d. Sept. 17. 18G0. 

Gershom Coi-K, grandson of J<)sei)h of Plynipton. m. PoUv. dan. 
of Joseph Besse}-. Cliildren : 

Lorenzo, b. Maj- 16, 1805, in. Hannah IJobbin;;, s. I'ortland. 
Lucy, b. May 28, 1808, m. Stihnan Carter. 

Hasehis, b. Feb. 15, 1810, ni. Chase, s. IJuekficld. 

Georye IF., b. March 12, 1812, ni. Miranda Cooper. 

Sophia, b. Oct. 6, 1814, m. Albion AVhitteniore. 

Chandler G., b. Dec. 31, 1817, now at Togns. 

Harrison, b. Aug. 31, 1819, s. Boston. 

Mary Ann, b. Feb. 18, 1821, ni. James" Eobinson, s. Poitiand. 

Euniee, b. Xov. 29, 1823, ni. Lewis Chase. 

William Hmirn, b. Feb. 9, 1827, ni. Cohnn])ia Royal. 

The father d. March 15, 1859. 

George W. Cole, son of the preceding, m. ^Miranda, dan. of 
Benjamin Cooper. Children : 

Geortje W., b. Oct. 29, 1839. in. Alfaretta Ifeed. 

Lydonia Adalaide, b. Aug. 20, 1841, ni. John Kecord, s. Kunifoi-d. 

3Iary Louisa, b. Feb. 26, 1843. 

James Edwin, b. July 24, 1844, ni. Lizzie M. Dow. 

Martha Hooper, b. Feb. 13, 1846, ni. Edwin I. Spofford. 

Joseph Bessey, b. May 29, 1847, m. Emma J. Eastman. 

Henrietta Maria, b. Jan. 4, 1850, m. J>ed York. 

Harrisnti Gray, b. Sept. 3, 1851, m. Susie K. (Gilbert. 

William Hknkv Colk, brother of tlie preceding, ni. Columbia, 
dan. of Solon Royal. Children : 
Ella E., b. Feb. 28, 1856, m. Oct. 24, 1880, Horace D. Tuttle of Lewistoii. 
Emma M., b. July 28, 1858, d. Sept. 21, 1881. 
ir(7/(V E., b. June 10, 1861, m. June 10, 1882, Gertie J]. Whitman. 
Alire L., b. :March 1, 1878, d. March 2, 1879. 

Calvin Cole, a brother of Gershom, in. Catharine, dan. of Ben- 
jamin Woodbuiy. Children : 

Charles, b. March 27, 1806; Xancy, b. Sept. 1, 1807; Calrin, b. April 8, 
1809 ; Sumner, b. Jan. 22, 1812 ; Hiram, b. Oct. 21, 1813 ; Cathn-ine, b. Aug. 
13, 1815; Louisa, b. May 13, 1817; Julia Ann, b. May 26, 1819; Lucius, b. 
April 17, 1821 ; Vesta, b. March 29, 1822 ; Hn-riet, b. Aug. 25, 1824 ; Charles, 
b. March 27, 1826; Xancy, b. Sept. 1, 1829. 

Cooi'ER. 
Benjamin Cooper was the fifth in descent from John of Seituate. 
Avho m. in 1634, Priscilla, widow of William Wright, and dan. of 



562 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

Alexander Carpenter of England, and sister of Alice the second 
wife of Governor Bradford. He m. Susanna King, a sister of Sally, 
the wife of Capt. Uriah Ripley of this town. lie came to this town 
and settled on the western slope of Crocker Hill in the spring of 
1802. He afterward moved to the lot now the homestead of his sou 
William. Cliildren : 

>S'».s7/H, h. Plymouth, , 1797, in. Josepli Brigs^s. 

Hnrni't, b. " July 4, 179i). 

Jiihn, h. " , 1801, m. Kebeeca Mathews. 

SaUij, b. Paris, June lO, 1803. m. John Billings. 
Hannah, b. Paris, Feb. 29, 180G, m. Elliot Smith. 
Miranila, b. " July 1(5, 1808. 
Ennhi, b. " Feb. 20, 1810, d. March 19, 1830. 

William, b. '• March 23, 1814, m. Charity Kyle. 

John Coopeu, son of the preceding, m. Rebecca, dan. of Valen- 
tine and Sarah (Cobnrn) Mathews of Sumner. Late in life he 
moved to Ionia, Mich. Children : 

John, b. Aug. 28, 1822, ni. UlviUla Monk. He was in the Mexican war, 
in Col. Wright's regiment of volunteers, who marched 1400 miles. He 
d. soon after his return, July 19, 1848. 

Olive, b. Feb. 3, 1824, m. Capt. Cyrus II. Pdpley. 

Eliza, b. March 20, 1826, m. Isaac II. Thayer, s. Ionia, :Micli. 

SaUij, b. Feb. 17, 182S. 

Georye, b. Jan. 27, 1830, m. Florinda Ko3al, s. Ionia, Mich. 

Eoxanna, b. Dec. 24, 1831. 

William K., b. Xov. 4, 1832. 

Jeannette, b. Jan. 5, 1836. 

Jarvix C, s. Ionia, Mich. 

Arabella, m. George K. .Jackson. 

The father died in Ionia, Mich., Jan. 17, 1881. 

William Cooper, brotlier of the preceding, m. Charity, dan. of 
Amos Kyle of Peru. She was b. Dec. 15, 1817. Children : 

Luella S., b. Sept. 17, 1843, in. George Cook. 

Charles E.,h. June 21, 184.5, d. Aug. 21, 1849. 

Bowena II., b. Aug. 14, 1847, m. Setli Sieberling, s. Minot. 

Herbert, b. .Jan. 14, 1849. 

Albert E., b. March 3, 1851, m. Emilj'^ Pierson of Bucktield. 

Fred 31., b. May 21, 1853, m. Estelle Pierson of Bucktield. 

Willie E., b. Dec. 19, 1855. 

Charles W ., b. July 30. 1857, ni. Anna McAllister. 

Delia L., b. April 3, 1860. 



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histouy of paris. 563 

Cook. 

George W. Cook, son of John and Jane (Linsey) Cook of 
Barre, Province of Quebec, was b. May 27, 1841, m. l^uella 8., 
dan. of William Cooper, June 28, 186!». Children: 

Win!<l(nr Jlrrlx-rt, h. Sept. 4, 1870; Lut-Uo M,(h<'J, b. M:iy 2."), 1872. 

Crawford. 
Capt. Benjamin F. Craavford was the fifth generation from 
Aaron Crawfor<l. who came to this country from the county of 
Tyrone, Ireland, in the summer of 1718, and was one of the first 
settlers of the town of Rutland, Mass. His grandfather was a cap- 
tain in the war of the Kevolution, and assisted in the capture of 
Burgoyne. Alexander Crawford, his father, was a gunsmith by 
trade, and made the first gun manufactured by government at 
Springfield Arsenal. Benjamin F. Crawford was a shoemaker by 
trade. He was born in Oakham, Mass., Aug. 10, 1800, and came 
to Paris in 1820. He m. Sophia, dan. of Amariah and Abagail 
(Daniels) Harris, April .30. 1820, an<l settled on Paris Hill. He 
moved to No. Paris and then to W. Children : 

Augustus Fnuikluu 1». July 8, 1827, ni. Fraueei* S., dau. of Eben'ezer 

Daniels, and settled in Kahakee, 111. 
Ahhie Willis, h. May 4, 1829, ni. B. Kendall Stearns, s. Mechanic Falls. 
MarH Augusta, b. March 15, 183G, d. April 10, 1848. 
Sophia Harris, b. July 8, 1832, m. Horace Cushman. 
Frauds Bemis, b. Jan. 13, 1839, m. Susan J. Kandall, s. Colebrook, N. 11. 
The mother d. at Woodstock, June G, 1873. .The father d. April ."). 1809. 

John G. Crawford of another family, came to Paris from Wor- 
cester, Mass., and settled on the lot since the homestead of his son, 
William, and now of his grandson John G. Children : 

Ann, b. in Worcester, Aug. 2, 1801, m. Robinson Parlin. 

William Stearns, b. in Paris, April 14, 1808, m. Charlotte Walker. 

4"he father d. .Tan. 8, 1840. 

William S. Crawford, son of John G., m. Charlotte, dau. of 
AVilliam Walker. Children : 

Melimla, b. vSept»30, 1830, m. Henry M. Tuell. 

Ellen, b. July 3, 1838, m. Benjamin C. Curtis of Woodstock. 

John (t., b. Aug. 13, 1845, m. Loretta Field. 

Crocker. 
Thomas Crocker was the son of Roland and Mehitable (Merrill) 
Crocker, and w^s b. in North Conway, N. H., April 14, 1788. His 



564 HISTORY OV PARIS. 

first purchase in Paris was one-half of the store lot, Dec. 10, 1811. 
{See Personal Sketches.) He m. Clarissa, dau. of William Stowell 
•of Paris. Children : 

Catherine X., b. Oct. $), 1817, d. Oct. 17, 1833. 

Thomas A'., b. Aug. 27, 1811), d. Xov. 21, 1830. 

3Iar>j Elisaheth, b. March 2.5, 1822, ni. Jesse Pliilip Daniel of Lafayette, 
Ala. 

Annette Miria, b. Sept. 9, 1824, d. Nov. 20, 1820. 

Charles Henr>/, b. July 30, 1827. 

Thomas J/., b. June 1, 1831, lii. Harriet E. Clark. 

Augustus (t., b. Nov. 3, 1833, d. Sept. 8, 1837. 

The mother d. April 23, 1843, and he m. second, Ahnini, dau. of Bailey 
and Hannah (Swan) Davis of Methuen, Mass., and had; 

Jlifra J/., b. Maj- 10, 1846, ni. T. T. Snow of Portland ; she r. a widow in 
Paris. 

AiKjHstKs Z., 1). May 4, 1850, graduated Bowdoin College, civil engineer. 

Thomas M. Crocker, son of Thomas preceding, m. Harriet Eliza- 
beth, dau. of James T. Clark. Settled on Paris Hill, is largely 
interested in Florida lands, spending his winters in that State. 
Children : 

lliohias Stuircl], h. Nov. 25, 1804; Harriet CJariss,/, b. May 2, 1800. 

Crockett. 

Martin Crockett, son of John of Sumner, m. Desire Farrar of 
Buckfield, she died about 1844, and he in. second, Prudentia S., 
widow of William Morton and dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Sawin) 
Bates of Sumner. She was b. Oct. 1, 1810. 

George B. Crockett, son of the preceding, b. JMarcli 24, 1847, 
m. Maiy H., dau. of Elbridge Fobes, and settled on Paris Hill, 
and is Treasurer of the Paris Manufacturing Company. Children : 

JMahei A., b. Dec. 18, 1871; Prentiss F., b. April 17, 1*<73: Ernest P., b. 
Oct. 15, 1875: LneeJia E., b. Nov. 3, 1870; Leon E., b. Nov. 3, 1879. 

CUMMINOS 

1 Jacob CuMMiN(iS of Sutton, Mass.. m. Mary Marble. Jan. 21, 
1741. They had a family of eleven children. 

2 Jesse, the fourth child, was b. Nov. 6, 174.'), and m. Mary 
Fitz, Aug. 29, 1771. His purchase and sale of land is given in 
another place. Children : 

3 Manj, b. Sutton, March 24, 1772. 

4 Louis, b. •' "• 25, 1774, m. Solomon Lelaiid. 

5 Jonathan, b. Sutton. Dec. 18, 1775, m. Lucy Armsby, 

Jonas, b. " Aug. 14, 1779, m. Betsey Hutthinsou. 



HISTOKY OF PAUIS. 565 

7 Shneon, h. " Jan. 2, 1783, m. Polly Cushiuan. 

8 Xdnri/, h. " Xov. 23, 1779, m. Xehemiah Packard. 
The fatlKT d. Oct. 9, 183.J. The mother d. June 22. 1S32. 

5 Jonathan Cummings, (son of Jesse 2) m. Luc}' Armsln", Feb. 
IG, 1803. Children: 

9 Jesse, b. March 4, ISO;), in. Lucy Monk. 

10 Bussell, h. April, 1807, d. April, 181G. 

11 Mnri(t, b. Dec. 13, 1810, m. Issacher Stephens. 
Married second, Susan, dau. of John Willis. 

12 Horace, b. Dec. 12, 1819, m. Emeline H. Albee. 
Married third, Iluldah. dau. of Joseph Chesley. 

13 liussell, b, Sei)t. 1S2-J. 

14 Francis, b. 1827. 

15 Lncij Ann, b. ]SIarch 15. 1829, m. S. U. Hawks. 

If) Ja7nes Hooper, b. June, 1832, d. Jan. 30, 1864, at Philadelphia. 

17 (ieorye Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1834, m. Caroline M. Albee. 

18 Joseph Chesley, b. May 7, 1843, ni. Eiuma Turner of Hartford. 

19 Charles Christopher. 

6 Jonas Cummings, (son of Jesse 2) m. Betsey, dau. of 
Bartliolomew Hutchinson. Children : 

20 Chandler, b. Oct. 30, 1805, d. Au"-. 3, 1807. 

21 Simon Hutchinson, b. May 10, 1809, ni. Sybil Jackson. * 

22 Calista, b. Dec. 26, 1810, resides on the homestead. 

23 Charles Fordyre, b. May 13. 1817, m. Cynthia E. Cushman. 
The father d. Xov. 14. 1866. The mother d. :Marcli 8. 1861. 

7 Simeon Cummings, (son of Jesse 2) m. Polly, dau. of Caleb 
Cushman. Children: 

24 Simeon, b. April 17, 1812, m. Lucy Bent. 

25 Benjamin Chandler, b. June 6, 1820, m. Anna Appleton Wells. 

26 Enoch Lincoln, b. May 23, 1827, m. Clifford. 

The father d. Feb. 2, 1831. The mother d. Sept. 25, I860. 

9 Jessk Cummings, (son of Jonathan 5), m. Lucy Monk. 
Children : 

27 liohert Francis. 

28 Francis. 

29 Olirrr P., b. June 12, 1830, m. Betsey Jane Cuinmin<;s. 

30 Ira L.. d. May 8, 1838. 
The father d. Oct. 9, 1835. 

12 Horace Cummings, (son of Jonathan .">) m. Emeline H. Albee. 
Children : 

31 Susan W., b. 1845, m. Albion B. Andrews. 

32 Annie F.. b. June 2. 1849, d. Jan. 8, 1850. 



566 HISTOKV OF PARIS. 

33 WaUare IL, b. IS.")?, m. Ilattie A. Jackson. 

34 KpudaU F., h. June 14, 1801, d. . 

H'} Bertie, b. 18()5. 

17 George H. Cummings, (son of Jonath.an 5) m. Caroline INI. 
Albee. Children : 

36 Willie E., b. Sept. 29. 18(51, d. Sept. 14, 18(J3. 

37 Ffinide 7i., b. June o, 1866, d. Dec. 11, 1877. 

The mother d. Jan. 8, 1878, ni. second, Xellie F., dau. of Asa ( 'umniing's 
of Albany, Dec. 30, 1880, b. Aug. 20, 1844. 

21 Col. Simon H. Cummings. (son of Jonas G) m. Sybil, dau. of 
Sylvanus Jackson. . Children : 

38 Eihi-in II., b. Nov. 1846, d. May 11, 18S2, in San Francisco, (al. 

39 Lizzie, b. Dec. 2(5, 1848, ni Charles Steel of Ilaverliill. 

40 Imhelle ./., b. Oct. 1850, ni. Lysander T. Buttei-field. 

The mother d. Jan. 3, 1853, m. second, Mary, widow of Cliarles (^. Blake, 
and dau. of Isaac Cummino-g. 

Col. Simon II., d. ]Mav 23. 1857. Tbe widow ni. \V. W . Bowkci-. 

23 Charles Fordyce Cummings, (scni of Jonas 6) ni. Cynthia E., 
dau. of Caleb Cushman. Children : 

41 Charles, 1). Jan. 2, 1850. d. July 25, 1872. 

42 r/dines A., b. June 26, 1852. d. Sept. 10, 1852. 
The fatlier d. Dec. 26, 1873. 

24 Simeon Cummings, (son of Simeon 7) m. Luey, dau. of Otis 
Bent. Children : 

43 Mary Elhm, h. May 7, 1835, m. Rev. (Jeorge Hunt. 

44 (rreenleaf, b. April 2, 1837, ni. Sophia Kittrcdoe. 

Tlie mother d. Nov. 1. 1842, ni. second, Emeline, dau. of Dea. Levi 
Thayer. 

45 Isa L., b. 1845, m. Win. L. Wai'reu. 

46 Ahhie A., b. 1847, m. Henry A. llersey. 

47 Lizzie >S'., b. 18.50, m. Henry H. Lowell. 

48 Anna Wells Clifford, b. May, 1852, d. Sept. 17, 1854. 
The father d. Xov. 2, 1866. The mother d. Dec. 28, 1878. 

29 Oliver P. Cummings, (son of Jesse 9) in. Betsey Jane, dau. 
of Jairus S. Cummings. Children : 

49 Minnie ]{., b. Feb. 12, 1860, m. AV. H. Robinson. 

50 Charle>^ C, b. Aug. 12, 1862. 

51 Hattie /., b Jan. 12, 1864, d. July 5, 1865. 

52 Frederic S., b. Oct. 2, 1866. 

.53 Lillie M., b. March 29, 1869, d. April 15, 1869. 

The mother d. ^March 23, 1875. 

Married second, Xellie Rust Corliss of Wolfborough, X. II. 



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IIISTOKY Ol- I'AKIS. 567 

Isaac CuMjrixr.s of another family, son of Isaac of Gray, Me., 
forniedv of Sutton, ^Nlass , was b. Oct. ol, 178G, m. Aug. 2<j, 1810. 
Betsey, dau. of Captain Jairus Shaw. She was 1). in Ijiidgewater. 
Mass., June 2G, 1789. He settled on the lot now known as tlic 
Jabez Buck farm. Children : 

Jairu!< Shiii'-. b. Jul_v (i. 1811, ni. ^lerinda H. Dmih.nii. 
Avice P., b. June 24, 1S13, ni. Sampson Duiibani. 
Ai-etas Haskell, b. Jan. 29, ISl.'). 
Clarissa Shai'', b. Auo\ 11, 1817, m. Daniel Staples. 
Orpali Shav, h. April 21. 1819. ni. Georji'e Crooker. 
Eruxtus Khiij^ b. Nov. 17, 1721, ur. lluklah Bunipu?-. 
Betsey Jam', b. June 20, 1824. ni. Isaac C. Ilerriek. 
Cynthia Ann, b. Sept. 8, 1826, hi. Jolin G. Herriek. 
3Iarzena Grpenvood, h. Sept. 2, 1828, il. ^[arch 11, 18G7. 
Isaac Xelsou, b. Feb. 1.5, 1831, ni. Sarah Kniglit. 

Jairus Shaw Cummixgs, (son of Isaac) m. Merinda B., dau. of 
Eleazer Dunham, and settled at South Paris. Children : 

Betsey Jane, b. Feb. 14, 1836, m. Oliver P. Cummings. 

Isaac Dunham, b. April 2, 1838, m. Sarah Hicks. 

Harriet Kin;/, b. July 20, 1843, d. Auoj. 2, 18.'30. 

William Henry, b. Dec. 7, 1850, d. Dec. 7, 1850. 

Jairns Mellen, b. Jan. 20, 1853, ni. Marj- Tucker. 

Sarah Bycrson, b. Oct. 29, 1844. Catlopted) ni. Charles (lark. 

Isaac D. CuMJiiNcis, (son of Jairus Shaw) ni. Sarah, dau. of Isaac 
Hicks. Children : 
Frecland I., b. Dec. 27, 1862. m. Ilattie 0. Crockett. 
Willie B., b. June 15, 1866. • 

Hattie Mautl, b. Marcli 10, 1871. 

Erastus K. Cummixgs, brother of the preceding, ni. Haldah. «lau. 
of Nathaniel Bumpus. Children : 

Flora, b. 1850, ui. Charles Stoddard. 
Hattie, b. 18.53, ni. .Tolni Davis. 
Fannie, b. 1858. 

Jairus Mellen Cummixgs, (son of Jairus S.,) m. Maiy E., 
dau. of AVilliam Tucker of Buckfield. Slie d. Dec. 29, 1862. 
Married second, Mrs. Sylvia Dolly. 

Joseph Cummixgs, son of Joseph, formerly of Sutton, and Polly 
Ingersol, m. Ruth, sister of Isaac Thayer of Oxford. He bought 
out Cyrus Thayer, who traded in the brick store, Eeb. 1836, and 
continued trade until he moved to Greenwood. Children : 

Hiram Thayer, b. April 30. 1818, ui. Eliza Cloudman. 



568 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Allen TeKkshurtj^ b. Jan. 8, 1S20, m. Eliza Biyant of Greenwood. 

Nelson Preble^ b. Nov. 24, 1S21, m. Mary Wood. 

Harriet Thayer^ b. Nov. 21, 1823, m. John Howe. 

Eoxanna, b. Dec. 26, 1825, d. Oct. 26, 1826. 

Joseph, b. Sept. 2.5, 1827, m. Sardine Swan. 

Bo.ranua, b. Dec 3, 1829, ni. Charles L. Elder. 

Aura Whitney, b. Xov. 14, 1832, m. Gilnian L. Blake of Bethel. 

Ruth, b. May 16, 1834, ni. Glines, Greenwood. 

Woodbury, b. May 5, 1837, in. 1st, Mar\' Hicks, Albanj'. 
Wellington, b. May 22, 1840, d. Jan. 8, 1842. 
The father died in Greenwood, March 9. 1876. 

Hiram Thayer Cummings, son of the preceding, m. Eliza, dau. 
of Solomon Cloudman, April 30, 1842. She was b. in South Paris, 
in the house now the residence of S. H. Perkins. Children : 

Geor(/i<inn((, h. South Paris, Xov. 22, 1841, m. Andrew J. Kni<i:ht. 

Wellintjton, b. March 28, 1844, m. Mary Kenniston. 

Hainiibal, b. Ai)ril 20, 1846, m. Majifii'ie Larkin. 

Eliza M., b. Sept. 2, 1849, d. Xov. 9, 1853. 

Mary Isabelle, b. Xov. 13, 1852, ni. Augustus L. Ballard. 

Charles Sumner, b. Sept. 25, 18.56, Methodist minister. 

Married second, Mary A., widow of Orison Kipley of Lincoln; maiden 
name, Mary A. Potter of Lee, b. May 21, 1836. 

Cai't. Benjamin Chandler Cumminos, son of Moses of Wood- 
stock, and Lydia (Pratt) Cummings, and grandson of Isaac, Sr. of 
Gray, was b. July 21, 1816, m. Xov. 26, 1835, Almira, dau. of 
Moses Twitchell. Children : 

Adaline, b. Xov. 6, 1836, m. Albert A. Huzzey of Windham. 

Lydia,%. Jan. 11, 1839, m. Cyrus Twitchell. 

Frederic Auyustus, b. A[ay 8, 1841. 

Leri Lincoln, b. June 18, 1843, s. in Portland. 

Charles Wesley, b. May 7, 1846, s in Buckfield, d. Oct. 17, 1880. 

Abbie Eleanor, b. May 26, 18.50, in. Charles E. Holt. 

Clarissa Aun, b. March 2, 1858, m. John Holt. 

The widow ni. second, Josiah K. Weeks. 

Daniel Cummings, son of Elislia, m. Abagail Bartlett, and lived 
on the farm now owned 113- Joseph Tufts. He had brothers, Calvin 
and John, and sister Charlotte, who m. Andrew Richardson of 
Greenwood, and Lucretia, who m. P^lijah Jordan of Norway. 

Almira, an only dau. m. Alvin Swift. 

Curtis. 

Noah Curtis, Jr., was the son of Noah of Pembroke, Mass., and 
Deborali Luce of Wareham. He was b. Nov. 27, 1786, and m. 



HISTORY OF PAUrs. 569 

Abagail, dau. of John Tiiell. He settled in^gWoodstock but 
exchanged farms with David Dudley-, in Apr., 1823. Children: 

Mthala, b. Oct. 10, 1808, m. Gilbert Du lley. 

WiUiam, b. June 8, 1811, ni. :Marcelhi Swift. 

Alonzo, b. Feb. 7, 1814, d. Aug. 25, 1862. 

Columbia, b. Apr. 19, 1816, ni. Joshua Crockett. 

Kim/sbury, b. Aug. 16, 1818, m. Sophia Young. 

Amanda, b. Apr. 14. 1S21, d. Xov. 30, 1834. 

Augusta, b. Xov. 23. 1823, m. Ansel G. Dudley. 

Charh's H., h. May 2.-). 1829, ni. Lydia M. Tuell. 

The father d. :\Iarch 23, 1858. Tlie mother d. July 29, 18.58. 

"William Curtis, son of the preceding, m. Marcella, dan. [of Caleb 
Swift and purchased the John Prince farm. Children : 

Isabella A., ni. AVallacc AV. ^[itchell of Mexico. 

Marietta A.. n\. Caleb Fuller. 

William Eu</e»e, ni. Cynthia A. Warner. 

Alvah. 

Charles H. Curtis, bro of the preceding, m. Lydia, dau. of 
Gilbert Tuell of Sumner. Children : 

Mar;/ Abbic, b. Oct. 30, 1858. 

The father d. Oct. 30, 1864. The widow ni. Edmund, son oflDaniel Cur- 
tis of AVoodstock. 

Seth Curtis, nephew of Noah, Jr., son of ^Morton of "Woodstock, 
m. Matilda, dau. of Job Lurvej, s. in Woodstock and removed to 
West Paris. Children : 

Job Holland, b. Feb. 9, 1831, m. Eliza Walker of Paris; Simeon Barrovs, 
b. Sept. 17, 1833, m. Betsey Fickett; Led Lurvei/, b. Jan. 3, 1835; Benja- 
min Chandler. 1). May 3. 1837, ni. E11«mi Crawford of Pai-is. 

Edmund Curtis, nephew of Noah, Jr., and son of Daniel and 
Clarissa (Chase) Curtis, Avas b. in Paris, April 21, 1821, m. Irene 
D., dau. of Charles Young of Greenwood. She was b. Dec. 25, 
1825 ; s. in CTieeuwood and moved to Paris in 1870. Children : 

Emerson G., b. Nov. 15, 1846, ni. Araniantha Jackson ; Isaac A., b. Dec. 
20, 1849, m. Sarah Park, s. West Paris ; Coleman A., b. Oct. 30. 1854, d. 
May 11, 1883. 

The mother d. Sept. 11, 1869; ni. 2d, Eydia M., widow of Charles H. 
Curtis and dau. of Gilbert Tuell. 

James Curtis, nephew of Noah, Jr., and son of Charles and Jane 
(Deering) Curtis, was b. in Woodstock. He m. Lucretia, dau. of 
George Bridgham of Paris, and s. at South Paris. Children : 

Manj ElUn, b. Feb. 22, 1864, m. George A. Haskell, d. Aug. 26, 1867: 



570 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Lonisf Ahhip^ b. Nov. It). 1850; ElUi Franrcs, b. Feb. 21. 1852. ni. GPor2:e 
E. Wilson; TI7//(^/v7 ./^o/*^."!, 1». June 8, 1854: Aimn Lnum. b. Nov. 4. 1857, 
ni. II. J. Everett ; Carrol Grosrennr, b. Get. !i, 1859 ; Jlxtfii- Gi-rtruih-. 1). May 
10. 1861. 

CUSHMAX. 

Several l)ranclies of the Cnshmau family were among the early 
settlers of this town, all tracing their •'title clear" to R(.)Beut, who 
came to Plymouth in the ship Fortune in 1G21.* 

Bartholomew Cush:man, son of Thomas and Anna (Chij)man) 
Cushman, the sixth generation from Robert, was born in Plvmpton, 
June 7, 177G. He came to Paris in Oct. 17'.)3, and m. Lydia Dun- 
ham Fuller, April 3, l-SOO, and settled in what has since been known 
as the Whittemore district. Children : 

(iconjc \]'iis/ii)i(//oi>, ]). Fel). 8, 1801. ni. Ist. ('lari<>ia French: 2il. her 

sister. 
Maria Chipuuin, 1). April 21), 1802, ni. \\/.va G. Fuller. 
Lydia Fuller, b. 3Iaicli 23, 1807, ni. Joseph Ilauunoiid, s. Lincoln. 
yV/omrt.s- C7(«;k?/'';-, 1). June 5, 1810, iii. 1st, Iluldah Fuller Jackson; 2d, 

^\•i(low Buek. 
Jaanctte An)i, li. May .'50, 1825, ni, John l!ust Ilanunond, s. Patten. 
The fatlier (1. in \Vood,stock, March, 17, 1850. The mother d. :\ray 31, 

18G5. 

George Washington Cushman, son of the preceding, m. Clarissa 
Lib))ey French, Oct. 1827, and settled in Woodstock, and late in 
life returned to Paris and settled on the Cyprian Stevens farm. He 
was much in town otHce in Woodstock, a memlier of the Legislature, 
and Brigadier General in the ^lilitia. He was a man of energy, 
and of marked ability. Children : 

Samantha, b. Jan. 27, 1820, d. Jan. 9, 1832. 
Horace, b. Fel). 25, 1830, ni. Sophia r'rawf'ord. s. Kansas. 
Geori/e, b. July 18, 1833, m. Isabella Felt. 
Anna, h. Sept. 23, 1844, m. Otis West. 

Jane, b. Au,^'. 11, 1837, ni. Benton Euss, s. Wasliington, I). ( . 
The niotlier died, and he m. second, Mary French, July 2, 1843. 
Adna S., b. Au"'. 1844, m. 1st, Viola X. Webber, and 2d, the widow of 
Sewall H. AVebber, 31. I)., and daugliter of Thomas X. Stowell. 

Thomas C. Cushman, brother of the preceding, m. Huldah Fuller 



*Rul)frt Cushman did not remain here, l)ut returned to England as agi-nt of the Ply- 
mouth Colonj', and died while in this service. While in Plymouth in ItKl, he preached the 
noted lav sermon on the "The Sin and Danj^er of Self-Love." 



]II.ST<Ji;V OK I'AKIS. .')71 

Jackson. Nov. "28, 1839, settled first in AVoodstoek. and afterward 
in Paris. Cliildren : 

N<(nnj Jdcksan, 1). Sept. .3, 1840, ni. Kiioch Whitteniore, Jr. 
N. Jo/nisoii, b. Aiiij-. 12, 1845, ni. Knu>j>('ne Andrews. 

Tlie niotlicr d. .I:in. .'}(). ISSI, ni. 2d, Lueretin, widow of Ell)rid,i>e IJiick, 
and dati. of l{obins((n I'ai'liii. 

Nathaniel Johnson Clshman, son of tlie preceding, m. Eniogene, 
dan. of Jonatlian Andrews. Children : 

Jlifhcl^h. .Iww 22, ISO!); IJcrtJni, h. Aug. (J. 1870; Enn'st, ]). Nov. 17. 
187(i. 

. Caleb Cushman, the fifth generation from Robert, son of Benja- 
min and Sylvia (Sampson) Cushman, was b. Jan. 24, 1750, m. 
Hepzibah, dan. of Gen. Isaac Bolster, June 1!', 1783, and settled 
on the lot now the homestead of Ilezekiah Ivapham. Children : 

Cah'h^ Jr., b. June i), 1784, m. Thankful Spnulding. 

Alnai, 1). Sept. 20, 1780, in Xancy Smith, s. Portland. 

Williiun, b. March 8, 1788, d. Sept. 1788. 

Pollij, t). May 20, 1787, m. Col. Simeon Cuinniings. 

The mother d. Oct. .3, 17i).T, and he m. 2d, Aug. 28, 1790, Lucy Sinclair. 

Bfujiiuii))^ b. June 1, 1797, d. March 11, 180;{. lie ran in the way where 

a ])rother was choijping wood and wa^ Icilled. 
Sulhj, b. May 20, 1797, m. Alden Fuller. 
Elias, b. April 28, 1801 . 

Chandler, b. Feb. 19, 1804, m. Mary J. Prince. 
Eliza, b. Feb. 28, 1800, m. Alfred Andrews. 
Eunice, b. July 31, 1808, m. Timothy Ford. 
The father d. March 10, 1833. 

Caleb Cushman, Jk., m. Thankful Spaulding, Dec. 2<), 1808. A 
sister Esther, m. AlexaTider Thayer. Children : 

Hpurii II., m. Sarah IJakeman. 

Cynthia E., m. ( 'liarles F. Cuunnings. 

Clementine, 

The father d. Feb. 13, 18(i3. The mother d. June 14, 1870. 

Capt. Chandler Cushman, brother of the preceding, ni. May, 
1831, Mar}', dau. of John Prince. Children : 

Eliza Ann, h. Miiy \H, 1832; Dorcas Jennnette, b. Sept. 17, 1833; Mary 
Erances, b. Feb. 19, 1835. 
The fatlier d. Aug. 21, 1840. 

P^benezer Cushman of another branch, was b. in Kingston, Mass., 
July It), 1782. He was a twin with Susanna, and was of the 



572 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

seventh generation from Robert. He m. Ma^- 19, 1805, Charity^ 
dan. of David and Charity (Haywood) Benson of Bridgewater, b. 
Jan. 26, 1783. He was a mason by trade. He moved to Paris, 
Feb. 1815, and settled in the Mountain district near Streaked moun- 
tain. Children : 

Albert, h. Kuigston, Feb. 28, 1806, m. Rosetta Curtis. 

Charity, b. •• Xov. 18, 1807, m. Alon/.o Crafts, s. Hebron. 

Caroline, h. " April 7, 1810, lu. Lysan ler Rieker, s. Hebron. 

Keziah, b. " Sept. 14, 1812, m. Thompson, s. Dover. 

Polhj rhompson, b. Paris, May 26, 1816, d. Dec. 29, 1834. 

Xelson, b. " July 13, 181!), m. .Tulia Curtis, s. Xorth Bridge- 

water. 

Susanna, b. Paris, May 16, 1823, m. James Tarr, s. Mouson. 

The mother was killed by the kick of a horse, (see Annals) Aug. 11, 
1840; ra. 2d, Aug. 1841, Mrs. Celia Sampson of Leeds. The father died 
Xov. 26, 1854. 

Major Albert CusHMAN, son of the preceding, m. Hosetta H., 
dan. of Ashley Curtis of Hebron, b. 1809. He was a mason by 
trade, and was long known as singing master Cushman. Children : 

Caroline EUznheth, b. Paris, May 9, 1829, d. Xov. 26, 1875. 

Henry Clay, b. '' April 18, 1831, d. March 13, 1863. 

Mary Barnxrs, Hebron, Sept. 7, 1833, m. Samuel P. Cushman, s. Hebron. 

Albi-rt W.. b. •' Aug. 9, 1835. 

Delphina T., b. Paris, Jan. 15, 1838, m. Horatio Cushman, s. Hebron. 

Hartly Corrydon, b. Paris, July 17, 1841, killed in the army at Front 
Royal, May 30, 1862. 

Philetus Fales, b. Paris, Feb. 28, 1846. killed at Fredericksl>urg. Va., 
Dec. 12, 1862. 

Helen B., b. Hebron, May 29, 1849. 

George Wallace, b. Hebron, Xov. 14, 1851, m. Alice Bearce, s. Hebron. 

The mother died and he m. 2d, widow Mary Tubbs, dau. of James Dun- 
ham. 

Gideon Cushman, of still another branch of the Cushman family, 
son of Caleb of Plymouth, Mass., was b. Nov. 1, 1750, m. Ruth 
Shaw, Feb. 5, 1773, and moved to Hebron in 1781, where he died 
May 7, 1845. He was a soldier of the Revolutijn. Children : 

Levi, b. Aug. 14, 1773, m. Eleanor Buck. 

Hosea, b. May 6, 1775, m. Lydia Barrows, s. Hebron. 

Hannah, b. April 16, 1777, m. Isaac Bolster, Jr., s. Paris. 

Caleb, b. Feb. 28, 1779, m. Polly Buck, s. Buckfield. 

Nathaniel, b. Jan. 26, 1782, m. Lucy Murdock. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 29. 1783, m. David Bolster, s. Paris. 

(riileon, b. Xov. 13, 1786, m. Phebe Barrows, s. Hebron. 



HISTOKY OK PARIS. 573 

FrfDicis, 1). July 28, 178!), in. Lydia Kcyes of liuiiiford. 
Jliitit, 1). Feb. 1791, 111. Cheslej' I.ei<'iiton. 
Betsey, h. Oct. 24, 1793, m. Samuel Buck, s. Buekfiehl. 
Solomon, h. June 22, 1796, ni. Harriet Adams, s. Monson. 
Miiry, h. May 6, 1790, )n. Jonathan C. Ilawkes, s. Minot. 

Zebkdke Cushman, sou of Zebodoe and JSarah (Holmes) Ciish- 
mau of Plynipton, Mass., was b. Nov. 23, 1787, m. Mary. dan. of 
Sylvanns and Mary (Lander) Robl)ins of Paris, May IG, 1817. and 
settled in Oxford. Children : 

Alrin, 1). May 1, 1818 ; Job, b. Marcli 11, 1820, m. Eliza Harris of Oxford ; 
IVilJiiDti E., 1). Jan. 21, 1822, m. Khotla J. Lee, s. at South Paris; Mari/ A., 
I). Oet. 182;^, ni. Seth Eastman; Ann I^ohhhis, b. Sept. 10, 182.1. 

Daniels. 

John Daniels came to Paris from New Gloucester, moving in 
with his family between the births of David, wiio was b. in New 
Gloucester, and of Joseph, who was b. in No. 4, now Paris, in 1784. 
He was doubtless of Massachusetts, but the lineage has not been 
traced. Children : 

John, b. .June 8, 1772, m. Wealthy Hobbs. 

EUzdheth, \n. Joseph Blake; 2d, Asa Perry. 

By a second wife he had : 

Ab(U/an, b. X. Gloucester, Feb. 2.5, 177."), m. Aniariali Harris. 

James, m. Rebecca Hammond. 

David, m. Eunice Xelson. 

Joseph, b. Feb. .5, 1784, m. Sarah Thonil)s. 

Eheneze)\ ni. Sally Haskell. 

Eunice, d. about 1815, aged 2.5 years. 

Sitihj, ni. William Xoyes. 

P"!!',!. ni. Aniariali Harris. 

Jic-iih, ni. Sarah Stearns. 

John Daniels, Jr., m. Wealthy Hobbs, Jan. IG, 1797. She was 
b. Feb. 10, 1774, and s. in what is known as the Daniels neighbor- 
hood. Children : 

Betse,/, b. Nov. 2, 171)7. (I. Aug. 1, 179S. 

Anna, b. Dec. 20, 1798, m. Phineas Morse. 

Charlotte, b. Xov. 28, 1800, d. Feb. 21, 1821. 

Harriet, b. May 28, 1803, m. John Ricliards, afterwaid .lohii Lee. 

Clarissa, b. Jan 16, 1804, in. Luther Brett. 

Eliza, b. April 29, 1806, m. Seward Porter, s. Portland. 

Orren, b. July 10, 1808, m. Sarah Brett. 

Lyman, b. Aug. 26, 1813, s. Andover and was a doctor. 

The father d. Sept. 30, 1849. The mother d. Mardi 31. 1846. 



574 HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

James Daniels, bro. of the preceding, ni. Rebecca, dan. of Ben- 
jamin Hammond, and s. on the lot near the homestead. lie also 
lived mau\- years in Bethel, bnt returned and died here. Children : 

Gilman, h. Xov. 10, 1806, m. Xancj- Barbour; 2d, Mrs. Eliza Ann 

Hubbard. 
Dexter, b. May 24, 1809, m. Harriet (rafts of Whatley, Mass. 
Jacob, b. Dec, 1811, m. Mary Sturtevant. 
Emeline, b. Jan., 1815. 

Jamcft, h. April, 1819, m. Elizabeth Maxwell, s. Portland. 
A)t(/ust<i, b. June, 182;^. m. George Plaisted, s. Biddeford. . 
The father d. Oct. 2, 1849. The mother d. in Bethel, April, 184G. 

David Daniels, bro. of the preceding, m. Eunice Nelson. 
Children : 

Jamt's, b. in Winthrop ; Charh's, b. in Dresden; Ann, AngeJiiif, Belinda, 
*S'rt/Zy and ./osp^)/j, b. in Sidney ; George und Eunice, twins, b. in Pittston; 
JoJin Xelson, Thomas and Joanna, b. in Paris. We liave no data of this 
faniih'. 

Joseph Daniels, bro. of the preceding, m. Sarah Thombs and 
s. on the farm now the homestead of his son, William N. Children t 

John linhinson, b. Fel). 10, 1817. graduated and d in New York. 
Joseph Thmnhs, b. Aug. 1(J, 1818, ra. Sarah J. Kichards. 
Brittania, b. Feb. 2, 1819, ni. Horatio Bradford. 
Columbia Barbom; b. Dec. 20, 1821, d. Oct. 20, 1844. 
Williani Xoi/cs, b. Feb. 4, 1824, ni. I.ydia J. Bosworth. 
Jftaiah Whitteuiore, b. April 12. 182(i, d. Dec. 8, 1832. 
Charlotte Amanda, b. ]March 19, 1828. 

Mary Melrina, b. Aug. 29, 1829, ni. Day. 

Andrew Jackson, ni. Eliza J. Porter. 

Tlie mother d. Jan. 17, 1843. The father d. June 12, ^'<M. 

Ebenezer Daniels, bro. of the preceding, m. Polly Haskell of 
New Gloucester, and lived at one time on the farm since owned by 
Dea. Austin and Nathan Chase. He aftcrwanl moved to Portland 
and went into trade. Children : 

Harrison, b. in Paris, Sept. 2."). 1813; S<ilhi. b. in Paris, April 14, 1815, 
d. March 21, 1810; Mary Jane, b. in Paris, July 13, 1817; Elizabeth H., b. 
in Paris, Aug. 14, 1819; Louim Haskell, b. in Paris, May 1, 1821; Lincoln, 
b. in Portland. 

Jacob Daniels, bro. of the preceding, ra. Mary, dau. of AVilliam 
Stearns, July 7, 1807. He purchased the lot and built the house 
that has since been iiicori)orated into the tavern stand of Horace Cum- 
mings. Children : 

S<dl!i. b. April 20, 1808, ni. May 24, 1838. Samuel Foster of Xewry. 

The father d. March 28. 1811. 



HISTORY Of PAUIS. 575 

Okrix Daniels, son of John, Jr., ui. Sarah, daii. of Lnthcr 
Brett, and settled on the lot and bnilt the honse now the farm and 
residence of Mellen P. Colburn. Children : 

Sarah Jane^ b. May 31, IS.W, m. Benjauun ("han(Uer JJawson. 

Harriet Josephine, b. July 20, ]S3o, ni. B'raiicis Brett, s. Fraiikriii, ]\ra.s.«. 

Georgia ilf., b. 1838, d. Aug. 10, 1849. 

Came, m. Theron F. Hathaway. * 

The father il., 1881. 

Oilman Daniels, son of James and Rebecca (Hammond) Dan- 
iels, m. Nanc}' Barbour, March 15, 1831. Children : 

Eehecca Hammoiid, b. May 0, 1833, ni. Janip^ S. Eobbins of Auburn. 
James Barbour, b. Feb. 20, 1840, in. Lucinda Penley, s. Auburn. 
The mother d. Aug. 8, 1840. and he m. 2d, Eliza Ann, widow of OHver 
Hubbard, and dau. of Thomas Hilborn. 

Mart/ Hubbard, b. Sept. 20, 1842, m. Sanmel K. Hodsdon of Auburn. 
Adaline Augusta, b. May 23, 1840, m. Fred Mixer, s. Auburn. 
Georgie Etta, b. Aug. 19, 1853, m. Joseph Grafltam of Aul)urn. 
The fatlier d. Aug. 0, 1878. 

Dextku Daniels, bro. of the preceding, m. Harriet, dau. of Caleb 
Crafts, of Whately, Mass., Nov. 2^,, 1842, b. Nov. 8, 1823, s. in 
Portland. Children : 

Lincoln Crofts, b. June 5, 1844, m. .Temima Jens of Halifax, X. S. 

Harriet A., b. July 1.5, 1840, d. Dee. 0, 1848. 

Maria L., b. March 0, 1849, m. Charles L. Drunuuond. 

EUen F., b. Jan. 3, 1S.52, d. young. 

Jacob Daniels, bro. of the preceding, m. Mary, dau. of Sylva- 
nus Sturtevant, Sept. 13. 183G, now resides on Paris Hill. Children : 

Mary Louisa Davis, h. July, 18 — ; Edwin Augustus, b. March 28, ; 

graduated at and lias shice been Preceptor of Hebron Academj' and 

of other sdiools. 

Joseph Thombs Daniels, son of Joseph and Sarah (Thombs) 
Daniels, in. Sarah J. Richards. Children : 

Frank; Alfred. 

William Noyes Daniels, bro. of the preceding, m. Lydia J., dau. 
of William H. Bosworth, 1). Feb. II, 1838. Children: 
Charlotte A., b. April 28, 185.5. d. Aug. 5, 1872. 
The mother d. June 10, 1873: m. 2d, Mary E., dau. of John .S. Mason. 

William M., b. Dee. 14, 1877: Alfred M., b. July 25, 1879; Arthur J., b. 
Aug. 2, 1883. 



57g history of i'akis. 

Davis. 
Henry Davis was b. iii Oxford, Mass., June 6, 1789. He m. 
Sally Torre}- of Dixfield, and settled in that town. Most .of the 
children were born there. He moved to this town April 1, 1830, 
and occupied the old Pra}- house near General Hubbard's, and 
worked for Jacob Jackson on the Hill, making plow-shares and iron- 
ing plows. He afterward bought a lot of General Hubbard, on 
which he built his house and shop, and worked at his trade. 
Children : 

Sobrinn, b. July 10, 181G, ni. Jacob Kidder, s. Dixfield. 

Sehprra, b. Jan. 2, 1818, m. Hezekiah Joselyn, s. \Voroester, JIass. 

Marij Brown, b. Oct. 28, 1819, m. Samuel Kyerson, d. May 18, 1843. 

Chnrles GreenviUe, b. Sept l.i, 1821, m. 1st, Margaret Creaey, 2d, Olive 
K. Rishworth. 

Horatio Mason, b. June 16, 1824, ni. Cyreua Bassett of llolden, Mass. 

Daniel Hovcij, b. June 15, 182(5, m. Mary Bean. 

Xancij Gilbert, b. Xov 7, 1828, m. Frederic Pitts, s. Keene, X. 11. 

Henry We.st, h. Sept. 1, 1831, s. Xewton, Mass. 

Columbia EUzahitlt, b. May 20, 1833, m. 1st, Winslow, 2d, John 

R. Sawyer. 

Sarah Jane, b. Deo. 19, 1835, ni. Richard L. Cole, s. Greenwood. 

Mariner ./., b. Feb. 25, 1839, ni. 1st, Ellen Twitc-litdl, 2d, Harriet K. Lap- 
ham, s. Bethel, and died there. 

The mother d. Nov. 1855, and he m. 2d, Martha, dau. of Jesse Briggs, 
;ind 3d, Nov. ISOl. Mrs. Anna Stickney. The father d. June 12, 1875. 

Heruick C. Davis, son of Denjamin Davis of Woodstock, b. 
Nov. 5, 182.5. m. Lucy M., dau. of Jeremiah Felt of the same town. 
^See Personal Mention.) 

Samuel F., b. Oet. 1, 18.54, m. Mabel E. Jackson; Carrie L., b. Feb. 

18(58. 

Samuel F. Davis, sou of Herrick C. Davis, m. Mabel E., dau. 
of Jairus A. Jackson. Children : 
Alive M., b. Feb. 13, 1879. 

Dean. 
The name Den or Denne, which is the ancient way of spelling 
what is now written Dean, made its appearance in England soon 
after the introduction of surnames. John and Walter Dean, who 
are the progenitors of many now bearing the name in the United 
States, came to this country about 1687. They were from Chard 
near Taunton, P^ngland, and took up their farms on the west bank 



HISTOKY OF PAIUS. o77 

of the river in Taunton, Mass. Walter was prominent in the early 
settlement of Taunton, and from him tlie line of descent is traced 
as follows: AValter', Joseph', Benjamin', Isi-ael\ and Josiah of the 
fifth generation from Walter. 

JosiAH, al)ovenaraed, liad tlie following children : 

Timntlnj, s. Chester; Josiah, .<. Killiiio;j;ly, Mass.; Asa. lu. Jhiiniah Cliase, 
s. Paris; ?J<h,>n»<J. m. IJiihy Chase, s. l^iris; Ahm/iajn. s. Hebron; ./ami,; 
Zaddck. 

Asa Deax, son of Josiah. was among the early settlers of this 
township. He s. on the lot in the Whittemore district, now t!ie farm 
of Henry Cole. He m. Hannah Chase ; he remained here through 
life. Children : 

Asa, m. Chirissa Holland ; llcnrij C. ni Cclia Dean of Hebron; Ih-tsr,j, 
ui. Asaph Churchill; Thomas. 

The father d. Oct. 20, 182(5. 

P]i)MUM) Dkan, bro. of the preceding, m. Ruby Chase and s. in 
tlie Dean neighborhood in the fall of 1784 or the spring of 17.s.">. 
Children : 

Edmund, Jr., b. in Taunton, Mass., Feb. 27, 1784; Xoah. 1). hi Xo. 4, Oct. 
2;{, 178.5; Philcna, b. Nov. li), 1797, ui. Jereuiiab .Allen. 

The mother d., m. 2d, Eebecca, dau. of Daniel Faunce. 

Andrcv Jarlson,h.^li\y -In^WM): Jli-Ui'i-ai ChiirchiU. 1). Sept. 16. 1832; 
Jhith li. 
The father d. Oct. 24, 1844. Tlie luotliei- d. \ov. 2(:, 1814. 

NoAii Deax. brother of tlie prece<ling, m. Abagail Ciimmings, 
l.SO.S, and had : 

Laura, d. Sept. 1838; Xoa], ]hiiuJ,rld,i,',h. 1821, s in western states; Jidni ; 
Alvin. 

The mother d. and lie m. 2d. Luciiida Andrews. 

Asa Dean, Jk., m. Clarissa Holland and s. on the hoiiiestead. 
Children : 

Jh-/s(-!/. b. March 2;), 1814, m. Howard Mosier of Dartmouth, :Mass. 

'I'lie mot her d. May 18, 1821 ; m. 2d, Hanuali, widow of Barbour 

and dau. of Tlioinbs. 

BcHJamin H'., 1). A])ril 21, 1824, s. in "Worcester. 

Horatio, h. Sept. 2.3, 1826. 

WUJiaiii Ilauimond, b. Sept. 12, 1828. 

Joseph Robimon, b. July 7, 18S1, m. Laura Tay:or, s. Buckfield. 

Benjamin Whitney Dean, son of the preceding, went to North 
Brookfield, Mass., in March, 1844, m. Sept. 12, 1848, Matilda Y... 

37 



Ol>> HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

Uau. of Ilariiioii ^\'itllaln of Kiiigfii'ld, 3Ie. Energy. iiKliisti-y and 
prudence liave won him a competence. lie now resides in Worces- 
ter, Mass. C'liildrcn : 

I Eijiuvt L.. 1). Aug. 184".), ui. Alon/.o Gould, .*. AVoivester. 
11 Elli> L.. b. 1S.")1, ni. George Merritt, s. AVorcester. 
IH I'xnijinnin F., 1). 18.53, d. 18.00. 
IV WilJioui n., ]). May 22, 18.58. 

V Adii'i. (.'.. ui. Chene}', s. AVorcester. 

The mother d. Sept. i). 18.58. m. 2d, ^lartha J. Potter of Goneord, X. R., 
.Ian. 1, IS?:;}. 

VI Bciijdiiiii) \V. Jr.. 1). Feb. 27. 1877. 

JosKi'ii Robinson Dkan. brother of tlie i)receding, m. Laura Tay- 
lor and settled on the homestead farm, and afterward sold and 
removed to Bucktield. Children : 

117///'?)/*, G('(>r(ji<(. Liiiim. 

Edmund Dkan, .Jr., m. P^sther Allen. Children : 

Annnlnhi. I), .luly 7. ISIO. 

Efrin/, h. Fel). 18, 1812, m. Alaiison Proctor. 

C'l/ni.^. I). Oct. .5, l,si;{. 

Miiri/ Ilri//(js.i m. Alexander ^fayhew. 

Eihiunxl Sijiri'stcr. HI. Ilamiah IJi-owu. 

Lori-iizii />., m. Almira Doble. 

Esthi-r Alh'ii, n\. Isaac Tucker, s. Bucktield. 

Thomu^ Alien, in. Cora A. Doble. 

The mother d. June i;^, 1870. The father d. Sept. 14. 187<;. 

Edmcnd S. Dean, son of Edmund. Jr.. m. Hannah r)rown, and 
settled on the farm formerly owned l\v Koliert (iray. Children : 

ElUncW', b. May 21, 18.52; Adclhcrt, b. April 25, 1854: EJnvr Z>'., b. Get. 
29,1857,111. Luey A. Thomas of Harrison: Gfonjia A..h. April 14, 1860; 
AJh-rt\ Tsahclhi V. 

Lorenzo 1). Dean, brother of the preceding, m. 1st. Almira 
Doble, 2d, Mrs. jNIary J. Gowell. 

Thomas A. Dean, son of Pxlmund, .Ir.. m. Cora A. Doble of 
Sumner. Children : 

('lira .1., m. .lames Colburn, Altan A. and (ii-oriji- L. 

Dennen. 

Bradford P>. Dennen, son of John and Keziah Dennen, was b. 
in Poland, Jan. 18, 1<S3(), m. Elvesa. dau. of Tlitimas T. and Olive 
(Tuell) Lurvey. Oct. 20, l-SCO. She was 1). Dec. bs. 1841. 



msTouv OF rAKis. 579 

Dknxktt. 

The Dciiiu'll family has Ixh-m claiined to Ite Xorniaii French, and 
that sonic tinn' long- passed, it was written Danet. and from that has 
i)i'en changed to Dennett. 

John was the son of Thomas Dennett, 1). in Kitterv. Aug. 4, 
1795. He came to Paris in 1804, with his mother and step-father 
Prav. and moved (irst, into the Hatter's shop of Nathan Woodbniv. 
He liecame a clerk for Russell Hubbard, and afterward partner. He 
m. Anii'. (>. I<s20. Polly, dan. of Elias Stowell. and s. at Sonth 
Paris. Siie d. Ano-. 2(). 1X22, m. 2d, Hainiah. dan. of Nathan 
Noble of Norway. She d. March 2C>, 1S2.'), m. ;kl, ]Mary, anotiier 
sister. Children : 

CI Chic n tint- J'<ir/.< r. b. Jan. 23, 1827, ni. Charles .1. IJarbdui', s. Portland. 

PoU;/ StoiccU, 1). Au^-. 10, 1829, d. Oct. 4, lS.-)2. 

WiUiani Henry., b. Aug. 13, 1832, s. Portljinil. 

The tatlier d. Fel>. 2. 1809. The niother d. 31ai-cii 24, 1880. 

Ja.mks Sawvkk Denxktt, son of Daniel and Frances K. (Sawyer) 
Dennett, was b. Feb. 26. ISh;, ni. Mary H., dan. of Samuel Deer- 
inii'. Children. 

Saiaucl i>., b. Sept. 11, 184>^, d. May G, 18t5(i ; Fiunk ./., b. June 4, 18.55, 
d. Feb. 7, 1880. 

The father d. Aug. 17. 1874. 

Dekrinc;. 

Geok<;k Dkki{ix(; from England, was among the first settlers of 
Scarljorough, and was an owner of a plantation at Blue Point, as 
early as ](i40. He was a shipright, as have been many of his 
descendants. The date of his death is not known. His widow, 
Elizal)eth. in. Jonas Bailey, an agent of Trelawney. The line of 
descent from (ieorge\ has been as follows : Roger', .Regie?*, ThomasS 
John% and John of the sixtli generation, wdio m. P^nniee Spinney in 
1743. They had six <'hildren, of whom the fourth, Joseph, b. Oct. 
G. 1753, m. in March. 177!». Hannah, dan. of William Jameson of 
Old Orchard. 

JosKrii Deehixo. son <^f Jcdm ludju and Hannah Jameson of Old 
Orchard, had the following children : 
Jiiiii\ 1). Feb. 12. 1780, lu. Aaron Scaiunion, s. Saeo. 
Einiirr. b. ;May HI. 1782, m. Thoma.s AVarreu, s. Saeo. 
Joscpli. 1). 31ay 19. 1785, in. Miriam Pillshury, s. Saeo. 
Sauiiic!, b. Sept. 15, 1787, m. Hannah Sawyer, s. Paris. 
WiUifini, b. Xov. 20. 17811. 111. Mrs. Fydia (Stevenson) Miller. 



580 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Martin, b. March 27, 1792, in. Mrs. Margarette Peterson. 

Noah,, b. April 26, 1794, m. Betsey Cummings. 

Enoch, b. June 16, 1796, d. unmarried. 

James, b. ]S"ov. 2, 1798, m. Eli/a Moore, s. Paris. 

Hannah, h. Aug. 30, 1800, d. unmarried. 

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 1802, d. unmai-ried. 

Tlie father d. Sept. 2."), 1833. The motlier d. May 20, 1841. 

Samuel Dkeking, son of Joseph and Hannah Jameson, m. Han- 
nah Sawyer, Sept. 8, 1818, and came to Paris the same year. He 
settled on High street, in the north-western part of the town. Late 
in life he moved to South Paris village. Children : 

Ether, b. .July 14, 1819, m. Mary J. Pratt. 

Jlary H., b. Oct. 25, 1828, m. James S. Dennett. 

Tne father d. April 23. LSC"). The nintlier d. Dec. 1876, aged 92. 

JvriiKR DKi:RiN(i, son of Sauuiel and Hannah Sawyer, m. Mary J., 
dan. of Leonard Pratt, and settled at South Paris. Children : 
Genevra F., m. Augustus IJyerson, s. West. 
Leonard Jlelrose, buried in So. Paris cemetery. 
The father died, and the widow ni. iJobeit Skilliugs. 

James Deerin(., son of Joseph, and brother of the preceding, was 
b. at Old Orchard, served his seven years ai)prenticesliip at the 
cabinet-makers trade in Saco, and came to South I'aris in 1820. 
(See Personal Mention.) He m. Eliza, dan. of Elisha and Eliza- 
beth I Morse) Moore of this town. Ciiildren : 

EUzaheth IL, b. May 23, 1824. ni. lion. Wilhani H. Porter, r. IJoston. 

William, b. April 25, 1826, m. Abbie P. l>arbour. 

Mary E., b. Sept. 13, 1840, r. at South Paris. 

William l)EKi!iX(i, sun of James, ni. Al)l)y K. IJarbour. Children : 
ClKiries Willi, II,}. b. .luly 31, 1852, m. Annie \\. Case. 
Tlie mother d. .Tan. 10. 185(1, m. 2d. Clara 11. Hamilton. 
James Edininl. b. Nov. 12, 1859. 
Ahhi/ Mari'Di. b. Oct. 3, 18(i7. 

Cmarles William Deerino, son of AVilliam and Ahby (Barbour) 
Deeriug, graduated at Annapolis Naval School, and was coniniis- 
sioned lieutenant in the Navy, m. Annie R. Case of Newjjort. K. I. 
Children : 

Charles Williani Case, 1). Oct. 15, 1876. 

The mother d. Oct. 31, 1876, m. 2d, Marion D. \Vhipideof X. Y.. Jan. 1, 
1883. 

Joiix, Mark and Alexander Deerixg, were brothers. and double 
cousins to Samuel and James. The}^ came from Denmark to Paris. 



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HISTORY OF PARIS. 581 

John, abovenamed, was a carpenter and builder, and was largely 
employed in the north part of this town and Woodstock. He m. 
Susan Newhall. He moved to Norway village. From him, Deering 
street takes its name. Children : 

William, b. Denmark, d. in AVesteru States. 

Hiram, b. " s. I'ortland. 

AMn,h. " " 

James, b. Paris, d. yellow' fever at Memphis (supposed). 

John Kendall, b. Paris, s. in Ohio. 

Anna, b. " living in Buchanan, Mich. 

Susan, b. " " " 

The fatlier d. July 22, 1845. 

Mark Deering, brother of the preceding, m. Alice Bailey of 
Fryeburg, and purchased the Samuel Deering farm on High street, 
after Samuel moved to South Paris. Children : 

Sarah, d. unmarried; frcorfjidnna. ni. Knight, s. Portland: ^firi/, 

r. in Portland. 

Alexander Deerino, brother of the abovenamed, m. Sarah 
Baile5% and settled on the John Deering farm. Children : 
Alexander; Eugene, Lnnella, twins; Sarah: AUre^ s. Boston. 

James Deering, known as James 2d. was the son of Clement 
Deering, 1). Jan. 17, 1804. He m. Nov. ls21, Nancy, dau. of 
John Bickford. She was b. Jan. 5, 1797. He came fiom Albany, 
N. Y., to this town, in Feb. 1842, and settled near the Oxford line. 
Children : 

./o/i«, b. July 81, 1833. 

Charlotte E., b. May 3, 183.'5, ni. Albion Bamsdell. 

James Alhinn, b. Feb. 18. 1829. m. Sarah A. Cordwcll. 

Doe. 

STKriiKN Doe, b. in New Market, N. H., m. Kuth Wiuslow of 
Falmouth. She was a member of tlie (Quakers. Settled first in 
Portland, moved to Falmouth, and finally to Sumner. Children : 

Amtjs ]\'insloii\ b. Portland, March 8, 180!t, ni. Marj- Aim Pond. 

Xanr;/, b. " Oct. 21, 1810. d. 1817. 

Hath, 1). Falmouth, :March V.), 1813. ni. Nathan Fogg. 

Samuel, 1). '• " ni. Nancy Stearns, d. Aug. 1!), 1843. 

Benjamin, b. Sumner, July 10, 181.5, ni. I»hoda Durgin, s. Georgia. 

William, b. " Oct. 10, 181(5, m. Mary Ann Gill, s. Lexington, Mass. 

Stephen, b. " April 15, 1820, m. Nancy Evans, s. Paris. 

Adaline, b. " March 28, 1822, ni. Ethan Haskell, s. Lewiston. 

Emetine, h. " Jan. 8, 1825, m. Colby Hutchinson, s. Hebron. 

Hiram, b. " Nov. 5. 1828, m. Betsey Noble, s. Hebron. 



582 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

Amos Winslow Doe. son of the preceding, m. Man- Ann. dan. 
of Daniel Pond. Cliildren : 

Btnijamin SibJ,^;/, h. April 14, 1836, ni. Mary A. M. Ripley. 

FreeknifJ A., b. June 18, 1840, ni. Julia Feruald of Boston. 

Amos TT'., b. Aug. 2, 1843, drowned Aug-. 5, 18G0, at Snow*.? Falls. 

Tlie mother d. July 2, 1845, and he m. 2d, Oct. liJ, 184.>, Deborali. dau. 
of Morton Curtis. 

JMari/ A»n, b. Dec. 18, 1847, ni. Henry Siberling. s. Minot. 

Tlie mother d. Aug. 31, 185."), and he m. 8d, 1857. Martlia, dau. of A\ illiani 
Merrill, and removed to Xorway. 

Bkn.jamin Sihlev Doe, sou of the preceding, m. ^lar}- A. M., 
dau. of Capt. Cyrns H. Ripley, Nov. 25, 1858, is a carpenter and 
builder, and resides on Paris Hill. Childreu : 

Xi'tti'' JLvi, b. Aug. 1, 1859, d. Oct. 20, 1870; Alirr Brllr, b. May 16, 
1861; Ada Loni.se, b. July 18, 1863; Faiinlc Aijni-s, h. July 15, 1865; Cijrtis 
Lincoln, b. Sept. 25, 1866; J/rt/v/ Ann, b. :March 10, 1870: OJire Eliza, h. 
June 25, 1876; Grace F., b. l\h. 23, 1870. 

The mother d. March 13, 1871), m. 2d. I\atie 11., dau. of Dea. (iibl)< 
Benson. 

DOI.LOFF. 

Ai'.N'KU DoLLOFF froui Gray, was here but did not remain long. 
He was born Jan. 16, 1784, and his wife, Rebecca, Jan. 25. 1784. 
Their children were : 

Emma, b. July 11, 1812, m. a Thorn; Sionncr, b. Oct. 15, 1813, never was 
married; Bo><an)ia, b. Oct. 25, 1814, m. a Foster; Ephraim, b. Feb. 25, 1816; 
Albert \V., b. July 27, 1818; Martha, b. March 7, 1820; William 7>.. b. Aug. 
11, 1821, and Samuel, b. Xov. 14. 1822. 

Dow. 
Benaiah Dow was here (juite early, and in 1810 moved to Wood- 
stock. He was born in Hxeter, N. H., July '2b, 1770, and his wife, 
Joanna Mitchell. April 5, 1777. He was a descendant of Jonathan, 
who was early at Exeter. He died in Woodstock, Jan, 31, 1852, 
and his wife in 1859. Children : 

Huse, b. Jan. 25, 1801, m. Zilpha Drake. 

Eleazer, b. Dec. 24, 1803. 

Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1807, m. Levi Andrews. 

Benaiah aud Jane, (twins) b. /Oct. 12, 1809; he m. Anna X. Briggs, dau. 

of Lutlier, and slie m. Cyrtis Andrews. 
Olire, b. Dec. 8, 1811. ,: 

Pamelia, b. July 2, 1814, m. .Joseph Duidiam. 
Dordama, b. April 25, 1815. 



IIISTUKY OK VAUli 



583 



Dkakk. 

Joiix Dhake, piol);il)ly of Bridgewater, b. Aug. 12. IT.")?, iii. 
Molly, dan. of Ephraim Cole of the same town, April 4. 17.S2. 
She was b. June G, 1764, and settled in Hebron and Sinniier. 
Childfcn : 

John, h. Oct. 8, 1783, ni. Polly PiU-knnl. 

Deborah, b. Jan. 30, 1784, ni. William BeiTv. 

PoUy, h. Oct. 1, 17SS. 

Hannah, b. Aug. 10. 171)1, d. young. 

Ephraiin Cole, b. Sept. 17, 1792, in. \;iiicy Hearsey. 

Stephens, b. April 24, 1795, ni. ^lartlia llix. 

Hannah, b. Nov. 24, 1799, m. Elijab Dol)le. 

William II., b. xVug. 22, 1801, m. De^^iro D. Bisbee. 

Tbe fatber d. Feb. 18, 1834. Tlie uiotbcr d. Feb. (I, 1840. 

William II. Ukaki:, son of .lobu. ni. Desire \)., dau. of .lohn 
Bisbee, Aug. 26, 1827. She was b. Dec. 10, 1.^06. Late in life s. 
at North Paris. Children : 

Geonje R., b. Jan. 13, 1829, m. Mary J. Rieker. 
Desire B., b. April 30, 1843, m. William C. :^[ooney, s. AV. Paris. 
The mother d. Jan. 17, 1875, m. 2d, Kebecea, widow of IJev. Addison 
Abbott, and dau. of Peter Chase. The father d. Nov. 0, 1880. 

George R. Drake, son of AVilliam II., ra. Mary J. Kicker, Dec. 
15, 1850. Children : 

Mara, b. Sept. 22, 1850. 

Anna M., b. Jan. 18, 1802. 

The mother d. Oct. 9, 1850, m. 2d, Maria B. Austin. 

Ebexezer Drake, Jr., son of Ehenezer and Martha (Gurney) 
Drake of Bridgewater, Mass., and nephew of John, ante, came 
from Hebron to North Paris, and was in trade there many years. 
He was a prominent man and served two terms in the State Legis- 
lature. He married Harmony K. Gurney, his cousin, a daughter of 
Jacob Gurney who was early in Paris, and an extensive operator in 
real estate, and whose wife was Lydia, daughter of John Tuell. 
Ebenezer Drake, Jr., moved from this town to Mechanic Falls, and 
he and his wife died there. Children : ^ 

Harriet G., died young. 

Horace K., m. Aroline Morrill of Portland. He is not deceased as stated 

iu Personal Sketches, but resides in Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Eliza, m. Oliver Dwinell of Mechanic Falls, and died at that place. 



584 history ok paris. 

Duulp:y. 

Luther Dudley of Natick, Mass., m. Nanc}' Wellington of Sud- 
burv, and came to Paris, settling near the King place, on the old 
road between Paris Hill and the Cajje. He died after two years, 
and his widow married William Cobb of Hebron. His children 
moved to Woodstock. The}' were : 

Josiah., b. Jan. 23, 1792, ni. Polly Fuller of Paris. 

J/os^s, b. Oct. 11, 1794, m. Welthea Benson. 

Marij, b. March 3, 1797, ni. Joel B. Thayer of Paris. 

Wan-fii, b. July 4, 1800, m. Alviua Barrett of Xo. 2, and went West. 

Xaiiril^ b. June 2G, 1800, ni. Johnson Holt of Paris. 

Luthf-r, b. Dec. 10, 1811. 

MdHha^ (date of birtli not known) ni. Otis Bicknell of Bucktield. 

JosiAH Dudley, son of the preceding, lived for several 3'ears in 
the Dunham neighborhood, so called, in Woodstock. His wife was 
Poll}', onl}- daughter of Aaron Fuller, who was one of the earU' 
settlers of Paris. ^Nlr. Dudley subsequently came to Paris and died 
there, at an advanced age. His cliildren were : 

Welliiif/to)!, b. June S, 1817, m. Ann ('. Bent. 

Maria, b. March 11, 1810, m. Eben S. Chapin of Stafford, C'onn. 

Emihj, 1). Oct. .5, 1820, d. in 1838. 

Jitlia A., b. March 20, 1822, ui. Edward P. Cliase of PorthuKb 

Mar;/, b. Aug. 27, 182.5, m. Josiah B. Snow of Orleans, Mass. 

Smith, b. June 8, 1827, in. Lydia II. Stearns. 

Wellingjton Dudley, sou of Josiaii, m. Ann Chandler Bent, dan. 
of Otis Bent. He d. at Litchfield, Minn., April 1, 1883. Children : 

Minj Aihilaidc, 1). Nov. 10. 1841. ni. Joseph Fr3'bui-.o;er, s. in Litt-lifield, 

]\nnii. 
Juxiah ir.. 1). Oet. 2-J, 1843, in. .leniiio Gorton of Xew York, s.Gennessee, 

Minn. 
Clara Maria, 1). Jan. 8, 1848, ui. F. (,». ElUott, s. Norway. 
Jnhi) JlaiirnrJ,-, 1). Juuc 10, 18.")7. ni. (die AVakefield of Xew York, s. in 

Meadville. Minn. 

Smith Dudley, son of Josiah, in. Lvdia H., dan. of William 
Stearns. Children : 

Charles Smith, 1). Dec 10, 18.")8, ni. Carrie ( lapp. 
James Stearns, b. Feb. 1802. 
EUa Lnvisa, h. April 12, 180."). 
Emily Gertrude, b. Aug. 1809. 
The father d. Feb. 23, 1883. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 585 

David Dudley came to Paris quite early from Hebron. He was 
a native of Sudbury, Mass., and a cousin of Luther, ante. He 
married first, Rebecca Bucknani of Hebron, and second, Charity 
Tuell of Paris. In 1823, he moved to AVoodstock. Children : 

Daniel, m. 1st, Polly Churchill, 2d, I.ovicy Hathaway. 

Rebecca, ni. Eli Washburn of Hebron. 

David; he went to sea and never returned. 

Eliza, ni. Aaron Davis. 

Clarissa, ni. Galen Soule of Oxford. 

Children by second wife : 

Perrin, b. Feb. 3, 1803, ni. Paulina Dudley. 

Laodicea^ ni. Seth Perkins. 

Arvilla, in. Eli Bryant. 

Ann, m. John Day. 

Charlotte, m. John Day. 

Alfred, died young. 

Sidney, died young. 

fTilhert, h.^o\. 2.5, 1819, ni. ^lab.ala Cuitis; had I'irrin, ;ind perhaps 

other children. 
Alsina, b. March 14, 1823, nnniarried. 

Ansel G., b. Feb. 2.i, 1825, m. Augusta Curtis; he resides in Paris. 
Josiah A., died young. 

AxsEL G. Dudley, j'oungest son of the preceding, m. Augusta, 
dan. of Xoah Curtis, and resides on the old Curtis homestead. He 
is a farmer, and also contractor in- granite work. Children : 

Edvin A., b. May 2, lSo7; X<'Uie A., b. May 2, 1857; Dora E., b.Xov. 7, 
1861. 

Dunham. 
Eleazer Duxham, son of Sylvanus and Rebecca (Crocker) Dun- 
ham of Carver, Mass., b. 17G1, m. Jane Bryant of Plympton, came 
to Paris about 1798 or 1799, and settled near Snow's Falls, on the 
lot now the homestead of his heirs. Jane Brvant was the yonngest 
daughter of Joseph and Zil|)ha (Sampson) Bryant of Plympton, 
and a niece of Solomon Bryant, our early mill-man. Children : 

I Jane, b. Carver, Mass., 1794, ni. Joseph Merrill, s. Portland. 

II Sehra,h. " " April 21, 1796, m.Mehitable Russell, Bethel. 

III Zilplui, b. " 1798, m. Nathan Marshall. 

IV Elcifzcr. b. Paris. \ov. 6, 1803, ni. Abagail Paine. 

V Hannah, b. " 1801, ni. Benjaniin llolden. 

VI Alansnn A., b. Paris, April, 1805, ui. Christiana Bent. 

VII Lurii. b. •• •• 1807, m. Peter Holden. 

VIII Litrinda. b. ■• Aug. 1809, d. 1858. 



586 HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

IX S'lnnjisoii, b. " April 9, 1811, m. Avice Cuinmin«i-s. 

X Jsiiiic, b. •' Jan. 28, 1813, in. Mary Ann Swan. 

XI JfiriinJa, b. •' Sept. 1, 181."), ni. .Tairuis S. Cunntiino,:?. 

XII Asa Thomas, b. Paris, June 18, 1817, m. Esther M. Gurney. 

Seuua Dunham, son of Eleazer, m. Meliitable. dan. of AVilliam 
and ]\Ieliitable Rnssell, b. Jan 4, 1702. Children : 

I WilUidK liiissi'U, b. June 3, 1810, ni. Mary Shorey of Bethel. 
II ILirriit Mi'hitahh-, h. Fob. 13, 1821, ni. Cyrus Perkins. 
Ill Eliz(th<-th Jaw, b. April, 13, 1832, d. Oct. .5, 18.54. 
The mother d. Dec. 0, 1S.54, ni. 2d, Mrs. Miriam Ilealy, dau. of David 
Marshall. 

Eleazku Dunham, Jr., Inother of the preceding, ni. Abagail T., 
dau. of Stei^hen Paine of Paris, JNIarch 2;"). 1828. She was b. in 
Attleborougli, Mass., March 20, 1807. He remained on a portion 
of the homestead. Has held positions of trust, honorable to him- 
self, and creditable to the town. Children : 

I AhaijaiJ 7'., b. Feb. 20, 1830, m. Asa D. Pawson. 

II Louisa G., b. July 30, 1832, m. Charles Felton. 

III Elizahfitlt Ami, h. April 10, 1838, m. M. M. Stinchtield. 

IV Enoch Liiirolu. h. Au.ii'. 0, 184.5, d. Aug. 2(i, 1840. 

CoL. Sampson Dunham, brother of the preceding, m. Avice, dau. 
of Isaac Cummings, Jan. 1, 18;>.3. Children: 

I Aiujustus S., ni. Augusta E. Hillings. 

II Bofiamond, d. at the age of eigliteen. 

III Geoff/e Bates, b. Sept. 23, 1844, m. Saniira Keen. 

IV Xathnn, ni. Louisa AVhitman, s. Xorway. 

The mother d. May 24, 1808, m. 2d, Mrs. Cinderella Crockett, dau. of 

Niles. 

V Eleuzpr M. 

Asa Thomas Dunham, brother of the preceding, ni. Estlier Gm'- 
ney of Norway, May 6, 1840, and settled on a portion of the home- 
stead, where he still resides. Children : 

I CharJ(s IT., b. April G, 1841, m. Jane Young, s. West Paris. 

II Hannah A., b. Maj- 1, 1848, m. Peleg B. Hannnond. 

III Melzer S., b. March 14, 1852, d. April 30, 1852. 

IV Benjamin F., b. Dec. 16, 1850. 

Tlie mother d. Nov. 2, 1872, ni. 2d, ]\Iary Jane, widow of Joseph Merrill, 
and dau. of Benjamin Whitehouse of Oxford. 

Augustus S. Dunham, son of Sampson, m. Augusta Billings, who 
<lied , m. 2d, Edna Boomer. Children : 

Freddie, Ada, Jennie, and John. 



HISTORY OF I'AKIS. 587 

Gkoh(;k B. DiNiiAM, brotlier of the jn'oeediiig, in. Smniia B.. dnu. 
•of John A. Keen. Settled at Snow's Falls and removed to Norway. 
Children : 

Xom Loitisc, b. Feb. 10, 1S70, d. Feb. i), 1877. 

Asa Dunham, supposed brother of Eleazer, the ancestor of 
the families of this name who have resided in the north part of this 
town, was in Norwa\' a> early as 1794, his name then appearing on 
the tax lists of that date. He also at one time lived in the north- 
west corner of Paris. He m. Lydia Cobb, supposed to l)e an aunt 
of Rev. Sylvanus Cobb of Norway. He enlisted in the conii)any 
■of Captain Bailey" Bodwell, and was in tlie war of 1812, on the 
frontier, and was killed, or died of disease while in the service. 
Afterward the fiimily became residents of this town and Woodstock. 
Children : 

I Asa, b. 1790, ni. Polly Cleaves. 
II Samuel, b. Oct. 30, 1794, m. Maria Couant. 
HI .S'?/?i'«nMs, b. July 8, 1797, m. Esther Benson. 
IV Daniel, b! Sept. 19, 1*^03, m. 1st, Mary DurcU : ±1. widow Smith, 
v Joseph, b. May 13, 1805, m. Pauielia Dow. 
VI Chloe, m. Antepas Durell. 
VII Susan, m. Alexaniler Hill, 
viii Lydia, m. Capt. Jesse Howe. 
IX Bi'tsey, b. Nov. 2, 1799, ni. Lewis Fuller, s. \Vest. 
X PoUii, b. Nov. 2, 1799. in. Elder Gideon Perkins. 

Asa Duxham, Jh., son of the preceding, m. Polly Cleaves. 
Children : 

I Henry G., b. Nov. 2."), 1811. ni. r'atharine Cleaves. 
II Parazina, b. Oct. 18, 1813, in. Pyrrol P. Sturtevant. 

III Lodoiska C, b. June 2^, 1815, m. David Young. 

IV Cyrus C, b. March 12, 1818, d. June 1, 1819. 

V Mary Jane, b. Juno 12, 1820, m. William B. Swan. 

VI Asa W., b. March 20, 1822, m. Sopliia A. Elkins. 

VII Alhion K. P., b. Feb. 28, 1824, m. Catharine P. Stone, s. So. Paris. 

VIII Lydia C, b. Dec. 12, 1826. 

IX Lury Ann, b. Oct. 25, 1828, m. Jonathan E. Byerson. 

X ArriUa, b. Nov. 13, 1832, d. July, 1833. 

Sylvanus Dunham, brother of the preceding, m. Esther, dau. of 
Seth Benson. Children : 

I Lydia, d. in childliood. 

II Polly, d. in childliood. 

III Laura, ra. John Peed. 

IV Samuel W., b. Feb. 8, 1828, in. Bachel E. Andrews. 



688 HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

V Jogpph H., b. March 1), 1830. 

VI miliam, d. in childhood. 
VII Jackson, d. " 

VIII Emily, b. Apiil !>, 1838, m. Horatio Chandler, s. Sumner. 
IX Augusta ./., b. July 20, 1840, d. Aug. 21, 1864. 
X WelUiujton ir., b. Feb. 12, 1843, m. Columbia Bradford. 
XI Anna 7?., b. Feb. 11, 1845, m. James M. Rowell, s. Xo. Paris. 
The father d. May 4, 1879. The mother resides with her son, AVelliugtoo 
\V., at Xorth Paris. 

Asa W. Dunham, son of Asa, Jr., m. Sophia, dan. of James and 
Mehitable Elkins of Gilmanton, N. H. She was b. June, 1827. 
Children : 

I Emma Marilla, b. June 8, 18.53, d. May 12, 1873. 

II Joinic M<'hitahJp, b. June, 18.5G, m. Alberton J. Churchill, s. 15. 

HI Xora Vtrnnn, h. Auoj. 5, 18G7. 

Albion K. P. Dunham, brother of the preceding, m. Sept. 26, 
1846, Kate, dau. of Theodore Stone of AVaterford. He was freight 
agent at South Paris, and d. from injuries received from a passing 
engine, Nov. 8, ISG.^. Tlie widow m. John PL Merrill. 

Samuel AV. Dunham, son of Sylvanus, m. Rachel E., dau. of 
Ziba Andrews. She was b. June 18, 1829. He r>?sided on the 
homestead farm of Galen Field. Has been post-master and trader 
at Noitl) Paris, now interested in the mills at AVest Paris, where his 
family now reside. Cliildreu : 

I Ilirnm W.. h. Oct. 27. 18.")0, m. 1874, Clara F. Edwards, 
a Ci/nfliia E.. 1). Sept. 13, 18.52, m. D. II. Curtis. 
Ill Lhnntis ^f., b. ()<-t. 4. 18.55, d. Dec. 7, 1804. 
i\^ Charles 11'.. 1). July 1, 1857, m. Cora B. Scriljncr. 

V Horatio A'., b. June 10, 1801. 

VI Lizzie A., b. June 29, 1804, d. :N[ay 20, 1807. 

VII Lilh/ A., b. March 8, 1800, d. April 28, 1800. 
vm Lijndnn L.. b. July 7, 1868. 

IX Fannie F., b. Jan. 10, 1872. 

Joseph H. Dunham, brother of the preceding, m. Sarah H. Dun- 
ham, dau. of James. Chihb'cn : 
Alice E., b. 18.53. 

The mother d. ^larricd 2(1, Martha J., sister of the preceding-. 
Willie E. b. 1800. 
Freddie A., h. 1862. 

Wellington W . Dunham, brother of the i)receding, m. Columbia, 
dau. of Horatio Bradford, and settled on the David Andrews farm. 
He is a successful farmer and fruit grower. (See Military Record.} 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 589 

Rev. Ransom Dunham was bom to James Diinliani and jMary 
Ransom, at Hebron, Me., in 1798. His father, born in Bridge- 
water, Mass., Feb. 9, 1754, married Mar\' Ransom of Carver, born 
Aug. 12, 175G. He was in tlie Revolutionary battles of Bunker 
Hill, AVhite Plains, and others. He had a large family, but only 
the one whose name is at the head of this article ever lived in Paris. 
Ransom Dunham came to Paris Hill in 18 IG, and here learned the 
blacksmith's art, after which he set up here in the business for him- 
self. He married Susan Jackson, daughter of Lemuel, Jr., of 
Paris, and in 1824, moved to Parkman, where he worked at his 
trade and also began to preach. In 1833, he moved to Bangor, and 
in 18oG, to AVoodstock. In 1835, he preached to the Baptist church 
in Pai-is, and in 183G, he was ordained to the work of the ministry, 
and installed over the Baptist church in Hamlin's Gore and North 
Woodstock. He was the pastor of this church for twenty-tive years. 
He died in 1883. His children were : 

I M<fry i?., b. 18-22, m. Sulliviin A. Estes. 

II liiifiis K., b. April 11, 1824, ni. Abbie B. Estes. He was the first 
station agent at Br3'aut's Pond, and has filled the position ever 
since, besides being- telegi-aphic operator and express agent. 
Ill Hiram. He ni. a daughter of America Farrar of Bucktield, and 
went to Arizona, wliere li»^ died. 

Dunn. 
The ancestors of the Dunns came from P^ngland to Newburyport, 
Mass., and from that town to INIaine. 

Aakon, son of Aaron, was 1). in Poland. Aijril !». 1819. and came 
to Paris in 1842, and worked in the woolen factory at South Paris 
village. He m. ^Nlaitha. dan. of Eben Foster of Andovei'. Mass. 
Children : 

Gcoriji' Harris, h. .July .1, 1840, d. ^farcli 2. 1S41. 

Edvard L., b. May l.i, 1842, d. Nov. 5, 1843. 

Pauline Foster, b. April 2, 1844. 

Martha J/., b. Marcli b"), 184(j. 

The mother d. Dec. 13, 184(j, ni. 2d, Margarctte, dau. of Xatlianicl 
Brackett of Gorham. She was b. Aug. 22, 181G. 

William B., b. Sept. 2.3, 1848, ni. Jlartlia (ietchell of :Monniouth. 

Daniel Dunn of another family, once lived in Paris, and moved 
from here to Bethel. Among his children were Elias. wlio lived in 
the nortii part of the town, Daniel, Jr., who married Vesta Heath 
of Sumner, Lucy, married Samuel Bird ; one was the wife of Luther 



•ODO HISTOKV OK PAKI^. 

Waslilmi'ii. and another inaiiii'(l a Swift. Catlicrinc inanicil a CoU", 
who was a Vvw Haplist pi-t'achcr. There may have Ix-en others. 

DriM.i.L. 

ri:TEU DcKKLL, ol" Freiich descent, came to Newton, ^hiss., from 
St. John, X. B., and lived in tlie family of Dr. Allen. lie was one 
of the propi'ieloi's (»f this townsiii|). thi\'i' ol" liis sons becoming set- 
tlers iiere. His name is found in the alarm list of the revolution. 
lie m. Riitli, <laii. of Isaac and Hannah (dreenwood) Fuller of 
Xewton. .Ian. 1, 1 7')2. Childrt'U all 1). in Newton, Mass: 

SiisKniiii, \i. I)('c '2't, \~'i'2. 

JIiiiuKilt, I). April "J, 17."»."). 

rf't('i\ h. Auu'. 1, 17"i7. ni. .In;imi;i Itiiler, s. r.-iiis. 

Jolni, h. M-Avvh I, 17(;0, il. in Boston. 

/s^nir. 1.. . I Illy ■>:>. 17(;-J. (1. in Kosloii. 

SiisiiniKi, h. ApvU 2, 17().'>. 

Sdiiiiicl^ 1). Doc. 8. 17G7, 111. Aim .lacksoii, s I'ai'is. 

Ihiriil. I). Sc|)l. 1>, 1770, 111. M,ii y .lacksoii, s. I'aris. 

The ratiicr d. 1810, aged U\. I'lic mother d. 17!IS, a,i;-c(l C!). 

ri'.TKi; DtKKi.i.. .Ik., was in service in tlie revolution. He m. 
Joanna Rider of .MiddU'lKiro, INIass., 1). Ai)ril 2"), 17r)(). Slie liad a 
sister, Mercy, who m. Natiian Pierce, an early settler of this town, 
and afterwai-d moved to Montville. Peter s'^ttled on the north- 
western slope of Siniicpole. The hiiildings liave long since been 
removed. The foundation may still lie seen. The record of this 
famil\- is coi)ied from a, lly-lcaf found in tlu' [lossessioii of a grand- 
son, Silas Wright, and is. doubtk'ss, in tiie hand writing of the 
mother. Children : 

Jlnt/ic;/, h. Aug. -21. 17S7, d. .Inly L»;i, 17'.h;. 

Pi'trr, b. .Marcli 17. 178!). iii. Margaret Sutton of Colinssett, Mass. ; came 
on a visit to liis sister, Mrs. Wrigbr of Oxford, and d. there, of fever. 

S^'Nuirl, I). \ov. --'."i. 17!)(), <1. A|Mil 11. 17'.)1. 

,V«/.('//, 1). May 10, I7i>2. d. April 11, ISIO. 

Jnanini. h. ^Marcli 10, 1704, d. Aug. I, 170."i. 

l>iir;<L II. Nov. 22, 170(), ni. Ahiiira Newcoiiib, s. Cliarlestown, Mass. 

Hiiihi ij. It. .Inly 2."). 1700, HI. Xalhaii Wrigiit, s. Oxford, and is now living 
with her daii. in I >eeriiig. 

The inotlicr (1. .May. 1822. 

Sami KL Dlukll. brother of the preceding, m. Anna, dan. of 
Samuel Jackson of Newton, Mass. She was b. March .'iO, 17(>9. 
They settled on tlie lot since the liomestead of David Clittbrd, to 
whom thev sold, and moveil to the Robinson neioliborhood. Dnrell 



IIISTOHV OK PAKIS. OUl 

and his sous wcic fiii|il()yc(l liy Stcplu'ii Roliiiisoii. who then I'aiiiu'd 
it extensively, having at one time twenty-eight acres of potatoes. 
His 2(1. wile which he m. in iN.'iO. was INIrs. .leniinia Randall of 
Poland. Childieii : 

Jtiti'/iKs, I). .May -M. 17'.i|, iii. Cliloc Dniiliaiii. 

Lnis. !). ,Jan. 7, IT'.H'i. m. .I;iiiic< llulley, s. IJiuiiswick. 

Xiiii'-;/, h. .liUK' i;{. 17'.i7. 111. Alx'l liisboe, s. Sunnier. 

,SW////, b. 17'J8, m. Kev. Lutiier I'erkhis. 

Ki>hritim^ h. ISOO, drowned in riiihaiioi;' l>M]<e. 

Siinniil .liirlcx,ni, I.. M;irrli ',». IS()2, 111. Ahiiirn I'.eiil. 

Marij, h. isni. 111. Daniel Duiiliaiu. 

Jnlni Fl'ircl, 1). ISOC. ni. Mai>- Ann Taddletord of Norway. 

Isiiiir. 1). ISOS, ill. Kliza (dliiian 1 Iuiiliii>;l<in, wiio settled at Soulli l'ari<. 
living- in the lioiise which lir liiiili. now oeeiipiod by l{. \ lliill. lie 
also built the i)aper mill. He had : 

Tnstnrm, b. ISIO, in. Olive Fuller ol l,i\ erniorc. 

Davik I)ri:i:i,i,, hrothei' of the [)i-eei'dinu', ni. Mary, a sister of 
the wife of Sainnel. He settled on the lot near the {(>[) ol' the Durell 
Hill, and built the two .story house since moved to South I'aris. 
'I'hese linildin<j,s wen' lirst class in theii' day, indicating that their 
owner built wiselv and well. He nianuractured wooden plows and 
rakes, and is ixd'errecl to in the early industries of the tow.n. 
Children : 

Willniui, b. Feb. 10. 17'.C). 

C/iarh's, b. .Ian. "), 17117, in. Sally 11. Kinii', s. I'orllaiid. 

Jt'if/i, 1). Fell. 4, 17'.l!», ill. Martin lirett, s. Paris. 

Ifrin-ii, b. Jan. ]'S, ].S()7, in. Xaiiey ^Fixer, s. Taias. 

//v/. b. Oct. 1(5, 1810, in. Ann :\I(d\enney. 

The lather <1. Oct. in. lS.-)(), aii-ed SO. 'I'lie mother d. Dee. 0, 18.")1 

InA DruixL, son of David i)reeeding, in. Ann, dan. of Henry 
^leKeiiney, and settled on the homestead. Chihlreii : 

C/i'irh's I/ciir;/. m. Almeda ifersey. 

Mm-!/ A., (1. Dee. 24, IS.Ki. 

Maria., is in South liostoii. 

Arhsali, in. ('. 'William Sbaw. 

The father wa.s kiekeil Iiy a horse;, and d. Sept. 24, 18.")4. The niolher, 
atier the disposal ot the farm, IIvimI in the family ot her son Charles 
Hem \ . in South Boston, where slie d. in 188;^. 

Sa.mlki, .Jackson DtRKi-r,, son of Samuel, and graiulson of Peter. 
Sr., m. Almira, dan. of William lieiit, and settled at South Paris 
village; was a contractor and builder: he built the lirst Mcdhodist 
church in this village, the church at North Paris, and was engaged 



592 HISTORV OF PARIS. 

in various enterprises before moving to Massachusetts. His interest 
in his former home is still retained, and has often manifested itself 
as stated in another place. Although past fourscore years he is still 
able to revisit his early home and friends. Children : 

Anno. b. Feb. 15, 182S, m. Jonatliau Wliitiiian. 

Sarah, b. May 4, 1831, m. George Ausustu.-: Xoyes, s. Xorway. 

Louisa Amanda, b. Aug. 28, 1835, ra. Freeman Dilliughain of Chelsea. , 

Luoj, b. March 18. 1837, d. Aug. 7. 1851. 

Isaac Durkll, son of the preceding, m. Eliza Oilman Hunting- 
ton, and settled at South Paris, as stated above, and afterward 
rco^^ed to Harrison. Children : 

M''I>:iUe, Horatio, Anna and Geonji-. all born in Pari*. 

DvKR. 
Oliver H. Dyer was b. Dec. 6. 1818. m. Elizabeth L.. dan. of 
Stephen Paine of Paris. Cbildren : 

Frances AhayaiJ, b. June 8, 1842, ni. 1st. L. 1). Farwell, 2il. 1). AV. Allen, 

s. Abington. Mass. ; Otis II., b. .July 20, 1844. 
Elizal)eth L.. m. 2d. Rodney Titcomb. r. at South Paris. 

Edwards. 
Dea. Alexander Edwards, son of Alexander and ^Nlary (Bent) 
Edwards, was boru in Fraininghani. MasS^, Oct. 18, 1813. m. Mary 
Buruap. dan. of Dea. Mark Batchelder. b. in Sutton. Mass., Sept. 
17, l'S21. The lineage of this family is traced Irom Benjamin', who 
was b. in England. Dec. 15, 1(385, and became the first settler in 
Bolton, INIass. Benjamin', Alexander"*, and Deacon Alexander 
above named as the fiftli generation. He settled in Paris in 1866. 
Children : 

liolJin AJfjanitcr. b. Frauiingbani, Mass., May 10. 1850, ra. Alnieda 
Weeks of Jefferson, and settled in Everett, 3Iass.: Willie Benjamin, b. 
Fran'.inghan), Nov. 15, 1851, ra. dau. of D. P. Stowell ; Anna Haven, h. 
Fraiiiiughani. .Tune 28, 1855: Charles, b. Franiinghani, Feb. 28, 1857. 

Francis M. Edwards of another family, son of Benjamin 
r^dwards of Otisfield, b. April 4, 1834, ra. Mary Jane, dau. of Seth 
Winship of the same town, 1). Nov. 2b, 1838. s. in Paris, 1875. 
Children : 

An(jie W., b. Sept. 12, 1858, ra. Stephen P. Cutler; lieneUo, b. Aug. 21, 
1860, ra. Hattie Bucknani of Auburn ; Horace E., b. Cet. 25, 1863 ; Willis 
A., b. June 21. 1871 ; Auvj L., b. Aug. 6, 1874 : Vernal, b. July 15, 1877. 



HISTORY OF FAUIS. 593 

CuARi.KS Leonard Ei.dkr. son of Keuben ami Ruth. (Smith) 
P>l(ler, was h. in Gorham. Oct. 3. 1824. m. Koxanna. dan. of Joseph 
and Kuth (Tha^'cr) Cummings, Deo. 17. 1849. She wash, in Grav, 
Dec. 3, 1829. Settled in Paris on the Kinsley farm, 1850. 
Children : 

C/hirfes Ifoiiello, }). VTeh^lev, Oi-l. li», 1S50. Graduated in Boston Law 
school, and is in practice of his profession in Boston : Geortje Murs/tall, b. 
in AVebster, Dee. 12, 1852; Lot ^forr)lI. h. Bucktield. May 17. IS.vS: Xilsnn 
Greenleaf, b. Paris, Dec. 12, 1S63. 

El.MS. 

SiEON RoBBixs Ellis, was 1). in Winslow, Me., Eeb. I'J, 1831, 
m. Jnne 21. 1803. Charlotte Elizabeth, dan. of John Chase, and 
settled in raris, July IC, 180G. Children : 

ILtrri'ii Elmer, b. in Berlin, \. 11 . Dec. 13, lS(5.i ; Ifirn/ Prfist<»K h. Auff. 
30, 1867; Effii' Alnnu h. May 2. ISCrt: Brrtfxi JIa>j, b. Jan. 7, 1S72: luUie 
Mai/, b. Dec. 28. 1872: iW/7/. ./.. h. .huie 21. 1SS3. 

Emkkv. 
Hox. Stephen Emery, (see Personal Notices) was the son of 
Moses Emery of Minot, and a lineal descendant of John, who was 
early at Newbury. He m. first. Sarah, dau. of Danii-1 Stowell. 
Children : 

I Samh Jane, b. Nov. 2, 181."). m. Hon. Haunihal Hanilin. 
II Georije Freeman, h. Nov. 10. 1S17. ni. Eliza Appleton, whose parents 
lived at one time in Paris, ami prcvidiisiy in Portland. i^Sco IVr- 
sonal Notices.) 

III StejJten, Jr., b. Nov. 10. 1822. il. yoiuio-. 

Mrs. Emery d. Nov. IS, 1822. and >[r. I-:mery m 2d. .Teniictt.'. dan. of 
Esquire John and Jcnnette (Barrel! ) Eorin.:;.- of Buckfit'ld, and had : 

IV Jennette LorUui, b. May Ki, 182S. m. Pev. Nathaniel Butler. 
V Ellen Vesta, b. Sept. 14, 1835, m. Hon. Hannibal Handiii. 

VI Stephen Albert, Professor of nnisic in N. E. Conservatoiy. Boston. 
Has studied music in Germany, and as a teaclier of the science of 
harmony, he has no superior in this country. (See Musical ("elel)- 
rities, and note error respectinii- liis identity and date of birth.) 

Judj>'e Emery, d. 1803, and liis second wife d. Sept. 29. 1855. 

Evans. 
Gilbert P^vans settled in Hebron, removed to Bnckficld. and later 
to Paris, and settled in the eastern part of the town. Children : 

ir/ws/oc-, h. :March 8, 1820, m. Sophronia Farrar. The mother d. Mar- 
ried 2d, Eunice . Fann;i, b. :May 30, 1824. m. Levi P. Tucker. 

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594 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

Xunrij, b. Xov. 24, 1827. m. Stephen Doe. 
GiUxrf, h. July 11, 1831, in. Ilauimond. 

WiNSLOw Evans, son of Gilbert, m. Sophronia, dan. of Dea. 
Farrar of Buckfield. Children : 

Flora, ni. Frank ]Maxini, s. South Paris. 

The fatlier d. Jan. 18.')8. The mother d. May 27. 1880. 

Everett. 

Wallace G. Everett, son of George Wallace Everett of Nor- 
\yay, and Elizabeth (Burns) Everett of Oxford, was b. in Norwa_y, 
Sept. 11, 1847. His grandfather, Peter Everett, was a native of 
France, and was a settler in Norway tis early as 1789. He died in 
Norway, ^March 27, 1821. Elizabetii Burns was of Scottish lineage. 
He m. . and settled in Oxford, and moved into Paris and pur- 
chased tlie John Daniels farm. Children : 

Agnes 3/., b. in Oxford, .June 20, 1877, d. June 27, 1877. 

Edgeulv. 

Horace Eugerly, son of Isaiah and Jane (Libbey) Edgerly, was 
b. in Buxton, Me., April 2, 1821, m. Urania Barrett, dau. of 
William and Hannah (Locke) Swan of Paris, April 25, 1849. and 
settled in Paris the same spring. Children : 

WiUUirn S., h. Deo. 27, 1849. ni. Lizzie F. Lord, s. Portland; Anna -/., b. 
July 7, 1852, m. Amos A. Bird; A<hli<^ Z., b. May 7, 185G; Horarp A., b. 
March 20, 18G0, d. April 7, 1860. 

Estes. 

The name of Ebexezer Estes appears among the direct tax- 
payers in 181G. He was the son of Benjamin and Dolly (Roberts) 
Estes of Bethel, and grandson of Daniel Estes, who came from 
Sliapleigh to Bethel in the early part of the present century. 
El»euezer Estes married a Farewell of Bethel, whose father was an 
Englishman, and lived a few years here and went awa}'. He had 
children whose descendants are at West Bethel. 

Stephen Pastes, brother of the preceding, was once taxed in 
Paris. He married Nancy Packard and moved to Bethel, where he 
reared a large family. 

Rev. Hikam Cusiiman Pastes, D. D., for ten years the able pastor 
of the Baptist churcli on Paris Hill, is the son of John and Sarah. 
(Andrews) Pistes, and was born in Bethel, July 27, 1823. His 
father was the son of Stephen and Relief (Bartlett ■ Pastes, and 



HISTOUY OF PAKIS. . 505 

grandson of Daniel of Shapleigh, before mentioned. For a farther 
aceonnt of Dr. P^tes, see Personal Sketches. He married 
Sophia Bartlett, dau. of Dea. Eli and Dorcas (Bartlett) Foster of 
Bethel, who was born Sept. 10, 1.S28. Children: 

David Foster, 1). Oct. 18, 1852. 

Walter Datton, (not Walter Hatch, a.* .«tateil in PersDiial Notices), 1). 

July 20, 1855. d. Feb. 22, 1878. 
.4//V,- ^ral(,t. ]>. Feb. 13, 1874. 

Faknum. 

Simeon Farnlm came here from Rumford, m. Milla, dan. of John 
Robinson, and settled on the Robinson farm on High Street. His 
wife died, and he married again and moved to West Paris. Children : 

fSidiicy /i'., b. Feb. 8, 1828, m. Lois F;irrar. 

James Henry Webster, b. Nov. 21, 182!). 

band Dunhar, b. May 2;^, 1833, m. Margarette A. M. Gage; died. 

The mother d. 4, Nov. 1844. The father d. June 23, 1806. 

SiPXKY R. Farxum. son of the preceding, m. Lois, dau. of Rnfas 
Farrar of Woodstock ; she died several years ago. Children : 

Hattic I..,h. April 2. 1850; Ahhie A., h. Oct. 27, 1858; Frawis S., h. 
March 17. 18(14. 

Dana Dunbar Farnlm, brother of the preceding, m. Margarette 
A. M., dau. of Moses Gage; he died of typhoid fever. Children: 
(ieon/e F.. b. Dec. 28, 18()1, m. Nellie F. Chase. 
The mother d. ^Fay IC. 1S70. 

Farrar. 
Thomas Farrau, Jr., born in Scituate, Mass., Sei)t. 6, 1775, m. 
March 25. 1 71)<S, Desire Curtis of Hanover, b. Feb. 1, 177.S. He 
first moved to Townsend, then to Bnckfield, Me., snbsequeutlv to 
Paris, and in 1815, to Woodstock. Children : 

Freenxni. b. :\[ay 2, 1709, m. 1st, Hannah P. Curtis of Hanover, Mass., 

and 2(1. Edna Johnson of Jefferson. 
Judith, b. Se[)t. 4, 1801, ni. Calvin Jackson, son of Levi of Paris. 
Ahagail, b. Feb. 18, 1804, never married. 

Thoiiuis, Jr., b. May 22, 1806, m. Betsey Moody, dau. of Josiali. 
Hk/hs, b. Dec. IS, 1808, m. 1st, Chloe Fuller, 2d, widow Spofford. 
Jalia, b. May 18, 1813. 
Josejdi, h. Sept. 25, 1815. 
Benjamin F.. b. Sept. 8, 1822, m. 1st, Semantha Rowe, 2d, Dorcas W. 

Hanson. 



596 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

David FaRrar was of Scituate, Mass., ami came to Buckficld in 
1788, David, the second cliild, being then thirteen years old. By 
wife -Judith, he had the following children : 

I .hidith, 1). July 1, 1773, ni. Lowell, s. Vassalboro. 

u Dariil^ b. May 20, 177:), ui. 1st. Sarah Chesley of Paris, 2(1. Polly 

Gaunuou. 
in Samuel, b. Auy. 8. 177'.'. 
IV /'//////-, 1). Oct. :5. 17S4. 

\ M<hifiil,/r, b. ,Tan. HO, 17.S7, ui. >y'atliauicl 3Iayli('\v. 
\i Xiitlnni, b. Sept. IG, 17S!), ui. Susie IJrork. 
VII i?'-?(/, b. Dec 2(1, 1797, ni. Lydia Thayer, 
viii Dcsin-. b. Oft. .'}, 170(1, ui. Mai'tin Crockett. 
IX John, b. .July 10, ISOO, ui. Kebecea Cobuni. 
The mother d. 1841. 

Bela Farrar, son of the [)receding, m. Lydia. dan. of Asa Thayer, 
and settled on tlie lot set off from Biicktield into Paris. Children : 

I L>'<inn-(1, b. Jan. 13, 1824, m. Mrs. Sylvia Thayer. 

u Arahi'lhi, b. April 21, 1825, m. Gilman Heath. 

III Di'lplilun, 1). Feb. 22, 1827, d. young-. 

IV Marin. ]>. Aug. 18, 1828, m. Sidne}- Farrar. 

V DcJphiiKi, h. Get. 17, 1830, in. Jefferson Lowe. 

VI Bela ]Vaxliini/ton, b. May 19, 1832, m. Mary Ann >[ayhew. 

VII Ilarrisdii, b. ]March 1, 1837, in. Eliza Hauuiioiid. 

VIII FairtiehU b. Oct. 19, 1839. 

IX ./('ffcrxoii, m. Margarette Damon. 

Bela AVashingtox Farrar, son of tlie preceding, m. ^lary Ann, 
dan. of Alexander Ma^diew. Children : 

Clara J/., b. Feb. 20, 18").^, in. Charles H. Thayer; Frank A.., b. June 14, 
1850, m. Alma AVoodbury; HVZ/wn- L., b. Feb. 24, 18.58, in. Lizzie Doble; 
Walter II'., b. Aug. 10, 18.59, m. Dora K. Thayer. 

Harrisox Farrar, brother of the preceding, in. Fliza Ann, dau. 
o£ William Ilammond of Buckfield. Children : 

Ererett Jfinitle;/. ^i. yiny li\, 1858, m. Annie Young of IlaitlVird : Anna 
Li/dr', I). Aug. 1804, m. Herbert Teague ; Jlarr;/ Dnidjlass:, b. Sept. 19, 
1870: Carl Edgar, b. Feb. 1874. 

Jefeersox Farrar, brother of tlie preceding, m. Margaret 
Damon. Children : 

Eller>/, Carnl. 

Walter W. Farrar, son of Bela W. Farrar, ante, in. Dora E., 
dau. of Alexander S. Thayer. Childien : 
L'anello A., b. April 22, 1883. 



ilistokv of tauis. odt 

Faunce. 

John Faunce was a passenger on the slii[) Ann, and arrived at 
Plymouth the last of Angiist or first of July, \C>2:\. In 1633, he 
took the oath to defend the church and State, and became a free- 
man. The line of descent may be found as follows : John', the 
emigrant. Joseph", John-', Benjamin^ and Benjamin*, who m. Saba, 
dau. of Ezekiel Washburn of Kingston. Children all born in 
Kingston : 

Benjamin, b. Dec. 19, 171)"), m. Xauey Washlturii, s. Paris. 

Olire, ni. Dura Weston of MarshtieUl. 

Irhaho.l, b. Oct. 28, 1802, m. Hannah Suoll, s. Paris. 

Sitlni, m. Justin Thomas of Kingston. 

3I((rtin, ni. Sarah Holmes of Kingston. 

Benjamin Faunce of the siNth generation, and son of Benjamin 
above named, m. Ai)ril 21, 1821, Nancy, dau. of Bildad and Luc^- 
(Adams) Washburn. She was l>. in Kingston, Feb. 20, 1798. 
They moved to Paris in May. 1821, and settled on the farm, since 
owned and occupied b}' Leonard Sturtevant. They remained on 
this farm twelve years and moved to Ileljron, and afterward to Nor- 
way, where some of the family still remain. Children. 

EU(-n Maria, b. Dee. 27. 1821, m. Lysander Dunham, s. Minot. 

Beujamin Franklin, b. Nov. 4, 1823, m. Abagail Atkinson, s. Minot. 

Lyman, b. Jan. 21, 1827, d. Xov. 18.55. 

Betspji ]VasIiJ>urn, b. Dee. 31, 1828, in. Andrew P. Greenleaf of Xorway, 
wlio was killed the moruhigof Slieridaii's ride, having arrived the niglit 
befoi'e. 

Azel Waoil, h. Xov. 12, 1831, ni. Apphia Powe. s. Xorway. 

Xanrt/ Waslibitrn, h. June 24, 1834, m. James Drew, s. Auburn. 

Eliza Wood, b. Feb. 12, 1837, m. 1st, George Greenleaf, 2d, Freeman 
Hntchhison. 

Clar<i T/tnmax. b. Aug. 21, 1843, m. George Rowe, s. Xorway. 

The niotlier is now living in Xorway with her son Azel Faunee. 

Ichaboi) Faunce, brother of the preceding, m. Hannah, dau. of 
Eleazer and Martha (Drake) Snell of Hebron. :May 14. 1838, b. 
March 27, 1816. They settled in the Mountain district. Children: 

S'ulin Amamla, b. .June 12, 1830, m. Pewls Sturtevant; Isf/ar Dillintiham, 
b. July 8, 1845, m. Enuna Taylor; Ida Malxd, b. Xov. li), 1854, m. Stihiian 
Corliss, s. Island Pond. 

Isaac Dillingham F'aunce, son of Icliabod, m. Emma, dau. of 
Tavior of Hebron. Children : 



Ht-rbirt /., Edna. 



•598 iiistoky of paris. 

Favor. 

Reuben Favor was the first of the name who setthnl in i^'aris. 
He was b. in Ware, N. H., and ni. Mary, dan. of Deacon 8amnel 
and Margery York of Falmouth, b. June 5, 1783. His farm was in 
the Swift neighborhood, and is the same now owned by Simon R. 
Ellis. Children : 

J?fH/>fH, b. Yarmouth, June, 1806, m. Sarah Town; Wniinm, h. Paris, 
April, 1810, (]. 1808; SiiDnwI, h. Paris, Feb. 9, 1810, ni. Mary Holt. 

The mother d. Mnreli 21, 1843. The father d. March 0, 1851. 

Reuhen Favor, sou of the preceding, m. Sarah, dan. of Peter 
Town of Norway. Children : 

Fvrdininid F , )). Jnn. 1, 1841, ni. F;iimit>, (hiu. of litMijaniin Greeley. He 
is a connnission merchant in JJoston ; AlJu'rt Ambrose, b. Oct. 21, 1842; 
GranviUp Marion, b. Dec. 11, 1843, killed Feb. 1884, by railroad collison; 
Geor(jf' IrriiKj^ b. Aug. 18, 1840 ; Mary Adalaide, b. Jan. 12, 18.50 ; Ilcrhert B., 
b. Sept. 28, 18,52; Anna F., h. Feb. 4, 1855; Ernest IL, h. March 0, 1857. 

Samuel Favor, brother of the precerling. m. Mary, dan, of Daniel 
Holt of Norway. Children : 

James Madisnn, b. Ajiril 4, 1838, m. Ang'elia Tucker ; Claitdius Mamdliis, 
b. Oct. 21), 183i), m. I.ydia M. Humphrey; Sanuud Eni/nw, b. July 5, 1848, 
d. Dec. !t, 1801. 

Fei.tox. 
Jonathan Wales Felton was b. in IJarre, IMass., June 17, 17'JO, 
m Lydia Nye of Oakham, IMass., I). ]\Iaich 9, 1790. Lived in 
Barre and Oakham, and settled in Paris previous to 1828. Children : 

Isabella X., b. Barre, July 27, 1812, in. .Jonathan Ii-ish, s. Buckfield; 
Stella Jane^ b. Barre, June 28, 1815, ni. John Willis of Paris; Charlotte 8.^ 
b. Barre, July 7, 1820, m. ^larcellus Smith; Charles^ b. Oakliam, April 8, 
1823, m. Louisa G., diiu. of Eleazer Dunham, and settled on the Sebra 
Dunham farm ; Albert Quinci/, b. Paris, March 7, 1828, m. Mrs. Mary Jane 
Libbey; John D., b. Paris, April 13, 1832, (See Military Service.) 

The father d. Dec. 25, 1800. Tlie mother d. Aug. 18, 1807. 

Albert (,^ Felton, son of the preceding, m. Mary Jane, widow 
of Frederic Libbey of AYoodstoek, and dan. of William Bent, and 
settled on the William Bent farm. Children : 

Georye Fred, b. in Gi'eenwood. ]\I;iich 0, 1805, m. Agnes Robbins of Wood- 
stock. 

Fickett. 

Simon Fickett, sou of Jonathan of Poland, and Betsey (Cox) 
Fickett of the same town, was b. Julv C, 1799, and moved to Wood- 



HISTOHY OF I'AHIS. 509 

stock with his father's family aliout 1815. Simon m. Kutli T., (Uui, 
of Stephen and Rnth (Tyler) Chase. Oct. 20, 1823, b. July (5, 1803. 
Settled in "Woodstock, and afterward m()\ed to West Paris. Child- 
ren : 

Chester Btinhar. h. March 21. 1S2<;, m. Eliza Ann Felt. 
■ Charlotte Bri(j<js^ b. June i;}. 1828, ni. Levi T. Lurvey. 

Betsey (rates, b. Dec. 9, 182!.), in. Siiueon B. Curtis. 

Peter Chase, h. Xov. 9, 1834. in [>ractice of law at West Paris; never 
married. 

Mary Chase, b. Feb. 19, 1840, d. Nov. 2.5, 1847. 

Julietta Frances, b. June 12, 1850, m. Hannibal Curtis, s. Woodstock. 

The father Avas drowned Oct. 1, 1856. (See Annals of 1856.) 

FlKLI). 

John Field was the first person of this name found in the records 
of the ancient town of liridge water. He came from Providence, R. 
I., in 1677. lie had seven children: Kichard of the second gener- 
ation, m. Susanna Waldo and had eleven children : Jabez of third 
generation, m. Mary, dau. of Ephraim Fobes, and had nine child- 
ren : Ephraim of the fourth generation, b. Oct. 19, 1755, in. Dec. 
14, 1780, Kuby, dau. of Simeon Brett. lie came to Paris in 1786, 
and settled on the farm purchased of Reuben Hubbard, now included 
in the farms of Jonathan Richards and Henry Fobes. He was a 
blacksmith. Children : 

I Mehitable, b. 1787, m. David Beniis. 

II Galen, b. Dec. 29, 1788, ni. Folly Thayer. 

III Ansel, b. 1790, ui. Dolly Moore. 

IV Charlotte, b. 1793, in. Osgood Holt, s. Levant. 
\ Jennie, b. 1794, unmarried. 

VI Ziheon, b. Dec. 17, 1795, ni. Lydia Howe. 
Yii Ah-in, b. Oct. 9, 1800. 

Galex Field, son of the preceding, m. Polh', dau. of Asa Thayer, 
and settled in North Paris on the farm since occupied by S. W. 
Dunham. He was one of our old-tiine school masters, having 
taught eighteen winters. His name is found in the records of the 
town officers. Children : 

I Jane Chapin, b. April 8, 1820, m. Bradford Keen, s. Sumner. 

II William Harrison, b. Feb. 20, 1822, ni. (alista Andrews. 

III Laura Thayer, b. Jan. 15, 1824, m. George W. Young, s. West Paris. 

IV Franklin Nelson, b. July 4, 1828, m. Sobrina Andrews. 
V Charles Waldo, b. Sept. 24, 1831, m. Olive Keen. 

VI Hiram T., b. April 23, 1834. in. Matilda A. Eipley. 



600 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

VII Mary T.. h. June 21, 1840, in. C. AV. Clia.se. 

The father d. Oct. 30, 1804. The mother d. Nov. 20, 1874. 

ZiuEOx Field, brother of the preceding, m. Lydia, dau. of Jacob 
Howe, April 27, 181S. She was h. April 28, 1798. Children : 

I Atisel )'^mith, b. April 13, 18l!>, in. Clarence Biitterfield. 

II Ziheon Chapman, b. Dec. 29, 1821, d. Oct. 4, 1823. 

III Francis Blake, b. Dec. 16, 1823, m. Abbj' Bradbury. 

IV Belinda, b. Oct. 0, 1828, ra. Hiscock, s. Fariningtou. 

V Perh'ii Pniiuvn, b. March 22, 1830, ni. Lottie P. Corbett. 

VI Zihean Chapman, b. Dec. 2.5, 1831, m. Lj'dia A. Corbett. 
VII JIason Greenwood, 1). April 23, 1835, m. Helen Ripley. 

VIII Candine Elizaheth, b. Maj- 23, 1837, in. Ethiel Welch. 

IX Dana Augustus, b. Aug. 0, 1839, in. Melis.*a A. Holbrook. 
X Lydia Jane, b. Oct. 3, 1841, m. Leonard Bri<j<^s. 
The mother d. and he m. 2d, former wife of Cyprian Whitman, and dau. 
of Seth Benson. 

XI Loretta, b. Jan. 10, 1849, in. John G. Crawford. 
XII Miranda, b. Dec. 29, 1850. 

XIII Isabella, b. June 6, 1853, m. Algernon 8. AndrewsS. 
The mother d. and he m. 3d, Mrs. Polly Coburn, and dau. of Jacob 
Howe. 

Ansel Field, brother of the i)receding, m. Dolly, dan. of Flisha 
Moore. He was a trader for man^' years at South Paris, and was a 
post master for some length of time. He died Feb. 16, 1868. 
She d. Feb. 8. 1878. 

Charles Waldo Field, son of Galen, ante, m. Jan. 8, 1854, 
Olive F., dan. of Judah Keen of Sumner, carpenter and builder. 
Children : 

Cora A., b. Sept. 28, 1854. m. s. Portland 
Walter C , b. Oct. 31, 185(5. 
Arthur E., b. July 19, 1858, d. Feb. 23, 1859. 

The mother d. Jan. 9, 18()7, in. Eli/a A., widow of Horace Keene, and 
dau. of Amasa Tucker. 

Wilbur S., b. April 11, 1878. 

Hiram T. Field, son of Galen, ni. Matilda A., dan. of Col. 
Orison Ripley. Children : 

Estella A., b. Nov. 16, 1858, m. John Canwell; Edna I., b. Xov. 15, 18G0, 
m. John G. Cha.se; Premont II., b. May 15, 1863; Frederic G., b. Xov. 10, 
1865; Francis B., b. June 14, 1868; Sarah 3Iatihla, b. Aug. 31,1870; Lester 
Maxim, b. Feb. 14, 1875; M<fry Alice, b. May 12, 1877. 



history of paris. 001 

Fletcher. 

Israel Fletcher of Sumner, son of Moses of Dracut, Mass., 
and Susanna Hildreth, m. INIary Ann, dau. of Joseph and Beulah 
(Bisbce) Benson, May 25, 1845, and settled in Sumner. Children : 

Eosroc^ b. Feb. 22, 1845, d. 1855 ; death oaused by fallin<>- on the ice. 

Eugene^ b. Nov. 11. 1848, m. Fiaucetta Tuell. 

Anna Hilflreth^ b. June 20, 1863, m. Alnion Churchill, s. Sunnier. 

Eugene Fletcher, son of Israel, m. Franeetta, dan. of Benjamin 
Y. Tuell of Sumner, Aug. -5, 1870, b. July 27, 1850. Children : 

Tr(77i'«)/i ^os'-op, b. ^Marcli 10, 1872; lii-njainin TneU, h. ,TuIy 7, 1880. d. 
Oct. 1, 1880. 

FOLLET. 

Lewis Follett ni. Susanna, dan. of Flisha and Aliagail (Holmes) 
Morse, and became a resident of Paris previous to 1810. Susanna 
was a sister to the wife of Stephen Paine. Children : 

Zf';'-(".s- 7?ro!'\ b. Attleboroui^h, Mass., Sept. 13, 1812, ni. Ann P. Steel; 
Susan Muriii. b. Attleborong'h, Mass.. May 21, 1814, m. Sylvanus Sturte- 
vaut ; An-iUa Fisher, b. Williamsbui-g-, Mass., April 13, 1816 ; Calvin Morso^ 
b. Paris, May 6, 1819, ni. Jane Rounds; Mary Holmes, b. Paris, Jan. 13, 
1822: Charles Hennj, b. Paris, July 0. 1824. 

FOBES. 

JoHX FoBEs' from Duxbuiy, was one of the original proprietors 
of Bridgewater, where he settled, and d. about 1661. He m. Con- 
stance Mitchell. In a direct line from John above named, is found, 
Deacon Fdwaix^, who m. Abagail I\()l)inson ; Joshua'\ who m. Aba- 
gail Dunbar; Joshua^, whom. Esther Porter ; Dea. DanieP, b. Feb. 
12, 1742, m. 1769, Hannah, dau. of Miles Standish, a great grand- 
daughter of Capt. Miles Standish of the Pilgrims. She was I)orn 
March 22, 1746. This family came to this town in company with 
the faniilv of Lazarus Hathaway, and arrived here Nov. 2, 1802. 
Children : 

Azariah, b. Oct. 28, 1770, m. Susan Leach, s. Bridgewater. 

2 Daniel, b. Dec. 19, 1773, ni. Elsie Hathaway. 
Sarah, b. Sept. 14, 1775, d. April 20, 1796. 

3 Amasa, b. Sept. 21, 1777, m. Ennua Eames. 

4 Seth, b. June 19, 1770, m. Rachel Eanies. 
Hannah, b. June 21. 1782, m. Levi Maconiber. 

Luin, b. Sept. 8, 1784, enlisted from Westbrook, war of 1812, d. a 
prisoner. 



€02 H15TOBT or PARIS. 

B^za, b. Au^. 11. 17n5. d. Aug. 27. 17J<7. 

Jfekitabie, b. Dec. 18, 1789, m. Solomon Shaw. 
-5 BnUn'jf. b. Aug. 7, 1792. m. Harriet Stevens. 
The father d. 1S14. The mother d. Jan. 10. 1S39. aged 92. 

2 Dasiel Fobes. (son of Dea. Daniel 1) m. Elsie, dau. of Laza- 
ms Hathaway, and settled on the western portion of the homestead 
farm, now owned by .Jonathan Richards. Children : 

Darius, b. Dec. 2. 1808. m. Elizabeth Pottle of Xorway. 

Loura. b. April IS. 1810. m. Silas Cobum. =. Patten. 

Sarah, b. Sept. 11. 1811. m. Henry Pike of Xorwav. 

DanM. b. Dec. 2-5, 1814, went to Pa. and d. there. 

Anna Dudley, (adopted; b. April 14, 1827. 

Loriry Haiha>ra<i I>u<lle»j. 
The father d. June 20. 1848. The mother d. April 7, 18-51. 

3 Amasa Fobes. (son of Daniel 1) m. Emma Eames. Children : 
Charles, b. Xov. 26. 1802: Horary, b. Feb. 18, 1804: Xanry. b. Aug. 10. 

1806: Albert Gallatin, b. Jan. 16, 1809. 

4 Seth Fobes. (son of Daniel 1) m. Rachel, dan. of Nathaniel 
and Katie (Rice) Eames of Framingham, Mass.. and settled on the 
farm since the homestead of his son Elbridge. Children : 

Almira. b. Oct. 9. 1804. m. Ziba Thayer. 
E'J'rin. b. April 2, 1806, m. Julia Ann Boyden of Boston. 
ArojfUm, b. ilay 8. 1808, m. Isaac Ballard, s. Holliston, Mass. 
A'laUrtf^, b. Xov. 6, 1810, m. Dana Heath, s. Boston. 

7 Elhrid'jf, b. July .5, 1812, m. .Julia Preuiis«. 

Hannah, b. Dec. 12. 1814. m. Levi. F. Drake, s. Portland. 
Doniel. b. July 21, 1816, m. Lueretia Haywood. 5. Boston. 
Catharinf^. b. Oct- 4. 1819. d. 1866. 
Emil'j, b. Aug. 1823, m. -Xathan Hathaway. 
The father d. Jan. 27. 1867. The mother d. 3Iarch 2-5, 18^4. 

o Capt. Billings Fobes, (son of Daniel 1) m. Jane 17. 18.30, 
Harriet, dau. of Dr. Cyprian Stevens, and settled on the eastern 
portion of the homestead farm. Children : 

8 Henry, b- 3Iay 8, 1831, m. Frances P. Webster. 

The mother d. 3Iay 18. 1831, m. 2d, Paulina, dau. of Stephen Kobinson. 
3Iay -}, WU. The father d. March 3. 1866. llie mother d. May 23, 1878. 

6 Dakics Fobes, (he spelled it Forbes) m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
Jonathan Pottle of Norway. MarcL. 18.3.S. She was b. April 19, 
1800. (.See Personal Mention.) Children: 

9 Sfmfh Ellen, b. Norridgewock. Sept. 1, 1837. m. Eleazer B. Tolman. 
Au'jugtug I)or%u9, b. at Belfast, Feb. 16. 1841. m. De<-. 20. 1800, Louise 



HISTORY UF PARIS. 603 

M. Chase of Portland, and has Grare E.. b. Dec. 19. 1S61. 
Albert Eugene, b. Chelmsford. Mass.. March 9. 1:^43, d. 1S44. 

The mother d. at Norway. March. 187*5. The father d. at Xashville. 
TeJin., March 19. 1S82. 

7 Elbridge Fobes. (son of Seth 4) m. Julia, dan. of Heury 
Prentiss. Children : 

Lucelia Catharine, b. .Sept. 20. 1S40, m. Henrv F. Morton. 

George Edirin, b. Nov. 3. 1S4.5. m. Eliza Chandler. He Is a Universa- 
elergymau. and settled at Canton. N. Y. 

Clara Adeh'a, b. July 17. 1S47, m. A. E. Eessey. M. D.. s. Sidney. 

Henry Prentiss, b. July 4, 1S49, m. Hattie Wood. He is also at Can- 
ton, N. Y.. a Universalist preacher. 

J^Iary Hart. b. Julv 4. 1S49. m. Geo. B. Crockett. 

Emma Julia, b. May 11. IS-il. n\. E. B. Taylor, s. Missouri. 
The mother d. Feb. 3, 1S51, m. 2d, Euciuda P.. dau. of Robinson 
Parlin: she d. lS->4, m. 3d, Angeline. dau. of Dea. Joel B. Thayer. 

Fannie Angeline. b. Aug. 17. 1S.5S. 

Arthur Elbridge, b. May 20, 1S62. 

S Hexry Fobes. (son of Billings 5) m. Frances Phebe. dau. of 
Benjamin and Marv (Wait) Webster of Freeport, Nov. 4. 18.37. 
She was b. Jan. 2. 18.31. Children : 

Hrrriet Stevens, b. May 2-5. 18-59. m. Capt. A. AV. Pratt of Brooklyn. 

N. Y. 
Winjiehl Scott, b. June 17, lS>il. d. Nov. 2. 1864. 
Annie Belle, b. Sept. 20, 1863. 
Eunice Webster, b. Dec. 20. 186-5. 
Lionell. (adopted sou") b. Jidy 4. 1872. d. Feb. 2. 187t>. 

9 Sarah Ekles Fobes. tdau. of Darius 6) went to Washington 
in June. 1861. and entered the Hospitals to .tid in the care of Maine 
soldiers, paying her own expenses. Here services were continued 
until Feb. 16. 1863, when her health having become impaired, she 
was compelled to withdraw. The State forwarded her a check of 
$100, accompanied with the note, '-not as any compensation, but a 
slight acknowledgement of services." After the establishment of 
the State ageiicv bv Gov. Washburn, she joined that, having pre- 
A'iously worked alone. This was likewise a volunteer affair. April 
5, 1864, she m. Eleazer B. Tolman of AVashington. Children : 

Eugene F., b. Milo, Oct. 28, 1865: Augustus B.. b. Milo. April 8. 1S69: 
Leon B.. b. Milo, Aug. *0. 1S74, d. Aug. IS, 1876; Ethel J/., b. Milo. May 
20. 1877. 



604 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

FOSTKH. 

Abner Foster. Jr., m. Polly Hilton in 17!)0. and lived at one 
time in Paris. He was the son of .Vbnei- and L3dia (Nelson) Fos- 
ter, wlio came from Rowley, Mass., and were among the first set- 
tlers in Newry. We have not a record of the children of Abner 
Foster, but he had : 

Hennj and (icornc, who settled in tlie town of Freeman ; Tlunuas^ Ahner-^ 
Xanrii^ who married 1st, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., of Paris, and 2d, Thomas 
Frost of Bethel: Hanitali, who m. Seth Willis of Paris; PuUii^ Martha, 
wlio married Jacoh Febroke, and Eunice, who married a Brown and settled 
in Waterford. 

Andrew Jackson Foster is the son of Joel, Jr., and Armena 
(Whitman) Foster of Bnckfield, March 11, 1850, m. Minnie C. 
Lowell. Children : 

Mahrl Aniu-iin. b. Feb. 2. 187S ; Cax>ivi Mi;i, b. Feb. 7, 1880. 

French. 
Job French was a carpenter, and assisteil in bnilding many of tlie 
houses erected about 1800, and years following. He was dependent 
on charity for his sup[)ort in his old age, Avhich was largel}' furnished 
by his grandson, Rufus S. Stevens. His wife was a True of Poland 
or New Gloucester. Children : 

Xanrij, 1). 1778, m. Simon S. Stevens, s. Paris. 

Ci/rriic, went to live witli lier niotlier's relatives in Poland, and died tliei'e, 
uimiarrled. Xancy, after the decease of her motlier, went to live iii 
tlie family of Gen. Levi Hubbard. 
I'ncle Job, as he was fannliarly called, d. Sept. lit, 1858, aged 8.'5 years, 
8 months. 

Frothingham. 

Brakbl'ry and Fliza Frothin(;ham were of Haverhill, .Mass. 
Children : 

Jo/ni B., was a civil engineer during the war, and was on the staff of Cens. 
Kelley, Landers and Wool, and was comnnssioned Col. in the Regular 
Army by President Lincoln for meritorious service. He died in Xew 
York. 

William Aiii/iistiis, 1). .Tan. 29, 18;{0 in. Lois Ami :Merrill. 

EIir:a, m. Bradl)ury Wliittier. 

3Ianj Caraliiic, m. Thomas Folsom of Gilmanton, X. H. 

Gi'iirge E., is a Professor in the University of ]Miclngan at Ann Arboi'. 

Ann Matilda. 

William A. Frothingham, sou of the pj'eceding, learned the 
blacksmith's trade in Gray, and after working in Massachusetts 



HISTOKY OF I'AUIS. COo 

and New York, caiiie to Paris iu l.sr)4. arriving lK>re ^lai'ch l/i. 
Purchased a half interest witli .lohn Farr. in the sh()|) on tlie east 
side of the river. The following year, Iniilt the shop opposite the 
Savings Bank, and contiiuied the l)nsiness, including carriage-mak- 
ing, with AVilliani II. Xcwliall for al)()ut eighteen years. Newliall 
then retired from the lirni, and the sho[) was sold to .Jacob Dresser. 
He purchased the Smith shoe store in 1874, and has continued it as 
a shoe store to the present time ; is also i)artner in the shoe manu- 
factory, under the firm name of Wm. A. Frothingham ifc Co. 
Served on the board of Selectmen from bS70 to bST"). Kepresenta- 
tive to Legislature of 1874. and County Counnissioner by appoint- 
ment, from Jan. 1882, to Jan. 1888.111. Lois Ann, dan. of JMoses 
INIerrill of Paris. Children : 

I Zanii^h. hi Xcw ^'nrk, 18.33, d. in infancy. 

II Kiith' Kstelh'^ b. Paris, ]May ].'5. IS.")."), m. \\\\\. W. Hooper, s. Lymi. 
Mass. 

III Louis Ann, h. July 2(i, 18.57. 

The mother d. Oct. .'5, 18r)7, in. 2(1. Kllcii .).. dau. of (icoriio W. Kvcrctt 
of Norway. 

IV (I7//;V Osi/oud, b. Nov. 13, 18(J3. 

V Oeorg.' Walhiau h. ]\[arch (5. 18(ir;. 
VI XclUc Maria, b. March 10, 18(;S, d. Oct. -22. 1871. 
VII Ada Louisa, h. April 20, 1874, d. May 30, 187'J. 

Full Kit. 
Nathaniel Fullkr of Plynipton, IMass., m. Lydia Holmes, and 
was among the first settlers of that [)art of Shri)ardsticld now 
Oxford. Children : 

I. Caleh, b. Feb. 10. 1771. ni. llaimab IVrkins. 

II. Xatlianicl, b. Dec. 27, 1772. 

III. Xahhij, b. Feb. 3, 177.5, m. Abncr IJawson, s. Paris. 

IV. Lijdia, b. ^lay 7, 1780, m. Bartholomew Cuslinian. 

V. Sophia, b. Feb. 24, 1777, ni. Williain Clark Whitney,* s. Oxff)i-d. 

afterwards in Norway. 
VI. Lucy, b. May 12, 1783, m. Stephen Pratt, s. Paris. 
VII. Am Stuart or Ira, b, Sept. 24, 178G, m. Charlotte .Mcniil. 
VIII. PuuKdia, b. Jan. 4, 1707, ni. 1st, Samuel Merrill. 2d. .lolm Besscv. 



*Williani Clark Whitney wa.s a son of .loshua Whitney of Worcester, Mass., and he and 
his brother Daniel were among the early settlers of Paris. Wm. C, subseqiieutly moved 
to Xorway, and died there, ajjed over 90 years. lie was at one time sherifl" of the county, 
a man of marked ability in Inisiness aflairs, and at the time of his death, one of the 
wealthiest men in this county. Among his children was George P., a well known busi- 
ness man of Oxford; also the wife of William Goddard, late of Bethel, and of Stejihen 
Cummings late of Xorwav. 



GOO • HISTORY' OF PARIS. 

Caleb Fuller, son of Nathaniel, in. Hannah, dau. of Gideonj 
Perkins of Plymouth. Mass.. and was an early settler on Stearns- 
Hill, on the lot where Oliver Hubl)ard had fallen three or four acres- 
of trees, and on which his son Nathaniel now lives. Children : 

I JLtrrt'n, h. April 21, 17i)5, ni. Tempe. Howard, s. Hartford (had 

four wives.) 
II Lcii-is, b. Jan. ;{1, 1797, m. Betsev Dunham, 8. W. 

III Ahh'ii, h. March 4, 171)9, m. Sally Cushnian. 

IV Amos, ]). June, 1801, ni. Mirantla Perry. 

V Xatlianicl, b. Sept. 12, 1803, ni. Ehnira Pike. 

VI Caleb, b. Nov. 12, 180.5, m. Luda Monroe, minister, r. Augusta. 

VII (Jharh's, b. March 4, 1808, d. 1811. 

VIII DniziUa, b. Jan. 31, 1810, m. Daniel Terkins, s. Woodstock. 

IX Corndias, d. in childhood. 

X Andrew J., b. Sept. 15, 1822, m. Harriet Marston, is an 31. D. in. 
Bath. (See portrait.) 

Leavis Fuller, second sou of the preceding, ni. Nov. 25, 1820, 
Betse\' Dunham, dau. of Asa and Lydia. Children: 

I EUzaheth, b. Sept. 21, 1822, m. Oliver L. I'ratt. 

II Le»ris, Jr., b. Oct. 22, 182.5. 

III Ueonje fr., b. March 2, 1828, ra. Lovina F. Chandler. 

IV CiiJeh. h. Aug. K), 1830, m. 1st Martha A. Curtis, dau. of Daniel; 

2d, Marietta, dau. of William Curtis of Paris. 

V CurneUus P., b. Nov. 24, 1832. 

Yl ^4«r/f'?('Hf' 7?., b. April 1, 1834, m. 1st, lJol)ert O. Hayes ; 2d, Jaeol> 

Annas. 
VII Mar)j P., b. March 22, 1S37, m. James H. P.ai'rows. 
VIII Nathaniel, b. July 30, 1838, d. July 30, 18G4. 

IX Olirer L., b. April 2, 1842, m. Jeannette Foss of Paris. 

Amos Fuller, bro. of the preceding, m. Miranda Perry. Child- 
ren : 

Ann Maria, b. in Paris: Benjamin Chamller, Fannie Whitneij, MelrilJe C.^ 
Vernal Baxter. 
The father d. April 1.5, 1840, aj-'ed 44 years. 

Alden Fuller, bro. of the preceding, ni. Sally, dan. of Caleb 
Cushnian. Children : 

Allien, .//•., li. Jan. 27, 1824, m. Sarah Ann Hart Walker: Alhert C, b. 
.June 7, 1828, m. Fannie A. Lee; Sarah Jane, b. June 10, 1830; William 
(ioodale, b. Feb. 10, 1833. 

Dea. Nathaniel Fuller, brother of the preceding, m. Ehnira,. 
dau. of Hezekiah and Ann Jetfers (Crafts) Pike of Paris, Dec. IS,. 
1835. 



HISTOKV OK PAUIS. 607 

Aaron Fclleu, sou of Klisha uikI Esther Richards Fuller of 
Newton, Mass., b. Sept. 26, 1757, m. Haunah, dau. of Simeou 
Pond, b. Sept. 14, 17<U. He lived in Standish previous to his set- 
tlement in this town. Settled on the lot now the Smith Dudley farm. 
His log house stood near the junction of the two roads. Children : 

Artemas, b. Oct. 10, 1784, in. Uraiiia Shaw. 

Joel, b. Feb. 2;"), 17S9, ni. Ilauuab Perrv of Chesterville. 

Polly, b. July 10, 1787, ui. .Tosiah Dudley, s. Paris. 

Aaron, Jr., b. April 13, 1791, ni. Patty Xortou of Livorinore. 

Freeman, b. Oct. 21, 1794, m. Hannah ^Muij. 

Simeon D., b. Oct. 3, 1799, m. Mary Ann Rawson. 

Daniel, b. Oct. 4, 1804, ni. Olive Norton of TJveruion'. 

Elisfia. 

Isaiah PY-ller, of another family, was a carpenter and builder. 
He built the old meeting-house in 1803, and many of the houses 
erected about that time. He bought the lot and built the house 
afterwards sold to Dr. Benjauiin Chandler. He removed from Paris 
and the family separated. It is understood some of the daughters 
reside in Portland, but no informatiou has been gained of the rela- 
tionship of this family with the other branches. He died from 
injuries from a fall. Children : 

Cushimj, Susan, Mtih((J<i, Maria, Orpah, Isaia/i, Jr., Isaar. 

Hector Fuller, colored, came to Paris with Gilbert Shaw. He 
m. Lucretia Collins of Leeds, also colored, and lived on several 
places in the town. He had a donl)le luur lip, which gave him a 
wild, weird look. Children : 

Si/lvia, b. Jan. 19. 1807; Charlattc, b. Feb. 22, 1809; Mlnrrra, h. March 
14, 1811; Xathan, b. Xov. 2, 1817, went to Mi'iiiiiia. and was probably sold 
into slavery. 

Consider Fuller m. I^lizabeth, dan. of Isaac Cuuuuings, and 
lived a few years in Paris, then went to Woodstock, and subse- 
quently to Greenwood. He returned here, and died at West Paris, 
aged over 90 years. He was the son of Consider and Lydia (Bryant) 
Fuller of Plympton, ]Mass., and was born there May 31, 1780. He 
was a lineal descendant of Dr. Samnel Fuller, the Mayflower Pilgrim. 
His mother, on the death of her husband, came to the New Glouces- 
ter Shakers, and Consider lived with them until he became of age. 
His oldest child was born here : 

Christiana, b. Jan. 2, 1802, ni. Charles B. Brooks : Cltloc, b. Feb. 23, 1807, 
ni. Rufus Farrar ; Laai B., b. Jan. 20, 1813, m. Eli H. Cusbnian ; Consider 
C, b. Jan. 25, 181.5, m. Sally O. Greely; Betsey, b. August 19, 1820, m. 



008 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jonarlian Firkott, Jr.; Ahi(/((il, in. Stei)li('ii Davis; Lovir>i. m. Stephen 
Davis; Li/ilia J(iut\, m Joseph H. Brii>'g's, son of Liitlier. 

IIkrman" a. Fullkr, son of Caleb and Martha A. (Curtis) Fuller, 
in. Ida >V., dau. of Levi Andrews. Children:. 
L''i/l>li A., h. Sept. 19, ISSl ; OJir,- J/., h. Mareh 10, 1883. 

Gage. 

MosKS Gage, son of Moses and Joanna (Norton) Gage of Kltteiy, 
was 1). in Wilton, N. H., Sept. 6, 1806, ni. Huldah, dau. of Israel- 
aiid ^Nlercy Freeman (Haskell) Swett, Jan. 27, 1832. She was b. 
Mareh 12, I.SO.5, settled in Paris, Dee. 19, 1834. Children : 

I J/an/ EJlza, I). Mareh 7, 18;53, ni. Thomas Hrig-i>s. s. Harrison. 
II J/o.sr'N Xurton, b. Get. 10, 1834, m. Evelina A. Belclier of Stougli- 
ton, :Mass. 

III Jnsrjili Si{iinn'i\ 1). July 23, 1S3<;. was a coloiu'l of a Missouri liej^'i- 

uieiit (bii-iu<i- the war, in. Einina Tlioinpson, s. Joplin, ^Missouri. 

IV Marij<ir<'tt(' Ann. h. Nov. 1, 1838, m. Dana D. Farnuin of ^V. P. 
V Lnri)itln Carnli)ip, b. Nov. 7, 1840, in. Ilirain D. Marsliall. 

VI lltihhih, b. Jan. 7, 1843, d. Jan. 21, 1843. 
VII lii-nj'unui F., b. May 27, 1844, d. in serviee, Get. 12, 1802 at Fer- 

nandina. Fla. 
viii dcnfji'i A., b. May 13, 1840. 
A sister of Mrs. Gaf»;e ni. Seth ('ari)eiiter as Ids 2d w ife. 

Gary. 

IIenrv (tARY, son of Jeremiah and Roxanna (Andrews) Gary, 
was 1). in Lovell, May 31, 1S35, m. Sept. 30, 1850, (Jlive F., dau. 
of .John Charles of Lovell, b, Jan. 18, 1830, settled in Lovell, 
moved to South Paris, Oct. 1870, and [purchased the Dr. Rust stand. 
The name a[)i)ears hereafter with a dilferent spelling, viz. : Geriy. 
Children : 

Alha M. Gen-;/, b. Auii'. 1."). 18r)2, in. Clara A. Xoyes. 

Lilla M Grrr;/, h. Nov. 21, 18.")4. 

Julin C (Tt'n'n, ]). April, 20, 18.^7, in.. ^Slallie l\'ttiii,uilb s. Fryeburg. 

XcJlie MGcrrii, b. May 1, 18G1, in. Mellen Eastman, s. Lovell. 

FranccUa (h'rrn, b. Feb. 12, 18G3. 

The mother d. Jan. IG, 18G7. 

Alha M. Gerry, son of Henry Gary, m. Clara A., dau. of Cap- 
tain Amos Noyes, b. Nov. 2(1, 1851 ; is a druggist at South Paris. 
Children : 

Harry Mellen, b. :May 3, 1870; Olive Etta, b. Aug. 0, 1877. 



histoky ok i'akis. g09 

Gatks. 

Alfred Gates was of Kiitlaiul. ^V<)l•c'e.ster Co., Mass. He pur- 
chased lot 2, range 3, of Nathaniel Haskell, Oct. 31, 1795. It is 
now the homestead of John (I. Swett. He was prominent in town 
affairs wliile he remained in Paris. He moved to Lincoln, where he 
had the misf<jrtnne to lose his lionse by fire, cansing the death of 
two ehildren, who perished in the flames. Children : 
I Za.lnr. 1). ,Ian. la, 1801. 
II SiiJlii, b. May 20, 1802, d. ^^ept. l.i, 180.5. 

III Soluii, b. April 27, 1804, m. Betsey, dau. of Sre]iheii ( liase. 

IV JIart/, h. Aug. G, 1801!, m. Thomas H., sou of Stephen Chase. 
V (raJni, b. Xov. 18, 1808. m. Esther, dau. of ^lerrill Chase. 

Yi Hnnwr, b. Marcli 1.5, 1812. 

VII r<'s(a, b. May 21, 1814. 
VIII rhilomelia, b. Oct. li). 181 !». 
The father d. in Carrol, Jan. 22, 181(). 

GiLKS. 

Solomon 8. Giles, son of Solomon and Lovey (Chase) Giles, 
was b. in New Durham, N. H., Sei)t. 14, 1825, m. Eliza A., dau. 
of Uriah Kipley of Paris. Settled llrst on the Field's farm, near 
Snow's Falls, owned and occupied the Dea. Mann farm at one time, 
and the last years of his life, the Dr. Stevens fai'in. where he died 
Aug. 29, 1874. Children: 

Sophmnia C, b. April 12, 18.54, d. Aug. 11, 1871 : Lnrinila B.. h. Sept. l;}, 
1856, d. Sept. 7, 1877; Minnelhi liosc, b. Fel). !), 18G0; E(hjar £"., b. Au.i;-. 
25, 1862 ; Lizzie J/., b. Xov. 16, 1867. 

Dexter Giles of Sweden. Me., m. Mary Ellen, dau. of Cornelius 
Knight, Nov. 8, 18G3, and settled at South Paris, where he died. 
Children : 

.4fW(>, b. Dee. 14, 1864; ]V>i7/i-r K.. b. Xov. 8. 1868, d. Aug. 25, 1869; 
H'^nnon A'., b. Sept, 25, 1871, <1. Get. 17. 1876. 

GOODEXOW. 

Capt. Rl'fus K. Goodexow was b. in Henniker, N. H., April, 
1790. (vSee Military Service and also Biographical Notice.) He 
m. Jane Bean of Brownfield, and settled at Paris in 1820. Children : 

John, b. in Saco, Feb. 1, 1817, m. Surah P. Appleton and s. Baltimore. 

James Melville, b. in Saco, Aug. 28, 1818, d. Oct. 17, 1819. 

Algernon Sidney, b. in I'aris. April 22. 1822, went to Soutli Ameriea, d. 
Dee. 24, 1857. 

Frances Isabella , b. Paris, Sept. 8, 1823, m. William A. Rust, M. D. 

Sarah Jane, b. " May 2, 1826, ni '• '■ 2d wife. 

39 



GIO HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

E)i\ilii Aim. 1). Pari*. Sept. :2o, 1S2S, clt'rk in Wasliington. I). <;., il. 

(See Personal Meution.") 
The father (1. ^Mareh 24. 1SC^;J. The inotlier d. Oet. ISdiJ. 

Goss. 

1)k. Kr.r.NKZKK II Goss was the son of Kev. Thomas Goss, who 
oradnated at Harvard College in 1737. and was lor many years the 
able, though somewhat eccentric minister at Bolton, Mass. Parson 
Goss of r)olton. accumulated quite a property, which by his will, he 
bequeathed to the male heirs of Samuel Goss, an early settler of 
Bethel, who was a brother of Dr. Ebenczer. But the will was so 
worded, that the said Samuel was to have the management of the 
property and his maintenance out of it, and none of it ever came to 
his childien. He exchanged a line estate in Bolton, for wild lands 
in Sudl)ury. Canada, and too late in life he found he had swapped 
himself out of Iiouse and home. The doctor was settled awhile at 
Concord. X. H.. and about 1700, he was settled at Brunswick. Me. 
He removed to this town and lived with Gustavus A. Goss on High 
street, and afterward, till the time of his deatli, on the Ebenezer H. 
^Marshall farm, which he owned. Children : 

Giistarus Adolphiis, ni. Betsej' Howe. 

Sanift, educated at Brimswiek. and was cugapMl. a< was said, to Jairus 
Shaw, who was killed by a [»ry. She m. David Marshall. The doctor 
d. Sept. -iU, 1S2.^. 

GrsTAvrs A. Goss, son of I^benezer H., m. Betsev Howe of 
Rumford. He was educated at Philips Academy, Andover. ]Mass., 
and became a pron)inent man in town atfairs. Children: 

Manj, 1). in liethel, Jan. D. ISOO, d. Jan. 4, ISOG. 

Xanrn, b. " April 26, ISOl, d. Jan. 7, ISOC. 

Jlar;/ Walh-r. h. iu Bethel, Oct. 28, 180(i, m. John Howe. 

Charles HuiitjJirfij, h. in Paris, April 27, 1S08, ni. Fear yi., widow of 
Samuel S. Bicknell, and dan. of Jacob Deeoster of Hebron, Dec. 17, 
1S42. She d. June 14, 1879. He traded at one time at North Paris, 
t)ut lived many years ou a farm on High street. 

Xniic;/ Atltf-rtoiK b. April 1, 1811, m. Jacob Parsons of Norway. 

The father d. Ai)nl 21, 1822. The mother d. at tlie residence of her sou- 
i!>-law. John Howe, in Stonehaiu, Dec. .'50, ISUl. 

Gosso>r. 

Thomas Gosso:>[ was in the war of 1812. and lost an arm. He 
m. a sister of ^Irs Daniel Noble of Norway, who was a Knight. 
He settled on a place near Otis Swift's. Children : 

Mary, Sahie, Abiel, Catharine, Calvin and Honnj. 



history of paris. 611 

Gray. 

JoiiN" Gray was li. in Worcester. Mass.. Aug. IT.. 17(>.'). and eanie 
to Paris, then No. 4. and located on the lot. since the farm of Ebeu- 
ezer Tnell. and afterward moved to the farm, now the homestead of 
E. S. Dean. lie m. .Ian. 11. IT'.M). Rhoda. dan. of David Andrews. 
The children were all livino- at the time the parents died, in 1S41. 
Children : 

John. 1). Ai)ril 10, 1701, ni. Susan Austin^ 

Lcri^ b. Feb. 15. 1793, ui. Betsey Harlow, s. Sangerville. 

Lmiiut^ b. Xov. 24, 1794, in. Stephen Cliandler. s. Sumner. 

Abiczer, b. Sept. 13, 1706, m. Charlotte Austin, s. Prospect. 

Xainna, b. Oct. 12, 179S, m. Ira Gardner, s. Bucktiekl. 

Orrcii, b. July 4, 1800. m. Sarah E. (Young) Pith. 

Biilxrt, b. April 0, 1802. ui. lietsey f:ilis. 

Ji'ticK h. Feb. 2. 1804, m. ( nn-kett. s. Prospect. 

Scii-all^ b. April 2. 1800, ni. s. Mt. Vernon. Ohio. 

ArciUa, b. Jan. 4. 1808, m. Albert Fisher, s. Dedham. Mass. 

Almtzo, b. Oct. 2. 1810. went with Fremont to California. 

LmrnciL b. Feb. 13, 1813. s. Prospect. 

OJcn'tt. h Oct. ."). 1814. m. Sullivan Andrews. 

Elhridijc. 1). .Jan. 28. 1817, ni. Abagail Lethbritloe. 

CoJumhxfi, b. April 4, 1819, ni. Gay, s. Wilton. 

The father d. Aug-. 30, 1841. Ihe mother d. Xov. 10, 1841. 

•loiix (tray. .Ir . son of the preceding, m. Susan Austin, settled 
in \Voodstock, l)ut was set otF into Paris in 182-5. Children: 
A'(r"li(is ,1., b. Aug. 2S, 18l(i, ni. Sarah Daicy. s. Woodstock. 
Alhion Hohu'^s, b. Oct. 14, 1818, d. .March, 1832, of canker rasli. 
Susan Anil, b. Aug. 1(3, 1820, d. "' '• •' 

AdriKii L)irfJ?i,is, b. Aug. IG. 1822. d. " " - 

Vesta, b. Sept. 2.1, 1824, d. •• '' '■ 

EiJii'litw, b. Feb. 26, 1827, m. Geoi-ge Merrytield, s. Woodstock. 
Tlioma.'^ JrnV'raon, b. 1829, d. March 21, 1832, of canker rash. 
Jiili". b. 1831. d. April 2, 1832, •' '■ 

Six out of the eight children died within a period of ten days. 

Ki.MRiix.K CtRay. brother of the preceding, m. Abagail, dau. of 
William Lethbridge, July 18, 1830, and settled on the homestead of 
his father-in law. He has l»een collector, serving eight years in that 
capacity. Children : 

James Madison, b. April 1, 1S37, d. Dee.. 1842. 

Dexter, b. June 28. 1838, m. Carrie K'neeland of Prospect, and s. in Ma.-- 
sachusetts, d. there. 

Salina, b. Dec. 18, 18.54, d. Oct. 1S60. 

Infant, b. Dec. 14, 18.56, d. in infancy. 



612 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

William Z., b. May 7, 1848, in. Matilda M. Morse. 

lihodn A., b. June 20, 1853, d. June 28, 1853. 

3Iari/ /t'., b. Sept. 18, 1854, ni. Frank Bobbins of Xew Jersej'. 

Orren Gray, brother of the preceding, ni. Mrs. Sarah ¥.. Rich, 
dau. of Joshua Young of Woodstock, who was the son of Job Young 
ofGra3'. Children: 

Ed(iH)i E., b. 1833, ni. Mary Ann Bates. 

Lavina N.^ b. Aug. 27, 1835, m. William Chase, s. Sumner. 

Nanrii W., b. June 20, 1838, ni. Aretas Damon, " 

AbrojaiJ L., b. Nov. 19, 1840, rn. Melleu Bates, 

Si'KdU C, b. Aug. 5, 1843, d. Sept. 8, 1864. (See Military Iteeord.) 

William L. Gray, son of Elbridge Gray, m. Matilda M., dau. of 
Carlton Morse of Woodland, Aroostook Co. Children : 

Dexter W., b. May 26, 1808 ; Waiter i., b. Jan. 24, 1870; Boscoe C, b. 
April 10,1873; C7;r<Wps, b. April 12,1878; C'«/-/^jh, 1). Jan. 5, 1880; Clara 
A., b. Sei)t. 18, 1883. 

RoiJERT Gray, brother of Orren, ante, ni. Betsey, dau. of Perez 
Ellis of Hartford, and settled on the homestead. Afterward moved 
to South I'aris village, where he now resides. Children : 

Itohert Williams, b. Nov. 2, 1835, ni. Mrs. Anna (Berry) Chapin. 

Oleria, b. Jan 8, 1837, m. Kobert H. Gi-eenleaf. 

Julia, b. Feb. !), 1830, m. John Henr}' Ilaimilier. 

Persis A., 1). June 18, 1842, m. Alfred P. Andrews. 

Fintuie ./., b. July 10, 1845 d. Jan. 0, 1867. 

Green. 

Nathaniel Green ni. Polly, dau. of John and Patience Willis, 
and settled at South Paris, owning and occupying the house since 
known as the Phineas Morse stand ; also at one time an owner and 
resident of the Mellen stand on Paris Hill. Children : 

Edwin, b. Oct. 20, 1816, in. Pamelia Kendall; Daniel, b. June 19, 1820; 
Charles, b. April 25, 1823 ; Mart/, b. March 15, 1820. 

Edwin Green, M. D., son of the preceding, m. Pamelia Kendall 
of Berlin, N. H. He practiced his profession in Woodstock, and 
later in Paris. Children : 

Parlcer Cleaveland, b. Woodstock, Oct. 16, 1845; Daniel Wi-hster, b. Sum- 
ner, July 21, 1847; Xathaniel Willis, b. Sumner, Nov. 27, 1800; Edwin 
Gardner, b. Paris, Oct. 18, 1809. 

William K. Green, son of James Green of Farmington, formerly 
of Grotou, Mass., and Eunice (Bacon) Green of Vassall)orough, 
was b. in Bvron, Oct. 12, 1821. He m. Maria, dau. of Nehemiah 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 613 

and Sophia (Hardy) Hunt of Wilton, Nov. 25, 1847. Slie was b. 
May 25, 1824. Settled in Peru and moved to Paris Hill, Dec. 1875. 
Served in town otlices in Peru, Register of Deeds by appointment, 
of Oxford county. Children : 

William i., b. June 16, 18.50, s. Revere, Mass. 

Fra7ik P., b. Dec. 22, 18.52, m. Millie W. Atkins, s. Hyde I'ark, 3Iass. 

Flora. A., b. July 28, 1855, d. Sept. 21, 1861. 

Boseoe L., b. Oct. 25, 1850, d. Sept. 6, 18(11. 

The mother d. March 27, 1802, m. 2d, Mary, dau. of Abel and Eliza (Par- 
liu) Hougliton, Aug. 10, 1862. She was b. Sept. 26, 1828. 

GURNEY. 

Jacob Gcrxey was the son of Elisha and Jane (Kingman) Gur- 
uey of Bridgewater, Mass., and was born there in 1 763. He was 
early in Hebron, and came from there to this town. He bought 
several proprietors' rights or parts of rights, and was quite an exten- 
sive dealer in Paris lands. He sold the Center lot to Lemuel Per- 
ham, whose wife was his sister, and quite a number of the early set- 
tlers held their titles from him. He married LN^dia, daughter of 
John Tuell of Paris, and liad children, the oldest b. in Paris, the 
others in Hebron, whore tlie family moved : 

Harmoiuj /T., m. Ebenezer Drake; Loirisa, ni. Win. Cobb, .Tr. ; Harriet, 
m. John Hall; Atuia, ni. Seth Bearce; Ansel, ni. Sopbronia ('bipiuan; 
Ltjdia, ni. Lemuel Tuell; Olire, m. America Bisbee; Jaroli, Jr.. ni. S.uah 
Stevens; Elizaheth, m. Kufus Lombard; John, m. Susan Merrill. 

Hall. 

Jonathan Hall of Hopkinton, Mass.,b. Feb. 18, 17;b.. m. Lydia, 
dau. of Joseph Haven of Dover, X. H., Aug. 19, 1762. Slie was b. 
Aug. 20. 1744. He was a wheelwright l)y trade, and when the^' 
came to this town they settled on lot No. 4, range 4. Children : 
I Ahijalt, b. June ;10, 176.3, ni. Charlotte Mathews. 
II Miriam, b. April 8, 1765, m. Spth Moi-se. 

III L;/di^, b. March 22, 1767, m. .Tauies Mori^e. 

IV Joseph Haven, b. Feb. 18. 1777, d Dec 10, 1806. 
V Sally, b. March 2, 1770, m. Saumel Kinsi,-. 

VI Poll)/, b. Jan. 25, 1781, ni. Georj^'c King. 
VII Xancy, b. March .3, 1790, ni. Simeon Perkins. 
The father d. Sept 26, 180.3. The mother d. Dec. 11, 1823. 

Abijah Hall, son of the preceding, m. Charlotte, dau. of Asa 
Mathews of Southborongh. Dec. I'J. 17.S7, she was b. A[)ril 7, 1767. 
He settled on lot 4, range 5. Children : 

I Haven, b. Southborough, Oct. 24, 1788, ni. Rachel Shurtlett". 



611 HISTOKY OF TAUIS. 

II Fri'dcrir Xefton, h. No. 4, May 20, 1701, in. Sally Ilaimiionil. 

III C'upn'aii., b. Xo. 4, Deo. 17, 1702, in. Lucy IJrett. 

IV Ahijah, h. Paris, D«h'. 0, 1704. ni. Sally Stowcll. 

V Joseph Hart'ii, h. Paris, Dec. 17, 170(i, was a Tlieoloiiiral student at 

Ban->-or, d. Nov. 21, 1821. 
VI Charlotte, b. Paris. ]May 28, 1700, ni. (.idcon Holster. 
Vll Xeu-eU, b. Paris, Feb. 11, 1801, ni. Alzina Diekeiison. 
VIII On-ii, h. Paris, Nov. 11, 1*^02, ni. Phebe Bunipus. 

IX OJii-c Orrilhi, h. Paris June K), 1810, m. Solomon ('. bolster. 
The motlier d. Feb. 13, 1820: m. 2d, Eleanor, widow of Geo. Barrows, 

and dau. of Ilawkes 

X CUirlsso I^dljtu'on, b. IMay 1, 1822, ni. (irlnian Peeords of Hebron. 
The father d. An.nust 22, 1840. 

Havex Hall, son of the i)re('eduig', m. Ivachel. dan. of Jonathan 
Shin-tletf. Fel). 28. isjl. Chihhvn : 

I ./iise/)h llaren, b. Dee. 10, 1811, m. Sopliia Valentine, s. Minot. 

II Jason, b. Oct. 8, 1813, ni. Poxana Rose of Leeds, s. Minot. 

III Louisa, b. June 1, 1810. ni. Lawson Hill. 

IV Lorania, b. June 14, 1821. ni. Jairus IL Jackson. 

V Aucjusta, b. April 17, 1827, d. .Jan. K;, 1S20. 

VI Henry Xevell, ]». June 5. 1830. ni. Mai-y P. Thayei-. (See Musical 

Celebrities.) 
The father d. about ISCO. The mother d. Aj)!-!! 20. 1870. 

Capt. Fredeuick N. IIali,. brother of the preceding, ni. Sally, 
duti. of Benjamin Hammond. Children : 

I Lijinmi Nen-toii, b. Oct. 12, 181."), m Catharine i'ackai'd of Aul)urn. 

II Salbj Jane, b. Aug'. 8. 1817, m. Heiu'v Mtdvcnney. 

III Frederir Matheirs, b. Sept. 21, 1822. d. .May Ik 1823. 

IV jSWton, h. May 4, 1824, m. Hannah Howe. s. l>arre, ^lass. 
V ColumIJa, b. ]May 13, 1827, ni. liev. Francis ^luzzej'. 

VI Alzina, h. April 10, 1813. m. Matthias McKcnney. 

Tlie inotlier d. 18.51, m. 2d, Almira, widow of Caleb Prentiss, and dau. 
of Isaac Wheeler of (iarland. The father d. .July 20, ISGG, in Beading, 
Mass. 

Ma.)or Cyphian Hall, brother of the preceding, m. Lucy, dau. 
of Luther Brett, Dee. 21. 1817. He was a carpenter and l)tiilder. 
He settled at South Fails village, and afterwaril returned to the 
homestead, where he remained through life. Cliildren : 

I Nanaj P., b. April 28, 1810, ni. Daniel K. Hill. 

II Cyprian, b. Feb. 1, 1821, ni. Charlotte Bolster. 

III Joseph, b. April 7, 1823, m. Lydia Huzzey. 

IV Harriet XeveJI, b. Dec. ii, 1825, m. Jonathan K. Clill'ord. 

V Lucy An)i, b. Oct. 4, 1828, m. .Tohn S. Barrows. 



IIISTOHY OK PAKIS. 



C)15 



VI Ahijd/i C, 1). >r;iy ."). IS;^}, ni. M:iry liartlott of Oxronl. 
The father d. Ai)iil --'."i. 1S7.}. The mother d. Oet. IS. 1S78. 

Abmah Hall, Jr., brother of the preceding, m. Sally, clan, of 
Elias Stowell, and settled in South Paris village, and was engaged 
in trade the greater portion of his life. He bought his lot on which 
he built, of Col. Henry 11- Parsons. From this lot he deeded the 
land on which the C'ongregationalist church is l)uilt. The house which 
he built and occupied through life, is now the residence of Mrs. E. 
W. Haskell. He was prominent in church and society. He d. 
June 14, 1871. Mrs. Sally Hall d. Jan. 3, 187:]. 

Okka Hall, brother of the i)re(eding. m. Phebe. dan. of 
Nathaniel Bumpus. ."Me was a carpenter and millman. and settled 
at South Paris village. Children : 

Charlutte Elimbeth, h. June 26, 1832, m. William U. Howe. 
Aiujuata Patience, b. Aug. 10, 183'), m. Charles Walker, s. Lewiston. 

Bodney N., b. Xov. 8, 1838, m. Caroline Justina Skillings. 

The father d. March 3. 1873. 

Dlacox Joseph H. Hall, son of Haven, m. Sophia, dan. of John 
Valentine, April 23, 1839, and settled at Mechanic Falls. Children : 

Francis! Ilaren, b. Feb. 9, 1841 : flHirlotte £"., b. Feb. 20, 1844. 

Jasox Hall, brother of the preceding, m. Roxanna Rose of Leeds, 
Sept. 2, 1839. Children: 

Laura Ann. 

Milton Hall, son of Capt. Frederic Hall, m. Hannah, dau. of 
Artemas and Sophia Howe Hall, May 10, 1848. She was b. Dec. 
30, 182G, settled in Bane, Mass. Children : 

Charles 3IarshaU, h. in Barre, .Jan. 12, IS.'w, graduated at Massachusetts 
Theological School ; is a Methodist minister. 

Cvi'iuAN Hall, Ju., son of Major Cyprian Hall, m. Charlotte E., 
dau. of Capt. Gideon P>olster, Oct. ;"», 1843. Carpenter and builder. 
Children : 

Olevia J., b. .Tune 11, 1845. 

The mother d. Aug. l.i. 1847, m. 2d, Elizabeth :\I.. dau. of Cornelius Bar- 
rows, April 30, 1849. 

Charlotte Elizabeth, b. Juue 22, ISaO. 

The mother d. July, 1850, m. 3d, Sept. 30, 1851, Maria A. G., widow of 
Henry M. Packard of Blanchard, and dau. of Sylvanus Bearee of Hebron. 

Cyprian Hall died. Maria A. G. Hall d. Dec. 9, 1869. 

Joseph Hall, brother of the preceding, m. Lydia Huzzey of 
Barrington, N. H. Children : 

Bndcriek Floyd, b. 1855, graduated at Dartmouth College; Lnln, b. 18G5. 



616 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Abi.tah C. Hall, brother of the preceding, m. Maiy, dau. of 
Deacon P^zra Bartlett of Oxford. 8he was b, Feb. 16, 1837, s. on 
the homestead, and afterward built a residence in South Paris village. 
Children : 

Ilprhn-t F., b. Xov. 25, 1858. 

LiUian Mai/, b. May 8, 1863, ni. Herbert C. Kiplcy, s. South Paris. 

Rodney N. IL\ll, son of Orra, ni. Justina C, dau. of Robert 
Skillings, Jan. 14, 1865. Children : 

Carrie Robert i HP, b. Jan. 21, ISOC; (icrtruth' AiKjusta. h. Jan. 8, 1872; 
Xelson rr»^', b. Oct. 14, 1S70; Fred EUhmi.h. Get. 14, 187G; Katie Skill- 
iiifjs, b. June 19, 1882. 

Andrew J. Hall of another family, son of Noah Hall of Buck- 
field, m. Mary, dau. of George P. Hooper of Paris, Jan. 9, 18.51, 
settled in Buckfield where the children were all l)orn, moved to 
Paris and settled on the Hooper homestead. Children : 

J/'/n/ .1'^/'//, b. Jan. 13, 1852, ni. AVni. L. Ilarlow, s. Buckfield; Georf/ie 
I., b. March 17, 1854, m. A. H. Elwood, s. Buckfield; Artltur S., b. May 
2(3, 18G4; 3fattie (}., b. Oct. 27, 18(;(; ; IDirrn L., b. Aug. 23, 1868. 

Hajimond. 
Ben,iamin Hammond was the thirteenth settler in New Gloucester, 
moving there from Noi-th Yarmoutli. Mention is made of him that 
he came to the block house or gari'ison, with his wife Sarah, and 
there temi)orari!y remained until a log house was built on the top of 
Harris Hill, wiicre he made a home. He entered the service in the 
Revolution and was commissioned Ca[)tain in the Continental arm^'. 
He died from sickness, at Ticondiroga, in the prime of life, leaving a 
widow and family of three sons and four daughters. He was a 
famous Indian scout, and a "mighty hunter." Four of his children 
were among the early settlers of Paris. The mother died in her old 
home at the advanced age of ninety years, and six months. By wife 
Sarah Craigie, he had the following children : 

I Benjamin, b. July 13, 17(;(), ni. liebecca Suiith, .«. Paris. 
II Sarah, h. 1763, in. Nit-bolas Chcslcy, s. Paris. 

III Susau^ 1). 1765, ui. I>enui('l .Tacksou. .Jr., s. Paris. 

IV Uann(ili. h. 1767. ui. Jacob Parsons, s. Xorwaj'. 
v Bela, b. 176'.), s. Foxerot't. 

\i Joseph, b. Nov. 27, 1771, ni. Lyilia Parsons, s. Paris. 
VII roil;/, h. 1773, ni. Cotton, s. New Gloucester. 

Benjamin Hammond, Jr., m. Rebecca, dau. of Josiah Smith. 
She was b. in Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 13, 1763. They settled in 
Paris about 1785. Referred to in another place. Children: 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 617 

I Rebecca^ b. New Gloucester. May 27, 178;j, ni. Jainei* Daniels. 

II Esther, b. Paris, May 29, 1780, m. Humphi-ey Merrill. 

III Benjamin, b. Paris, Sept. 10, 1787, in. Puth Ilersey, s. Lincoln. 

IV Moses, b. Paris, June 2, 1791, m. Mehitable Keitli. 

V Sally, b. Paris, Dec. 20, 1793, m. Frederic N. Hall. 
VI Ezra, b. Paris, May 21, 1796, m. Betsey Town. 

VII Olh-e, b. Paris, Dec. 11, 1798, m. Jonathan Bemis. 
VIII Bela, b. Paris, A\\^. 27, 1801, d. April 4, 1803. 
The father d. Feb. 28, 1838. The mother d. Feb. 12, 1844. 

Joseph Hammond, brother of the preceding, m. Lydia, dau. of 
Captain William Parsons, Oct. 31, 1796. She was b. Oct. 28, 1777. 
He purchased the farm of Dr. Brooks where he made his home. It 
is now the farm of Hiram T. Cummings. Children : 
I Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1797, d. Nov. 19, 1816. 

II Fulhj, b. April 17, 1799, ni. Levi Berry, Jr., s. Smyrna. (See 
Berry.) 

III Ltjilia, b. April 17, 1801, d. Dec. 4, 180.5. 

IV Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1802, m. Lydia Cushman, s. Lincoln. 

V Caroline, b. July 11, 1804, ra. Charles Tucker. 
VI Eliza, b. Jan. 10, 1806, d. Oct. 25, 1806. 

VII Pele(i Benson, b. Jan. 6, 1808, ni. Enieline Irish. 

VIII William Parsons, b. Sept. 27, 1S09, in. Lucy Whitteinore, s. Buck- 
field. 
IX Susan, h. Nov. 3, 1811, d. Aug. 14, 1825. 
X Henry Bust, b. Sept. 17, 1813, d. Feb. 3, 1816. 

XI Lydia Jane, b. July 5, 1815, ni. Bradford Morse of Dedhani, s. 
Buckfield. 

xn \ Sar((h, h. Aug. 14. 1817. ni. John M. (lunuiings, s. Belfast 

Twins A Acd. grant^ 

XIII j b. Aug. 14. 1817. d. in infancy. 

XIV 3Iercy Ann, b. Nov. 25. 1819, ni. Joseph Staples. 

XV John Bust, b. May 18, 1822, ni. Jennette A. Cushman, s. Patten. 
XVI Georye W., b. Nov. 14, 1826, m. Emily C. Thayer. 

Moses Hammond, fourth child of Benjamin, Jr., m. Mehitable, 
dau. of Edward and Mrs. Betsey (King) Keith. vSlie was b. Dec. 
19, 1794. No man of his time was more identified with the 
business interests of the town than the above named. Children : 

Elizabeth Shair, b. Oct. 19, 1819, m. Rev. John Calvin Prince. 

Jairus Keith, b. Nov. 12, 1822, m. Eliza Hooper. 

Juliette, b. Jan. 25, 1825, m. Thomas H. Brown, M. D. 

Albert M., b. June 13, 1827, d. Sept. 20, 1827. 

Albert Moses, b. Feb. 16, 1829, m. .hilia Morse. 

Frances Ailelia, b. Sept. 16, 1631 , d. Jan. 30, 1832. 

Frances Auyusta, b. July 11, 1833. Owns and occupies the homestead. 

The mother d. July 13, 1867. The father d. April 10, 1871. 



(> 1 s 



llIMolJV or I'AKIS. 



K/.u \ 11am\iom>. bn^tlicr ol' the prccodinu. m. Hotsoy, dim. of 
Smhuu'I Town of All»;\n\ . mikI souKmI on tlio liouu' Innn. ("hiklivn : 
(rCfiriir /''/vnM'/s, t). .Tuni' 1(!, IS-J."). \\\. .Iiili.i A. AUx'o. 
If('»r>i l:\hrhK It. Sopt. VI, 18J7. in. Adclino M. Cliaso. 
Willhim (irijiiit. h. May -I, IS.SO, m. Kranoi'8 Alboe. 
Tlio I'atliord. March 'J-J, ISii."}. 'rii(> wi.low ni. (Oliver roricrul' \Vat(M'ford. 

.To^rrii IIammono. s.m of .loscpli. ni. I.vdia. dun. o{' llartholo- 
nitnv Cnslunan ol' r.-iris. ,Ian. 17. 1S,10. and S(>ttlod in TJnooln. 
Childion : 

(u'oiyr, i). Nov. •->(). IS.SO; Ira Fislu h. \\n\\2:l. 1S;J1; .l/).;)v/'-. ),. \ov. 17, 
18;}4; Mrtn'o)) IlV/Z/mv. b. April 17. 1S:{7; 8<irah A7>>f?. h. .Tunc 11. 1840; 
Ihrrtholomcir Cmfhnxt)). h. Feb. >27. 18i;5. The father d. .Tunc '_M, 1S8;{. 

rr.i.KO Hknsox Uammonh. luothor of the i)rooodin<i-. ni. ICnielino. 
dan. of .lohn Irish of llnckliold. She was b. 180;). TIo settled 
first in Hebron. viMno\ed to I'aris about 1S||. and purchased the 
Kbenezer Rawson farm, on which iu' reniaiiuMl throuiih life. Child- 
ren : 

Lotrciia .1 . b. Hebron. Aul;'. 7. IS,'!.), d. May 'A. IS.M. 

3[Hrtill<i r.. b >• Maich If. is:r>. (1. Dec. ID, IStll. 

Alhina M.. b. •> .lul\ 1. 1S.'{S. ui. Kihvin I?. St(>;nn<. 

Gconfc 1^.. It. '^ M.irch 18. 1811. ni. Knnn.i L. Hciniett. 

Peh'i, />'.. b. '> March 18. 184.'{. ni. Hamiali A. Dunham. 

Ilfiiry C\, b. I'aris. May "iS. 181."). m. .Icnnic (base. 

A(hihii(h- ('.. b. Paris, d. .June -J'.l. 18.')t. 

EU<i> /■'.. b. rail-. Nov. IS. iS.M). m. ( )sbitrn Kipley. 

Themolherd. March -Jl. 187--'. The tallKM- d. .l;in. 11. IS.'il. 

^\"n.^^\Al Tvusons Hammond, brother ttf the preeedinii'. m. T.ticy, 
dan. o{' Isaiah W'hitlemore. and settled in Ibicklield. ("iiildren : 

iA...vo*M.<. b. Aprill, 18;{-J. m. Alt're.l Mylod. s. Dedham: Arohilh. m. 
tiilbert Kvans; ElicH Ann. m. Harrison K.iirar: K<fUli i'., m. Homer 
Keeord. s. TunuM- : (>i<li(>)i 11.. m. I.IIimi M. Thayer; Mur;/ h'stcllr,, d. in 
ii\fancy. 

.louN Krsr H \MMOMt. brother {)\' tlie preeedinii.', m. .lune 1?."), 
184;», .K'nnetli'. dan. of lJartholome\y C'nshman. and .settled in 
Patten, and has become one of the most suecessful farmers of tluit 
sei'tion ot' I'onntry. Cliildren : 

Siis,i» .1/.. b. M.iy -JC. 18."iO. d. .Juno '2i. 18(!8. 

/)or(jf ^t., b. April 7. IS.'fJ. m. T.ousou >[. (Jraut. 

.•l«/»rt 0.. b. Dee. li». ISrul. d. Nov. S. ISil'J. of diithlheria. 

Mini A'., b. ,S'pi. !t, 18(i2, d. Nov. l.->, ISCrJ. 

Flotrnci' M.. b. Nov. .'?, 18();i, m. (ieorjiv F. MiMiill. 

Xi'tfii' .lA. b. March H). 1871. d. in inl'ancv. 



('tfArH(ir, W. H A >f >»<'»?<»>, hrother of (tb« pr(K<rc(Vfn%, ut. Kmily C 
Thnyer, Nov. 30, J«'»2, want, to ('aJfforoia Uv fjie way of (Infte 
lloriii in the; c/arly f1ar» '/f tlwr jj[olfl ff^v^'^r, Aflc:r hp« fcrf.firr* !!»<"t,fJ*rfl 
on the Ziba 'I'hrtyfT farm, wiovwl to Hoow'* fait*, lia« f)«.'fen HMpef- 
vi«^>r of <w/b^r'rJ3 afifl Ucprf^i^ruiftiWc, CbiUmo ; 

I8^j'/f, ha^ Jxren prominent lo U»e afifajf» of the ti^rwn — ?»^;e reeord.oi, 

<Jhil4rcn ; 

r/Art/-/^* J,, h, .him 7< 1>»51, »I, Feh, %t, 1W?1, 
IhfhfH I'.f h. F«l». 7, 1^V>, n». Katie K- Jftt'k^^m, 
/V^//, b< Jan, 5, 1><^J^I, fl, F*?f>. 1'/, I'^W. kiH/r4 Fj-y .«{i/i)n^, 
'Jlif? Friother d. Aii^- .W, ).¥/5, ttu 2fi, ^urait L, I>Mn{iai», 

//ifr„ },. ,T,iiV 2(. f^7{», 

< , liMUiuoitiff «ow of Kxra, >«< JnHa, *Jani, of I'^rter 

JI. Al^iee of li^'tlie), >'ov, 22, 184(5, 8he wa* h, Feb, 2«, J'^iJy, 
8ettk'(l on the .*!>initb farro, has N;en prominent in the offiee* of the 
town anfl eonnf.r, ^'fvSw^ a^ Sf;lef4.mao aw4 Cottnty Commissioner. 
CbiWren ; 

J^nrcll Vlfii,,^-,. M. \^,^v^'. \H%. ]{>, 1*47, i**^. militarj' r*^f^/rd>, d. In 
f liey^rtme dfy, Wyo»«injf T*rrrH<jrj', JJN^', 25, 1W5, 

UfhTijc JAnroln. h. SwXh^t'r. Ma**., \\ftS\ 2, 1>M{», ttt. XeJIjn- (itftttttm of 
hmton^ n. in Mi^oplii*. 'ffmtt. 

KiU.ic p:iUn. h. Mit\m*rr^ .Ian. 17. 1»',2, d, Mar^ti 7. 1>^'r2. 

Ch'trUftlf Vromfif^ b. vincJov^rr, F«b. 4. J^5?>, in W*lI*-«Jiirt' (olU-vf-, Ma**. 

/V^/wyt /?«//?*, b. I'aHi*, Oert. 11, JWJI. 

/'m/ 7'^/ir^.^r, b. May J?1. 1>W0, fl. ^Xrt. 1>>, IMM. 

/'m/ /'^/rt^r. b. rari.*. May 22, IWW, 

/x/'/r ' h. iittmUmh itfc, "Ut, nm, n. imu 21, ^mh 

Wv.sy.i ».;/-v;% JlAWMOJfo. brother of the pr '• m. A<Jali«e 
M.. 'I^'7 of *^fMey an^ ChaHotte (Heath) (J; .. 7. 18.^1, 

Di, the liome*t<?a/l farm, ha» been promin^mt in the 

a^l.'ir o; ^^r^'ing a«* Town Clerk, J*«Jeetman and Uej/rc- 

»ent4»t'»ve. ; 

y1<///«-^ hohfUf.^ h. July 7, l?*r»2. Ml. 4. A. Kiw1>alb «. lUMmt. Ma.**. : yl/^-r* 
Kimhnti, b. 3Iareb^, l.«»^: //^/"" /"'"•• ^- -f"'" ' '--'^-- A,;>;^.'V /v//,/-^, f,. 
Kor. 24, 1S(51 ? /)////rW^, b. May z 

CfKOiityV; K. lI^iMMoxo, *on of i^eieg lienson, m. Kmma !>., clan, 
of ^/eorge Jkmnett of Buckfiehl. Dfj^r. ' ^' ' ' '*, w a anrimtter and 
bnibler, Chihiren j 

J -/'/./>//« £"., t>. Aj^Hl l.*», 1«72; AVj*rrf. J/., b. Jaw. 14. l*7«i yl^w-e* J///)/, 
h. N',v. 14. 1*7='. 



620 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Peleg B. Hammond, Jr., brother of the preceding, m. Hannah A.^ 
dau. of Thomas Dunham, and s. on the homestead farm. Children r 
CharJU', b. Aug., 1874. 

Herbert P. Hammond, son of Jairus K., m. Katie E. Jackson, 
and settled on the homestead. Children : 

Mary Eliza, b. Feb. 7, 1880; Keith Bartlett, b. July 5, 1881. 

Hamlin. 

The ancestor of the distinguished Paris family of this name, was 
probabh' James Hamlin', (variously spelled Hamblen, Hamlen, 
Hamlin and Hamlyn) who came from England and settled at Barn- 
stable, on Cape Cod. It has been said liy some, that he first came 
to Scituate, and from thence, moved to Barnstable with Rev. John 
Lothrop and that portion of his church which went there in 1639- 
40. This theory has been disproved by the researches of Prof. 
Charles E. Hamlin of Harvard College, who shows that he came 
from London to Barnstable. Several generations of his descendants 
lived in Barnstable, and persons bearing this name are now scattered 
throughout the countiy. He had by wife Anna, 9 children, some of 
the oldest having been born in England. He died in Barnstable in 
1690. 

The father of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, our first Clerk of the Courts, 
was P>leazer, and the line of descent between James' the emigrant, 
and Eleazer, though a subject of much careful investigation by Prof. 
Hamlin and others, is still in doubt. ^Ir. Talcott, in his ''Notes on 
New York and New England Families," makes P^leazer the Son of 
Benjamin*, .'ind his second wife, Anna Mayo, and grandson of John* 
and Sarali Bearce. But further investigation shows that this Benja- 
min never had a second wife ; that he married Hope Huckins and 
had deceased in Barnstable, prior to 171.S, and that he liad no Elea- 
zer among his children. 

James Hamlin, Jr"'., married Marv Dunham and had a son Ben- 
jamin^, bap. 168'), who went to Eastham and married there Anna 
Mayo. This Benjamin^ had a sou Eleazer^ who may have been the 
father of Dr. Cyrus, etc., but we are obliged to sa}- that it lacks 
confirmation, and may be entirely set aside by farther examination. 
Investigation is still going on, and we regret that the facts could not 
have been brought out in season for this volume. The trouble con- 
sists in the fact that three P^leazers were born in different branches 
of the family about the same time, rendering it difficult in the 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 021 

absence of famil}' records, to determine which is the one whose sons 
settled in Waterford and Paris. 

Elkazer Hamlin% perhaps son of Benjamin^ and Anna (Mavo) 
Hamlin, (date of birth not known, but probably about the year 
1730) was the father of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, who came to Paris from 
Livermore. The marriages of Isaac and Eleazer Hamlin, (supposed 
brothers) are given in Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, the former 
to Sarah Shaw of Abington, and the latter to Lydia Bonney of Pem- 
broke in 1752. P^leazer Hamlin settled in Pembroke, and was prom- 
inent there during the w^ar of the Revolution, serving as Captain in 
the patriot army. He moved from Pembroke to Harvard, and from 
thence to AVestford, where he died. The children of Eleazer and 
E3-dia (Bonney) Hamlin, as recorded on Pembroke Records, were as 
follows : 

I Asi«\ b. ]\Iiuvli i), 17r)3. d. Aii,'t*d 17. 

II Betty^, b. Oct. 27, 1754, m. Seth Phillips. 

III Alke^, b. Feb. 17, 1756, probably died young'. 

IV Africa', b. Jan. 27, 1758, in. Susanna Stone of Groton. 
v Europt'^, b. Nov. 20, 1759, moved to IIill.«l)()ro, X. H. 

VI Amenca'^, b. Oct. 20, 17(il, ni. Sally Parkhurst of Harvard. 

VII Lijdiii"^ b. Xov. 5, 1763, m. John Park of Groton. 

VIII Eleazer,'' b. Sept. 23, 1765, m. Sallj^ Bancroft of Groton. 

IX Molhj,^ b. Aug. 3, 1767, m. Moses Stone of Groton. 

X C'l/rus,' ^ m. Anna Livermore of Livermore. 

[b. July 21, 17(i!). 
XI Hannibal', ) m. Susanna Faulkner of Acton. 

Lydia, the mother, died Aug. 12, 1769, and after the father removed to 
Harvard, he remarried, and liad other ehildren. He d. in Westfoi'd, ]Mass. 

Four of the above sous, viz. : Africa, America, Eleazer and Hannibal, 
settled in \Vaterford, Maine, where their father had a lauded interest, and 
the last named, at one time, sheriff of Oxfoixl county, was the fatlier of 
Hev. Cyrus Hamlin, D. D. 

Dr. Cyrus Hamlin', the tenth child of Eleazer and Lydia (Bon- 
ney) Hamlin, studied medicine and settled in practice at Livermore, 
Me., where he married Anna, daughter of Dea. Elijah Livermore, 
one of the founders of the town. When the county of Oxford was 
formed in l-SO-i, Dr. Cyrus Hamlin was appointed Clerk of Courts, 
and moved to Paris Hill, where he lived many years, and until his 
death, which occurred Feb. 2, 1829. His wife Anna, died August 
25, 1852. Their children were: 

I Elijah L"., b. Dee. 30, 179S, d. April 6, 1799. 

II Elijah L^., b. March 29, 1800, m. Eliza Choate, s. Columbia, wliere 



62"i HI^lOKY OK PAKIS. 

lii> cliihln'ii were born. Moved to liauiioi- and d. there. lie had 
Adi-linr, ni. Hon. (ieori>e Stetson of Bangor, Dr. AiKjutitiis C. 
IlamJin of Bangor, and JiiJia. tlio wife of Samuel 1>. Carter of 
Pari-;. 

III C;ir>is'^. li. July IC. lSn2. He graduated at tlie .Maine Medieal si-hool, 

in 18'28, sicttled first iu Calais, and then went to (ialveston. Texas, 
and died there a few j-ears later. 

IV Eh'za'^, 1). April 4, 1804, died in Paris, uinnarried. 

V Ainia'^, h. Jidy 11. 180.5, ni. Daniel Brown of Waterford ; now resides 

a widow in Paris. 
VI Vi'sta^, b. June 6, 1S08, ni. Dr. Job Holmes, and lived in Calais. 
VII H'lnnihal^. h. Aug. 27, 1809, ui. 1st. Sarah J., dau. of Judge Stephen 

Emery, and 2d, Ellen V. Emery, half sister of the first wife. 
VIII Hanixih IJ., b. Oet. 10, 1814, m. Di-. Thomas B. Townsend. and 
settled in Maehias, where her husband soon after died. 

IIox. IIaxxibal IIa:mi,in-'', tlie 7th cliikl of Dr. Cvnis Hamlin, m. 
first. Dec. 10. 1n."'>.">. Sarah Jane, (hiii«>liter ol Hon. Stei)lu'n uiul 
Sally (Stowell) Emery. She was h. in Hallowell. Xov. 2. 1.S15, 
and d. in ITani[)den. April 17, 18o;"). Children all 1). in Hain[)den : 

I Genrr/i' Euwr;/. b. Sept. 80, 183.">. d. July II. 1844. 

II Chnrlcf!. b. Sept. 13, 18:57, graduated at Bowdoin College, r. Bangor; 
he served w ith disilnetion in the late wai', was promoted through 
the various grades to Brevet Brigadier General, has been Begister 
in Bankruptey, and is now serving his seeond term as a member of 
the Legislature. He m. Xov. 28, 18{)0, Sarah Purinton Thompson 
of Topsham, and has CliKrh's Eu(/eti(\ b. Oet. 11, 1861; AfhUson,h. 
.March 30, 1803; C//y».s-, 1). Aug. 18, 1809, and Edfin Thompson., b. 
June (!, 1872. The two oldest graduated with honor at Harvard 
College, in the class of 1S84. 

III C'linis, b. April 20, 1839. He also served in the late war; was u 

Brigadier Geneial, and Brevet Major General, and after tlie war. 
settled in Xew Orleans, where he died Aug. 28, 18C7. 

IV Siiruh Jiiui-. b. Jan. 7, 1842. m. Col. George A. Batchelder. They 

are l>oth deceased, leaving a son, Arthur, who bears the name of 
Arthur llandin. 
v Ciprfjc E)ii('r>/, h. Feb. 21, 184S, d. Sept. 0. 1849. 

For second wife, 3Ir. Hamlin ni. Sept. 25, 185G. Ellen ^'esta, 
daughter of Hon. Stephen and Jennette (Loring) Emery. She was 

It. Sei)t. 14, in;!.'). Children, the oldest h. in Hampden: 

VI Ilmuulxil Eim-fij^ b. Aug. 22. 18o8. He graduated from Colby 

University, and is practicing law in Ellsworth. 
\ II Frank, b. iu Bangor, Sept. 26, 1802, graduated from Harvard ( ollege. 
cla.ss of 1884. 




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history of takis. (523 

Uamu/iox. 

JoxAS Hamilton m. Abagail, widow of Stephen Mitiliell of Port- 
land, nee Bradbury of Scarboro, and settled in Paris in the 

Bisco district, in 1X21, afterwartl moved to KSouth Paris viUaue. 
Previous to the completion of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence rail- 
road, followed teamino- to Portland. The usual price 1)eino; Hfty 
• cents i)er one Innidred pounds. Cliildren : 

Bnrhcl Lnf/dii, h. Nov. 10, 1814, in. James li. Poor, s. in Andovcr. 

WUliitm, b. Oct. 1(1, 1817, s. Boston, .Mass.^ 

Phfibe Ann, h. in Chesterviile, April 10. 1820, m. Joi«pph Kni,i;hr. 

Until Bniici!, h. iu Paris, Nov. 8, 182;5, m. WiUiaui 1). Brett. 

Jonax, b. Xov. 19, 1827, Superintt'ndeiit of 0«>densl)ur<>' IJaib-oaiK s. Port- 
land. 

Xanrij, b. Nov. 19, 1S27. \\\. James P. Sbackley. 

Tlie mother d. :Marcli 28, 1870. aiicd 81. 

Hanson. 

l)u. Pjknaiait IPvnson was tlie son of IehaI»od. and t' >■ iirandson 
of Timotliy, who was a mend)er of the society of Friends. He was 
b. in Windliani, Oct. PS, 17<81. m. Al)aoail Woodman. He died in 
York, Medina, Co., Oliio, Xov. \. 18;).S. Children: 

J<tn(' Mario, b. in Paris, Dec. 31, 1811: SiumK^J Wnmlhtd-if. h. in Ib)!hs. 
1813; Jnlia Ann, b. WeybridiiT, Vt., ISIS; Fmnr.'-' '</',■>:. h. Powlcrville, 
X. Y., 1829. 

Haudv. 

Wilmam W. Hai!OV, son of Thomas ^Y., and IJetsey (P>lood) 
Hardy of Hollis, N'. H., was b. in Andover, Vt., Xov. i), l<S2o, m. 
in Xatick, ]\[ass.. May 1, 18r>2, Eunice C, dau. of Sanniel and 
Lucy (Bryant) Guruey, b. in .Miiiot. June 8. 18.'):3. S(>lth'd in 
Paris, July. 1858. Children : 

Leonard, h. in Xatick, ^lass., Auy. 12, 185.5, an invalid; JT'-nr;/, Ij. in 
Paris, Oct; 8, 1859, d. March 17, 18G0; Jt-fn-i/, h. Dec. 20, ISGO ; Lri'-;. /.,■//..,/. 
b. March 4, 1874, d. Aug. 24, 1870. 

ILwiLow. 
Wii.i.ia:m ir,\i;Low', the first of tiie name on the Plymouth records, 
and probaI)ly tlie iirst in this country, appeared, when a young man, 
in Lynn, in l('-7. lie removed to Suiidwicli, and then to Plymouth, 
where he m. in lfi49, Rebecca Bartlett. His house was constructed 
out of the timbers of the old FOrt on Burial Hill, whicli liad been 
granted him after it had been abandoned at the close of King 
Philip's war, and as stated in "Landmarks of Plymouth." Tlie 
house is still standing. The line of descent from A\'illiam', above 



624 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

namerl, is William% Robert^ Isaac^, William*, and William**, who 
m. Susanna, dau. of Thomas Harlow, and settled in Buekfield. 
Children : 

Xathaniel, b. April 20, 1781, m. Polly Thaj-er. 
William, b. 1782, killed by a falling tree. 

Icory, b. April 22, 1784, m. Kebeeea , s. Brewer. 

Jerusha, b. June 22, 1786, m. Fuller Dyke, s. Canton. 
Ephraim, b. Nov. 21, 1788, m. Laodieea Bessey, s. Buektield. 

Susanna., b. Mai'ch 19, 1791, ni. Austin, s. Canton. 

William, b. March 17, 1793. 'ni. Sarah Billings, s. Bridgton. 

Isaac, b. April 10, 1790. 

Elizaht'th, b. Ai)ril 23, 1797, ni. Levi Gray ot Paris, s. Sangerville. 

Dnisilla, h. March 31, 1800. 

The father d. in Buekfield, 1800. The mother d. in Sangerville, 1831. 

Nathaniel Harlow, son of AVilliam and Susanna Harlow, m. 
Polly, dau. of Isaac and Hannah (Joyce) Thayer of Randolph, Mass. 
Children : 

Elrira, h. Sept. 20, 1804, d. Dec. 1."), 1810. 
Irene, b. Oct. 30, 1808, m. Sylvanus B. Faunce. 
Isaar, b. March 31, 1812, m. Elizabeth Maxim of Paris. 
Hannah, b Oct. 2, 1814, m. Josiah Bailey. 

Sasanna, b. Jan. 7, 1818, m. Benjamin Maxim, d. Oct. 23, 1869. 
rfilhi. b. Sept. 25, 1821, ni. Deeriug Mayhew. 
Louim, h. Aug. 20, 1824, d. June 30, 1847. 
Xathaniel, b. Aug. 31, 1827, m. Harriet D. Bonney. 
Jairns, b. Feb. 13, 1830, m. Julia L. Turner. 

The mother d. Jan. 1, 1842, and lie m. 2d, widow Turner, whose maiden 
name was Witt of Norway. 

Isaac Hahlow, son of Nathaniel, ni. Elizabeth, dau. of vSilas 
Maxim, and settled on Paris Hill. He built the house, now the 
residence of Geo. B. Crockett. His name is found in the lists of 
town othcers while he was resident here. He moved to Boston, 
Mass., previous to 1841), where he still remains. His wife d. in 
Boston in March, 1849. Children, the five first b. in Paris: 

AiKjKi^tinf I., h. May 29. 1833, was a Captain in the 13th Regiment, Mass., 
in the late war. m. Ella Pitner of Peun., is now settled in Hartford, 
Conn. 

Infant, b. April 21, 1834, d. May 3, 1834. 

Flora E., b. Sept. 19, 1836, (see Musical Celebrities.) 

Infant, b. Feb. l.i, 1841, d. Feb. 20, 1841. 

Infant, b. April 13, 1842, d. May 1, 1842. 

William Lau-rence. b. Boston, Mass., March 5, 1S49, m. Mary Abby Hall, 
s. Buektield. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 625 

"William Lawkexce Harlow, son of Isaac, m. Mary Abby, dau. 
of Andrew J. Hall of Buekfield, Dec. 7, 1873, s. in Bnckfield. 
Lived in the family of Capt. Silas Maxim, from infancy, until 
eighteen years of age. Children : 

Flora Agnes, b. Sept. 5, 1875; Daisij May, b. Nov. 4, 187(5; Maml. Ernes- 
tine, h. A\ni\S, IS78; Percy WiUiam, b. Aug. 28, 1880; Fannie Grace, h. 
:>Iay !), 1883; Ilarry Auynstine, h. Aiig. 2!l, 1884. 

Harris. 
Amariau Harhis, 1). in Stoughton,' Mass., Feb. 13, 1775, m. 
Abagail. daughter of John Daniels, who was boi-n in New Glouces- 
ter, Feb. 25, 1775. He settled first in F>uckfield, but afterwards 
moved to North Paris, where he died May 3, 1845. His wife died 
March 20, 1831. and he married Polly Daniels, her sister. Children : 
So/ihia, b. in Buekfield, Api-il ID. 1801, m. Benjniiiin V. (i-awfonl. She 

died at Bryaufs Pond, June G, 1873. (See Crawford.) 
A>ti/nstus, b. Paris, Sept. 2!), 1811. He was a physician, ni. Feb. 24, 1830, 
Louisa, dau. of William Cox of Norway, and settled in Colebrook, N. 
H., and died there April 20. 1874, from an overdose of- tincture of 
aconite, talieu by mistake for tincture of rhubarb. 
Salli/. 

IL\ski;ll. 

EzEKiEL WinT.MAX Haskell was the son of Peter and Lucy 
(Pulsifer) Haskell of New Gloucester, b. July 3, 1831, m. April 5, 
1855, Harriet, dau. of Nathaniel and Ruth (Lufkin) Rideout, b. in 
New Gloucester, July 24, 1831, settled at South Paris village, 1858. 
Children : 

Emma ]]liitman, b. Api-il IS. ISCO; Edu-in Xelson. h. July 2."j, 18G2: 
JIattie LnfA-in, b. Dee. 23. 18(;4. 

The fatlier d. July ."), 1^71. 

Hathaway. 
Lazarl-s Hathaway of Middleboro, Mass., m. Olive Pratt of 
Bridgewater, in 1774, and in the autumn of 1802, he came to Paris, 
and settled in the Swift neighborhood. His children born in Middle- 
boro, and most of whom came to Paris with him, were : 

Patty, m. Benjamin Witt of Norway. 

Elsie, m. Daniel Fobes of Paris. 

Polly, m. Benjamin Chesley of Paris. 

John, m. and lived in Baltimore. 

Lazarus, b. Jan. 3, 1782, m. Lucy Cole of Paris. 

Xathan. He went to sea and never returned. 



G26 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Olive, m. Calvin Buckiiam of Hebron. 
Lovic)/, m. Dauiel Dudley. 
Susan, in. Caleb Pei-iy. 
Biirhcl, \\\. .Jaivd Young. 

Lazarus Hathaway, Jr., who married Luc}-, daughter of P^leazer 
Cole, came here in early manhood, and spent the remainder of his 
years here. He was a valuable citizen, often employed in town 
affairs, and a member of the State Legislature. His children, all 
born in Paris, were : 

MJo, b. Nov. 30, 1800, m. Xaney Swift. 

Lornuo, b. May 29, 1808, m. 1st, Lydia Jones, 2d, Avice Jones, and 3d, 
Mehitable Dunham ; s. Norway. 

HaiiiKih, b. July 18, 1810, m. Simeon Shurtleft" of Tortland. d. 1884. 

Mahaht, b. Feb. 25, 1812, m. Silas Jones. 

Juhn, b. June 24, 1815, d. March 24, 1817. 

Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 28, 1817, ni. Welcome Kinsley of C4reenwood. 

Xathan, b. Feb. 21, 1819, m. 1st, Emily Fobes, 2d, widow Mason; he r. 
in California. 

Almnm Jane, b. Aug. 30, 1821, ni. Sidney Ferhani. 

Joliii, b. June 24, 1826, m. Mehitable Felt, now of Woodstock. 

Marij A., b. Jan. (>, 1829, m. Ellery W. Rowe, and lives in Fortland. ^li\ 
Kowe was b. Sept. 25, 1828, and they have had the following children : 

Carrie May, b. :\[arch 8, 1850, d. Xov. 9, 1883; Myra S., b. Sept. 20, 
1859, d. Nov. 20, 1801 ; Ilattie E., b. March 20. 1861 ; Ella Mury, b. Jan. 
18, 1805, d. Aug. 7, following; Lulie Ellen, b. Aug. 29, 1868, d. Oct. 23, 
1884. 

MiLO Hathaway, son of Lazarus, ra. Nancy, dau. of Caleb and 
Phebe (Waterman) Swift, Nov. 17, 1833. He was a carpenter by 
trade, was long a resident of the Stai)lcs farm. Late in life he 
removed to South Paris village. Children : 

John Marion, b. Feb. 28, 1835, d. March 17, 1835. 

James Madison, h. Jan. 19, 1837, d. April 25, 1837. 

Theron Fairfiehl, b. Oct. 11, 1838, m. Clarissa A. Daniels. 

Mary Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1841, d. April 1, 1842. 

Victoria Xancy b. July 22, 1843, m. Asa Woodbury. 

Hnnnihal Hamlin, b. Nov. 14, 1845, d. May 14. 1851. 

Hannah Louisa, b. Feb. 14, 1848. 

Hannibal Hamlin, b. Jan. 31, 1851, d. Oct. 24, 1869. 

Laurentius Horatio, b. Sept. 1, 1853, r. Daeotah. 

The fatheV d. April 17, 1879 The mothei- d. :May 10, 1883. 

John Hathaway, brother of the preceding, m. Dec. 29, IS 19, 
Mehitable, dau. of Jeremiah Felt of AVoodstoek, and settled on the 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 627 

homestead farm. He died, and his widow moved to "Woodstock. 
Children. 

.I/kv? .l;;('/«(?", b. .July 24, 18r)4, m. :May 14, 1871, Herbert ('. Bacon, r. 

AVoodstoek. 
Jlellen Montrose^ b. .Jan. 22, 185!), m. Clara ]M. ^^'llirnlan, i-. Ilryanfs 

Pond. 
John Elmer, b. Feb. 20, 1862. 
The father d. Aug-. 2, 1869. 

TiiERox F. Hathaavay, (son of Milo, ante) m. Clara A. Daniels. 
She was b. Dee. 20, 1845. Settled at Auburn, Paris Hill and South 
Paris ; is a cabinet maker by trade, and was a member of the firm 
of Hathawa}'. Davis & Co., afterward of South Paris Furniture Co. 
Children : 

Mabel (rerlnuJe, b. Aug. 14, 187;^; Peirn Edv-anJ, b. Sejjt. 2.1, 1879. 

Hawkes. 
Jonathan G. Haavkks of Minot, m. Polly, dau. of Gideon and 
Sarah (Barrows) Cushman, Feb. 24, 1822. Children all b. in 
:Minot : 

Edc-urd i., b. March 8, 1823, m. Harriet X. Lovell. 
Orington 11'., 1). Xov. 17, 1824, ni. Anna A. K. Ilall. 
Silenas Uburto, b. Xov. 10, 1826, ni. Lucy Cummhigs. 
Harriet C, b. Xov. 10, 1828, ni. Robert Carr, M. D. 
Francis Cii.^/nnan, b. July 17, 1834, m. Adalaide lugalls. 

Silexas U. Hawkks, son of .Jonathan, m. Lucy, dau. of .Jona- 
than Cummings, Settled on Paris Hill ; is in trade and occupies 
the Bates store. Cliil(b-en : 

Hannah Catherine, h. Dec. 0, 1852, d. March 28, 18.')4; Mari/ Atjlne, b. 
April 20. 1S.")4. d. Dec. 17, 1861. 

Hersev. 
James Heksey, b. Dec. 12. 1758. m. Alatha Pool of Minot, Oct. 
1 1, 1781. She was b. Sept. 13, 17G1, settled in Sumner. Children : 
Simeon, b. Jul}- 8, 1782, ni. Lois Warren. 
James, b. Xov. 11, 1783, ui. Olive Freeman. 
Samuel, b. May 14, 1785, m. Eunice Bradbury. 
Althea, b. Dec. 29, 1787, d. Aug. 1, 1788. 
Althea, b. May 14, 1789, m. .John Bradbury. 
Anna, b. July 3, 1791, m. Meshach Keen. 
Susanna, b. March 30, 1793, m. John Thayer, s. Buckfield. 
liuth, b. Jan. 13, 1795, ni. Benjamin Hammond, s. Lincoln. 
Olive, b. I)o(\ 15. 1796. m. Stephen ('obb. 



628 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Maria, b. Nov. 28, 1798, in. Ezra Cobb. 
Ira, b. Jan. 2.5, 1802, in. Oniittee Fletdier. 
Sophronia, b. Sept. S, 1803, ni. Hiram lleahl. 

Simeon Hersey, son of James, m. Lois Warren. Children : 
Xaiirn, m. Osgood Ryerson, s. Sumner. 
Sohrina, b. Nov. 6, 1826. 
Siriwon, ni. Oinittee IJowe. 
AJmira. (1. ;it South Paris, Xov. .3, 1878. 
Wm-rinK m. llaunali, dau. of Benjamin Hersey. 
■ Alrah. b. Xov. S, 1813, m. D. P. Buck. dau. of William. 
Luis, d. youno;. 

Levi, m. Marcia Ladd, s. Aul)urn. 
Jnlui J/., ni. 1st, Mary Bemis, 2d, Emily B. Tubbs. 
Tristram, ni. Arvilla 3Iei-rill. 
Mar)/ J(nif', m. Albert Stowe, s. Dover, ]Mass. 

AVarrex Hersey, son of Simeon, m. Ilannali, dau. of Benjamin 
Herse}', and settled at South Paris. (See notice of Industries.) 
Cliildren : 

Almcda S., m. Charles Ilenr}' Durell, s. South Boston; Flora. 

The fatlier d. Aug. 20, IS.IO. The widow m. — ■ Walker. 

Alvah Hersey, l)rotlier of the preceding, m. 1). P., dau. of 
William Buck, Jan. 17, 1839, (see notice of Plow Industry.) He 
has been Station Agent of the Grand Trunk Raili'oad since its com- 
})letion to South Paris in 18o0. He has grown old in its service, 
vet retains his vigor and elasticity in a wonderful degree. Children : 

AVjion A., b. Xov. 15, 1839, m. Olive A. Chandjerlain, s. Portland. 

Charles Adams, b. June 4, 184.5. m. Cj'reue E. Bunipus, s. Chicago. 

llou'n A., b. Xov. 12, 1847, m. Abbie A. Cummings, s. Chicago. 

John M. Hersey, brother of the preceding, m. Mary. dau. of Dr. 
Bemis, and settled in Sumner. Children : 
Everett, s. Western States; Emery, s. Boston, Mass. 
The mother d. Married 2d, Emily Bartlett Tubbs, dau. of P^zra Tubbs. 

Fiorence, Ernest, Freeman., 

Tristram Hersey, brother of the preceding, m. May 6, 1846, 
Arvilla Record, dau. of Silas Merrill, and settled at South Paris. 
(See Industries of the Town.) He was early interested in the tem- 
perance cause, and to his active eflbrts was attributed the loss of 
his buildings, by the torch of the incendiaiy. He moved from 
South Paris to Amherst, Mass. He is now residing at Auburn, 
engaged in insurance. Children : 

Julius Freeman, b. July 20, 1847, d. March 25, 1848. 




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SITE OF JACKSON'S MILLS ON STONY BROOK. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. G29 

Murtha £"., b. Deo. 24, 1848, graduated at .Mt. Ilolyoke Semiiiarv in 1871 ; 
assistant teacher in Auburn Iligli School. 

Ellis Tristram, b. Oct. IS, 1850, killed at I.eadville, Colorado, by acci- 
dent, Dec. 8, 1878. He was leader of a musical association at Sunshine, 
Col., and was held in high esteem and respect. He was of the class 
of 73 at Amherst. 

Freeman Jitlivs, b. July, 1853, d. March 9, 1854. 

Herbert S., b. April 7, 1855. He was in tlie class of 1876, at Amherst, 
and graduated at the State Medical College at Detroit. Mich. ; practic- 
ing physit'ian at Bismark, Col. ; surgeon in Marine Hospital, and 
countj^ physician. 

Charles Adams Hersey, son of Alvah, m. Jan. 1, 18GG, Cyrene 
E., dan. of Axel and Bethia Andrews Bumpus. Children : 

Charles Leonord, h. Jan. 15, 1SG7 ; Xettie Louise, h. March 18, 18G9, d. 
Dec. 20, 18G!); liuse Lillian, b. Oct. 12, 1872. 

Hicks. 
Isaac Hicks, son of Benjamin from Dover, N. H., and Poll}' 
(Morgan) Hicks,' was b. in Greenwood, June 18, 1810, m. Jan. 31, 
1834, by Giles Sburtleff, Esq., Mary, dau. of Hezekiah and Sarah 
(Greenwood) Karris of Hebron. Carpenter by trade, r. at South 
Paris village. Children : 

JRoxanna, b. Paris, Jan. 5, 1835, m. Cheney Lawrence, s. Albany. 
Adelhert FranJdin, b. Albany, Nov. 13, 1837, m. Lovicy Perliam, s. 

Indianapolis. 
Benjamin F.. 1). Albany, Dec. 13, 1839, m. Lizzie AVliite of Gorham, s. 

Gilead. 
Mary A., b. Albany, May 13, 1842, m. IJyron V. Bryant of Greenwood. 
Paiaeiia S., b. Albany, Aug. 13, 1844, m. Isaac D. Cummings. 

HiLKORX. 

Thomas Hilborn, son of Rol)ertof Oxford, was b. Oct. 22, 178C, 
m. Esther, dau'. of Josiah and Deborali (Haskell) Smith, settled on 
the farm previously owned by Josiah Smith, and resided liere many 
years. ]Moved to the James Perry farm in the AV^hittemore district, 
and late in life to Milton, where he died July 13, 18G7. Children: 

Eliza Ann, b. June 9, 1814, m. 1st. Oliver Hubbard, 2d, Glliiian Daniels. 
Elliot, b. Jan. G, ISIG, m. Jane Bobbins. He was captain of a vessel 

which was wrecked off Barnegat. He saved a boy, but lost his own 

life b}" so doing. 
Mary Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1818, m. Eben Morey. 
Charles, b. Jan. G, 1820. 
Andrew C, b. April 1, 1823, d. June 8, 1823. 
Thomas Jones, b. Oct. IG, 1825, m. Mary T. Bow ker. 



G30 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Ji<(lj)li, ]). Oct. 7, IS.'U, m. Luciiid'i Doughty, s. Cuuiberlaiul. 

Ctdhtii. 111. Ilaiiniljal Aiulrew.s, s. ^liltou. 

OUci'i'. 

Thomas Jonks Hii.born, son of Thomas, m. jNIarv T., dau. of 
Capt. James Rowker. Children : 

AUuris Mclrhcy,]). ^iiW.^S, 18(;0 ; (^ravgc B('anrofjar<h h. May 10, 1SG2; 
Thomas Forn\^f, h. April 4, 18(J4. 

Hill. 
Thomas Hill was an I^nglish soldier under Burgoyne, and was 
taken prisoner at the capture of Ticonderoga. He was a waiter, as 
he claimed, of General P^razier. He said that he thought there were 
not men enough in all Norlli America to capture Burgoyne's army. 
He was a weaver l)v trade, and siieeimens of his handiwork were 
preserved in the family of John Dennett He m. Keziah Jackson 
of Newton, and adopted the country he came to conquer. He 
came first to Hebron and then to Norway. Children: 

I llinmds. Jr., m. Catherine Aniisl)y. 

II Jemima, m. .Samuel Brooks ol' P-rigiiton, ^lass. 

III Alexander, m. 1809, Susan Dunham of Norway. 

IV Betsey. 

V Jane. 

\l Consider. 

The father d. July 8, 18;}0. The motlier d. .Tan. 1.'!, ISIO. 

Captain Thomas Hill. Jr., came to Paris and lived in the family 
of Captain Seth Morse until he was twentv-one. He m. Catherine 
Armsby of Sutton. Mass. Ca[>tain Seth IMorse moved to South 
Paris and then the fjirm was rented to Mv. Hill, and afterward 
purchased l>y him. Late in life he sold the farm and moved to 
South J'aris village. He was j)r()niineiit in town affairs. Children: 
I Lairson, b. Dee. 11, 1811, ni. Louisa Ilall. 

II Jane, b. Aug. 7, 1813, d. Dee. 12, 182.i. 

III Octai'Hs, b. -Tan. 22, 1816. 

IV Daniel Kinshnri/, b. Sept. 2."5, 1818, m. Xaiiey 1'. Hall. 
V Elizabeth, b. July 24, 1823. 

VI Catherine, b. Sept. 28, 182(5, m. Sewell Parsons, s. Missouri. 
VII Horace, b. Oct. 18, 1830, m. llosie A. Wing. 

The father d. Jan. 18, 1809, aged 89 years, months. 

Alexander Hill, son of Thomas, ni. 1801), Susan, dan. of Asa 
Dunham of Norway. She was b. Aug. 24, 1786. Children, the 
iive youngest born in Paris : 

Alexander, h. Norway, Aug. 20, 1810, m. Luey Jane Bates, minister at 
West Paris. 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. G31 

lu'zidh Jacksoi), b. Norway, Feb. l.'J, LSl.'J, iii. lloiirv \ol)le. s. Xorway. 

Samuel IJauham, b. June 2."), 181.5, m. .Tane Iloldcn. 

Asa Tlwmas, h. Sept. 4, 1820, in. Isetta 11. Evans. 

Susan, b. June 22, 1821, ni. David Claflin of Westborougli. 

ChlcM' Duri'U, b. Api-il !), 1827, ni. Benjaniiu Evans, s. Ashland, Mass. 

Andrew Jackson, 1). 31ay 21, 1830, m. Martlia E. IJeed of Norway, had 

Cora and Fr<ii)k and d. March 31, 1878. 
The fatlicr d. April i), 18;{0. The mother d. :\Iay IS), 18.50. 

Lawson Hill, son of Thomas, ni. Louisa A., dun. of IlavcMi 
Hall, Nov. 26, 1838. Children : 

Urania IT., b. Oct. 21, 1841, m. Lyman Carr, s. Manchester, X. 11. 

Octavns L., b. March 16, 184(j, m. Dora Tiling of Manchester, N. IL, 
and settled tliere. 

Tlie mother d. Nov. Li, 1S47, m. 2d, Emeline, dan. of Capt. Emmor 
TJawson, Oct. .5, 1848. Slie d. Nov. (>, 18.52, m. 3d, Harriet, wid. of .John 
A. Caswell, and dau. of Joseph Whitman of Woodstock, ^h\y 4, 18.53. 
She was b. April 3, 1824. 

Fremont, b. Nov. 20, 18.56, d. April 3, 1858. 

Jennie, b. July 30, 1851). 

Montrose, b. June 18, 1861. 

Daniel K. Hill, brother of the preceding, m. Nancy, dau. of 
Major C3'prian Hall, May, 184L Children : 

Laurin K., b. July 11, 1842, d. Jan. 5, 1843. 

Lauretta E., b. April 1, 1844, m. J(»hn E. Sanborn, s. Xorway. 

Jio$e ./., b. March 28, 1846, m. A. J. X'evers of Xorway. 

Kinsman A., h. April 9, 1849, d. June 20, 1878. 

Daniet 0., b. Feb. 21, 1852. 

Tlie mother d. June IS, 1860; m. 2d, Saiali, dau. of .Tonathan Holmes, 
now living at Xorway. Slie was the widow of Albert AVhitnej\ 

HoDGDOX. 

MosES HoDGDON and his wife Betse}', were residents of this town 
for several years. They lived in a house near Elder Hooper's, which 
he built for them. Hodgdon was a tanner and shoemaker, and was 
employed by Elder Hooper in these trades or on the farm. He 
moved to some eastern town. Children : 

John, Eliza, Daniel, Oliver, Harriet, Thomas, WiHiau) IL 

HODGJIAX. 

Leoxari) C. Hodgmax, son of Gilman Hodgman of Gilead, was 
b. Nov. 1839, m. Emma R., dau. of Elmer AVoodbury then of Paris, 
and settled in South Paris village. He was conductor on tha Grand 
Trunk Railroad. Children : 

Edu-in G., b. Paris, Oct. 24, 1860. The fatlier d. Feb. 1807. 



632 HISTORY OF FARIS. 

HOLDEX. 

Petek Holden, Jr., b. in Otisfield, July 6, 1800, m. Lucy N., 
dan. of Eleazer Dunham of Paris in 1827. He was a farmer and 
blacksmith, came to Paris in 1847. Children : 

Lucii J., d. June 28, 1833; Peter 3/., ni. Caroline C. Ayer; EUsha ,S'., d. 
Sept. 1833; Alanson 31., b. Jan. 23, 1842. 

The father d. Nov. 28, 1878. 

Peter M. Holden, son of Peter, Jr., m. Caroline Ayer of Bethel 
in 1851, and settled on the homestead. Children : 

Lu('(/ /., in. Charles E. Penley ; Jariies JI , ra. Ella Kimball of Woodstock. 

Holmes. 

Lemuel and Joseph Holmes were taxed in Paris in 1798. They 
came from Plymouth, Mass. In 1805, they were living in the same 
school district with Lazarus Hathaway, Caleb Swift and others. In 
1816, Lemuel had deceased, and Joseph had either died or left town. 
Of the latter we have no data. Lemuel Holmes married Rebecca 
Bartlett of Plymouth in 17.81. He had three daughters, as follows : 

Behecra, m. Benjamin Bacon of Greenwood; Charlotte, m.iAbiathar 
Tuell of Paris, and Harriet, ni. Sprague Churchill ; he may have had otlier 
children. 

Capt. James Hol:mes was b. in Plymouth, Mass., m. Jerusha, 
dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Chase) Kawson of Sutton. He set- 
tled in Hebron, now Oxford. Children all b. in Hebron : 

James Stevart, b. Xov. 13, 17!i2, ni. Jane 8. Patten, s. Foxcroft. 

Salmon, h. 1795, m. Abagail Blake. 

Ci/rns, b. ]\Iay 12, 17US, ni. Fayette Blake, s. Foxcroft. , 

Job, b. Oct. 17, 1797, ni. Vesta Hamlin, s. Calais. 

Eleazer Austin, b. Jan. 9, 1802, ni. Sarah E. Benson. 

Ehenezer Bavson, b. Jan. 9, 1802, ni. Louisa Abagail Fuller Eawson. 

Jerusha, b. Jan. 22, 1804, m. Lyniau Eawson. 

John SidJiran, h. Feb. 2, 180f5, ni. Sarali Ann Clark. 

Freeland. b. June 3, 1808, d. at Oxford, 1870. 

Eleazer Austin Holmes, son of Capt. James, m. Sarah E., dau. 
of Jonathan Gibbs Benson of West Paris, settled in Paris, April 2, 
1830. Children : 

I Arabella i?., b. Feb. 27, 1824, ni. Chandler Bent, s. Oshko<li, Wis. 
II James Austin, m. Stella Florence Holmes. 

III Julia, b. 1827. 

IV JIanj, b. 1829. 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 633 

V Sarah J., h. 18.31, ni. Joseph H. Porter, s. Oshkosh, Wis. 
VI John S., b. 183:3. 

VII Frederic II., h. July, 1837. 

The mother d. June, 1838, m. 2d, Almena Staples of Oxford, in 1840. 

VIII Helen H. 
IX Albion. 

X Howard. 
The mother d. Oct. 15, 184G, aged 28, m. 3d, Martha Ilight of Gorham 
N. H., 18,52. 

XI Fannie Hif/ht. 
XII Creorge 11'., b. April, 1859. 

James Austix Holmes, son of Eleazer, m. Stella Florence, dau. 
of Cyrus Holmes of Foxcroft, Feb. 14, 18(J0. She was b. Jan. 
1839. He spent several years in California, and after his return, 
entered into trade at South Paris. The stock in trade was sold to 
D. N. True. He afterward devoted his attention to the improve- 
ment of his farm, and the growing of fruit. It was largely through 
his ertbrts that the old "Academy" gave place to the new school 
building. Failing health compelled him to desist from active labor. 
(See Rawsou Genealogy, pub. in 1875.) 

JoNATHAX Holmes was b. in Oxford, Sept. 20, 1794, and went 
with his parents to Hartford when four years old. His parents were 
of riymouth, Mass., and also relatives of Capt. James Holmes. He 
m. Mahala Reed, a sister to the wife of Col. William Swett. They 
were m. June 1, L81G. Late in life lie came to Paris with liis two 
sons, who settled in the Bolster neighborhood. Children : 
I SuJIiran i?., b. June, 1818, m. Addie Bobbins. 
II Mernj, b. Aug. 13, 1820, m. Xelson Eich, s. Belfast. 

III Leu-is Ati'-ood, h. March 9, 1823, d. May 16, 1826. 

IV Bradford B., b. Aug. 1, 1825, m. Elizabeth Ford. 

v Sarah FUis, b. March 5, 1828, ni. 1st, Albert Whitney, 2d, Daniel 
Hill. 

VI Mihala, b. Oct. 19, 1830, m. John L. Ford, s. Boston. 
VII FreeJand ,S'., b. Aug. 20, 1833, m. Mary A. Johnson. 

VIII Jonathan, Jr., b. Aug. 28, 1836, m. 3Iartha Corliss. 

The mother d. 1865. The father is now living in Faris, about 90 years 
of age. 

SuLLivAX R. Holmes, son of the preceding, m. Addie Robbins, 
and settled first in Hartford, and removed to Paris. Children : 

Franklin F., b. Sept. 15, 1847, m. Nellie Morrison of Bridgton; Sarah C, 
b. June 7, 1852, d. May 16, 1853. 

The mother d. Jan. 28, 1855; ni. 2d, Joanna Parsons, June 2, 1855. 

xUhcrt L., b. Oct. 18, 1856, m. Ennna C. King. 



634 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jonathan Holmes, Jr., brotlier of the preceding, in. Martha, 
dan. of David Corliss. She was b. Dec. 1840. Children : 

Lizzie F., b. Feb. 13, 18G0, m. Arthur M. Swett; Charles F., b. Sept. 12, 
1862; Enu'st Z., b. Nov. 8, 1S7G, d. Feb. 23, 1877. 
The mother d. Feb. 8, 1878. 

Franklin F. Holmes, son of Snllivan, m. Nellie Morrison of 
Bridgton. Children : 

Bertha Mabel, b. Feb. 10, 1881. 

Albert L. Holmes, brother of the preceding, ni. Emma, dau. 
of William O. King, ]March 7, 1879. Children : 
WiUie King, b. Nov. 1, 1879. 

John A. Holmes lived at one time at South Paris, and while there 
his iKiildings were burned. He w^as formerly of Westbrook and was 
known as "Swearing John Holmes." We have no record of his 
family. 

Holt. 
Johnson Chandler Holt, son of Abner and Elizabeth (Chandler) 
Holt, was b. in Albany, :\Iarch 8, 1811. His grandfather was 
Henry Holt of Andover, Mass. He m. March 11, 1832, Nancy, 
dau. of Luther Dudley, who was b. in Paris, Jan. 26, 1809, settled 
in Paris about 1844. Children : 

Ann 7?., b. Albany, Jan. 15, 1833, ni. Beiijaiiiiu C. Rawson. 

Levis Iloniihton, b. All)any, Dee. 13, 1S3.J, in. ]\[aria P. Smith. 

Martha WeUiugti^iu b. Albany, Dec. 31, 1842, ni. Andrew Kimball, s. 

Waterford. 
The motber d. April 3, 18r)7. Married 2d, OUve Bessey, Sept. G, 1857. 
She died 1883. 

Captain Lewis Houghton Holt, son of Johnson C, m. Maria 
P. Smith of Lawrence, Mass., settled at ]Marl)lehead and d. there 
Jan. 8, 1877. He was Captain Co. D, 11th Regt., in the war of 
the rebellion, 

Dennis Holt, son of Daniel and Dolly (Flint) Holt of Norway, 
b. Feb. 23, 1835, m. Hannah P., dau. of Joseph Flint of Albany, 
Jan. 1, 1859. He is a carpenter and builder. Children : 

Bnsa. b. Sept. 25, 1859, d. June, 1862; Otis F., b. July 4, 18G1 ; Wilbur 
I)., b. June 27, 1863; Hose A\, b. Dec. 25, 1864. 

Tlie mother d. May 31, 1867; m. 2d, Anyie A. Paul of Stouehani. 

Veriiis A., b. June 12, 1872; Bertha E., b. June 6, 1876. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



635 



The mother d. Nov. 18, 1S7G: in. M, Hannah P.. tlau. of IJeuben Skil- 
lings of Xorth Yarmoutli, i). Aug-. 20, 1844. 

Maud, h. Feb. 12, 1880, d. Nov. 3, 1881; Alice Jl'dj, (Adopted), b. Jan. 
24, 1883. 

Hooper. 
Rkv. James Hooper, son of AVilliam and Elizabeth (Emery) 
Hooper, was b. in Berwick, Dec. 17, 1769. He came to Paris in 
1794. He m. Sally Merrill of New Gloucester, 1795; she was b. 
177S. (See Biography). ChiUlren : 

Pnlli/, b. April 21, 1799, d. 180(1. 

Eliza, h June 20, 1800, d. 1800. 

The mother d. in 1802, and he ni. 2d, Betsey, wid. of Keuben nul)l)ard, 
Nov. 18, 1802, and dau. of Benjamin Stowell of Worcester. Rev. James 
Hooper d. Dec. 24, 1842. His wife Betsey d. April 1, 18."i3. 

George P. Hooper, nephew of Elder James, was b. in Berwick, 

Maine, and came to live with his uncle, m. Abigail . and 

settled on the homestead, where he remained through life. Children : 

Eliza, b. Jan. 13, 1829, m. Jairiis K. Hammond. 

3Iartha, b. March 14, 1830, m. George Merrill, s. Portland. 

Jfarii, h. Marcli 14, 1830, m. Andrew J. Hall. 

Willi<(m, b. April 24, 1832, m. Arabella H., dau. of Cyprian Whitman, r. 
Bath. He is passenger conductor on the Knox and Lincoln P. E.; 
was formerly conductor on the Grand Trunk road: has been a rail- 
road employe for 30 years. 

Abby, b. April 24, 1832, m. Coltman, s. Portland. , 

James, m. Louisa Maxim. 

Geori/e P., m. Elizal)etli Perkins. 

John. 

The father d. 1882. 

James Hooper, son of George P., m. Louisa, dau. of Benjamin 
Maxim. (See Military Service.) Children: 

Charles II., b. May 14, 18o9. 

William H., b. June 18, I860, m. Kate Frothingham. 

Eliza II., b. May G, 1802, m. Edwin Pand. 

John J., b. Feb. 10, 1804. 

George P. Hooper, brother of the preceding, m. Elizabeth, dau. 

of Cyrus Perkins. Children : 

Harriet A. ; Carrol. 

HOL'GHTON. 

Moses Houghton of Acton, Mass., b. March 22, 1781, m. 
Martha Haskell. She was b. Feb. 15, 1780. Children : 



636 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

I Eirhard, b. Acton, June 9, 1804, m. Lucinda Barrows of Hebron. 

II Martha^ b. " Sept. 4, 180.5, m. Nathaniel Knight, s. Paris. 

III SaraucU b. " Sept. .5, 1807, d. April 9, 1809. 

IV Samuel H., b. Acton, July 20, 1809, ni. Betsey G. Tuell. 
V Elij>ih, b. " May 1.5, 1811, d. Sept. 30, 1830. 

VI Mai-ia, b. Norway, April 0, 1813, ni. Oilman Tuell, s. Paris. 

VII Salhj, b. " Marcli 1, 1815, m. James Dunliam. 

VIII Buth, b. " Feb. 22, 1817, m. Horatio G. Pvuss, s. Paris. 

IX Sunan, b. " Feb. 22, 1819, m. Henry Russ, s. Paris. 

X Mosrs, b. " Oct. 10, 1820, m. Lucy Swift, s. Paris. 

XI Aaron, b. " Martli 25, 1823, m. Martha Farris. 

Samuel II. Houghton, son of Moses of Norwa}', was a trader at 
North Paris, and moved from there to A^"oodstock, where he lived a 
few years at the foot of Bryant's Pond, and then returned to Paris. 
He next went to Locke's Mills, and was the first trader there. He 
moved from there to AVorcester, Mass., and died there, Dec. 14, 
18G8. He married Betsey, G., dan. of Ebenezer and Patty (Per- 
ham) Tnell, who was the son of John Tuell, our early settler. His 
children, most of them horn hi this town, were: 

Orhiiulo C'., b. May 31, 1831, m. Abiali T. Hobbs. 

Horatio F., b. April 14, 1832, ni. Mrs. Mary E. (Howe) Lampher. 

Bosalie B.^ b. Nov. 24, 1833, m. Charles H. Dwinal. 

Anstis S., b. Aug. 5, 1835, m. Hannibal H. Houghton. 

Diana, b. Sept. G, 1837, m. Osgood Plunnner. 

SamiKii i>., b. Nov. 2(), 1842, m. Ennna Kelley. 

Ella ,/., b. Aug. 31, 184G, d. April 14, 1850. 

MosES HouGHTOx, Jr., brother of the preceding, m. Lucy A. 
Swift of Sumner. He was a carpenter and builder. He lived many 
years in Greenwood, moved from there to West Paris, and then 
moved to Norway, where he died. Children : 

Charles 7.'., b. Oct. 17, 1841, ni. Mary Helen Bolster, s. Bryant's Pond. 
Marij Ellen, b. Jan. 23, 1844, ni. Geo. W. Bryant, son of Sanuiel, Jr., s. 

West Paris. 
Misen Ilenrii, b. March 17, 1840, m. Aggie Abl)()tt; he is a preacher. 
Hannibal Hamlin, b. Feb. 10, 1848, ni. Laura \\illis. He has charge of 

the niacliinery at the State Peforni Scliool. 
Etta Jane, ]>. Jan. 17, 1854, m. Geo Brooks. 
Fred J/., b. Oct. 20, 1855, graduated at Tuffs College and Divinity School, 

settled at Deering. 
i'mma i., b. May 28, 18-58. 
Xina H., b. Sept. 14, 1801. 



history of i'akis. 637 

Howard. 

Henry F. Howard, sou of Spofford Howard of Rumford, b. 
June 19, 1837, m. Clara M., dan. of William and Sally (Chute) 
AVoodbuiy, then of Dixfleld, s. in South Paris village in ISG!). He 
was enoao-ed in insurance, and died here Nov. 22, 1.S71. Children : 

Charles Henr>i, h. April 12. 1S70. 

Howe. 
Jacob Howe was of Ipswich, Mass., b. 17()0. He m. Betsey 
Foster in Boxford. 1782, and moved to Baldwin, and from thence to 
Bridgton, and was the first mail carrier between that town and 
Portland, and was also the tirst in Oxford county. He carried the 
mail on horseback. He afterward moved to Paris. Children : 
I Fannir, h. Sei)t. 4, 1781, ni. Abner Smith of Bridi^tou. 

II Jesse, b. Feb. IG, 178G, m. Lydia Dunham. 

III Salome, b. Dec. 5, 1787, m. Ebenezer Greenwood of Betliel. 

IV Jacob, Jr., b. March 17, 17'.)0, went to sea. 

V Betsey, b. Maj^ 1, 1792, ni. William Swan, s. Denmark. 

VI Jeremiah^ b. Mav li', 1704, m. Sylvia Benson, bad children l)orn in 

Sumner. 

VII Huhlali, b. Mav 2.i, 17!H), m. Xathaniel Greenwood, s. Farminyton. 
VIII Lijdia, b. April 2S, 1798, m. Zibeon Held. 

IX lio.i-anna, b. June 30, 1800, m. Adams Twitcbell of Bethel. 
X Polly, b. Jul}' .5, 1802, m. Peter Coburn, s. Lincoln. 
XI JfirawJa, b. ]\[ay 13, 180.5, m. Alexander Fames of Xewry. 
Tbe father d. Jan. 30, 1830. 

Jesse Howe, son of the preceding, m. Lydia Dunham, March 
23, 1809. Children: 

I Henry, b. Jan. 17, 1810, m. Lucinda Prentiss. 

II Jacob Foster, b. Nov. 30, 1811, m. Polly Howe. 

III Jeremiah, b. April 18, 1814, ni. Mary Tucker. 

IV Jesse, Jr., b. Ai)ril 11. 1810, m. Kebecca Gibson, Grad. M. D. 

V Eli, b. Apiil 8, 1818, m. Mrs. Fauliua Howe. 

VI Cyn(s Hamlin, b. Sept. 24, 1820, m. Ardelia Coburu. 

VII Benjamin F., b. Sept. 5, 1822, m. Paulina Baker. 

VIII Edirin Wallace, b. Feb. 3, 182.5, m. Abba D. Beal ; 2d, Mrs. Hill. 
IX William Bnthven, b. April 15, 1827, m. Charlotte E. Hall. 

The mother d. Dec. 20, 1841. The fatlier d. March 2, 1870. 

Henry Howe, (sou of Jesse, cuite), m. Lucinda, dan. of Henr}- 
Prentiss, and has had several settlements in town. He built the stand 
on Paris Hill, owned by the late James T. Clark. Resided at 
South Paris at one time, then in Sumner, and last in Norway. He 



638 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

possessed ureat inlegrity of character. He died in Norway, April 
6, 1877. Children: 

I Clinton, b. May 25, 1830, ni. Eliza Jane Heald. 
II Julia, b. July 27, 1844, ni. Amasa Heald, and settled in Grinnell. 

Iowa. 
The mother d. Dee. 30, 184-'); ni. 2d, 1847, Lucy C, dau. of Philip Xew- 
bert of Waterborougli, b. Jan. 10. 181.'). 

Ill Samuel Ileiinj, b. March 10, 1840, ni. Ennna Trefethern of Portland, 
and is now livin.<>,' in Grinnell, Iowa. 

Wir.LiAJi RuTHVEN HowE, brother of the preceding, m. Charlotte 
E., dau. of Orra Hall, Sept. 10, 1S.").5, and resides at South Paris. 
Children : 

Clara Isabella, b. Nov. 17, 1856; Geur'je Morse, b. March 8, 1850, d. Oct. 
12, 1850; Fred I^Kthven, h. Oct. 7, 18(12; ILuinilxil Cohurn, b. Nov. 21, 1805. 

Clixtox Howe, son of Henry and Lncinda Prentiss, m. Eliza 
Jane, dau. of AVashingtou Heald. Children: 

Helen, ILnrij Prentiss, Clinton, John, Paid Hart, Benjamin F. 

The mother d. . ]N[arried, second. Sarah C, dau. of Dea. Joseph 

Barrows of Hebron. 

Jeremiah Howe, son of Jacob, sen., and brother of Jesse, m. 
Sylvia, daughter of Jeptha Benson. He lived in Sumner, but hiter 
in life built up a place on the west bank of the East Branch, ner.r 
Trap Corner, and lived there. He died in Sunnier. Children : 

dairies. 111. Clarissa Bent, s. Boston. 
Polly, m. Jaeol) Howe, son of Jesse Howe. 
Adeline II., ni. Abel Stetson, d. in Sumner. 
Hiram, m. Harriet, dau. of Moses Buck, s. Siuuner. 
Anrjerone, m. Dr. Turner; both deceased. 

John Howe, son of John and Lvdia (Lewis) Howe, came to ■ 
Paris when he was 12 years old, and apprenticed himself to John 
Deering, carpenter, who then lived on High street. His term of 
service was' seven years, in which lie fully mastered the trade, and 
became a successful builder in this and adjoining towns. He after- 
wards engaged in lumbering, in Stoneham. He is now living with 
his daughter, Sarah Thurston, in Norway village. He ra. 1830^ 
Mary Walker, dau. of Gustavus A. Goss. Children : 

I Gnstai-ns Ooss, b. Oct. 10, 1830, went to South America. 
II Jlanj E., b. Aug. 1, 1832, m. David Andrews, s. Norway. 

III John Wesleij, b. Nov. 30, 1834, d. in infancy. 

IV John Wesley, b. Aug. 28, 1835, railroad contractor in New York. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 639 

v Ltfdia, b. Xaivli 17. 1837. d. in Stonehain. 

VI Sarahs b. Dee. 3, 183i), m. Tbomas II. Thui-?;toii. s. Xorway. 

VII JUartha, b. Aug. 26, 1841, died young. 

VIII James Dexter, b. June 19, 1843. 

IX Jfeh-iUe Elon, b. March 14, 1845. 

IIlbbard. 
Gex. Levi Hur.r.Ain) was the son of Captain Jonas IIul)liard of 
"Worcester, avIio took part in the disastrous campaign of Gen. Arnold 
to capture Quebec, and who fell in the attempt to scale the walls. 
Gen. Hubbard ni. Mary Flemingwav, and settled first on the lot in 
the Andrews neighliorliood, and afterward on the lot that is now 
known as the Hubbard farm, and is referred to in another place. 
(See Military Kecord and Record of Public Otlice.) Children : 

linsseU, b. 1787, ui. Kuuiee Stowell. 
Olirei; killed June 23, 1803, falling trees. 

The father d. Feb. 18, 183G. The mother d. 3Iarch (!. 1844. 

Russell Hubbard, son of Gen. Levi, m. Eunice, dan. of Daniel 
Stowell. He purchased the first lot on the east side of the street, 
on which he erected his store, and continued trade for many years. 
He died when but little past middle life. Children : 

Columbiit, b. Nov. 18, 18011, m. James Longle\-. 
Hiram, b. Sept. 28, 1811, ni. Elizabeth B. Marble. 

Oliver, b. Xov. 19, 1813, ni. Ililboru. 

Daniel Stowell, b. Oct. 17, 181(;. ni. Evelina Blake. 

Mary B., b. Xov. 2.j, 1821, m. Jarvis C. Marble. 

The mother d. March 3, 1831. Tlie fatlier d. Feb. l."), 183G. 

Hon. Hiram Hubbard, son of Russell, m. Elizabeth B.. dau. of 
Nathan :\rarl)le. June 30, 18.36. (See Personal Sketches.) Children : 
I Led, b. Jan. 3. 1838, d. Feb. 21, 1838. 
It Ellen, b. June 8, 1830, m. Hiram Jackson. 

III Hiram Sussell, b. April 1(5, 1841. 

IV Freeland Marhh'. 

V Elizabeth, b. May 21. 1847. 
The mother d. Xov. 2, 1848, and he m. 2d, Xancy Jennette, dau. of 
Xathan JIarble. 

VI Mar)/, b. Xov. IS, 1850. 

vn Hattie, b. Feb. 16, 1853, m. Clarence Ilallett, s. Boston, Mass. 
VIII Jennie, b. July 22, 1855, Assistant Post-master and Telegraph 

Operator, Paris Ilill. 
The mother d. August 15, 18G2. 



c40 histouy of paris. 

Humphrey. 

P^BEXEZER Boyd Humphrey, son of William P. and Elizabeth 
(Dickerman) Hinnphre}', was b. in Dorchester, Mass., Feb. 4, 1819, 
ni. Catherine C, dan. of .Jonathan Gibbs Benson, April 7, 1840. 
He is a carpenter and Iniilder, and resides near West Paris. Child- 
ren : 

Sarah Eli.i<fJ><'th, h. AVoodstock, Aui>'. 20, 1S41, ni. Weston V. AVhitniau; 
Mary ArahdJa^ b. Paris, D(»e. 1, 1845, in. Nelson Stevens of Guildhall, Vt. ; 
Harriet Eliza, h. Paris, Sept. 23, 1849; IlcnrieUa Maria, b. Newton, Mass , 
Sept. 30, 18.55, d. Oet. 1, 1S.>7. 

The niothei- (b 1884. 

HUTCHIXS. 

Cyrus Hutchins, son of Amos and Aljagail i Stevens) Hntehins, 
was b. in Kennebnnk[)ort, Jan. 28, 1810, ni., Jan. 1823, Abagail 
B., dan of Reuben Stowell of Gray. She was b. March 17, 1812. 
Moved to Paris Hill, ]March 1, 183;). He was a tanner. His tan- 
yard and buildings were located on Lincoln street. Children : 

Frederic, b. Paris, July 14, 183."), i>'raduated at Medical College, m. Julia 
White of Monmouth, s. California; Marij E., h. Paris, March 27, 1837, d. 
Octo))er 12, 1831); CJ/arles, h. Paris, .Tune ID, 183U, d. April 12, 1845; Mart/ 
Ellen, h. Paris, April 24, 1841, ni. Aldeu G. Brign's, s. Nortli Aul)uru ; C'lrus 
E., b. Paris, July 24, 1843, admitted to tbe bin- at Canton, Oct. 5, 1875; 
AJiJ'ie ./., 1). Pnris, July, 1845, d. Feb. 2, 180!); Liiri/ A., b. Paris, Jan. 27, 
\8\cd, m. Carrol L. Hutchinson of Buckfield, s. Canton. 

Edmund B., b. Paris, Aug-. 10, 1852, m. Cora Oldham, s. Peru. 

Charles C, h. Canton, July 12, 18.58. 

Hutchinson. 

Richard Hutchinson, the ancestor of the Hutchinsons of New 
England, 1). in 1G02, came to America in 1G34. with his wife Alice, 
and four children. The line of descent from Richard', is Jose))h*, 
Benjamin'*, NathanieP and Bartholomew", wiio m. Aug. 4, 1763, 
Ruth Haven. Children all b. in Sutton, Mass. 
I Xath'tnieJ, h. April 13, 1704, d. Aug. 13, 1794. 
II John, b. Jan. 18, 170(i, m. Luey Kemiey. 

III Asa, 1). Dec. 24, 1707. 

IV Barthnli)meir, b. Jan. 17, 1770, m. Olive Kenney. 
V Lnis, h. Jan. 18, 1772, m. Simeon Holbrook. 

VI Timothij, b. July 31, 1774, m. Nizaula Kawson. 

vn Buth, b. June 7, 1770. 

VIII Simeon, b. April 20, 1770. 

IX Betseij, b. April 2, 1781, m. Jonas Cummings. 

X Lnen, b. April 24, 1784, m. Sjdvester Morse. 



HISTORY OF PAUIS. G41 

Timothy Hltchixsox, son of Bartholomew, m. Niztuila, dau. of 
Ebenezer and Sarah (Chase) Rawson of Sutton, Mass., 1796. 
Settled first at Foxctroft. where the first children wei'e born. He 
came to Paris, and settled on the farm which he afterward sold to 
Benjamin \Voodl)iirv and removed to All)any. For a further account 
of this branch, see Rawson Genealogy. Children : 

I Leu-is, b. Oct. 3, 1797, m. Abagail Merrill, s. Milan. 

II Galen, b. Jan. 8, 179:^, m. Olive Flint. 

III Nizaula, b. Feb. 13, 1801, m. Herman Town. 

IV Mannadaki' Baa-son, b. Feb. 12, 1802, m. Sophia C'unnuing-s. 
V James SuUican. d. in infancy. 

VI Charlotte, " 

VII LUii'i-tij llin-en, 1). 1808, ni. Laiii-iiida Kimball. 

VIII Timothy Harden, b. March 5, 1810. in. Eliza Hazeltine, s. Gorham. 
IX ArviUa, b. 1812, m. William Evans. 
X Clarissa, b. 1813, m. William Pinj^ive, s. Norway. 
XI Edu'iii Freeman, b. Xov. 10, 1815, ni. J^lizabeth Flint. One of their 
sons was Liberty H., late Speaker of the House of Kepresenta- 
tives, now deceased. 
XII 3Iari/, b. 1817, m. Dastine P. Ordway. 

XIII Diantha, b. 1819, m. William Lovering. 

XIV Ebenezer Sumner, b. Dee. 1, 1822. 

The father d. March 14, 1867, ag-ed 93. The mother d. Feb. 2."i, 1869. 

Lewis Hutchinson, son of Timothy, m. Abagail ^Merrill of Nor- 
way, and settled in :Mdan, X. H. Ciiildren : 
I Almmi. 
II AngeJine, b. 1822, m. Stephen Merrill. 

III Maliala, d. young. 

IV Banii-1, " 

V Freeland, b. Aug-. 1831, m. Adrianna Blake. 
VI ArriUa, b. Nov. 1833, m. Frank Twitchell. 

The mother d. Nov. 1851, m. 2d, Caroline, dau. of Ichabod Packard of 
Hebron. Lewis Hutchinson d. Nov. 30, 1868. 

Ebknezkr Hutciiikson, son of Solomon, and the sixth generation 
from Richard the common ancestor, was h. at Danvers, Mass., 
March 22, 1753. He went to Amherst with his father in 1758, and 
from thence to North Paris, where he erected mills on the outlet of 
Moose Pond, as stated in another place. He removed to Ohio with 
his family about 1812, and died there in 1828. He m. a Littlefield. 
Children : 

Polly; Ebenezer, m. Polly Pond, March 25, 1801; Abraham, m. Lydia 
Jordan, Feb. 1805; Solomon, m. Polly Jordan, March, 1806; Nathaniel m. 

41 



lU2 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

Phebe Jordan. Feb. 1810; Ana, in. Katio Rockley. Nov. ISOl ; John; 

Kkv. eTosErii HuTOHiNsoN, probably son of Stephen and Eliza- 
beth Hutchinson of Windham, and grandson of Stephen, came from 
Windham to Hebron among tiie early settlers. His wife was 
Rebecca Legrow of Windham, and among his sous were Daniel, 
who married Charlotte Ricker, who survived him and is still living 
at the age of 86. the wife of Zeri Berry of Canton, and Stephen, 
who m. Asenath Gilbert, and was the father of vStcphen I), llutrh- 
iuson. who resides and trades on Paris Hill. 

Stephen D. Hltciiinsox. son of Ste})lien. uitfe. b. in Hebi-on. 
Sept. 12. 1812. m. Mary, dan. of John and Lucy Atkinson, June 
11, 1837. She was b. Sept. 17. 1808, in :Minot. He settled in 
Paris in 1847. as Register of Deeds. Has been in trade here man}' 
ye.-irs. Children : 

Manj Annette, b. July 29, 1837, m. Edwhi Xewell; John JRandolph, b. 
April 11. 1840: Winjield Scott, b. May 27. 1845; George Washington, b. 
April 11. 184S: Katie Wvrth, b. July 27. 18.">1. m. George Willis. 

Irish. 

Joseph Irish, son of Ebenezer Irish, whose ancestors came from 
Gorham. ^le., m. Miriam, dan. of David 3Iarshall of Hebron : 
Children : 

Aamn Marshal!, b. Sept. 29. 1820. ni. Hannah A. Penney of AVell^. He 
died in Woodstock in 1883. 

Freeman, b. Jan. 12. 1822, ni. Elizabeth Field. 

Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1824,. m. Xathau L. Marshall. 

Elisa J/., b. March 2, 1827, m. Ezra Marsliall, s. Hebron. 

Joseph Irisli d. in Hartford, and his widow ui. Sobra Dunliani of Paris. 

Jackson. 
1 Lkmiki. Jackson of Middleborough, Mass.. m. Jcminia Samp- 
son, dau. of Seth and Ruth (Barrows)^ Sampson of Plympton, Mass. 
He was one of the earliest settlers of the township, and liecame by 
purchase the largest landholder of the town. (See Early Pur- 
chasers of Land.) Children. 

Patiince, b. Dec. 7, 1759. m. Dea. John Willi?. (See Willis.) 

2 Isaac, b. 1760, m. Submit Scott. 

3 Lemuel, Jr.. b. 1762, m. Susan Hammond. 

4 Levi, m. Sardine Pratt. 
John, m. in Western States. 

The mother d. and he m. 2d. widow Susanna Cole of Bucktield. Thev 



HISTORY OF PAKIS. 643 

were i>ubli>he<l Jan. 28, 1803. (.Susanna had a dau. Su.-an Cole who m. 
Solomon Hall.; 

Ahftfjail. b. Aug. 7, 1S0.5. 
ITie father d. about 1818. The mother d. Dec 2. 1834, age 73 year?. 

2 Is.\AC Jackson, son of Lemuel, m. Submit .Scott and settled 
in Paris on lot 13. He remained here until Sept. 1802, when he 
sold and moved to Belfast with his family. He was in the war of 
the revolution. Children, tlie 1st eleven b. in Paris, the others in 
Belfast. 

Samufl. b. March 21, 1784, m. Martha Cross, s. Belfast, d. 1873. 

Lucij. b. April 30, 178.5, m. Joseph W. Cross, s. Belmont, d. 1808. 

Isaac, Jr.. b. Sept. 27, 1786, drowned in St. John river. 

Sylvia, b. March 8, 178S, m. WilMam Jackson, s. Mont^^lle, d. 1S71. 

Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1790, d. young. 

XathanM, b. Sept. 19, 1791, m. EUza ^^1utman, s. Belfast, d. 1840. 

Jleribah, b. Aug. 11. 1793, m. Henry Daggett, s. Montville. 

Amos, b. July 19, 179-5. 

Eunice, b. Dec. 10, 1797, m. HoUis Turner, s. Palermo, d. 1872. 

Luther, b. 1798, m. EUza Watson, s. Belmont. 

Lydia, b. 1800. 
The mother d. in 1800, in Paris, m. 2d, in Belfast, Betsey, dau. of Joseph 
and 3Iercj' (Morton) Bessey. 

Esther., m. Orchard Crommett, s. .Somerset. 

Jlari/ Jane, m. Rufus Savory, s. Dixfield. 

Melinda, m. Joseph Clark, s. Xorthport. 

Lovina, m. Sherburne Clark, s. Xorthport. 

Isaac, m. Louisa Clark, s. Dixfield. 

EmeUne, b. 1818, ra. John Kendall, s. Belfast. 

Sarah, b. June 11, 1820, m. John M. .Shuman, s. Belfast. 
Betsey, the mother, d. in Belmont, 1822. Isaac, the father, rl. in Xorth- 
port, Oct. 1. 1845. 

Lucius H.. son of .Samuel, and grandson of Isaac, furnished the informa- 
tion relating to this family. ITie descendants of Isaac, now, 1884, exceed 
five hundred. 

3 Lemuel Jackson, brother of the preceding, m. Susanna, dau. 
of Benjamin and Charity (Craigie) Hammond of New Gloucester. 
Settled on lot No. 14. on the northern slope of Paris Hill. He 
built the house now the residence of Mrs. Arabella Carter. (See 
Paris Hill.) He sold to Capt. Samuel Rawsou and built the house, 
where, after his decease. April 12. 181C. his son Jacob resided. 
Children : 

5 L'-mnel, Jr., b. March 17. 17S4. m. Xancv Foster. 

6 Sylvanus, b. Paris, Jan. 23. 1785. m. Clarissa Bartlett. 

7 Benjamin, b. 1780, m. Keziah Paine. 



644 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Charitij, b. 1700, ni. Frank Webster, s. New Gloucester. 

8 Jacoh^ b. April IS, 1702, m. Xancy Bessey. 

Tlie mother d. May 25, 1702, in. 2d, Tammy Tucker of New Gloucester. 

9 Jospjih, b. 1704, m. Lucretia Brett. 

Si(sini, b. April 11, 170G, ni. Kev. Kansom Dunham. 

4 Levi Jackson, brother of tlie preceding, m. Sardine Pratt, 
one of ten sisters, b. in Bridgewater, Mass. He settled on the lot 
now known as the Goodenow farm. He sold and moved to Belfast. 
Children : 

Krziidi, b. Feb. 15, 1783, m. 1st, Geori^e "Waterhouse, 2d, Sanuiel 

Ilai'dj', and settled in Poland. 
Lrn-i, Jr., b. Nov. 20, 1784. 
Williaiit, b. Sept. 25. 17S(i. 
Stej'hf'i), b. Au,y. 7, 1780. 

Cdlrin, b. April 14, 1701, m. 1st, Sally Whitten, s. Woodstock. 
FoU;/, b. Nov. 5, 1703. 
BanUiif. 1). Dec. 4, 1704. 
Gconji' WatrrhiiHse. 

5 Lemuel Jackson, son of Lemuel, Jr., m. Nancy, dau. of 
Abner Foster, b. in Newry, afterwards of this town. Children: 

Charitij X.. b. Sept. 10, 1812, m. Samuel B. Bodwell of Andover. 

Ilnrvict -s'., b. Sept. 14, 1814, m. Lewis Libbey, s. Gray. 
10 Lemuel TI'., b. April 1, 1818, m. Hannah E. Lunt. 

EzeldeJ C, b. April 3, 1821, m. Al)agail Millctt, s. Norway. 

Hannah F., b. March 29, 1823, m. George Farnuni, s. Eumford. 

Vesta IL, h. July 12, 1825, m. Moses Bixby of Andover, Mass. 

Ahner F., b. Nov. 14, 1827, m. Mary Millett. 
The father d. Sept. 1830. Tlie mother d. Dec. 18G0. 

Svlvanus Jackson, brother of the preceding, m. Clarissa, 
dan. of Thaddeus Bartlett of Bethel, in ISIO. fShe died at her 
father's house, Sept. 19, 1810, ir.. Bathsheba, a sister to first wife, 
in 1812. She was 1). March 22, 1793. He was prominent in town 
affairs. Children : 
. 11 Jaints Hammond, b. Bethel, Aug. 17, 1813, in. Lorania Hall. 

Clarissa Bartlett, b. Paris, Oct. 10, 1815, m. 1st, Elijah Monk, 2d, 

George Garland. 
Charlotte Willis, b. Paris, May 7, 1818, d. 1842. 
12 James Hooper, b. " Sept. 10, 1820, m. Mary W. Stone. 

Stjhil, b. " Feb. 21, 1823, m. Col. Simon H. Cumiuings. 

Sulranxs Xelson, b. " Oct. 4, 1825, d. July 2, 1827. 
Bathsheba, b. " 1830, d. 1851. 

Kanoj H., b. " 1832, m. Paifus Keed, s. Orono. 

Geortie Kimball, b. " Feb. 20, 1836, m. Arabella Cooper, s. Ionia, 
Mich. 
The mother d. Feb. 11, 1841. The father d. March 25, 1868, aged 83. 



HISTORV OF PARIS. G4o 

7 Benjamin Jackson, brother of the preceding, ui. Keziah. dan. 
of Jacob Paine. She was b. Feb. 19, 1798. Children: 

Caroline C, b. Oct 17, 1818, ni. John CunHiiiiijjs. 
Mahala F., b. March 5, 1823, ni. p:iijah Day of Woodstock. 
IS Benjamin F., b. Sept. 9, 1825. 
t'iiisan, b. June 19, 1830. 
Xelson, b. April 11, 1833. 

Charles P., b. Aug. 10, 1837, enlisted in the ann_v, supposed killed in 
battle. 

8 Jacob Jackson, brother of tiie preceding, ni. Nanc}-, dan. of 
Joshua Bessc}'. He was a blacksmith b}' trade, and at one time 
was doing quite an extensive business. This was when the black- 
smith did the ironing of plows. , He was one of the company own- 
ing the township of Lincoln, and at one time, was one of the 
wealthiest men of the town. Children : 

Arabella JRauson, b. Aug. 28, 1820, d. Sept. 24, 1841. 

Xancij Ann, b. April 9, 1822, m. Alva Shurtleff. 

Andrev, b. May 31, 1824, d. Aug. 3, 1824. 

Jlanj Stearns, b. Sept. 7, 1826, m. Stilman Biathrow, .«. Maiden, Mass. 

Martha E., b. Jan. 14, 182«!, ni. Sylvan Shurtleff. 
14 Charles Webster, b. Feb. 1, 1830, ni. Lydia A. Knapp. 

Jacob Francis, b. Feb. 1, 1834, ni. Susan Biathrow, s. X. H. 
The father d. Feb. 8, 1872. 

9 Joseph Jackson, lialf brotlier of tlie preceding, in. Lucretia, 
daii. of Luther Brett, and settled on the easterjy end of the lot, now 
the homestead of his son Hiram. Children : 

Eliza, b. March 8, 1821, d. Xov. 8, 1842. 
1.5 Hiram, b. March 21, 1823, ni. Ellen H. HuJjbard. 

Lucretia, b. Sept. 27, 1825, m. Charles T. Mellen. 

Isabella S., b. May 13, 182^, d. 1858. 
The father d. Aug. 13, 1849, aged 55 years, 4 months. 

10 Lemuel W. Jackson, son of Lemuel 3d, m. Hannah, dan. of 
John Lunt of Woodstock, Marcli 2(5, I.S40. Children: 

Asaph K., h. April 13, 1841, ni. Sobrina E. Barrows. 

Leu-is L., b. Feb. 25, 1843, m. Franeetta Buck. 

Elisa J., b. Sept. 24, 1845, m. John 31. Bird. 
IG Leinnel W., Jr., b. May 18, 1851, m. Hattie Frank. 

AUn- J., 1). May 18, 1851, d. Aug. 23, 1860. 
The mother d. July 29, 1868, in. 2d, Xov. 18, 1869, Eveline A., dau. of 
William and Hannah X. (Bradbury) Hackett, b. Oct. 28, 1827. 

11 Captain Jairus Hammond Jackson, son of Sylvanus, m. 
Lorana, dau. of Haven Hall. He has been prominent in the affairs 



646 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of the town, and is a citizen of snbstautial merit ; has long been 
interested in the history of his native town, having ut one time com- 
menced gathering the materials for the work. (See Mills.) Children : 

Mary Adams, b. Sept. ,"), 1841, d. March 19, 1842. 
Helen Louise, h. March 28, 1843, ni. Levi D. Stearns. 

17 Andrev; Jairns, b. May 16, 1847, m. Agues Bradbury. 
Jlanj A(/nf's, b. Oct. 17, 1853, d, 1869. 

Alfred Hall, h. July 13, 1859. 

12 James IIoopkr Jackson, brother of the preceding, m. Mary 
W., dan. of Luther Stone, Feb. 5, 1844. Children: 

Thomas Ferry, b. Dec. 3, 1844. 

James Edwin, b. Aug. 31, 1847, d. June 11, 1873. 

18 Willie Sahnon, b. Oct. 31, 1850, ui. Abbie Frances Merrill. 
Luther Eur/eiie, b. May 16, 1854. 

Katie Eloise, b. July 9, 1856, m. Herbert P. HaunnoiKl. 

George Albert, b. Xov. 6, 1859. 

Fred S. Grant, b. Aug. 28, 1863. 

Clara Bartlett, b. Sept. 29, 1867, d. :M;irch 14, 1869. 

13 Ben.iamin Franklin Jackson, son of Benjanun, had the fol- 
lowing. Children : 

Lilla Jane, b. Xov. 13, 1853, m. Charles Marshall. 
Windsor C, b. Sept. 16, 186-5. 
Adaline A., b. Sept. 24, 1859. 
Elmer F., b. Nov. 11, 1862. 
The mother d. ]\r:irried 2d, Lydia A., widow of ( 'harlcs Webster Jackson. 

14 Charles Webster Jackson, son of Jacob, m. L3-dia A. 
Knapp. Children : 

Oror;/'' K., h. 1859. 
Alva >S'., b. 1861. 
Willie Franria, b. 1865. 
The father died. The widow in. Ik'njanihi F. Jackson. 

Jacou Francis Jackson, brother of the preceding, m. Susan 
Beathrow. Children : 

Ida, Anna, and Ltfant. 
The father d. in N. II. 

15 Hiram Jackson, son of Joseph, m. Ellen H., dau. of Hiram 
Hubbard, April 12, 1877. Settled on the homestead, and has made 
it one of the best hay producing farms of the town ; is largely 
interested in timber lands, and has acquired a competence. Children : 

Herbert Hubbard, b. April 8, 1878. 
Dauijlitcr, b. Feb. 8, 1881, d. luinauied. 



HISTORY OF I'AKIS. 647 

16 Lemuel Webster Jacksox, sou of Lemuel AV. Jucksou, in. 
Hattie, clan, of Ephraim S. and Anu R. (Mayberry) Frank of Gray, 
July 3, 1870, b. May 21, 1852. Children: 

Frank ]V('hf<tn; b. Gorhiun, X. H., Sept. 19, 1872. 
Annie Mabel, b. Paris, Oct. 3, ISro, d. June 20, 1877, in. Slierniaii, 
Grayson Co., Texas. 

17 Andrew Jairus Jackson, son of Jairus H. Jackson, ni. 
Agues, dan. of Moses Bradbury, and settled in Ionia, Mich. 
Children : 

Mitr;/ Joficphine, b. Pari:^, May 17, 1870. 
Sidney Perham, b. Ionia, Mieli., Oct. 17, 1871. 
Lillian Agnes, b. " 

Boscoe Bradhimi, b. " J:in. 1879. 

18 AViLLiE Salmon Jackson, son of James Hooper Jackson, m. 
Abbie Frances, dau. of William P. and P^lizaljcth (Buck) Merrill of 
New Gloucester, June -4, 1870, b. in Norway, Aug. 16, 1853. 
Chilclreu : 

Anijie 3Iahel, h. April, 1872. 
Eddie Eugene, b. Feb. 24, 1877. 

Johnson. 

Henry P. and Mary M. Johnson became residents of Paris on 
the purchase of the farm previously owned by Captain Gideon Bol- 
ster. Children : 

Fred H., b. Sept. 12, 1853, in Western States; Thomax; Augustus, b. 
June 9, 18.5.1. ni. Edith L. Chirk; Annie D.; Hattie E.; Helen A.; Carrie 
31.; Arthur C. 

Tlie mother d. 1879. 

Thomas A. Johnson, son of Henry P. Johnson, m. Edith L., 
dau. of Hezekiah C. Clark. Children : 

Lester C, b. June 24, 1877; Edith /., b. Feb. 22, 1879; Bosuhelle J/., b. 
Dec. 8, 1880; Annetta L., b. Oct. 21, 1882. 

Jones. 

George Jones, son of J. H. and Margarette (Stuart) Jones, was 
b. in Baltimore, Md., July 22, 1826, came to Paris in 1852, m. in 
Portland, Hortense A., dau. of Robert and Anna L. (Foss) Smith. 
Children : 

Joseph Henr>j, b. Portland, July 22, 18.52, m. Ellen M, AVbitman. 

Anna Octavia, b. Paris, Jan. 20, 18.54, d. Feb. 17, 1854. 

Anna Octavia, b. " Jan. 31, 1855, m. John Cuskley of Portland. 



648 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Lizzie, h. Paris, March 10, 1857, m Eugene Gardner of Buokfield. 

Seacard B., b. " Dec. lO, 1S5S, ni. Belle Clark of Runiford. 

Robert Smith, h. " Sept. 11, 1860, d. Feb. 2.5, 1863. 
3Iimiie H., b. " Feb. 25, 1862. 

George TT'., b. " 1864, d. 1864. 

The mother d. April 7, 1864. 

Alphonzo C. Jones, son of Seward P. and Matilda P. (Andrews) 
Jones, b. in Levant, March 8, 1844, m. Nov. 25. 18G9, Abbie Ella, 
dan. of Henr}' and Sarah M. (Scribner) Knight, b. June 4, 18-50. 
Maehinest by trade, and settled at South Paris, May, 1879. 
Children : 

Marion H'., 1). July 3, 1871 ; Walter Shirle;!, h. Xov. 21, 1874; Gertrude, 
b. June 2, 1878. 

Silas Jones, son of Charles M., and Deborah Jones, was living 
with his parents near South Paiis in 1850, and lived here until after 
the war when he moved to Welchville. He married ^laliala, dau. 
of Lazarus Hathaway, and had : 

SiJas F., b. 1843, served in Co. F, 23d :\[e. Kegiiiient, and d. in :\[aryland; 
Xathan F., b. 1848, and others. 

Jordan. 
Elijah Jordan settled first on Phillip's Academy Grant, Nov. 6, 
1801, at which date, he married Elizabeth Leach, dau. of Thomas 
and Elizabeth ( Shurtleff) Cowan. Children : 

I Elijah, b. Dee. 18, 1802, ni. Lucretia Cunnnings. 
II Fiiza, b. Sept. 26, 1803, m. Joseph Flint, s. Albany. 

III David, b. Jan. 20, 1805, m. Eunice Biown. 

IV Mary, b. Aug. 8, 1807, ni. Dexter Moore, s. Lovell. 
V Leonard, b. Oct. 30, 180!), s. Portland. 

VI Adaline, b. Jan. 15, 1812, ni. Eichard Kciinard, s. I'ortland. 

VII Eli, b. June 18, 1814. ui. Lucimla Ball. 

VIII FiUth, b. Dec. 26, ISK;, ni. Foster, s. Boston. 

IX SaUii, b. Sept. 19, 1818, ni. Charles Davis, s. X. V. 

X Luther, b. March 9, 1820, went to X. Y. and killed in the war. 

XI Livii, b. Dec. 2 ), 1822, went to Xew York. 

XII Cah-in, b. Jan. 16, 1824, ni. (baudlcr, drowned in T.ewiston. 

The father d. Oct. 1859. The mother d. Oct. 10, 1861. 

David Jordan, son of Elijah, m. Eunice, dau. of Thomas Brown 
of Minot, March 14, 1830, and settled in South Paris village. 
Children : 

Charles Angiistuf', b. Sept. 5, 1831. 

Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1834, m. Willard Woodbury. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 649 

Eunice Ellen, b. April 17, 1839, in. Jairus A. Jaoksoii. 

John Fairtiekl, b. March 2;^, 1841, in Western States. 

Ahhie Ellorah, b. June 1.5, 1S48, ni. Simeon Clouu;h, ]\[onniouth. 

Alice Louise, b. June 2!), 1850, m. Charles H. Langinaid of Waterville, 

Canada. 
The mother d. Dec. 2i), 1878. 

JUDKINS. 

Alvah Judkins, son of Stephen of Gilmanton, N. H. and IMaiy 
Bunker, his wife, was born in Riimford, June 24, 1824. He learned 
the carriage maker's trade of Reuben T. Allen of Milton PL, set up 
in business at Woodstock, and then moved to North Paris and died 
there, Jan. 19, 1882. He married Laura Ann, dau. of Josiah and 
Luc3" (Faunce) Moody, June 14, 1849, and had Eugene, now 
deceased. His first wife died in 1850, and he married second, 
Sophia Jordan of Lisbon, and had : 

Laura, Emma, Harriet, Fanny, Ella, Frank, Clarence and Alice. 
The motlier d. in Oct. 1876. 

Edwin E. Judkins, brother of the preceding, b. in Roxbury, Jnh' 
22, 1832, m. Luc}', dau. of Rev. Nathan Andrews, April 2, 1855, 
and settled at West Paris. Children : 

Cora Acjnes, b. June 17, 1860, m. Edwin II. Brown. 
Eugene Hoicard, b. April 25, 1862. 

Keith. 
Rev. James Keith, a Scotchman, was the first minister of Bridge- 
water ; was educated at Aberdeen, in Scotland ; came over in 1G62, 
at about eighteen years of age; ordained Feb. 1664, and m. 
Susanna, dau. of his deacon, Samuel Edson. 

Samuel, son of Rev. James, m. Bethiah, dau. of Deacon Edward 
Fobes, 1703. 

Samuel, son of Samuel, m. Hannah, dau. of AVilliam Ames, 
1734. 

Edward, son of Samuel, m. Mehital»le, dau. of Thomas Ha^'- 
wood, 1778, and settled in the Shaw neigliborhood. Children all b. 
in Bridgewater : 

I Bethiah, b. 1781, m. Benjamin Chesley, Dec. 1802. 
The mother d. Man-led 2d, Mrs. Betsey, mother of Capt. Samuel and 
Capt. George King of this town, and sister of Jairus Shaw' , Esq. 
II Jairus S., b. 1792, graduate of Brown University, s. Oxford, 



650 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

III M'hitahle, h. Deo. 16, 1794, ni. 3Ioses Ilainnioml. 

IV Hannah, b. 1797, m. Cyruo Shaw, s. Oxfoi'd. 

Tlie father d. Oct. 1803, buried in ceinetery on Diirell Hill. Thf^ vvidow 
m. Asa Perrj^ of Paris as his 2d wife. She d. in 1820, and is buried beside 
her Inisbiuid, Keith. 

Kimball. 
Gen. William K. Klmcall, (see Personal Notice) married July 
29, 1842, Frances Freeland, daughter of Capt. Samuel Kawson. 
Children : 

Frances Freeland, b. Mareli 11. 1844, ni. lli'iu-y !M. Bearee of Xorway 

and died there. 
Alice A., b. Jan. 3, 1840, m. J. Franlc Holland, wlio resided in Houlton, 

where slie died. 
William W., b. Jan. 9, 1848; is an ottieer in the V. S. Navy. 
James Jiairson, b. July 19, 1850. 
Constance 31., b. Sept. 2, 18.5G. 

Stephen E. Kimball, son of Jonathan and Satina (Besse) Kim- 
ball of Woodstock, formerly of Bridptnu, came to South Paris vil- 
lage and has for several years been en_L;aged in the manufacture of 
carriages. He married a daughter of William Young of Norway, 
and has a family. 

KiN(;. 

Philip King came from Braiutree to that part of Taunton which 
is now Raynham, in 1680, and bought land, the deed of which is 
recorded in the Taunton records, bearing date 1680. Hem. Judith, 
dan. of Rev. William Whitman. They had one son and six daugh- 
ters. John, b. about 1681, m. about 1700. Alice Dean of Taunton, 
and had : 

Philip, John, Josiah, David, Jniathan, Benjamin^ TL'nrmh and Aha/jail. 

Ben.tamin, above named, m. Abiah. dau. of Deacon Samuel 
Leonard, and had : 

Geonje, William, Asa, Gains, Anna and Hazadiah. 

He m. 2d, Deliverance Eddj-, by whom he had six children. He repre- 
sented the town in the General Court in 1774. and was a delegate to the 
Provincial Congress. 

George, son of Benjamin, was a man of athletic power, cour- 
ageous and patriotic. On the first call for soldiers, Sergeant King- 
rode through the town, calling at every house, with the proclama- 
tion : "Rally! The British are shooting our ^Massachusetts men, 




Capt. Samuel King Homestead. 



inSTUKV OK PARl!«. 



651 



Rally : and drive' them out of the eountiT !" He m. Betsey Shaw. 
Children, all Ixivn in Haynhani : 

I Saiuurl, b. May IS, 1771, ni. Sally Hall, 
u George, h. 1778, m. Polly Iliill. 

Ill Betsey, in. Enoch. Shaw. 

Betsey Shaw Kmgni. 2d, Edward Keith, and :U\, Asa I'eny ; she died 
and is buried beside Edward Keith in the Dnrell cemetery. 

Captain Samukl King, sou of Sergeant George, came to Paris 
with his uncle, Jairus Shaw, settled first on High street, and after- 
ward exchanged farms with Asa Barrows, now the homestead of 
William O. King. He was a carpenter and builder. The accom- 
panying engraving is a specimen of his handiwork, and was his 
residence for many years. He m. Sally, dau. of Jonathan Hall. 
Children : 

I Samuel, b. Feb. 4, 1798, ni. Eliza Shaw, s. Portland. 
II Alonzo, b. Feb. 3, 1801, ni. Miranda Prentiss. 

III Salh/ Hall, b. Dee. 2f5, 1802, ni. Charles Durell. s. Oxford. 

IV Fnlhi, h. Feb. 20, 180.5, m. Ira Brett, s. Portland. 

V Joseph Haven, b. ^Uwch 17, 1807, ni. Charlotte Cushnian. 2d, Lucy 

Clifford. 
VI Betsey Shan; h. Aug. 7, 1800, d. May 20, 1810. 
VII Horatio, b. June 21, 1811, ni. Ann Collins, s. Washington, D. C. 
VIII JIaria J/., b. Sept. 27, 181:3, m. Thomas II. Brown, M. D. 
IX Jairus Keith, b. Feb. 3, 1810, m. L. Jane Shaw, s. Portland. 
X Cyrus S., b. Sept. 23, 1818, m. Dorcas Purley, s. Portland. 
XI WiJJiam Otis, b. Aug. 6. 1820, m. Mary Ann Clifford. 
The father d. April 29, 1856. The mother d. Dec. 9. 18()2. 

Captain George Kin(J. brother of the preceding, m. Polly, dau. 
of Jonathan Hall, and settled at South Paris Vdlage. He was also 
a carpenter and builder, most of his work still remaining in this and 
adjoining towns. Children : 

I Mirandii, 1). Jan. 29, 1806, ni. Deacon Elisha Morse. 

II Augustus G., b. Oct. 2, 1808, m. Louisa Bolster. 

III Erastus, b. April 21, 1812, ra. Harriet Stowell. 

IV Ortarius, b. July 21, 1816, m. Arvilla Sturtevant. (See Paris News- 

paper men.) 
y William Anmlus, b. July 3, 1820, Joined the :\[ormaus at one time, 

and Avas one of the committee that went to Salt Lake to select a 

location for the Saints. 
VI Cyrenns, b. Sept. 30, 1824, m. Elizabeth Buck, s. Fon-du-lac. 
The father d. Sept., 1854. The mother d. 1857. 

Alonzo King, son of Captain Samuel, m. Miranda, dau. of 
Deacon Caleb Prentiss. Settled in Oxford and engaged in trade. 



652 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Returned to Paris and settled on the Prentiss homestead, and after- 
ward moved to the farm, now the homestead of Samuel M. King. 
Children : 

I IsaU'Ue, h. 1S27, d. 1827. 

II Julius Ahinzo, b. July 20, 1829, ni. Chira H. Eic-ker. 

Ill Surah Hall^ b. 1831, m. M. J. Batchelor, s. Brookfiekl, Mass. 

ly (Tt'nnje M. P., b. Dec, 1833, m. Mary Smith of Turner. He grad- 
uated at Colby University, and is now Principal of Wayland Seiu- 
nary, Washington, I). C. Ernest^ graduate of Colby, and is a 
physician at Washington, D. C. ; Harry. 

V Suuiud JL, born July 6, 1837, m. Emily A. Barrows. 

VI Joseph Addison, h. Sept. 14, 1840, m. Irene Gladding, s. Portland. 

Elizabeth, b. March 14, 1873; Frederic Alonzo, b. Sept. 10, 187G. 

VII Arthur C, b. March 25, 1845, m. Alice Woodruft", resides in Detroit, 

3Iich. Belle, Arthur W. 
The mother d. Sept. 2, 1881. 

Joseph II. King, Ijrolher of the preceding, m. Charlotte, dau. of 
Caleb Cushman of Ileln-on, Feb. 9, 1832. She d. Oct. 27, 1832 ; 
m. 2d, Lucy, dau. of David Clifford. He was a carpenter and 
builder. Settled on Paris Hill, moved to Portland and afterward 
returned to South Paris. Children : 

Frances Maria, b. Oct. 11, 1834, m. Leonard F. Verrill. 

Abel C. Thomas, b. Sept. 19, 183G, m. Mary E. Morton. 

Joseph Emerson, b. July 12, 1839, d. Jan. G, 1842. 

William Horatio, b. Feb. 3, 1845, m- Eliza Hamhn of Sweden, Me., s. 
Concord, X. H. 

Marcellus Henry, b. Sept. 21, 1852, d. Feb. IG, 18G3. 

Sarah Amjelia, b. Aug. 19, 1854, m. Roscoe R. Flanders of Auburn. 

The father d. Nov. 9, 1875. 

William Otis Kixg, brother of the preceding, m. Mary Ami, 
dau. (jf David Clitfurd, and settled on the homestead. Children : 

I William Herbert, b. Dec. 7, 1842, d. Jan. 15, 1849. 

II Cyrus E., b. Jan. 25, 1845, d. Jan. 15, 1849. 

HI Jairus Ferdiiiaiul, b. Dec. 9, 1847, m. Ilattie, dau. of John B. Por- 
ter of Paris. Xdlie J/., b. April 10, 187G. 
IV Franres Ellen, b. March 2, 1850, d. May 8, 1803. 
V Mary Ann, b. June 22, 1854. 

VI Emma C, b. April 11, 1859, m. Albert L. Holmes. 

VII Lnry Maria. 

VIII Josephine E., 1). Jan. 3, 18G3. 

Augustus King, son of Captain George King, m. Louisa, dau. of 
Captain Isaac Bolster, b. April 28, 1812. Children: 

I Miranda Elizabrth. b. Oct. 3, 1832, m. John Martin, s. South Paris. 



HISTORY OF PAKIS. 653 

II Francis Eaton, b. Dee. 22, 1833, m. Mania F. Bessey. 
The mother d. May 17, 1834, m. 2tl, Sarah E. Hodgkiiis of Portland. 
Ill Hattie L., b. April IG, 1838, in. TIenry W. Wilson. 

Julius Alonzo King, son of Alouzo, m. Clara II.. dau. otMaines 
Ricker of Hartford, and settled on the Prentiss homestead. Child- 
ren : 

Myra Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1854. 

Carroll Bickpr, b. Oct. 26, 18G0. 

The father d. March 13, 1883. 

Samuel M. King, brother of the preceding, ni. Emilv A., dau. of 
Philip Barrows of Waterford, Me., and settled on the huniestead. 
Children : 

Son, b. April 20, 1866, d. May 11, 1866. 

Bertram, h. June 28, 1867, d. Jan. 7, 1868. 

Benie, b. Jan. 10, 1869. 

Abel C. Thomas King, son of Joseph H. King, m. Mary E. dau. 
of Ebenezer Morton, April 12, 18G3. He has been Master of Paris 
Lodge, District Deputy Grand Master, and for many years the able 
Secretary of the Oxford County Agricultural Society. Children : 

Alice Man, b- Jan. 11, 1873. 

The mother d. Sept. 14, 1877; ni. 2d, Ella F., dau. of Jesse D. Donnell 
of Monmouth, Nov. 20, 1878. She was b. Jime 2.5, 18.j0. 

Kinsley. 
Captain Azel Kinsley, son of Silas, and grandson of Benjamin 
of Easton, Mass., m. Martha, dan. of George Howard, 1785, and 
lived in West Bridgewater. Moved to Minot. Maine, about 1800. 
Children : 

I Azcl, b. Bridgewater, Dee. o, 178.5, m. Polly Xile:5, s. Paris. 
•II Hannah, b. Bridgewater, Oct 14. 1787, m. Adna Triljou. .*. Paris. 

III Patty, b. " 1789. 

IV Silas, b. " 1792. 
V Ahayail, b. " 179."). 

VI Martin, b. " 1797. 

VH Bebecca, b. " 1799, m. Samuel Bumpus, s. Hebron. 

VIH Welcome, b. Minot, m. Lucy, dau. of Lazarus Hathaway, s. Gi'een- 
wood. 
IX Laura, b. Minot, m. 1st, Lucius Cary, 2d. Joseph Hutchinson of 
Auburn. 

Azel Kinsley, son of Captain Azel, m. Polly Niles, b. Ma}*, 
1788, and settled on the farm now the homestead of C. L. Elder.' 
Children : 

I Polly Xiles, b. Oct. 26, 1808, in. Eleazer C. Shaw, r. in Portland. 



654 HISTORY OF rAHlS. 

Tlie inotlier d. Oct. ;^0, ISOS, in. '2(1, Sallj' Nilos, Xov. 2, 1791. 
II Sarah Jane, h. Sept. 8, 1815, d. 1840. 

III Julia A., b. Jan. 21, 1818, r. at Yanuoiilhvillc. 

IV Ci/nis, b. Feb. 2.3, 1820, 

V Clariucla M., b. Sept. 27, 1822. 

VI E(hi-i)i, b. ]\Iarch 2, 182.5, r. at Santa Cniz, Patag-onia. 

VII Cordelia, b. Fob. 27, 1828, ni. Benjamin Foster, 8. Yarn)Outhville. 

VIII EJi.za S., 1). July 11, 1880, ui. Sylvamis Humphrey, .s. " 
IX Laura A., b. Mareh 28, 1838, m. John Merrill, .r- at Lisbon. 

X Maria A., b. July 2.">, 18;5(). m. P. ('. Goodiui^-, r. at Yarmouthville. 
The fatlier d. Sept. (I, 1870. The mother d. ]N[arch 12, 1879. 

KiTTRKDGE. 

Doctor Asaph Kittkedge of Brooklield, Mass., m. Eliza, dau. 
of Daniel Stowell. and settled on the farm at North Paris still bear- 
ing his name. He afterward moved to Paris Hill. t See village of 
Paris Hill, also Personal Notice.) Children: 

Charles F., b. May 2, 1819, m. Phebe Knapp, r. New Haven, Conn. 

The mother d. and lie m. 2d, Oct. 182:5, Jennette Young of North Yar- 
mouth. 

Eliza S., b. Jan. 30, 1830, d. 1848. 

George William, b. Jan. 27, 1832. 

After the death of his wife. Dr. Kittredo-e moved to New Haven and died 
there, Feb. G, 1808. 

Knight. 
Edmund Knight, b. in Ealmouth, May l'*^, 1767, m. Dorothy Has- 
kell, b. May 9, 1768. They settled in the Robinson neighborhood 
on the farm, since the homestead of his son Nathaniel, and still 
retained in the family. The father d. in Paris, Jan. 3, 1830. The 
mother d. June 12, 18-21. Children: 

I Dorcas, b. New Gloucester, Dec. 11, 1790, m. J(»hn Twombly, s. in 
Dexter. 
II Dorothif, b. New Gloucester, Sept. 10, 1792, m. Nathan Knight, s. 

Otisfteld. 
HI Hudson, b. New Gloucester, Aug. 22, 1794. d. in Dexter, ]\ray 13, 

1870. 
IV Henry, b. Poland, May 30, 1797, m. Sophia Shurtleft, s. Dexter. 

V Hannah, b. Poland, May 19, 1799, m. John Twombly, d. in Lee. 
VI Nathaniel, b. Paris, Aug. 10, 1801. m. Martha Houghton. 

VII Andrev, b. '• Oct. 3, 1803, m. in Dexter, Susan Copelaud. 
VIII Eliza,]) " Nov. 14, 1800, m. Chancy Copeland,d. in Mich., 

1838. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



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Nathaxiel KNKiiiT. SOU of Edmund, m. Martha, dau. of jMoses 
Hoiigbton. Cliildivn : 

Ilialsuu, 1). .Inly ;{1. 1834; lArnnia, b. Dec. 11, 1835; Horace, b. May 11, 
1838. 

Tlic father d. .lunc K!, 1874. 

Isaac Knight of Westbrook, b. June 18. 1774, m. Oct. 30, 1709, 
]\ravv Adams of the same town. She was 1). June 2, 1779. The 
family came to South Paris village previous to 1820. (See village 
of South Paris. ) Children : 

Conti'lius, h. Westbrook. July 27, 180.1, ni. Sylvina Dunham of Hebron. 

Man/ y>.. b. '" July 14, 1809, m. Daniel Dunham, s. Woodstock. 

Jane, b. '' :May J), 1814, d. July 3, 181.5. 

Hiram, b. '' Ang. 27, 1810, m. Lucy H., dau. of Charle?: Por- 

ter. 

Hiram 1\, was (4erk of Enroling Board at Aul)urn, during the latter 
part of the war, ni. a daughter of David Dunn, Esq., of Poland. He 
served in Co. F., 23d Maine Regiment, w^as a young man of great 
promise, but died suddenly in the West, from the effects of poisonous 
food, made so by being cooked in a brass kettle. 

Joseph, b. Paris, Oct. 1, 1820, m. Pliebe Hamilton. 

The father d. at Soutli Paris, Nov. 14, 1827. 

Cornelius Knight, son of Isaac, m. Silvina, dau. of Thomas 
Dunham of Hebron, Nov. 10, 1830, b. in Hebron, July 12, 1807, r. 
at South Paris. Children : 

I WiUlam A., b. Nov. 10, 1831, d. June 20, 1832. 

II Eliza J., b. Aug. 16, 1834, m. Frank B. Morse. 
hi 3farif E., b. March 4, 1839, m. Dexter Giles. 

IV. Clara, (adopted) b. May 6, 18.59, m. Wliitefteld B. Stuart. 
The mother d. Oct. 5, 1884. 

Joseph Knight, brother of the preceding, m. Phebe, dau. of 
Jonas Hamilton, and resides at South Paris. Children: 

I WiUiam //., b. Oct. 30, 1845, m. Alicia H. Gilly of Marblehead, 
Mass. 

II Clara A., b. Dec. 5, 1847, d. Aug. 29, 1849. 

III Ella P., b. Aug. 31, 1849, m. Augustus C. Farwell of Bethel. 

IV Alice B., b. Jan. 24, 1852. 

Y Jonas 31., b. June 3, 1854, clerk in Boston. 

VI Henry A., b. April 1, 1860, in business in Kansas. 

VII E'h.rin W.. b. April 18, 1862. 

Enoch Knight was one of the five sons of Daniel Knight of 
Falmouth, who came early to Norway. Enoch married Lydia Kipley 



656 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

of Paris, aud lived a few 3-ears in this town. He had ten children. 
For second wife he married the second wife and widow of Rowse 
Bisbee, and lived in Woodstock and died there. 

Isaac Knight married Betsey (Twitehell) Gary of Paris, and 
after several years residence here, moved to Bethel, and died there 
about the year 1830. His widow married David Abbott of Rum- 
ford. He had children : 

Isaac F., who married a daiighter of Moses Cummings; Azul>a, who 
married Samuel F. Eawson (the parents of Job H. Rawson of Paris) ; 
Cijprian, wlio went to Waldo county; Horace, and perhaps otliers. 

JosiAH Jordan Knight, son of Isaac of Poland, whose wife was 
a daughter of Josiah Jordan, married Sally, dan. of Luke Ryerson 
of Paris, and lived near South Paris, where several of his oldest 
children were l)orn. He moved from here to AVoodstock, and from 
there to Rumford. Among his children were : 

Charles rorter, Ai((/Hstus ./., and JIarcius. 

Lander. 
Deacon Seneca Lander, son of Edmund and Hannah (Sealniry) 
Lander, was b. in Minot, Dec. 7, 1797. He m. Mary, dau. of 
Gilbert Shaw, July 19, 1818, and settled in Woodstock, same year; 
moved to Paris in June, 1867. Children : 

I Hannah Seahurti, b. July 2(1, 1S20, ni. Elbert Clifford, s. Paris. 

II Silence Jane, b. Feb. 10, 1822, m. E. II. Brown, s. Norway. 

III (lilhert Shav, b. Nov. 13, 1827, ni. Helen M. Henry, s. Fond Du Lac, 

Wis. 

IV Edmund E., b. Dec. 16, 1830, ni. Celia Kowe, s. Paris. 
V Jlary E., b. Jan 13, 183G, ui. Wallaee Bessee. 

VI Ciinthia <S'., b. July 28, 1841, m. Oliver F. Berry, s. Geneva, Ohio. 
The mother d. Sept. 11, 18(59. The father d. March 24, 1880. 

Edmund Yj. Lander, son of Deacon Seneca, m. Celia A., dau. of 
Joseph and Catherine (Virgin) Rowe of AVoodstock, Feb. 24, 1856. 
Children : 

I Gilbert Henry, b. Dec. 9, 1856, d. March 8, 1861. 

II Kate 31., b. July 2.5, 1858. 

III Tina Alher, b. Feb. 25, 1865. 

Lane. 
Capt. Francis Lane was born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1756, and 
came to Paris from Minot in 1818. His first wife had six cliildren, 
and died in 1799. He married next, widow AVyman of North Yar- 



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mouth, and third, after he caiiu' to tliis town. 3Irs. Betsey Oannnon. 
He died iu l«2y. His children, all by the first marriage, were : 

Esther, b. May 20, 1782, ni. Beiij Satt'ord of Turner. 

Francis, b. about 1787, d. younii-. 

Mary, b. June 7, 175)2, ni. Samuel IMehards of Oxford. (Sec Iticliards.) 

Ammi i?., b. March 7, 1794, ni. Eliza Whitehou^^ of Oxford 

Snsan, b. Xov. 7, 17!)7, in. IJansom l'ii)ley of Paris. 

Hannah, b. June 14. 1700. m. Wni. Jlutchins of Oxford. 

Esther, wife of Francis Lane, difd in 1791). of yellow fcvi'r. con- 
tracted while taking c-are of a sick neighboi'. H»^ died Nov. 30. 
1829, and he and his two last wives are Iniried in the Robinson 
neighborhood, and his grandson. Samuel Richards of Paris, has 
thoughtfnllv placed a stone to mark the spot with appioi)riate inscrip- 
tions. 

Ammi Ruhamaii Lake, son of Francis, wdio married Eliza AVhite- 
house, was a soldier in the war of ISpi. and his widow received a 
pension for that service. He died June 16, 186;). and his widow 
died Jan. 18, 1884. Children: 

Zenas, b. Nov. 10, 182."), m. Judith Sattbrd. 
Betsey, b. July 4, ]827, ni. Samuel Kogers. 
Gilman G., b. Dec. 20, 1820, m. Mary (iuptill. 
Amerira, b. Xov. 22, 1831, m. Eliza A. Furber. 
Fhihria (r., b. Dec. 26, 183C, m. Alonzo Palmer. 
Ammi F., b. April 2, 1843, m. Mary Knight. 
Frances Ann, b. July 1, 1843, m. Enoch E. Hall. 
Oscar rv., b. Oct. 11, 18.55, m. Xelly Talbert. 

Isaac Lank, blacksmith, b. in Byfield, Mass.. m. Esther Cook of 
Conway, N. H.. settled in the Whittemore District, and worked at 
his trade. Chihlren : 

Betsey, b. June 1.5, 1813, m. Lewi^ Monk, d. Aug. 1841. 

WiUard, b. Nov. 17, 181.5. 

Abafjail, b. April 24. 1818, d..Xov. 7. 1840. 

John 3/., b. Oct. 15, 1820, m. Coburn. s. Sunnier. 

Mary Ann, b. April 3, 1823, m. 1st, Charles Lane. 2d, Charles A. Buck. 

George B., b. Nov. 5, 1820, d. Oct. 15, 1841. 

Frances, h. July 8, 1830, m. Solon G. Walker. 

Lapham. 
Thomas Lapham' from Tenterden, Kent, old England, was at 
Scituate, Mass., in 1634. Two years later, he married Mary, the 
oldest daughter of Elder Nathaniel Tildeu. Judith, a sister of Mary 

42 



658 HISTORY OF PAUIS. 

Tildeii, married Abraham Preble and settled in York. Me. ; these 
are the ancestors of the Maine Trebles. Thomas Lapham' died in 
1648, leaving two sons and four daughters. His son Joseph^ was 
one of the grantees of liridgewater and died there unmarried. 
Thomas" moved to Marshfield and had two sons, Joseph^ and 
SamueP. Joseph'' married Abagail Sherman, and had Joseph^ who 
married Abagail Jojx'e. Joseph^ had 4 sons, John*, Jesse', Joseph* 
and Nathaniel. John Lapham' m. Bathsheba Eames of Marsh- 
field, and came to Buckfield, ^le., in 1793. His oldest son, John*, 
died in the Kevolutionar^' army, and his only other son, Abijah*, 
married .Sarah Hartwell of Bridgewater, and came to Buckfield with 
his father. Abijah's" wife died, and he married Abagail, dan. of 
John and Al»agail (Irish' Buck. John Lapham^ was the only son 
of Abijali*', who ever lived in Paris. He married Lovicy, dau. of 
Levi and Lusanna (^Bryant) Berrv, and lived for several 3'ears at the 
north-west part of the town. His wife died in 1868, and he in 1883. 
Children : 

LusioiiKi A., b. Feb. 4, 182G, ni. Joiiiis W. B;irMett of Bethel, and had 

Louvisa E., b. July 18, 1851 ; Wilham B., b. June 11, 18.53 ; Lucetta A., 

b. Oct. 18, 1855; Gardiner W., b. April 17. 1857; EMas R., b. Feb. 15, 

1860; Aurelia Abbie, b. Dec. 18. 1804. 

The mother d. Feb. 2, 1869. 

James M., b. May 19, 1827, m. widow Xancy P. C'unmiin^s of AVeld, in 

188:J, and lives in Litchfield. 
William B., b. A\v^. 21, 1828, m. Nov. 27. 1866, Cynthia A., dau. of Joel 
Perham of Woodstock, and has Mary Cynthia, b. March 7, 1868; Ben 
William, b. Dec. 10, 1869, and Fanny Beulah. b. in Augusta, Xov. 25, 
1875, r. Augusta. 
Betscii ,/., b. Sept. 12, 1830, m. Alonzo B. Swan of Woodstock, and had 
Khoda J., Edith Y., Lillian A., Alonzo F., Frank, Florence and James 
M., and others who died voung\ r. in I'ortland. 
Isaac F., b. March 31, 1833, m. Aug. 13, 1854, Eliza R., dau. of Rev. 
David Rieker of AVoodstock, and had Ida, b. April 10, 1855, d. Dec. 24, 
1855; Louis Adelaide, b. Oct. 30f 1856; Ernest M., b. Sept. 4, 1867, r. 
in Litchfield. 
Aun-liii. b. Dec. 17, 1834, unmai-ricd. 
Eli F., b. May 24, 1840, d. Aug. 4, 1841. 
John B., h. Ai)ril 27, 1842, drowned Sept. 20, 1844. 

John £■., b. March 1, 1846, m. Martha Tenney of Grafton, Me., and has 
Carrie, b. Jan. 15, 1869, and Arthur P., b. April 11, 1871, r. in Augusta. 
Frank Tl'., b. May 29, 1849, m. Jennie II. Deane of West Gardiner; 
had Thomas, who died of diphtheria, and has Walter and Maud; r. 
Pittsfield, Me. 
Martha A., b. May 15, 1851, ni. Dennis Swan, son of Samuol S. of Wood- 
stock ; r. Charlestown, Mass. 



HISTOHY OF PARIS. 659 

Hezekiah jNIoodv Lapham. son of James ami Sally (Moody) 
Laphajn of Bethel, and nephew of John above named, m. Hattie 
A., dau. of John and Dolh- ((iile) Chase of Paris, and settled ou 
a farm near Peleg B. Hammond's, where he yet resides and has a 
family. 

LeBauon. 

Francis LeBaron, a physician, came to this country from 
France, in 1694, by way of Buzzard's Bay, where he was wrecked 
in a French war vessel. Hem. 1C>!I5, Mary, dan. of Edward Wilder 
of Hingham. and had James, b. l(il»(>. Lazarus. 1). Ki'.IS. and Francis, 
b. 17U1. 

James, above named of ^Vliddleboro', ui. 1720, .Alartha Benson, 
and had James, b. 1726, and otiiers. 

James LkBakox, son of James, and great grandson of Francis, 
was b. in Middleboro', Dec. K!, 1759. m. J^lizabeth Washburn of 
the same town, and moved to Hebron, and afterward to Paris, and 
settled on the lot, now the homestead of William Coo[)er, then to 
the Joseph Holmes lot. and when nearly paid for, found his title 
void. From this, he moved to South Paris village, and built on the 
site where the stand of Jacob Nichols is located. The oaks now 
standing, grew up around that house. Late in life he moved to the 
old Pray place near Gen. Hut)bard's, and died there June 9, 1836. 
His wife, Jane Russell, went to live with her dau. Sarah Knight in 
Norway', and died there, March 1, 1856. Children : 

James^ m. Betsey Tracy, s. Men-ei', was in tlic war of 1S12, and d. at 

Sacketf s Harbor. 
Ildnnnh. m. .Tames Jbdlaiul, s. Belfast. 

The mother d. in Hebron. Married :2d. .Tune TJussell of Gray. 

Xathanii'l^ b. June, 17!)3. He worked for Abraham Bolster ou the farm, 
now owned by Captain G. C. Pratt, and died in the spring of 1816, at 
the age of "23, from hydrophobia or blood poisoning, he having killed 
a fox that came into tbe yard with the floek of sheep a few days pre- 
vious to his deatli. 

WiUiam, h. July, 17!);"), m. Joanna Jordan of Albany-, s. Lovell. 

ItusscU, b. Aug. 1.3, 1797, m. Lydia Jordan, s. on tlie Crocker Hill farm. 

Betsey^ b. May 22, 180(i. m. Daniel Henry Kilpatriek, s. Hiram. 

Sarnh, b. Aug. 24. 1P08. ni. William Knight, s. XoVway, now living. 

Sijli-ester. b. May 21. ISl.'i. m. Abagail Melntvre of N. H. ; he was lost at 
fsea. 



660 history ok paris. 

Lkbroke. 

James Lehroki-;, ' the name on our records is spelled as above, 
also Le Broke, Le Brook, Brook and Brooks) came here from 
Hebron. He was born in Paris, France, and came over in the 
French fleet that assisted tiie colonists in their struggle for inde- 
pendence. He enlisted in the continental army and served one year, 
and then settled in Pembroke, Mass. In 17''S4, he moved to Hebron, 
and from there to Paris. He was killed l)v 1 ailing from a house-top 
in 1812. His wife was Sarah Gardenei-. He had three sons and a 
daughter, but the exact dates of their birth cannot be given. 
Their names were : 

James^ Jr., b. 1784, ni. a Beckler, dau. of Jolm of Woodstock, and lived 
in Greenwood, and had several sons and daua,hters. He died iu 1S()7. 
* fSarnh, b. in 1787, died in Foxcroft, unmarried. 

Jacob, b. June 2, 1789, ni. Martha Fostei-. 

JVicholns, b. 1791, ni. widow T>ydia Inu-crsol ol Laiirastcr. X. II. He 
died iu 18.53. 

Jacob Lep.roke moved to Foxcroft. a few years after his mar- 
riage, and spent the remainder of his life there. His children were : 

Abner F., b, 1821, d. 1824. 

Auijustus (t., b. Fel). 9, 1828. 

3Iary F., b. Dec. 23, 182.5, is now widow Harmon. 

Jnme.-^ //., b. 1827, d. Jan. 31, 1840. 

iSarah .1., b. July 9, 1831. is now widow (iilniau. 

George, h. Aug. 12, 1833, m. and lives in FoxcroM. 

Charles II... b. May 7, 1835, d. .Ian. ■i9, 1840. 

Thomas >S'., b. ^e\)t. 2, 1837: lie lives in California, and is (Miya.ii'ed in cat- 
tle and sheep i-aising. 

.larob .v., b. Jan. 17, 1841, ni. and resides In Foxcrott. 

Eugenia A., b. Sept. 14, 1845* she married William '1'. I'ollard and i-. in 
Portland. 

Augustus G. Lebroke, (see Personal Notices) was twice mar- 
ried ; first, in 1854 ; and second in 18G2, to Sarah J. Hayes. His 

children are : 

Eva Augusta, b. Maivh 9, 18.55, <j;-raduated at the Farniinatou Normal 

School, and was a te-iu-her of i)ubllc schools and assistant in Foxcrott 

Academy. She married Ai'thur N. Buike. 
Harriet Beecher, b. May 9, 1865. Slie is a graduate ot Foxcroft Academv, 

and proposes to continue her studies elsewhere. 

Leonard. 
Solomon Leonard, son of Micah of Middleboro', Mass , was b. 
Sept. 15, 1793. He learned the trade of iron founder of Caleb 



HISTORV OF PARIS. 661 

Laphaiii of Pi'iiibi-oke, Mass., aud came to Paris in 1.S21 . He settled 
on tlie furin now the homestead of Jonathan Andrews, and had a 
founih-y on the brook near the liouse. His kettles and various house- 
hohl wares are still found iu use in man}- families of this town. In 
1828, he moved to Woodstock. He m. Esther French of Norwa\'. 
Children : 

Tlieodure, h. Paris. July 21, 1822, d. Fel>. 20, 1828. 

Marvin^ b. '' Dec. 12, 1828, in. Josei)h AVhitin:iii, .Ir. of Woodstock. 

George 7?., b. •• Auir. 27, 1827, d. j'ouiiff. 

Georije F.. 1». ^^'oodsto(•k, May 4, 18.'32, iiraduatcd at Daitiiiouth College, 
aud spent many ycai-s In tpachiiig. Now lives in Newton lliiiiilands, 
3Iass. 

Md.rii J., h. Woodstock. .Func !), 1887. ni. Cole. s. \Vaterford. 

Letiii!RI1)(;k. 

William Lethbridgk. son of Hichard, b. in Franklin, Mass., Jan. 
11, 1783, m. Amy Mann, b. Feb. 18, 1782, caine to Paris about 
181 o. and settled on the lot now the homestead of P^lbridge Gray. 
Children : 

Aliui/uil. h. Dec. 10, 181.'), ni. Elbridgc (Jray. 

Sabiii, b. Aug. G, 1819, d. 183.3. of canker rash. 

The father d. Feb. 28. 18.59. The mother d. Apiil 2:». 1S3(;. 

LllUlKV. 

JosKPii LiBBKV, the sixth in descent Jrom the E^migrant John, was 
b. in Gray, 1704. He m. .Alary, dan. of Nathaniel and Susan 
(Lamoine) Young. He was a farnici- in Giav, and was also in trade 
at Gray Coi-ner for some years. He died Dec. ^H, 181o. His 
widow died in Portland, Sc|)t. 28. 18;>1». The name is spelled 
''Libbee." and ••Libl)ey," but more commonly ••Libl)y." Children: 

Lamoini' was a cattle ilrover. and d. in Brunswick. 

Marij. ni Ilemy Homer, s. Portland. 

Joseph, d. in \ew York, in 1839. 

I)eluii\ b. Oct. 21. 1790. ni. Mary Em ison. livi-d at one time in bangor, 

then in bowcll. Ma^s.. and afterward lumbering in \'a., d. in Boston, 

Sept. 7, 18.59. 
NatlmnicL b. Xov. 19. 1800. m. Sopbia Churchill. 

Nathaniel Libbev, son of the preceding, ni. Sophia, dan. of 
Joseph and Alice (Drake) Churchill. Dec. 26. 1819. and settled iu 
the Swift neighl)orhood. Children : 

Alice Jnni'. b. Feb. 20, 1823, m. Albert \Mnslow. 

Joxcph Lxiiiouie, b. Ai)ril 31, 1827. m. Evelyn luiralls Stuait. 



■662 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

t'i'arah Sojtliic, b. Sept. 2, 1832, in. Stetson L. Gordon, .s. Ilanipstead, 

X. H. 
Xathanid William, b. June 24, 1834, ni. Effie A. Xelson, and was killed 

bj- the wreckino- of a railroad train, -hilj- 14, 1869, Wjandotte, Kansas. 
The father d. Nov. 29, 1873. 

Joseph Lamoine Liubev, son of Nathaniel, m. Nov. 4, 1857, 
Evelyn I., dan. of Josiali A. and Miriam (Rich) Stuart of Harrison, 
and settled on the homestead. Childr'n : 

Annie L., b. July 13, 18{>.'>; WiUinui Li(ninin<\ ]>. Dec. 12, 1S()8 ; M'tri/ P., 
b. Dec. 9, 1871. 
The father d. 1884. 

Rev. Phineas Liduey, a descendant from John, was born in 
Pownal, May 1, 1817, m. March 31, 1844, Mary Ashley AValdron 
of Portland. She d. Nov. 8, 184C, m. 2d, May 27, 1847, Nancy 
Ann Noyes of AVindham. In 183t), be began preaching; in 1847, 
he received a local preacher's license, joined the Metliodist Confer- 
ence at Biddeford in 180,') ; preached in Newfield, Cape Elizabeth, 
Payette and other places, until 1857, when he withdrew. In 1863 
and 18(54, he represented the town of Eayette in the Legislature. 
Is now settled in Paris. Children : 

Franrt's EJlcn^ b. Aui>'. 29, 184."), d. Dec. 184."), in Portland. 

Children by 2d wife. 

ireon/c Edirard, h. July 29, 1S48, d. 1850. 

Benjamin FmnkHn^ b. .lidy 29, 1848, drowned at (ape Elizabetli, Feb. 17, 

18.").5. 
EUznhcth Elh-n, )>. 31arrh 3, ISoO. ni. ('olumbus 1,'ichardson. 
Ellen Ashlpy, b. Feb. 14, 18r)2, m. Samuel l>ay. 
Sarah Mitchell, b. Xewlield, May 14, 18.54, ni. Virgil 1). Hawson. 
Alvira Hatch, 1). July 1, 1856, ni. Julia Adalaide Kimball. 
Franklin Jiaijniond, h. June 17, 1858. 
Charles, b. April 15, 1860, d. April I860. 
Fannie Meade, b. May 15, 1863. 
Frederic Hamlin, b. Sept. 16, 18(J7. 

Abner LiniiEY, also a descendant of John, was b. in Scarborough, 
Aug. 17, 1797, m. Sept. 23, 1830, Harriet, dau. of Solomon and 
Nancy (Hanscom) Newbegin of Harrison. Children : 

Sarah J., b. Otisfield, Sept. 21, 1831, d. Oct. 22, 1845. 
Flnmincr A., b. Sept. 21, 1838, ra. Melinda M. Fogg, s. Union. 
Harriet E., h. Xov. 24, 1841, m. S. G. Burnell, s. Soutli Paris. 
Georijianna, b. Jan. 9, 1848, d. 1850. 
Frank P., b. July 24, 1852, m. Clara B. Pai-ker of Xorway. 



HISTOKY OK FAKIS. 663 

Till' f;itli('i- tl. at Soulh Paris, .lune lO, ISOO. 'I'lif inolhci- d. at Sdiilli 
raris. April 23, I8S4. 

William (.'lay Libbey, also a descendant from John, as will be 
seen by reference to the Libbey Genealogy, was the son of Ikmja- 
min and Priscilla (Clay) Libbey of Gorham. He was the second 
of five children, h. ]Marcli o. 1.S20. Hem. March 31, 1843, Jernsha 
F.. daii. of Jacob and Lydia (>Shedd) Bancroft of Norway. Child- 
ren : 

I Jacob i>'., 1). .luiic 20, 1S4:), d. May lo. 1854. 
II Isaac A., b. Aug-. 18, 1847, d. Sept. 20, 1867. 

III WiUioid Henry, b. Xov. 7, 1849, ni. Marj-'E. Wheeler. 

IV Ahnira A., b. July 7, IS.'j^, in. Jan. 1, 1881, Wni. 11. Hanliii.u. 
V Mehitable A., b. April 24, 1858, d. April 28, 1803. 

VI Benben A., b. Oct. 1801, d. May 7, 1803. 
VII Lijdin E., b. March 31, 1865, m. Joel A. Harding, s. Andovcr. 
(For a full account of the Libbey family, see Genealogy recently piil)- 
lished. from which the above is mainly taken.) 

Locke. 
Saj[L'el Baurox Locke, Jit., was born in Bethel, Sept. 25, 1801. 
He was the sixth in descent from William Locke, who was early in 
AVoburn, Mass. He m. in 1825. Lucetta, dau. of John Edgerly, b. 
in Buxton, Aug. 10, 1806. He was many years the proprietor of 
Locke's Mills in Greenwood, and in 1856 he built the first grist mill 
at West Paris. A year or two later he moved here with his family', 
and died Aug. 16. 1H70. His widow resides with her son, Samuel 
B. Jr., at West Paris. Children, all but the youngest b. in Buxton : 

I Marij Ellen, b. Sept. 16, 1820, m. 1852. Charles M., son of John and 
Sarah (Ramsdell) Morgan of Xew Gloucester. He Avas in trade 
at West Paris, also resided for a time at South Paris, and now lives 
in Portland. Their children are: Lucetta, b. Oct. 29, 1850, m. 
Wm. G. Phelps of S. P.; Sarah E., b. Feb. 24, 1857; Charles L., 
b. Xov. 8, 1859, and Mary Louise, b. Sept. 10, 1801, both of whom 
d. young; and Lucy Ellen, b. July 6, 1808. 
II John, b. Sept. 15, 1828, ni. Helen L. Suule ot Freeport: they liave 
had John, Jr., b. Xov. 17, 1857, m. Alice Abbott; William, b. 
March 2, 1860, m. Ella Spring; Mary Louise, b. Oct. 27, 1862, died 
young; Helen May, b. Maj' 0, 1865, d. young: and Alice Lucetta. 
b. July 2, 1869, r. Fryeburg. 

III Charles Bussell, h. May 16, 1833, m. 1st, Caroline >L Hutcliins, and 

2d, Ada Xutter, r. Fryeburg. 

IV Frank, b. May 15, 1835, m. Lydia D. Hall, r. Fryeburg. 

V (reorge If'., b. Xov. 8, 1837, m. June 2, 1861, Irene G. Plummer of 



664 Ul.sroKY OF PARIS. 

^\■atel•fol•(l, 1). 1841, jind has: 'Sluvy Kllcii, I). Aug. 2(!, 1862 ; and 
(ieorge P., 1). Aug. 2, 18(J4. He lesides in Auburn. He foiinerly 
lived and was engaged in milling and trade at West Paris. 
VI Soiiiiicl B'OTO)!, Jr., I), in (ilreenwood. Ai)ril 18, 1840, ni. 1st, 1865, 
Milinda I'lunniier, wlio d. June .o, 1808, and he ni. 2d, June 8, 1875, 
Elva Libl)y of ^Vestb/•o(^l^. and has: Linuie E., b. Marcli 2, 1876, 
and Mary Louise, b. Sept. 6, 1882. Mr. Loolve has sueeeeded to the 
ownership of tlie mills at West Paris, lias engaged largely in trade 
and been an active and suecessful busni<-ss man. He served one 
term in the Maine Legislature. 

(An extended account of the Locke faniil}- is given in -''riie liook of the 
Lockes.") 

LOWKLL. 

Emkuv Kdes Lowell, son of .Simon of Harrison, and Ann (Rob- 
inson) Lowell of Bridgton, b. Feb. 4, 1829, in Harrison, ra. Abb}', 
dan. of Alvin Swift, Jan. 16, 18").'L Cl.ildren : 

Andrt'ir A'., b. Feb. 4, 1854. 

Dexter £"., b. Nov. 11, 1855, m. Sarah A. Decoster. 
Ahhie Fran('f'.s, b. May 5, 1857, ni. Htzroy J. Foster. 
Minnie C, b. Aug. 11, 18.59, m. Andrew J. Foster. 

Ll'KVEV. 

Joi5 LuKVKv, son of Captain David and Lydia (Holland) Lnrve}' 
of Oloncester. Mass., in. lietsev Tobey of New Gloucester. He 
came to Paris when he was twenty-two years old, and worked for 
Stephen Kol»inson eight years. He settled on the lot known after- 
ward as Deacon (iibl)S Benson farm. He then bought Gen. Hub- 
bard's first settlement, and afterward exchanged with Joseph Cole 
for the Peter Chase farm. His boyhood was spent with the Shaivcrs. 
He moved to Woodstock in 1S20. Children: 

Lydid, h. Jan. 21, 17f)i). iii. Eliphalet Davis of Woodstock. 

liichard Tnhcj, b. Aug. 10. 180(1, m. Eliza Davis. 

Matilda, b. 3Iay 28, 1802, m. Seth Curtis, 2d. 

EJrrrii, ]>. Jan. 2, 1803, m. John Butterfield. 

Joh. Jr., h. June 17, 1805, d. young. 

Job Holland, b. 1807. 

Ahac/ail Tohei/, b. .May 29, 1809, m. Jesse II. Stevens. 

Thomas Tohcij. b. Jan. 26, 1811. m Olive Tuell. s. Woodstock. 

Lcri Tohi'ii, b. Dec. 31, 1814, m. Pharlotte Flckett. 

David, in. Jane F. Beniis. 

Benjamin Chandler, m. Emily Biiknell. 

Samuel Forcroft, b. Feb. 22, 1821. m. .Vugusta Ellen Skillings, s. Cal. 

Tlie father d. P>b. 1851. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 665 

Col. KiCHARt) T. Llkvey, son of ,Iol». m. Eliza, dan. of Aaron 
and Thankful (Stront) Davis. She was b. April 22, 18U1, in 
Poland. Settled in AVoodstock, and afterward returned to Paris. 
He was in otKce in Woodstock and in Paris. Children : 

1 EJizd Dan'K, li. March '20. IS'l't. iii. Samuel Googius of Dcdhaiii. 
.Mass. 
The uiotlier (1. March 20, 1820, ni. 2(1, Hniuia, dau. of Captain Samuel 
Stephens, in 18;W. 

II Jptmip, b. Sept. 27, 1831, m. Samuel Lee Eiee. 

III Samuel S., b. Dee. 14, 1822, d. In Nebraska, Sept. 8, 1858. 

IV J'ichard Levi,, b. Jan. 30, 1838, m. I.ueinda Chii'k. 

V Emma Augusta, b. Sept. 26, 183.o, d. Mareh 20, 18.59. 
The mother d. Jan. 4, 1859. The father d. Dee. 31, 1882. 

Levi T. Lura'ey, brother of the preceding, m. Charlotte, dau. of 
Simon Fickett of Woodstock, May 1, 1859. Children: 

William Harwood, h. Fel). 1, 18(J0. 

Lottie Harirood, b. June 1. 1862. 

The mother d. Oct. 20, 1862, m. 2d, I^uchula, dau. of Stephen StarV)ird. 

Mari/ Louisa, b. July 11, 1866. 

George Levi, b. .July 10, 1871. 

The father d. 1881. 

Richard Levi Lurvey. son of Richard Tol)ev. m. Lucinda Clark 
of Norway. Children : 

Samuel Stephens, b. Oct. 30, 18.59; Hiraiu Clark, b. :S[arch 13, 1862. 
The fatlier d. June 28, 1880. 

Macomber. 
Job M'acomber of Bowdoinham, ni. Catharine Pratt, one of ten 
sisters, and settled in Paris. Children : 

Daniel, b. 1785, m. Mary, dau. of Eduuuid Bowker. 
Catharine, m. Francis Clark, s. Portland. 
Samuel, became a Baptist unaister. 
Job, went vSouth. 
Isaac, (see sketch of Lost Bov-) 

The father d. and the widow ni. Deacon William Barrows of lleliron, 
and was long known as aunt Katie. She d. in Monson, Me. 

Daniel Macombkr, son of Jol», m. Mary, dau. of Edmund 
Bowker, and settled at a place since known as Macomber Corner. 
He was a blacksmith by trade. This faniil^' moved to Glenburn, 
Penobscot Co., and are now all dead. Children : 

Maria, b. Nov. 11, 1808; Mar;/ Aim, b. Aug. 6, 1814; Hiram, b. Jan. 31, 
1816. 



c6g history of paris. 

McAllister. 

JosHPH McAllister once resided in Paris. He came here from 
Lovell. Children : 

Jiidiard Brijant, h. Aug. S, 1815; EdicanJ, b. June 21, 1817; Bitscy^ b. 
April 1, 1819; Emihj, b. April 8, 1821; Joseph, b. Aug. 1, 1823; Gcoryp, b. 
June 2."), 1820. 

The father d. Dee. 7, 1843. 

Samuel McAllister, probably brother of the preceding, ni. Lydia 
Fogg of Buekfi"ld. He was born in Lovell, and has lived in Bethel, 
Paris and elsewhere. He is now living with a second wife in Wood- 
stock. Children : 

Emifij, b. March 24, 1823. 

Clarintla, b. June 5, 182.5. She died from theefteets of a fall while play- 
ing- in the barn at lietiiel, about the year 1832. 
SamucJ Aiif/H.stKn, b. April 1, 1827. 

Benjamin McAllister l)y wife Charlotte, had : 
Bpiijamin B., b. Sept. 3, 182.5; Bvfiis i?., b. June 24, 1827. 

McKenney. 

Henry Mckenney was the son of , who came from 

Scotland, and Miss McCrea of Irish nationality, and was b. at Cape 
Elizabeth. He m. Doll}' Martin of Danville, and came to Paris in 
1823, and settled on the Jonathan Shnrtlett' farm now owned b}' 
Josiah Churchill. Children : 

Jonotlnnt, b. f'apf' Elizabeth, 1804, m. Mary — ■. , s. Ilallowell. 

'A7in, b. '• July, 1800, ni. Ira Durell. 

Lydia, b. " 180S, m. Walter Johnson. 

Moses, h. " 1810, m. .Jordan, s. Danville. 

WiUi<(>,t, b. " Dee. 27, 1812, m. Mary D. Eessey. 

Ilennj, h. " 1814, m. Jane Hall. 

Hannah /.., b. ". 1810, ni. George Trundy of Cape Elizabeth. 

Charles F., b. " 1818, m. Harriet Tribou. 

Jane, b. '' 1820, m. Lewis Mixer. 

John Martin, b. " 1823, ra. Eunice Stanley of Steuben. 

Arhsa, b. Paris, ni. Calvin A. Jaekson, s. Woodstock. 

The father d. Sept. 7, 1870. The mother d. 1871. 

William McKenney, son of Henry, m. Mary D., dan. of War- 
ren Bessey, and settled in the Shaw neighborhood. Children : 

WiUiam Wallaee, b. Feb. 25, 1838. 

Solomon Shav, b. Aug. 13, 1840, killed at Winchester, in Banks* retreat. 

Warren Besse>j, b. Sept. 14, 1842. (See Military IJeeord.) 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 667 

Jiuse. b. July 18, lS4o, in. Rev. Otis Bent Hawson. (See Kawson.) 

Albion Paris Besionj, h. May 24, 1847, d. Feb. 27, 1877. 

Isabella Augusta, b. Aug. 27, 1850. 

Fannie Angeline, b. Aug. 26, 1852, m. Frank A. Messenger. 

Mnrrjie Ann, b. June 15, 1855, ni. George Webster Watson. 

Frank Perley, b. July 21, 1861. 

Tlie mother d. Oct. 30, 1870. 

Henry McKenney, son of Henry, m. Saruli Jane, dau. of Capt. 
Frederic N. Hall. C'hiklren : 

Elizabeth Shaw, b. Jan. 13, 1842, d. July 8, 1861. 

Lervii Frederic, b. Nov. 17, 1843. 

Jonathan Bemis, b. Aug. 27, 1847. 

Sarah Cohtmbia, b. Aug. 12, 1840, d. June 24, 1851. 

AUina Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1851. 

Ilenrii EiJirin, b. Sept. 26, 1855. 

The father d. Feb. 1872. 

McFaddkn. 

Charles McFadden, son of Robert and Margarette (.Sewall) 
McFadden, was b. in Georgetown, Aug. 15, 1.812. and came to 
South Paris village in 1845. He was a tanner and currier, and 
went to work for Phineas Morse. He afterward became proprietor. 
He m. Calista, dan. of Captain f^mmor Rawson, in May, 1846. 
Children : 

Emeline L., b. Sept. 4, 1849, ni. William Franklin Johnson, and had : 
Louisa Gertrude, b. Nov. 26, 1872, d. Xov. 10, 1870; Charlie, b. Feb. 
25, 1875. 

^NIann. 

Deacon Isaac Mann of Canton or Randolph, ^Fass., was b. Nov. 
16, 1784, m. Hepsibah (Vose) Blake, July 31, 1806. She was I». 
Feb. 26, 1786. He settled in this town about 1816. Children : 

Walter E., b. Oct. 7, 1807, m. Betsey Estes, s. Machias. 

Susanna, b. Sept. 13, 1809, m. Asa Matthews, s. Paris. 

Hepsibah, b. Feb. 22, 1812, m. Cyrus Chipmau, s. Paris. 

Abafjail, b. April 29, 1814, in. Luther Stone, s. Paris. 

Harriet X., b. Paris, April 16, 1817, m. Alanson Chandler. 

Nanry Jndson, b. Paris, March 7, 1821, m. Jairus S. Swift, s. Paris. 

Marif rhinnas, b. '' Nov. 27, 1828, m. AVilliam Childs. 

The mother d. Aug. 2, 1838, and he m. 2d, widow Lydia Bryant. Aug. 
13, 1848. He d. March 21, 18.58, aged 74 years. He had been cb^aiou 25 
years. 

Marble. 

Nathans, (Stephen^ SamueP, Freegrace", Samuel') m. Meliitable 
Freeland, dau. of Dr. James and Mehitable (Mellen) Freeland ; she 



668 HISTORY OK PAUIS. 

was b. Sept. 10, 1780. Their first child was born in Sutton, Mass.^ 
Tiie family then moved to Bethel, Me. He was a saddler and har- 
ness maker. Three of his sons, Stephen, Nathan and Freeland, 
learned tlie trade of him while in Bethel. Children, all but the 
oldest b. in Bethel : 

I Jdincs Putnam, b. Sutton, Nov. 2.5, 1800, d. Xov. 20, 1825. 

II Stephen Mellen, b. Dee. 25, 1802, ni. Allura Bonney of Turner. 

III Puhner McrrUI, b. Nov. 12, 1805, d. Dec. 11, 1807. 

IV Nathan Merrill, b. March 5, 180S, ni. Mary Ann Clark, s. Paris. 

V 3Iehitahle Mellen, b. May 9, 1810, m. Judge Joseph G. Cole, s. Paris^ 
VI /^/YfZrtHrZ, b. Xov. 12, 1812, ui. Eliza Clark. 
VII Elizabeth Burhanl-, b. July 24, 1815, m. Hon. Ilirain Hubbard, s. 

Paris. 
VIII Franklin, b. Oct. 27, 1818, m. Maria L. Cole. 
IX Jarvis Carter, b. May 24, 1821, m. Mary Hubbard, s. Paris. 
X Nancy Jennette, b. Aug. 22, 1824, m. Hon. Hiram Hubbard, s. Paris. 
XI James Ban-son, b. May 8, 1827, d. July 22, 185-, killed by explosion 
of powder mill. 
The father d. Xov. 0, 1820. The widow .moved to Paris in 1S2G, and 
afterward m. p]lij:di Hurliauk. He d. in Vcniiont. She d. iu Paris, April 
25, 1874, aged '.(4 years. 

Nathax ]M. Marble, son of Nathan, in. Mary Ann, dan. of Gen. 
Clark of Turner. He settled on Paris Hill, and was the well known 
hotel keeper for many years. Children : 

M((nj. m. Obediab Kimliall. ami settled in lioston, and d. Sept. 15, 1884. 

Jarvis Carter Marble, brother of the i)receding, m. Mary, dau. 
of Russell Hubbard. Oct. 2(). 1842. (See Personal Notice.) Child- 
ren : 

Martj IluJihard, b. Feb. 10, 1844. m. Augustus S. Thayer, M. D. (See 
Tliayer.) 

Elmor IMseii, b. Nov. !), 184(), m. Ella M. Smith. 

Lizzie Hubbard, b, March 23, 1840, m. Orlando S. Thayer. 

Fannie Freelaml, b. Feb. 3, 1854, m. John Pierce. 

Ki.MOR Halsey Marble, son of Jarvis C, m. P^lla M. Smith.. 
Children : 

Fred Jarviii, h. July 11, 1871. 

Alice Chadbdurne^ b. June 10, 1803. 

:Married 2d, Ida E., dau. of A. A. Mann, M. D., of Skowhegan. 

Jarris Carter, b. Oct. 13, 1883, d. iu infanc}'. 

The mother d. Aug. 17, 1884, aged 28 years. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. fiGO 

Marshall. 
David Maksiiall caine from Dublin, N. H., to Fiyebiug. and 
from there to Bethel. He in. Lucy Mason. At the time of the 
Indian raid into Bethel, Aug. 3. 1781, he, with his wife and two 
children started for New Gloucester through tlie woods. Tliey 
stop|)e<l a short time at Jackson's cainj) on Paris Hill. (Sch' Mrs. 
Marshall's account on page (!().) Children : 

Darid, Jr., b. Bethel, Feb. 1, 177!), ni. Saiah Goss. 

Asaltf'l, b. '' March 9, 17S1. ^ , 

Lnh/, b. Hebron, May 8, 17S;^, d. uuinan-ieil. -> j^.^.<^:L^ I 

Walter., b. Hebron, Auu'. 17. 178."), ni. y^htnra ("Jurn<'y. lie was a IJaptist 

minister. 
John, b. Hebron, Nov. 15, 1787, ni. Sallv Gurney, s. Marshall's IVdi.l. 
^f<l)<(■s, b. '* July 25, 1780, m. I'ulh Whitteniore. 
Aaraii, 1). '• Jan. 19, 1792, m. Bethina Bnnipus. 
Nathan, b. Hebron. Jan. 1(5, 1795, m. Zilpha Dinihani. 
Miriam, b. " Ai)ril, 1798, ni. Josejjh Irish. 

The mother d. Auii'. 25. 1824. The lather d. Nov. 20, 1828. 

David Makshall. son of David, in. Sarah, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer 
II. Goss of Paris, and settled on High Street. Children : 

Ebenezer Harndcn Goss, b. July 9, 1812, m. Rebecca Jane Penley ; Abaijail 
Goss, m. Jabez Buck. 

Nathan ^Iaushall, broth.'r of the preceding, m. Zil[)ha, dau. of 
Eleazer Dunham. Feb. 1, 18U), and settled in Paris in 1-820. His 
place was on High Street, riiildi'en : 

Joseph Jrish.h. Feb. 22, 1821. d. M;nvh 1:5. 18:«. 

Nathan Linncns, b. Jan. K!, 182.}, m. .Marv Irish. 

Samuel Deerimj, b. April 18, 1825, m. Esther Ann Penley. 

Eleazer Dunham, b. Jan. 25, 1827, m. Eliza .Jane Edwaids. 

Mary Hannah, b. April 9, 1831, in. Geor<ie Berry, 2d. 

Hiram Deerintj.h. yi-Ay 12, 1S37. ni. ( aroline Ga,o-e. Killed by falliiiLi- 
from a train at Portsmouth, X. II., .March, 1873. 

The mother d. May 23, 1871. 

Ebexkzkr Harndkx Goss Marshall, son of David. .Ir.. m. 
Rebecca Jane, dau. of Joseph Penley, Jan. 29, 1839. Children : 

Sarah Jane, h. Nov. 20, 1840, m. Azariah Cole. 
Mary Ellen,*]}. Aug. 28, 1841, m. John F. Briggs. 
Charles Walkn; b. March 30, 1845, d. March 27, 18()5. 
The mother d. Fel). 2, 1848, m. 2d, Nancy (unmiings, dan. of Daniel and 
Ifancy (Bird) Cummings. 

David Washington, b. March 30, 1851, m. Katt; MeKelijiS. 



670 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Hcrhert Auijustus, b. Jan. li), 1853, m. Anna E. Merrill, s. Norway. 

Eben JIarnden, b. April 23, 185(5. 

Clare.vce. Wesley^ b. July 16, 1859. 

Xathan, b. March 12, 1866. 

Alice Gertrude, b. Jan. 9, 1870. 

The father d. Dec. 29, 1879. 

Nattiax Linnkus Marshall, son of Nathan, m. Marv, dau. of~ 
Joseph and Miriam (Marshall) Irish, April 17, 1844. Settled in, 
Woodstock as a blacksmith, but returned to Paris about 1850.. 
Children : 

Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 7, 1846, m. George Henry Briggs. 
(Teor</e Freehwn, b. Oct. 3, 1852, m. Frances Lane. 

Samuel Dkering Marshall, brother of the preceding, m. Esther 
Ann, dan. of Joseph Penle3-. He resided many years at West Paris, 
and is now on the old homestead on High street. Children : 

Zilpha Aitn. b. Oct. 16, 1846, ni. F. J. Plununer of Sweden. 
rinirh's ,S'., 1). July 23, 1849, in. T.illa J., dau. of Benjamin F. Jack.«on of 

I'ari.s and had: Winnie B., b. Dec. 6, 1873; Annie L., b. Feb. 4, 1879; 

Eva Marion, b. March 16, 1881. 
Lizzie E., b. Sept. 3, 1861. 
Xellie F., b. June 6, 1872. 

Elea/.er D. INIarshall, Ijrother of the jireceding, m. Eliza Jane 
Edwards of Otisfield. 

The father was killed at West Paris, by falling under the tiain, April 12, 
1872. leaving a family. (See Annals.) 

Oi:oK(;ic Freeman Marshall, son of Nathan Linneus, m. Mary 
Fi-anccs. dau. of .lohn Lane of Sumner. Children : 

Iiut E.^telld. b. Dec. 14, 1872, d. Nov. 13, 1876, occasioned by swallowing 
a piece of reed: Delia Clara, b. March 22, 1875; Mary Ellen, b. March 14, 
1.877; -folni Lane. b. July 13, 1879; Leunie Freeman, h. June 17, 1882. 

Martin. 

John H. ■\L\ktix. son of Deacon Henry and Sarah (Flanders) 
IMaitin, was born in Kuniford, March 10. 182G, m. Miranda Flliza- 
beth King, dau. of Augustus King, and settled in Kumford. Moved 
to South Paris Village in 1872. Cliildicn : 

Aiiaastus Kimj. ^^. Kumford, Jan. 15, 18.54, m. Ada F. Chai)man: Charles 
Henry, b. Kumford, Jan. 12, 18.59, m. Sept. 22, 1881, Belle Jennie Hoven- 
don. of Haverhill; Fnd AVH^/cr//, b. Rumford, Dec. 29, 1883 ; Hattie Lo2dsa^ 
b. Auy. 27, 1872. 



HISTOHY OK TARIS. CiTl 

Mason. 

Philip IVIason of Leeds, b. 1787, ni. March 2(;. 182G, Betsey, 
dan. of Asa Cohiirn of Sninner. Settled in Paris in 18-_>."). Cliild- 
reii : 

I Jiispahi b. Sept. 25, 1811, ni. Bowker, s. I'mncr. 

Tl liradloj 1"., b. April 27, 1813, d. yoiinji:. 

III I'liilip, h. July 10, 181G. in. Mary Ann Keen. 

IV NaphtaU, h. Dee. 10, 1817, in. Arvilla Waterman of Buckticld. 
V Betsoj, b. Aii<;:. 3, 1821, in. ^lartin Harris, s. TuriKM-. 

VI licbpcca, b. April 1."), 182;{, in. ^I:ii-tiii Harris, s. Turner. 

VII Daniel Jlacombcr, h. Marcli 10, 1820, in. Nancy ■. 

TIi(> mother d. March 27, 1820, and he in. 2d, Lucy, dan. of Asa < ohuni. 
VIII ,/ohH Si(hie>j, b. April 23, 1827. 
ix Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 8, 1828, in. Llijali 'runicr. 

X Adaniran J"., b. Auf^'. 20, 1831, in. Heath. 

XI BradlPij P., b. Feb. 24, 183."), d. Dee. 10, 1801. 
xil Midvilli' 11., b. .Vug. 2."), 1838, in. IJoscoe Hiick. 
XIII KuiUtj ('., 1). July 30, 1842, in. Luther Turner. 
The father d. Feb. 7, 1856. 

PiHLir Mason, son of Philip, in. Mary A., dan. of Zadock Keen 
of Sumner. May 4, l«ll. She was b. Dec. 28, 1822. Children : 
Lud(dp/uis ]]., b. April 10, 1813, in. Flora E. VMlentine. 
Emrr;/ IF., b. Oct. 1."), 18.")0. ni. Maicia Maxwell. 

Nai'iitali Mason, brother of the preceding, in. Arvilla, dan. of 
James Waterman of BiickfichL Jan. 18, 1840, and settled in Huck- 
liclil. Frouiiiient in town alfaiis in that town and in Paris since his 
removal to South Paris. Children : 

Appleton F., h. A\v^. 3, 184(i, in. Adalaide Monk. s. BiicklieUl. 

Oriza A., h. .Ian. 0, 1845, in. Nehemiah ('. :Mortoii. 

Xanrij .lA, 1). .Jan. 27, ]8.-)2. 

Tile mother d. and he m. 2d, Mary, widow of \V. W. Bowker. and dan. 
of Isaac and Lovina (Caldwell) Cummiiin-s, .lime 10, 1870. 

John Sidxicy Mason, half brother of the precedinii-, had the fol- 
lowing children : 

OZuv' J/a/>p/, b. Oct. 1, 1851, in. America Mayhew^; WilUam A'., )>. Alay 
28, 1853; Mary E., b. May 20, LS.VJ, in. William N. Daniels; BradU'i, 6'., b. 
Sept. 12, 1802; Emily /)., b. Aug. 20, 1804; George C, b. May 8, 1807; 
Eimer, b. April 12, 1800: rharlca .1., b. Dec. 10, 1872. 

Emkhv W. Mason, son o[' Philip, m. Marcia E. ^hixwell. Child- 
ren : 

PItili/i S/ierri'ood, b. Nov. 1, 1871; Anna May. h. Feb. 27. 1S73; Flora 
Eva, b. Oct. 12, 1876; Carl, b. Feb. 16. 1880, 



672 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

Daniel M. Mason, son of Philip, m. Feb. 1852, Nancy A. Buck 
of Buckficld. Cliildren : 

Georgi' C, b. .June 27, 1854; Jennie^ b. .Tunc 17, 1859; Xiiia, b. Dec. 26, 
18G;^; Mi E., h. Sept. 20, 1872. 

Mattiikws. 
Asa, Samuel and Wintiiuop, sons of Valentine and Sarah 
(Cobnni) Matthews, quite early became settlers of this town. Their 
ancestors probably came from North Yarmouth to Sumner. 

Asa Matthews, b. in Sumner, Jan. 1, 17!)9, m. Susan V., dan. of 
Deacon Isaac jNIann, and was long a resident of this town. He d. 
May, 1H68. 

Sajiuel Mathews, brother of the pi'eceding, was born Feb. 19. 
1800, m. Patience, dau. of Ephruim and Joanna (Willis) Rowe, and 
settled in Paris. Children : 

Samuel, h. jNIiiy II. 1827, ni. ^Melissa Xoj-es; Mar//, ui. Joel Crooker of 
Norway; Eliza, ni. .John (looker of Norway; Jlaria, b. July, 1836, m. 
Au.2,usthie Pottle, s. Xorwny; Sia^aii; Charh'>i G., b. June G, 1840, enlisted 
in Co. G, 10th ]Maine, (L Nov. 12. 1862, at Berlin, Mtl. ; Hiram, d. of sun 
stroke at Norway, Aug. 3, 1804. 

The fnther d. Aug. 31, 1864. 'I'hc uiotlicr (b May. 1871. 

WiNTiiuop ^Matthews, b. in Sumner, June 18, 1808, m. Mary, dau. 
of John and llanuali (Thombs) Ibirbour, July 10, 18.")1 She was 
b. yi'AX 3, 1812. John Barbour was a marini'r and was lost at sea, 
leaving a wife :ind two daughters, Mary and Nancy. Mary married 
ns above stated, and Nancy m. Gihuan Daniels. The widow m. 
Asa Dean. Children : 
• Levis BarJ'iiur, 1) Oct. 8, bS32, ni. A<biliiie Ford, s. Mazeppa, Minn. 

Asa Dean, b. Sept. 23, 1834, ni. Nettie Burton, s. Barton's I,aii(Ung, \i. 

Winthrop Aai/nstiis, h. March 29, 1837, ui. Mirnette Woodbury, s. Ma- 
zeppa, Minn. 

Mari/ Ann, b. May 6, 1840, ni. Ansel Swift, s. Waterville. 

Louisa Dacis, h. Sept. 30, 1842, d. May 12, 1843. 

Ellen Columbia, b. Sept. 12, 1844, d. Aug. 10, 1853. 

Charlotte Eliza, b. March 23, 1847, m. F. S. Thaver; 2d, Edwin M. 
Thayer. 

Ailaliue (^uiuci/, h. April 6, 1852, ni. WilUaui ,J. Wheeler. 

AViiitluop Matthews d. Oct. 23, 1884. 

Samuel Matthews, son of Samuel, m. Hannah Melissa, dau. of 
John Noyes of Greenwood. Children : 

Ifattie J/., b. Dec. 28, 1856, ni. Charles L. Long; Edgar E.,h. ^larch 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. G73 

26, 1859, d. Jan. ISO."); Charles, h. Feb. 22, 1802; (V,//,v, 1). July 22,1804, 
d. May 31, 187<); Freddy Green, b. Aui?. 2, 18GG, d. .May 11, ISTG; Frank; 
h. June 28, 180!) ; Addie, b. Oct. .^, 1871 ; Minnie, b. Stypt. 13, 1874, d. May 

27, 1876; Lena JIa>j, b. Sept. 8, 1877. 

Maxim. 
Samuel Maxim* of Kochester, Mass., is the first of the name of 
which we have obtained any record. His will was proved in 17(!3. 
The inventory of his estate of 2")7£' 15s, 8d, bear.s date May 27, 
172'J. His wife's name was Hannali. Chihlren : 

Jacob'', Thaddens^, Dinah^, Samt(er', Edniiind'-, Atloiu'Ja/i'\ Julnr, Free- 
love.- 

Samuel Maxim'-, son of Samnel and Hannah, died in 17("2, and 
left a wife Elizabeth and children : Samuer, Ezra", Elizabeth'', 
Caleb", and NATHAN^ who ra. Martha Chubbuck of Wareham. 
Children, all b. in Wareham. ]Mass., and of the fourth generation 
from Samuel' : 

Lydia, m. Williaai Churchill, s. AVayue. 

Phehe, unmarried, d. iu Wareham. 

Silas, b. Dec. 24, 1700, m. Hannah AN'aterman, s. Pai-i*. 

Ephraim, m. Jemima Cuitip, s. in Wayne. 

Samuel, b. 1700, m. Saviah Eider, s. in Pari.*. 

Jacob, m. Sarah Washbui-n, s. in Wayne. 

JVa«/irt«, m. Sally Jordan, s. in Bucktield. They had: Eunna, b. 1815, 
m. Josiah Weeks; Dorcas, who married Samuel Bailey and went 
West; Nathan, Jr., and perhaps other children. The father died and 
the widow m. 2d, a man named Davy; he died, and slie man-ied third, 
Abijah Lapham as his third w'xfe, and had Abljah. Jr., who died young. 
Abijah Lapham died in 1848, and slie married 4tli, Sauuiel Bryant of 
Woodstock. She died about the year 18.53, from tlie effects of a bui-n, 
her clothes becoming ignited while she was at work 1)}' an oikmi lire. 

Martha, m. Dr. Wing, s. in Wayne. , 

Clara, m. Melatiah Raymond. 

Freelore, m. David Howe. 

Benjamin, m. Eunice Kaymoud, s. in Wayne. 

Samuel Maxim, son of jSathan, m. Saviah Rider of Middleboro,' 
Mass., and settled on the farm now owned by George W. Maxim. 
The family removed to Wayne. Children : 

Clara, m. Frank Knight, s. in Wayne; Patience, \n. Jason Caswell; 

Eliza, b. March 20, 1802, in. Asa, son of Asa Upton of Xorvvay, and resides 

in Wayne; Samuel, b. May 13, 1804, in. Caroline Bryant and s. in Sanger- 

ville; Lucy, b. 1810, m. Jesse Bishop and resides in Wayne; Isaac, n\. 

43 



G74: HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Harriot Stevens ami s. in "Wayne ; Hiram, a son of Isaac, has become noted 
throiiiih the electric light wliich bears his name. 

Samuel 3Iaxim d. in W^ayne, Aug. 14, 1827, aged 58. 

Silas Maxim, son of Nathan, came to Paris in 178H. and pur- 
chased the lot of David Sanger (taking a bond for a deed), where 
he remained tlirongh life. This is one of the few homesteads that 
have remained in the possession of the family. He m. Hannah, 
dan. of Ichabod and Hannah (Kogers) Waterman of Kingston, 
Mass.. Sept. 3, 17!!.'). Their names appear first on the record of 
publislnnents after the organization of the town. Children : 

,S'(7«.s^, b. July 1, 17i)0, m. Hannah Packard, s. Paris. 

Zi'nns, b. Sept. 18, 1798, m. Sybil Brett, s. Paris. 

HansH, b. Feb. 18, 1800, d. 1801. 

G/'orifc Waterman, b. Dec. 15, 1801, m. Lois Bailey, s. Bangor. 

Lia-i, 1). July 31, 1S05, m. Eliza Bucknam, s. Hebron. 

IlanunJK 1). .March 13, 1809, m. Col. Orison Kipley, s. Paris. 

Ephraim, b. April 10, 1810, m. Jaicv Bearce, s. Paris. 

EUzahi'th, b. July 2(J, 1812, m. Isaac Harlow, s. Paris. 

Bciijiimiii, 1). Xov. 30, 1814, m. Susan Harlow, s. Buckfield. 

The father d. ^lay 21, 18.58, aged nearly 92 years. The mother d. Feb. 
1849. 

Caftain Silas Maxim, son of Silas, m. Feb. 20, 182(3, Hannah, 
dau. of Ichabod and Rachel (Cole) Packard of Hebron. She was 
b. April o, 1704. He settled on the Benjamin Chesle}' farm, where 
he remained through life. Children : 

SildK PaH-ard, b. Feb. 21, 1827, m. Augusta M. Prentiss. 

Hannah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1831, m. John W. Allen. 

Bachel, b. Sept. 2, 1835, d. Oct. 19, 18.35. 

Caroline Frances, b. Feb. 11, 1837, m. Rev. Henry Austin, s. Pleasanton, 
Mich. 

The father d. Fcl). 8, 1872; the mother d. April 2(;, 1870. 

Zenas Maxim, bi'other of the preceding, m. Sybil, dau. of Luther 
Brett, and settled on the farm, previously occupied b}' Samuel 
Maxim. Children : 

Larretia, b. June 20, 1825, m. David S\igden. 

Manj S., b. May 21, 1827, m. Henry Town ; 2d, Edwin Gleason of South- 
bridge, Mass. 

Zenas, ( b. Feb. 10, 1830, m. Sarah Jiine Waldrou, s. Fon-du- 



Twins < lac. 
Geiiriie II'., (l). Feb. 10, 1830, resides on the homestead. 

Catharine Grorl;er, b. Aug. 7, 183S, resides on the homestead. 

Luther Howard, b. ^Vlarch 10, 1844, m. Abbie R., dau. of James Merrill, 

resides in Sunnier, and has: Melvena, Fannie, Son. 

Zenas Maxim d. Feb. 7, 1883. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 675 

Captain George AVatekman Maxim, lirollicr of tlie preceding, 
m. Lois. (laii. of Josiali IJailey of liiicldield. March 4, 1820. She 
was 1). in Windham. iNIarcli 80, 1804. He was a carpenter and 
builder, and s. in Bangor. He was in command of the company at 
IMadawaska. at the time of the -'Aroostoolx war.'' C'hildi'en : 

(icornc Frccnmn, b. Nov. !), 1830, drowned while hathin;>-, Aiiii". "), 1849. 
He had taken high rank in hi.* studies, and was about to enter colleo-e. 

Lois Elizabeth, b. April 9, lS:j-2, ni. Josiah F. Kobinson ot I5aii,i;or. 

Lurij Baih'ii, b. Dee. 29. 18:57. d. Jan. f), 18:57. 

Martha Orinda. b. Xov. 4. is;;!), d. Oct. 4. 1841. 

Emma Frances, h. Aug. 11. 1842. ni. Jason W. Smith, s. :\Iinncai)olis. 

Flora Lnnj, b. Dee. 27, 1847. 

The father d. July 18, 1S(;9. The mother d. Xov. 12, 180;"). 

Levi :\L\xim, l)rother of tiie i)receding. m. Eliza Bucknam of 
Hehron, and settled there. Children: 
Eliza Elh'ii, 1). Au<;-. 22, is:}.*). r. on the homestead. 
Levi Addisou, b. Sept. i;5, 18:57, ni. Abbie Merrill of Hebron, and had: 

Percy E., b. Jan. 24, 18()8; Herbert L., b. Xov. 27, 1SG8. 
Mi/ri AnvHto, b. May 2.^, 184:5, m. John Lane Davenport of Meudon, 

Mass. Children: Ernest M., b. Jfay 1, 1882. 
Roxauuii Adrlaiilf. h. .Ian. 29. 1848, r. on the liomestead. 
The father d. April 7. 18'52. 

Ei'HKAiM Maxi.m. l)roiher of the preceding, m. Lucy, dau. of 
Gideon Bearce of HeI)ron. A[)ril 30, 18:38. She was b. Mav 4, 
1818. He settled on tlie liiMiiestcad. Chihiren : 

Ephraim Jalian, b. Au"-. 30, 1839, d. in Boston, Fcl). 19, 18(!4. 

Ed'rin, b. May 13, 1843, d. Dee. 7, 1843. 

Flnrian Beam-, b. Get. 9, 1847. m. Jlary E., dau. of Joseph R. Morse. 

and had: Gertrude, b. Sept. 22, 1873. d. July 10, 1879; Florence May, 

b. July 1.5, 1S7.5; Bessie Leanette, b. Feb. 27, 1879; Mildred Evelyn, 

1). Jidy 13, 1884. 
Adrian Trtit„an,h. Aug-. G, 18.')4, m. Ida :Mabel Bunipus, and resides on 

the homestead. Childron: Horace Warren, 1). April 17. 1879: Kobert 

F., b. Dee. 2G, 1882. 

Captain Ben.iamix Maxim, brother of the preceding, m. Susan, 
dau. of Xatlianiel Harlow, and settled in Buckdeld. Children : 
I Maria Louisa, b. ^lareh. 1840, ni. James E. Hooper. 
II Henry Harrison, b. Man li 28, 1841, m. Alice, dau. of Col. Orison 

Ripley, and had Bert«d W. 
Ill Olhan A., b. Oct. 14, 1842, m. Amanda M., dau. of Austin l*ar- 
tridge, and resides on Paris Hill. Children: Maynard, b. Jan. 
4, 1M7.") ; Helen, b. June 30. 1877. 



676 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

IV WnUam iVaJlacr, h. Sept. 10. 1844, iii. Ilenriett;!. tlau. of A. T. 
Ciimmings of Wood^itoi-k, ami had: Howard F., b. Oct. 23, 
186S. 
V Fr<nik, b. Jan. 4, 1847, ni. Flora A., dan. of ^Vinslo^v and Sopliro- 
uia (Farrar) Evans. She was b. March 2;i. IS'rl. and had : 
Mertie Belle, b. Deo. 21, 1876; Harr-y. 
VI Amainki, b. Xov. 3, 1848, m. Bernard E. Viinnii-. s. Buckrteld. 
VII Rose, b. Aug. 30, 1850. 
VIII D'niief Webster, h. Feb. 13, 1S.j3. 
IX Murtha, ] b. April 10. 1857, teacher of niusir in Boston. 

\ twins. 
X M<rr>j, j b. April 10. 1857. 

Silas P. Maxim, sou of Cai)tHin Silas, in. Angiista ]M.. daii. of 
Calel) and Almira ( Wheeler > Prentiss, Sept. 13, 18.3.3. She was 
b. in Foxcroft, March 3, 1834. He settled on tlie homestead, and 
removed to South Paris village. Children : 

Walter Prentiss, b. March 13, 1857, hj. Amy Louisa Stowcll ; Laura 
Aufjusta, b. April 27, 1859; Myron IF., b. April 22. 18ii2; Florence Almira, 
h. 3ray 15, 1864; Silas Sam/er, b. Oct. 6, 1872. 

Xatiiax Maxim is the fourth in name and generation from Nathan 
of AVareham. He is the son of Nathan and Arvilla (Turner) 
Maxim of Buckfield, b. 1838, m. Nov. 4. 18Go, Frances M., dau. 
of Harve\- and Sophia (Gammoni Dunham of Hebron. She was 
b. Dec. 24, 1847. He settled in Paris in the Mountain district in 
1870. Children : 

Xellie r., b. Oct. 10, 1804, m. Freeland Harlow; ./--»»;> Z., h. Sept. i), 
180(i; Verna M., b. Dec. 2, 1808; Ernest H., b. Sept. 21, 1871; Alton C, b. 
Dec. 17. 1873: Effie 3/., b. May 2. 1878; Lira F , b. May 20, 1880. 

^NIaviiew. 
Amkkica F. Mayhew, son of Alexander, m. .Mal)cl. dau. of John 
S. ]Mason of Paris. Children : 
Leslie, b. Dec. 10, 1870. 

Mellex. 
Alansok Mellex was the son of Thomas, Jr. and Eunice (Fitch) 
Mellen, and grandson of Thomas Mellen, all of Hopkinton. Mass. 
He was employed for a few years as clerk for Seth and Luke Bemis, 
who did a milling business and had a store near .Snow's Falls. He 
married Mary, dau. of Josiah Bisco. On one occasion, when 
returning from Hopkinton to Paris, he brought the sprout of an elm 
tree, which he set out near Snow's Falls, and which is still standing, 



HISTOKV OK PARIS. bit 

and of a ilitfereiit variety tVoin the otlier elms in the vicinity. He 
served as town clerk, and was the popnlar Register of Deeds for 
Oxford county for more than thirt}- consecutive years. He was also 
a public spirited and valuable citizen of Paris. He died Dec. 9, 
1851, and his wife dieil March 12, 182r.. Children : 

Leonard, h. Jan. 20, 1813, d. June 17, 1843. 

Jonas Biscoe, b. Dec. 7, 1814, d. June 2.5, 1824. 

Eunice Fitch, b. Oct. 17, 181(J, m. Geo. Rawison, M. D.; ui. 2d. Ebas 

Chase and settled in Portland. 
Mary Jlason, b. Nov. 10, 1818. 

Charles Thomas, b. Xov. 20, 1820, m. Lucretia Jackson. 
George Lovell, b. Jan. 28, 1823, ni. Xancy X. \Vino; of Wayne. 

Chakles Thomas ]Mellex. son of Major Alauson, m. Lucretia, 
dau. of Joseph Jackson. Children : 

Charies J., h. Feb. 20, 18.57. lie was a youuii; uiau of much promise, 
was principal of Shapleigh academy. He was drowned Dec. 17, 1881. 
Mary TsaheUr. h. Feb. 20. 18G0. 

George Lovell Mellen, whose name was accidentally omitted 
from our account of Paris Newspai)er Men, served his time in the 
Oxford Democrat office, afterward went to Boston and was part 
owner and publisher of tlie Boston AVeekly Museum. He subse- 
quently returned to P:iris. and became part owner in the Oxford 
Democrat establishment, which he conducted until l'S.')3. when he 
sold out. He was route agent on the route between Portland and 
Bangor, subsequent!}' ticket and freight agent for the Portland and 
Rochester Railroad, and afterwards conducted the DeWitt House at 
Lewiston, in connection with G. G. Waterhouse. On the death of 
the latter, Mr. Mellen returned to the old liomestead in Paris where 
he 3'et resides. He married in 1852. Nancy X., dau. of James 
Wing. Esq.. of Wayne. 

^Ikkkill. 
William 1Mkki;ill was b. in Falmouth, Dec. 20, 177(i. m. X'ancy, 
dau. of James Roliinson of Scarl)()roiigh. Slie was b. Sept. 15, 
1783. They, with a family of eight cliildren came to Paris, March 
IG. 18H;, and settled on the farm still retained in the famil}'. 
Children : 

Mary, h. Sept. 1804, now living" on the homestead. 
Jane, b. Oct. 1805, ni. Xatbaniel Liifkiu, s. Xorth Yarmouth. 
Elisabeth, h. Sept. 1806, m. John Smith, s. Orrington. 
Xancy, h. April, 1808, m. John Foster, s. Bangor. 



'678 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

James, h. Nov. 1810, in. Eliza Dunliaiii. 
Louisa, h. June, 1812, ni. George Holmes, s. BiuktieUl. 
■John i?., b. April. 1814, m. Mary .Sanborn, s. Paris Hill. 
William, b. Jan. 1*^16. 
Jienjamin, b. Sept. 1810, d. 1867. 
Martha, b. July, 1821, ni. Amos Doe, s. Xorwaj-. 
Aha'jaiJ, b. April, 1824, d. Dee. 1824. 
Silas, b. 1825, d. Aug. 10, 1848. 

Silas Merrill, half brother of the preceding, was b. in Free- 
port, Oct. 4, 1784, m. Sally Green, Oct. 28, 1807. She was b. 
Oct. 8, 1785. Children : 

I Jost'j)h Green, b. May 2(), 1809. 
The mother d._^Married 2d, Elizabeth Loi-ing, b. Xov. 14. 1784, m. 1811. 
II Sarah Ames, b. Aug. 10, 1812, d. 18.S0. 

III Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1817, s. in Bangor. 

IV John E(les,'h. March 2, 1819, ni. Sarah Glidden. 
V Edmund Davis, h. Oct. 5, 1821, d. Jan. 21, 1827. 

VI Susaji Jane, ni. Guilford Lowe, s. Bangor. 
The mother d. May 27, 1823, m. 3ii, Sar.ili. dau. of .Jobn Carsley. widow 
of Will. Buck. 

VH ^[rrilJa Rcciiril, b. .lune 25, 1824, m. Tristram Hersey. 
VIII Ahanail, b. Aiiril 27. 182G, d. Jan. 24. 1829. 
IX Freeman Carslei/, b. March 15, 1828, m. Sarah Augusta Brett. 
X Daniel Carsley, b. June 7, 1830, m. Harriet A. Newman. 
XI Louisa B., b. Dee. 14, 1832. 

James Merrill, son of AVilliain, m. Eliza, dau. of Samuel Dun- 
ham of Woodstock, in 1852. She was b. 1827. He settled on the 
homestead farm, and w^as a successful farmer. Children : 

Loren B.,h. Feb. 14, 1853. 

Lyman S., b. Aug. 5, 18.54, in. Marv W. Timberlake of Livermore. 

Ahby L., b. Nov. 18, 185(i, m. T.vither H. Maxim. 

Charles IL, b. Oct. 1, 18(10, m. Bosie Sturtevant. 

Georye W., b. " m. Annie L. Pulsifer of Sumner. 

John R. Merrill, brother of the prccedhig, was a carriage maker 
1)}' trade. He m. MaiT, dau. of vSteiilien Sanborn, 1). in Greenwood, 
March 8, 1818. He settled on Paris Hill and remained there through 
life. Children : 

Freih-rir William, b. Feb. 14, 184G : Anna Kli.-ahi-tlt, b. Oct. 20, 1848. 
The father d. Dec. 27, 1800. The mothei- d. Aug. 1(5, 1874. 

, John Edes Merrill, son of Silas, m. Sarah Glidden of AVolf- 
borough. N. H.. May 3, 1846. She died in IJoston. Mass., Oct. 10, 



IIISTOKY OK IWIMS. 679 

1848, m. 2d, 3Iar\- JaiK', dau. of Jaooh lin.wn of TIaittonl. April 

18, 1850. Settled in raris. 1861. C'hildieii .• 
Gfo»vA' /;.. b. Xcwtoii. \. H.. s,.i,r. 2S. is,-,2. ,„. i,,.ttv I'.M.l ,,i i',i„..,. 

Edward Island. 
The niotli(M-d. Maivli 22. ISOS, m. M. Kale. dau. <.t Tli.u,l..iv Sion,. ,,f 

Watorfonl. aii.l widow of Alliiuu K. I'. Duuliaiii of S..iuli I'ari-. 

Freeman Cakslev Mkkuii.i.. s<mi of Silas and Sarah (Carslev) 
Men-ill, ni. Sarah Aiiuusta, dau. of Sencea Hridt, Dec. 21. ),s52, 
and settled at South Paris. Children : 

Lorin;/ Brett, 1). Jan. 17, IS.")."), d. ,Iaii. 22. IS.")."). 

The n)other d. Jan. 2(J. 185."), lu. 2d, 3Iary D., dau. of Sanuiol Philip 
Anderson of Otislield. Nov. 10, 18(!;^. She was 1). Jan. 29. 18:w. 

Annie Loidsp, h. Sept. 7, 18()4. d. .June 7, 1882. 

Miri/ Alice, b. Auo;. 17, 18(57. 

The mother d. March 1!), 1878. ni. .M. Matilda .(.. dan. of Jodah 'i'. and 
r.vnthia (Cobb) Stetson, Aug. 11. 1871). 

Daniel Cakslev Mkkhile. brother of the preceding, m. Harriet 

A., dau of and Lois (Sturtevant) Newman, Feb. 2G, 1853. 

Children : 

Ed;jar A., b. May 12, 1854; WiUiam P., b. Dec. in, 18.").5, d. Sept. 2(5. 1850; 
Arthxr II., b. July 11, 18G0; Freeman A., b. Aug. 7, 1804, d. Mav 2, 1807; 
H'ttie Z., b. :May 9, 18(58, d. May 9. 1808. 

MOODV. 

Benaiaii ^Ioodv. son of Josiali and his second wife Mehitablc 
(Huston) :Moody, was b. in Falmoutii, Aug. 28. 17KG. He m. 
Thankful, dau. of Jesse Briggs of I'aris. Josiah Moody, father of 
lienaiah. was the son of Houchin Moody of Poitland, lived in Port- 
land, Danville, Paris, and moved to Woodstock and died there. 
His first wife was Humility Proctor. This family descended from 
tile Xewliury family of this Dame. Children': 

Jane, b. Ilandin-s Grant, De.-. 22, 1822, ni. Asa F. Bartlett, r. IJetliel. 

Polly, b. Paris, Xov. 28, 1824, m. Seth Morse, r. Xorth Paris. 

Emeline, b. Paris, Dec. 21, 1827, d. Jan. 2, 18.58. 

Jesse, b. " Dec. 21, 1827, d. Feb. 22, 1828. 

Oleria Ann, b. Paris, July 13, 1S28, m. Joseph Penley. 

L;tm^n Benaiah, b. Paris, Jan. 9, 1830, enlisted in U. S. Arniv, d. Jan 

17, 18.53. 
Xehon B., b. Paris, May 7, 1832, ni. Eliza R. Stephens. 
The father d. Oct. 31, 1853. The mother d. July 31, 1878. 



680 iiistoky of paris. 

Moore. 
Elisiia Moore was 1). in Southboro, Mass., and m. Elizabeth, a 
sister of Captain Seth INIorse of Soutli Paris. He settled in Paris 
near the Gen. Bolster farm, and late in life moved to Sonth Paris 
village. Children : 

rJolJn, b. S()utli1)oro, Fel). lo, 1800, m. Ansel Field, and was long a resi- 
dent of South Paris. He d. Feb. 18, 1868, DoUj-^ d. Feb. 7, 1877. 
Eliza, b. Southboro, April 25, 1801, m. James Deeiing, s. South Paris. 
3Mlicent; {MiWy) b. Pari.*, Sept. 7, 1805, m. Charles Dole. 
Dexter B., b. Paris, May 1, 1807, ui. Mary Jordan. 
Deniii.'i, b. •■' Dec. 17, 1810, m. Betsey Ballard of Fryeburg. 

HolliK, b. " Oct. 3, 1814, m. Mrs. Mary F. Sanger of South Bos- 

ton, now living there. 

Dexter B. ]Moore, son of Klisha, m. Mary, dan. of Elijah Jor- 
dan, Sept. 5, 1832. Children: 

Hullis, b. Aug. 5, 1834, ni. Jessie Knight; Geonjia, b. July 18, 1836; 
.hfirii^ .A, 1). Jan. 27, 1838; 3Ior(/eiia, b. May 7, 1842; Sumner -F., b. April 
4, 1S44, m. Ellen M. Andrews, Oct. 9, 1883; Lewis A., b. Aug. 5, 1848; 
Aiuin, b. :May 28, 1850, ni. Albert Beimett of Norway; Willie, b. Jan. 12, 
1855. 

The father d. July 22, 1883. 

Morse. 

Samuel Morse, the emigrant ancestor of the Paris families of this 
name, is named in a manuscript record in Rolls Court, Westminster 
Hall, London. The following extract shows the laws of cimrcli and 
State to which the early emigrants were obliged to conform. "April 
15, 1035. Theis parties hereafter expressed are to be transported 
to New England, indjarqned in the Increase, Robert Lee, Master, 
having taken the oatli of allegiance and supremacy as being con- 
formable to the orders and discipline of the church of P^ngland, 
whereof they brought testimony, per certificate, from the Justices 
and ministers where their abodes have lately been." The family 
consisted of Samuel Morse, aged 50, Elizabeth Morse, aged 48, and 
Joseph Morse, aged 20. On arriving in this country, he first settled 
in Watertown, Mass., and soon after joined a company and received 
a ffrant from the General Court, of a tract of land now included in 
Dedham. The line of descent is Samuer, Joseph'', Captain Joseph , 
Josel)h^ Seth% and Barachias Morse^ who was born in Hopkiuton 
in 1733, m. Sophia Chadwick. Children all b. in Hopkiuton, Mass. 

,/o/(;/, 1). 1754, tl. 1837; llnnnas, h. 1756, m. Susanna Mellen; Mart/^h. 
May 23, 1758, ni. Nathaniel Bnrnap: L>j(li<i, b. 1760, ni. Bellows; 



HISTORY OK PAUIS. 681 

David, b. 17(i2, in. Tatty 'I'aylor; Sctit, h. 17G3. in. Miriam JIail. s. Taris; 
iSamKfl. h. 17Go; Jantcx, b. Feb. 11, 1707, in. T.ytUa Hall, s. Paris; Josiplt, 
b. June 12, 1708, in. Olive Fairbanks: EUxIm, h. April 19, 1770, m. Patty 
Howe; ElizaJnth, h. Aug. 22, 1772. in. Elisha :Moore, s., Paris; Mi>!<('s, h. 
Sept. 2, 1775, ni. Lucy Wetherbee. 

Captain Seth Morse, son of Baracliias, m. Miriam, dau. of 
Jonathan Hall. He was a captain in the Revolution. He settled 
on the lot in the south end of the town, afterward owned by Thomas 
Hill. He remained on this farm until June, 1803, at which time he 
became joint purchaser of eighty acres at South Paris village, then 
composed of .two or three houses and the mills. He was identified 
with the business enterprises of the village, as stated in another 
place. He was prominent in town affairs, and scrutinized the expen- 
ditures and appropriations so closely, that he was considered the 
watch-dog of the finances of the town. He was representative to 
the General Court at Boston with Albion K. Parris, in 1813, the 
town then sending two ; with Alanson Mellen in 1814, and with Dr. 
Benjamin Chandler in 1816. They had no cliildren. Dea. Elisha 
Morse, a nephew, came to live witli them when a boy ot fifteen, 
and at their decease, became owner of the estate. Eliza Moore, a 
niece of Mrs. Morse, pas-ed her girlhood iu the familv. Capt. Seth 
Morse died at South Paris, ]May 8, 1854. 

James Morse, brother of the preceding, m. Lydia, dau. of Jona- 
than Hall, and settled in Paris. Children : 

Bets(f(/, in. Solomon Cloudinan; S<-th. in. Philinda Pawson ; Samvj-l. in. 
White; Miriam, in. Zaehary Carey: Hurrict. 



Seth Morse, son of James, m. Philinda, dau. of Artemas Raw- 
son. Children : 

Vesta L., b. March 16, 181.5, d. July 4, 1847; Emmor Bai'snu, b. April 
11, 1817, d. May 3, 1830; William BKssell, b. Dec. 21, 1818, m. Ellen M. 
Kichards; Cyrus Hamlin, h. ^ox. ii), lS-22, d. Nov. 1852; Seth Ansley, b. 
Sept. 29, 1824, d. Jan. 2, 18.53; Miranda King, b. 3Iay 18, 1827, d. Dec. 2, 
1865; Abijah Hall, b. April 29, 1828; Joseph Hall, h. Jan. 25, 1832, d. April 
22, 1865, m. F. C. Jordan. 

The father d. Nov. 24, 1836. The mother d. MaiTli 10, 18G9. aged 80. 

Deacon Elisha Morse, son of Deacon Elisha and Patty (Howe) 
Morse, was b. in Hopkinton. Aug. 2, 1801, and came to Paris to 
live with his uncle Seth in 1816. He m. ^liranda, dau. of Captain 
George King in 1824. He served in town office, was representa- 



682 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

tive. and a leader in affairs of church and society. He d. Oct. 21, 

1874. Children: 

I Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1825, m. O. W. Bent. 

II EUzabetJu'h. Jan. 29, 1828, ni. Granville M. Chase. 

III Elisha, b. Jan. 12, 1S;J1, m. Lizzie Pilsbury. 

IV Aui/iixtits, b. Feb. 1."), 1833, d. May 24, 1857. 
V George, b. Sept. 12, 1835, d. July 29, 1858. 

VI Sarah, b. Jan. 7, 1839, ni. Rufus S. Stevens, (see Stevens.) 
The mother d. Oct. 1. 1844. m. 2d, Ann C. dau. of Col. Henry R. Par- 
sons. 

VII Charles, b. Dee. 24, 1845. 

VIII Alfred Efujene, b. Xov. 2, 1847, m. Jennie M. Bartlett. 

IX Seth, b. June 25, 1849, d. Aug. 9, 18.54. 

X Henry, b. March 25, 1851, d. Aug. 4, 1854. 

XI Samuel, b. May 8, 18.53. 

XII Anna Parsons, b. .July 20, 1855. 

Phixeas Morse, brother of the preceding, was 1). in Hopkinton, 
Mass., May 3, 1797, in. Ann, dau. of John Daniels, Jr., and set- 
tled at South Paris : became the owner of the Ezra Carey stand, 
and carried on tlie tanning business. The estate is retained in the 
hands of his son L3man. Children : 

Willard, b. June 28, 1823; Martha Ann, b. Jan. 24, 1820; Appleton II., b. 
March 3, 1829, d. in Boston, Feb. 8, 1856; Lyman, b. Sept. 10, 1835. 
The father d. March 11. 1857. ' The mother d. Jan. 18, 1872. 

Elisha Morse, son of Deacon Elisha, in. Lizzie, dau. of Rev. I. 
Pillsbury of Macomb. 111., April 29, 1859. She svas b. Oct. 12, 
1839. Settled in .Minneapolis, ^finn. Children : 

Annie, h.Di^v. 5, 18()0, d. June 4, 18(32; Georye A., b. June 30, 1862; 
Mary L., b. April 12. 186G; Edvmrd P., b. Oct. 27, 1868; William D., b. 
Feb. 3, 1870: Frank Van T'/^'-/-. b. May 16. 1879. 

Alfred E. Morse, brother of the preceding, m. Jennie M. Bart- 
lett of Westbrook. Children : 
Nellie, b. Jan. 2, 1873. 

Morton. 
PiCHARD Morton and his two brothers, Joseph and Ebenezer, 
were of Otisfield, and became residents of South Paris village, and 
died here. Ciuldren : 

Freeman Cornish, b. July 15, 1820, m. Harriet A. Hodgdon. 
James Perry, b. July 18, 1822, in. Helen Hainden. 
AngeUne, b. Dec 19, 1823, d. Feb. 19, 1881. 
Ann Maria, b. Oct. 29, 1827. 



IIISTOKV OV VMU^. 083 

,/ohii Ji'Ui'tt, b. Ort. •_>(), lS-2;», m. Ihuinah H. Moise. 
NeiriU Judson h. ,^\uw 0, IS.'UJ. d. Fob. 12. 18;57. 
Horari' Jiuhnii. b. April 10, IS.'JS, in. I.imra F. Kiuipp. 
'I'bi' t'atbei- il. SeiU. -JS. 1S(>1. Tbc mother d. .I.in. 2 4. 1807. 

Joseph B. Morton, brother of the preceding. Childivii : 

Martha Maria, b. Sept. 22, 1S27; Joseph, h. June 10, 182!); Lurntia Jor- 
<lan, b. Jul}- 7, 1S31 ; Sophia JV., b. 183"), m. Geo. E. Woodbury; William 
A., b. May 31, 1839. 

Ebkn'kzku Morton. hrothiT of the [jreceding, h. Dee. •'^. IT'.i'.i. m. 
Nov. 10, 1828, Emily J. Dyer, b. May 21, Iso;). C'iiil.bvn : 

Luther Milton, b. Aug. U, 1830; Dai-iil *S'., b. Dee. 20, 1831 ; Ahlnj i»., b. 
Nov. 9, 1833; Olirer Franklin, b. Oet. 10, 1835, d. May 2, 1805; (ieonje 11'., 
b. July 0, 1837, ni. in New York; Franecs Helen, b. Aug. 11, 1839, m. 1st, 

Thomas Kelley, 2*1, Soule; Mart/ E., b. Aug. 10, 1841, ui. Abel C. T. 

King; Miranda M., b. Aug. 11, 1844, m. George II. Chase; Emma L., b. 
Nov. 28, 1840, d. Sept. 9, 1847. 

The father d. Oet. 12, 1808. 

John Ji:\i;tt Morton, son of Kiehard, ui. Hannah 1>.. ibm. of 
Nathan Morse, and resides at South Paris. He has been in the 
employ of the Grand Trunk K. K. since it was first oi)ened. Child- 
ren : 

Ada Mail, b. May 1, 1858, ni. N. D. Bolster; lialph 11'., b. Oet. 28, 1S59; 
llarnj lUrharO, b. Oet. 23, 1801; Helen True, b. Jan. 17. 1809. 

AN'ii.i.iAM Stiioit Morton, of anotiier family, was b. March 27, 
181 >, and m. J-'rudeuce Sawin Bates. He died May o, 1842. and 
the widow m. Martin Crockett. (See Crockett.) Children: 

Helm Jane, h. July 29, 18;{8, m. A. K. liessey, M. D. (See lU'sspy.) 

Hi'in-ij Franklin, b. Dee. 5, 1839, ni. Lucelia C, dau. of Ell)ridge Forbes, 
Sci)t. 22, 1801. and had: William Prentiss, b. June 24, lS(i2; Julia 
Prudence, h. Marrli 1. l^Of!; \Valtt>r Flbridge. 1). .Iniie :>, lSli7; (ieorge 
Kandall, b. Aug. 17, ISOS; Henry Alden. h. ,Iuiic 2, 187(1; Clarfin-e 
(iartield, b. Aug. 2, ISSl. 

Benjamin Jiaitdall, b. Dee. 10, 1841 (see Military IJeeord), m. Lucy -lane, 
dau. of Austin Chase, and had: Laura Helen. 

Ml'KDOCK. 

Ki.iAi; MiKoocK, son of James and Rutli (A>'ashl)nrn ) Murdock, 
b. May la, 1820, m. Sept. 1848, Sarah Ann, widow of Sanuu'l Brad- 
ley Banister of Boston, and dau. of John Goodridge of Boston. 
She was b. March 18, 181G. (Sec Military Record.) He settled 
4it North Paris and became the owner of the grist mill. Childri'u : 

Edo-ard llV.s^'*/, b. Aug. 4, 18.50; Paulin<' Camline, h. ,lan. 11. ls:.2, m. 



684 HISTORY OK PAKIS. 

Llewellyn Pratt; FmJeric Aiii/ustas, h. Maj^ G, 18.)4, tl. March 22, 1855. 
The inotlier d. April IG, 1S76. The father d. June 1, 1877. 

MUZZKY. 

Rev. Francis Muzzey, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Hamilton)' 
Muzzey, was b. in Middleburg, Vt., Jan, 5, 1813 ; fitted for college 
at Andover, Mass., graduated at Dartmouth in 1842, and studied at 
Andover Theological school, m. Columbia, dan. of Capt. Frederic 
N. Hall, and settled ns missionary in Hancock counter, Ohio ; 
moved to Paris and settled on the Frederic Hall farm in 1856. 
Children : 

Clarenden, h. Ohio, :March 22, 1850, d. in Patterson, X. J., July 28, 1874- 

Manj Coluhihid, b. Ohio, April 28, 1852, d. April 2, 1878. 

Charles Frederic, b. Ohio, Dec. 22, 1853, m. Leora Verrill, s. AV. Auburn.. 

Frances He)irij, b. " May 8, 1856, m. Fannie Stowell. 

Elizabeth Maria Farris, b. May 10, 18G2, m. Herbert D. Field of Aul>uru. 

Nason. 
John Nason 's name appears quite early on our records, but little 
is known of his family. His daughter Polly was the wife of Enoch 
Hammond, who also resided in this town a few years. Both fami- 
lies moved to Woodstock, John Nason being one of the earh* set- 
tlers of that town. 

Nelson. 

Nathan Nelson of Milford, Mass.. m. Jerusha Cliapin. and set- 
tled in No. 4, now Paris, on the lot now the farm of Ransom Ripley 
in 1784. He was here at that date, as shown by the records. He 
remained on this lot until ]Ma3' 23, 1706, at which date, he sold to 
Abner Rawson and moved to Oxford. Children : 

Xathan, Jr., b. Aug'. 29, 1784, m. Bridghani, 8. Oxford. 

Anna, b. July 27, 1786, m. Cushuian. 

Lydia, b. Aug. 27, 1789, d. unmarried. 

Charlotte, b. Jan. 7, 1791, m. Jacob Tewksburj', M. D. 

Alexander, 1). June 15, 1795, .<. in Livermore. 

Jerusha, b. Aug. 4, 1797, ui. Whitteniore. 

Aitstin, b. Sept. 3, 1799, ui. Faurn, dau. of Asa Thayer. 

Ebenezer Nelson, brother of the preceding, settled on the west 
end of the lot. The site of the old log house is still to be seen, and 
some apple trees near by. It may be seen from the road as one 
passes from the Cai'penter Corner to the scliool house. They only 
made a beginning here. Two plain slabs mark their resting place in 
the old cemetery, Paris Hill. Ebenezer Nelson d. June 2, 1787,. 
Patience, April 27, 1788. 



HISTORY OV TARIS. 685 

NOYKS. 

William Noyes, m. Salh' Daniels of this town, and spent the last 
of his life here. He was the son of Bela Noyes, an early settler in 
Norway, and for many years kept a hotel at "Greenwood City." 
He had no ehildren. 

Other families of this name were qnite early here, l)nt did not 
remain long enongh to be much identified with the town. .John 
No3'es, with a large family was here when the census of 1821 was 
taken. 

Owens. 

Luke Owens, said to have been a deserter from an English shi|), 
•came into this town about the year 1800, from Woodstock, and ni. 
a dau. of Elisha Cummings. He w^as taxed here in 1810. but was 
not here when the census was taken in 1821. He was a jolly son of 
''Erin." and many stories are told of his wild pranks. 

O'JiuiEN. 

Dennis O'Brien, an Irishman, was perhaps, with the exception 
of Philip Donahoe, the first of that nationality who settled in Paris. 
He bought land in the northwest pai't of the town. l)ut did not 
remain here long, and where he went is unknown to the writer. His 
Irish brogue was a curiosity to the young i)eople of that day, much 
more so than it, would be now. 

Paine. 

Jacob Paine (see Paine Genealogy) was born at Foxltoro, Mass., 
Feb 7, 1750. He was the son of William of Maiden, whose wife 
was Mary Bell of Foxboro. Jacob Paine married Hannah jVIorse 
■of Foxboro, and in middle life came to Paris, settling near Snow's 
Palls. He did not remain liere long, however, but moved across 
the line at the northwest corner of the town into Greenwood. He 
•died there, June 5, 18:56. His wife died in 1848. Children : 

I Stephen^ b. Deo. 27, 1776, m. Abii>>ail Mor^e. 

II Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1778; she was never married, but lived \\itli her 
brother at the homestead, died 1870. 

III Isaac, b. May 24, 1780, a physician at Marshfield, Mass., ni. first, 

Abagail A. Thomas, and second, Rachel Paine, his cousin. He 
died Jan. .5, 1869. 

IV Daniel, b. April, 1782, m. Mary Paine, d. 1S]G. 
v Davis, b. June, 1784, m. Charlotte Hathaway. 

-\i WiUiam, b. Sept. 16, 1787, m. Anna D. Stanley. 



68G HISTOKV OK PARIS. 

VII Xat?i((u, h. July 14, 1792, in. Susan F. Diui^ley. 
VIII Asa M., h. Feb. 19, 1794. He lived on the old homestead in Green- 
wood with his sister; was never married; died some years ago. 
IX Turner^ b. June 20, 179G, m. Xaney Fisher, d. 18.57. 
X Keziah, h. Feb. 19, 1798, m. Benjamin Jackson of Paris, (see Jack- 
son.) 

Stephen Paine, the oldest son of Jacob, who m. Abigail Morse 
of Foxboro, came to Paris with his father and lived here and in 
Greenwood, and died in 1859. Children : 

Otis, b. Sept. 29, 1799, d. Feb. 27, 1844, no children. 
Harford, b. June 2G, 1802, d. 1818. 

Abd'jail r., b. March 29, 1807, m. Eleazer Duidiam, Jr.. of Paris. 
SU'phcn, b. 1816, d. 183.5. 
EUsha, b. Feb. 10, 1824, d. younij. 

Eli~.<tl)Hh J/., b. Feb. 10, 1824, m. 1st, Oliver H. Dyer, 2d, Rodney Tit- 
comb. 

Davis Paine, who ni. Charlotte Hathaway of Scituate, Mass.^ 
lived in Paris, Greenwood and Woodstock. Children : 
Davis, b. April 15, 1808, m. Ilcp/iljah Parker; lives in Groton. 
James, b. May 7, 1810. 

Mar;/, b. April 25, 1812, m. Crosby Curtis of Woodstock. 
WiUiam, b. March 12, 1814, d. without children. 
Ch^rlottf, b. Jan. 1, ISIO, m. Daniel Curtis, 2d, of Woodstock, since of 

'West Paris. 
Harfnrd, b. Oct. 8, 1818, m. Dorinda Howe of Greenwood. 
JacoJ), b. Jan. 4, 1821, ni. Eliza F. ^Vhitman, lives in Wis. 
Silas, b. Oct. 12, 1822, unmarried. 

Paulina, b. May 5, 1825, m. 1st, Stei)heu Bacon, and 2d, Charles Young. 
Fainitj, b. Jan. 8, 1829, d. .May 9, 1829. 

William Painic, brother of the preceding, born Sei)t. 15, 1787^ 
married Jan. 11, 1807. Anna 1). Stanley. He was killed by the 
fall of a tree, at Farmington, Feb. 8, 1824. Children: 

Hannah E., b. June 11, 1810, m. Charles Heath of Farmington. 
dinthia C, b. Nov. 25, 1812, m. Elias Thompson; live at Thomaston. 
WiUiam D., b. March 26, 1815, m. Plana Jordan, died in Paris. 
Daniel S., b. Aug. 3, 1817, m. Elizabeth Ridlon ; lived in Thomaston. 
Horace, b. April 11, 1823, m. Kozilla Stevens; d. at Baton Rouge, 1863. 
Henri/, b. April 11, 1823, d. April 30, 1823. 

Par LIN. 
KoiJiNsoN Parlin, son of Simon and Elizabeth (Robinson) Parlin^ 
was b. in Sumner, Aug. I, 1799. He m. Anna, dau. of John G. 
Crawford of Paris, March, 1822, and settled in Paris. He was a 





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HISTORY Ol- I'AHIS. (nS7 

well known snrveyor of land, iiiul luid nuieli to do in settling- lot 
lines in Paris and in the neighboring towns. ChildriMi : 

Litcretia, b. Xov. 12, 1S2;{, in. Elbridoo Biu-k; 2d, Tlioiuas ('. fiishiiiiin. 

Luanda, h.Jmw -27, 1S2."), iii. Judah A. Keen of Suimier; 2d, Elhridge 
Fobes. 

Eliza Ann, h. Nov. 13, 1827, ni. Horatio T. Rrad1)ur\'. 

William, b. Maj' 6, 1880, m. Lois Perkins. 

Man/, b. Sept. 20, 18.33, m. iranuibal O. Brown. 

Jlerinda, b. Aug. 2, 1837, ui. Elijah S. Berry, s. Mechanit; Falls. 

John a, h. July 1, 1840, d. Feb. 7, 1802. 

The mother d. May 19, 187."). 

AViLLiAM Pari.ix, son of Robinson, m. Lois, dan. of Luther and 
Sally (Durv'U) Perkins of ^^'oodstoek. Cluldi-en : 

I Emma C, b. Sept. 11, 18r)l, m. Orin Foss of Dixfield. 

II Albert, b. Aug. 8, 18.55, m. Lizzie K. Xoreross of Melrose. Mass. 

III Alice L., b. April 23, 18.58. 

IV John C, b. Mareh 10, 18G3. 

Married 2d, Sarah, dau. of Lutlier and Olive (Brown) Perkins of A>'eld. 
V Edith, b. April 18, 1SG9. 
The father d. Dee. 1.5, 1780. 

Parris. 

Ho\. Aluion Keith Parris (see Paris Lawyers), was the son of 
Judge Samuel and Sarah (Pratt) Parris, and grandson of Benjamin 
and Mellicent (Keith) Parris, who died in Pembroke, ]\rass. The 
descent from Thomas Parris'. who came from London to Lono; 
Island in 1083, thence moved to Newbury in IG85, and to Pembroke 
in 1697, is Thomas^ m. Hannah Gannet, Thomas^ m. Rebecca 
Hayward, Benjamin\ in. Millicent Keith, to SamueP, who m. Sarah 
Pratt of :Middleboro. The fatlier of the emigrant Thomas' was John 
Parris, a dissenting minister near Plymouth, P:ngland, whose father 
was Thomas Parris, a London mcrcliant, who had four sons, John, 
Thomas. Samuel and 3Lutin. Jolm was the dissenting minister 
aforesaid : Samuel was the minister of Salem, in whose family the 
witchcraft craze broke out ; of Martin, we have no certain informa- 
tion. Albion K. Parris had five children, I)ut oidy the tw(j oldest 
are recorded on our records, as follows : 

Caroline IF., b. Oct. 17, 1814; Albert II'., b. Feb. 11, 1818. 

Hox. Virgil I). Parris < see Personal Notice), was the son of 
Josiah and Experience (Lowden) Parris of Bnckfield, and a cousin 
of Albion K. Parris above mentioned. He m. Cohnubia. dau. of 



688 HISTORV OK PARIS. 

Capt. Samuel Kawson. and had tlie following children, b. in Buck- 
field : 

Edward Lovdcn, b. Sept. 3, 1837; rhujil Kimhalh b. May 10, 1840; Helen 
Delphina, b. April 20, 1844; Perciral Josiah^ b. .Tan. 5, 1849, graduated at 
Union ColU'ijp, class of 1871. 

Edward Lowden Parris (see Personal Notice) graduated at Union 
College in ltS,57, and at the Harvard Law School in 186(5. He mar- 
ried Sept. 7, 1876, Mary Ida DuBois of Fishkill. N. Y. Children : 

M<iri<i Xora, b. Ma.v 22, 18.50; E'hnn-d Lnvdni, b. Aug-. 3, 1881. 

' Parsons. 

Jeffrey Parsons, the progenitor of numerous families that bear 
the name in this country, was born in Aspington, England, and 
came to Gloucester, Mass.. by way of Barbadoes, at which place he 
remained sonic years. Col. Henry Rust Parsons'^, (William% 
AVilliam\ John^, John', Jeffrey') son of AVilliani^ and Abagail 
(Millett) Parsons, was I). Sept. 11. 1771, m. Betsey Gross, Sept. 
25, 1814. (See settlement of South Paris and also Mills.) Child- 
ren : 

I Scmih )!'.. b. Aii.y-. 30. 1815, ni. W. I. llcwitt. 

II WlUiain Ilornj. 1). Nov. 24, 181(j, ni. Sarah Preston of Bangor, r. 
Brooklyn, X. Y. 

III Eini'liin\ b. Sept. 13, 1818, ni. John G. Gerrish. 

IV Anil (t., h. May 18, 1821, ni. Deacon Elisha Morse. 

V Olircr. b. June 1, 1823, ui. Cori/an .Jewell, r. Mimieapolis. 

VI Tsaac SevaU, h Oct. 12, 1825, ni. Catharine Hill, s. Missouri. 

VII Ahhij M., b. Julv 0, 1828, ni. S. D. Gilkcy. 

VIH (4e<ynie Le.sU<, b. June 1. 1832, d. Fel). 4, 1840. 

Sarah Woodman Parsons, dan. of Henry R., m. .July 8, 1841, 
AYatennan T., son of Waterman T. Hewett of Camden, b. Dec. 13, 
1796, s. first in Alississippi, and then in Missouri, where he died 
April 3. 1840. Children: 

Sitnih Eliza, b. Apiil 20, 1842, m. Kev. Heiuy O. Thayer. 

Wati'i-inau Thdiaas, b. Jan. 10, 1840, in. Enmia McGhain. He graduated 
at Amherst Gollegf, and is now professor of German at Gornell Uni- 
versity, N. V. 

JIarveii SeiniJl, b. MayglO, 1848, d. July 2, 1808, at South Paris. 

John Parsons of the sixth generation from Jeffrey, was the son 
of John and Dorothy (Stevens) Parsons, among the first settlers of 
Norway, b. April 21, 1795, m. Oct. 26, 1829, Apphia, dau. of 



HISTORY OF I'AKIS. 689 

Stephen Robinson. Ho settled in Norway first, and afterward 
moveel to Paris, April 1844, and settled on the Kohinson homestead. 
Children : 

Sti-jihcn lioltinsoii, b. Any'. 1."), ls;^(), m. ;\r:irv ('. Thomas. 

Tiie father d. Xov. 20, 1S(!1. The luotlicr d. April 24, 1808. 

Deacon Stkimikn Koiunsox Parsons, son of John, ni. .^lary C. 
Thomas, dan. of George W. and Margaret A. (rilanl<enl)nrg) 
Thomas of Oxford. Ciiildren : 

xipphia J(Hi(\ 1). Xov. 2, 18<i."); Jnlm '/Ihdikis, b. F(>1). 12, 1808 : Anna 
7sff?>^7/r', b. Dec. 30, 1869; Dora Alin;h. Oct. 1.5, 1S71 : .}/,>,■>/ T/n>htas, b. 
Jmie 2!), 187.5; Oscar Wallace, h. ,Tau. 18, 1879. 

Partriix.i:. 
Elias Partriix;!-: was born in ]"'ranivliii, Mass., Feb. 7, 17C>C). 
He was the oldest of a family of thirteen children. He ni. Dec. o\ , 
1794, Abagail Chase of 8ntton, Mass. Siie was b. ^larcli 21, 1770, 
and was a sister of Lnke Chase of Paris. He settled on the lot 
where he resided through life. Children : 

I Elias Chase, b. Dec. 12, 179,5, d. Oct. 22, 1798. 
II Cynthia, b. Xov. 12, 1797, lU; Xicholas Chesley. 

III Austin, b. Oct. 6, 1799, m. S.irali K. Powers. 

IV Efecta, 1). March 28, 1801, in. SauuiefMorrell, Feb. 2,3, 182:5. 
V nraiJford Chase, b. Jan. 20, 1803, d. .Ian. (5, 1805. 

VI Mil'>, b. Aug. 27, 1804, d. Se])t. 10, 1804. 

VII AInnjail, b. Feb. 20, 180(i, m. 1st, Jonas Kend.all, 2il, Liberty Hall. 

VIII Caroline, b. Aug. 23, 1808, ni. ('ornelius Morton. 

IX Ailaline, h. Aug. 23, 1808. 

X Lois, b. Aug. 8, 1810. 

XI Mar>i Pi., b. July 27, 1812. in. Hannibal .Smith. 
The mother d. Sept. 22, 18.38. The falHier d. May (I, 1857. .age 91 years. 

Austin Partridgk, son of Elias, m. 8arah P., dan. of Gidecm 
Powers, Jan. 14, 183.'3, and settled on the homestead. Late in life 
he sold the farm and i)iirciiased a residence on Paris Hill. Child- 
ren : 

Buth Isahelle, b. Oct. 12, 1833, m. S. Porter Stearns. 

Ahhie Apphia, b. Jan. 16, 1835, m. S. Dexter Billings. 

Amanda Melvina, b. Aug. 26, 1836, m. O. A. Maxim. 

Behecca, b. April 23, 1838, d. Aug. 23, 1840. 

AdOie, b. Aug. 13, 1845, m. Albert E. Follet of Providence, R. I. 

Pexlev. 
Joseph Penlev was b. in Nailsworlh, Gloucesteishiie, England, 
July 13, 177G or 7. He wrs a soldier in the British Ami}' during 

44 



GOO HISTORY OF PARIS. 

the Revolutionarv AVar. He came to North Yarmouth and m. 
Esther Fogg in 178'\ and moved from there to Danville. Children : 

I Hcln'ccii. h. Jan. ."), 1781. ns. .lames Vickery. 

II Jnh,,. h. Mav 5, 1782. 

m Bnntiah. b. Sept. 1, 1784, d. Sept. 8, 1784. 
IV Iliiiinah, b. Sept. 9, 178-5. 

V JiiiK , b. Aug. 2:^, 1787, ni. lieuben IlayneiJ. 

VI Ahiiii-'i. \). April 22, 1789, m. Isaac Davis. 
VII St, >/;,■<>. b. CM. 2, 1790, d. Nov. .">, 1790. 

viH Jnsi;,/,. b. Aug. 22, 1792, m. Lovina Monk. s. Paris. 
IX \Viii;,>,ii. b. April 20, 1794, m. Lucy Vickery. 
X J'lini-s, b. -May 29, 1790. ni. Polly ( haniltcrlaiii. 
Tlic motlicr d. Married 2(1. Tbaiikt'ul. dau. of Houdiiu :sroody of Fal- 
mouth, b. .luiie 4. 1770. 

XI Kwr/i, b. Oct. 27. 1797, m. Cyulbia Mitchell. 
XII Eslltf); \>. Feb. ."{, ISOO, ni. ( •hristopher [Mitchell. 

XIII JLnuKih, h. May 7, 1802, in. Benjamin Mitchell. 

XIV S(in,H<-L h. April 1, 180.5. 

XV Tlionif/s. b. Jan. 18, 1808, d. Oct. :J. 1820. 
XVI Th<in/./i(l. b. .Vug. 9. 1810, ni. llackett. 

Joseph Pknlkv, son of Josepli. ni. June 11, isi.'i. Lovina, dan. 
of Lewis Monk of Hebron, b. Oct. 14, 1792, and .settled in Paris. 
Injured l)y cars in Portland, and d. in I860. (See Annals.) Child- 
ren : 

I r(,lhj Ji., 1). Aug-. K), 1810, m. John Ackley. s. Pumford. 

II Loriiiii, h. Feb. 8, 1818, m. Stephen Packard. 

III Hchprca Jaiip, h. Oct. 5, 1819, ni. Eben H. (i. Marshall. 
i\- Joseph Gilmaii, b. Xov. 5, 1821, m. Sarah 'l\ Perry. 

V James F'lrris, b. July 1.5. 182:5, m. Loiloiska Swan. 

VI John, h. Oct. 10, 1825, d.«|)ec. :{, 1825. 

VII /Csthrr A., 1). July 15, 1820, m. Samuel 1). Marshall. 
VIII AJiiiirn Z>., b. Feb. 9, 1829, in. (Jeorge H. .Vckley. 

IX Somh T., b. Oct. 14, 18:^1, ni. Captain Oustavus C. Pratt. 
X Charles F., h. :May 11, 18.«, m. Abbie Leach. 
XI Francis G., b. Jan. 4, 1835. lie changed his name to Grosvenor, 

and is a Methodist minister, m. Ist. Isabella Andrews, 2d, Xettie 

Howe. 

XII ll'iiniul, .)/.. 1». Dec. 9. 18;{G, m. Daviil Po-c of Albany, X. Y. 

xiii ^V'o/•;/^ /•'., b. Xov. 15, 1838, engineer on Xew Yoik Central rail- 
road, s. Albanv. 
JosKPH Gii.MAN PicNi.KV, SOI) of Joscph, 111. Sarah T., dan. of 
Caleb Perry of Paris, Feb. 21. I.s4 1. Children : 
Imdore Jam', b. Dec. 29, 1848, d. .Fuly 7. 185 f. 
Frank Morse^ b. Dec. 30, 18.50, m. Addie. dau. of James A. Deeiing. and 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 601 

had: Sarah Isadore. h. June ."). 1872. ami Dalla Mali.'l. h. .limo 1. 1877. 
John Pern/, b. Feb. 10, IS;").}, in. Nellie O. Bunipus. 
, Charles Fremont, b. Deo. 3, 1S54. ni. Lizzie M., dan. of Alexander Drew 
of Stonehani, and liad : Ei-nest Leslie, b. Feb. 18. 1880. 
(riluiun Hcnrji, h. Sept. 20, 18r)8. 

The mother d. Feb. 1. 1802, in. 2d, Fmeline. dau. of Benjamin Davis of 
Woodstock, Oct. 23, 1862, b. March 15, 1824. The father d. Feb. ir>, 1881. 

Jamks Farris Pexi.ev, brotlior of the preeeiling, ni. Loduska A., 
dau. of "William Swan. Chililren : 

EihranJ II'.. b. Dec. 12. 18l.'>. m. Al)l)i(> F. Richardson. 

John Lorki\ b. Aug. 25, 1847. 

Charles i?., b. 3Iay 10, 1851. m. .Icnnie. dau. t>f Peter Ilolden. and had : 

George F., b. Feb. 17, 1877. 
Lncretia Ellen, b. Feb. 11, 1854, m. Edward ("base. 
James Almon. b. ^[ay 4, 1850. 
lAicella A., h. .April 10, 1803. 

The mother d. May 17. 1870. m. 2d. widow of (Jeorge Ihown of (Jolls- 
town, X. IT., and dau. of .Fonathan B. Merrill of Hebron. .lune 1, 1880. 

JosKiMi Pkni-kv, son of Enoch and Cynthia (31itclic!l) Poiilof , h. 
Sept. 10. 1820, m. Olovia Ann. dan. of Benaiah bloody of Paris, 
Jnne 22. IS,'),'), t'liildreii : 

Eliza .v., b. Ai)ril 2(i. Is5(;. m. Charles S. Bacon: Kl}>'n n.. h. ,liily 1. 
1850, m. Levi Bixhy: A<l.> /.. b. .Tan. 24, 1871. 

Pl.KllA-M. 

I^KMiKL Pkkiiam. lioni ill r[)toii. IMass.. Doc. 20. ITOO, son of 
Lenuiel and Mary linttorfield. grandson of Bcnjaniin and Esther, 
and the fifth in desc-cnt from John, of Clielinsford, ]Mass., who 
married Sarah Shepley in 1(;()4, was early at Paris, occupying tlie 
'•Centre"" lot on Paris Hill. Ills wife was Betsey Gurney, of Bridge- 
water. He subsequently moved to ••High Street" in Paris, and in 
181. "5 to Woodstock, where one or more of his sons had preceded 
him. Jotham Perliam went there in 1808, and Viegan on a farm in 
what has since been known as the ••Perham Neighborhood." >\'heii 
his father went, ho settled on adjoining land. Lemuel Periiain was 
an only son. but his fatlier had several daughters, who married and 
settled in \'erniont, where their descendants now live. The child- 
ren of Lemuel Perham, born in Upton and Paris, were : 

I Vathj. 1). in I'ptoii. Mass.. Ai)ril 0, 1781. m. Ebeiiezer Tuell (.if Paris. 
11 Jiilhani. h. " •' .March 22. 1784, in. Lucy Felt, s. AVood- 

stock. 



6!)2 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

III 7)V^sT// a., b. in I'pton, An<?. 28, 1787, d. June 7, 1788. 

IV Lcnuipl, h. " Nov. 10, 1788, in. Sally T. Chase, went West. 
V Loricij, b. Paris, Feb. 20, 1794, ni. Col. Cyprian Cole of Greenwood. 

VI JocJ. b. " March 31, 1797, m. Sophronia Bisbee. 

VII .l.:v'/, b. " July 4, 180.5, m. Elvira Bowker. 

JoKL I^KRiiAM, third soii of the preceding, born in Paris, went to 
Woodstock with his father when lie was lifteen years of age. When 
he became of age, lie was married and lived at first in the Perham 
neighborhood, then built a house ])elow the. Stephen Packard place, 
where he lived a few \ears, and next moved to the Perham neigh- 
borhood, to the farm he bought of Rowse Bisbee, and on which John 
Nason made the first opening. He afterwards moved to the south 
part of the town, to tlie farm previously owned by John Bicknell. 
In 1856, he sold his farm and moved to Bryant's Pond. He was a 
good farmer, and very successful in sheep husbandry. Near the 
close of his life, he went to live witli his son Kilbon, and died there. 
His wife died in 1865, and he in 1876. His children were : 

Sldncii, b. March 27, 1819, in. AliiK'na J., dau. of Lazarus Hathaway of 
Paris. 

Betsey (rurney, b. March 1:5, 1821, m. Merrill J. IJowe. 

Kilhon., b. Aug. 8, 1822, in. Sarah J. Bryant. 

Jni'l^ b. May S, 1820, now resides in Boston; uiiiiiarried. 

Vinna^ b. April 10, 1832, in. Joseph Churchill, who died in Auj;-. 1881. 

Cynthia A., b. June 27, 18.39, in. Dr. Win. B. baphani, r. in Au.nusta. 

Sidney Perham, oldest son of the preceding, born in Woodstock, 
was a farmer and school teacher, and resided in that town until 
1859, when lie was elected Clerk of the Courts, and moved to Paris 
Hill, where he has since lived. (See Personal Sl«tches.) Child- 
ren : 

Anrcstns Sidney, b. A\v^. 18, 1844. TTe served in the 23d Maine Kegi- 
nieut, and in the 7th ^Maine Battery during the late war. He lias been 
connected with the Pension Dei)artnient at Washington, as clerk and 
.special agent for several years. He married 1808, Delia Haskell of 
New Gloucester, and has Ernest, b. Aug. 8, 1870, Schuyler, b. May 11, 
1872, d! Aug. 6, 1872, and Sidney IL, born Oct. 11, 1877. 
Lucy Frances, b. Feb. 9, 1847. 
Georgianna Soj^hronia, b. Feb. 6, 18.")2. 

Herbert Morrill, b. Sept. 25, 1854, died at Pari>, Nov. 21, isdl. 
Willie Lincoln, b. Jan. 1, 1865. 

Perkins. 
Cornelius Perkins of Carver, Mass., born Dec. 25, 1775, m. 
Mercy Barrows of Middleboro, b. Jan. 5, 1775. and was among our 



HISTOKV OK I'AKIS. 693 

quite early settlers. In 1803, he moved to Woodstock and settled 
on lot number six. of Smith's survey, in the east part of Woodstock, 
the grant to Gorham Academy. His father was Gideon, whose wife 
was Desire Dunham, and his grandfather Joshua, all of Carver. 
He was the delegate from Woodstock to tlii3 convention which framed 
the Constitution of Maine. After the death of his wife, lie came 
back to Paris and died here. His children, the three older born in 
Paris and the others in Woodstock, were : * 

I Lntlu'r, b. Doc. 10, 17i)7, ni. Sully Durell. lie was a Baptist cU'roy- 

niau, and liad several settlemeuts. He died in Weld, where he 

had married a second wife, Olive Brown. 
II Cornelius, b. Xov. 4, 1799, d. young. 

III Gideon, b. Xov. 22, 1801, m. Polly Dinibam. He was a Free Bap- 

tist minister; he had a family, and among his sons were John 
W. and Joseph, well known merchants in Lewiston. He d. in 
1883. 

IV Seth, b. Sept. 2, 1803, m. Laodieea Dudley, daughter of David, and 

moved to Penobscot count}'. 
V Merry, b. Aug. 8, 180,5, m. Isaac Davis. 
VI Desire, b. Dec. 28, 1807, m. Harvey Berry, son of Ayilliam of Paris; 

r. Hartford 
VII Daniel, b. April 23, 1810, m. Drusilla Fuller, daughter of Caleb of 

Paris. 
VIII Ci/nis, 1). Jan. 14, 181S, m. Harriet Dunham. 
IX Charles, b. Jan. 24, 1814, m. Amazina Cushman, daughter of John 

of Bethel. They went west. 
X Cornelius, b. July 19, 1879, d. 1833. 

Cyrus Perkins, son of Cornelius, m. Harriet, dan. of Sebra Dun- 
ham, March 14, 1839. Settled first on the Dr. Kittredge farm, and 
afterward removed to Paris Hill. Children : 

Dianthd 3fehiti(hle,h. Oct. 10, 1841, d. June 20, 1842; Elizabeth D., b. 
Aug. 30, 1843, m. George P. Hooper, Jr., s. Paris Hill; Mary Louisa, b. 
July 10, 1847, d. March, 18.53; William E., b. Dec. 20, 1849, m. Edna Web- 
ber. 

The father d. April 12, 1881. 

William E. Perkins, son of Cyrus, m. Edna, dan. of Jesse and 
Alice (Hammond J Webber of Lisbon. Settled on Paris Hill. 
Children : 

3Iary Alice, b. Feb. .5, 1872, d. Aug. 10, 1872; Georye Everett, h. June 10, 
1873; Ilattie May, b. Dee. 11, 1878; Lillian Lizzie, b. Aug. 18, 1879. 

Simeon Perkins, son of Sj\muel, m. Nancy, dau. of Abijah Hall. 
He purchased the old Jackson mill on Stony Brook, and Iniilt the 



694 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

house, now the residence of Willuim B. Royal. (See mills.) 
Children : 

I Lijdid Ann, h. Sept. 15, 1817, m. Win. H. Ca?<\vell. 

II Eliza Jane, b. March 1, 1819, in. Hiram Curtis, s. Boston. 

III Milium Morse, b. June 7, 1821, in. Asa S. Emerj-. s. Bloonitield. 

IV Miranda King, b. Feb. 28, 1824, ni. Charles Green, s. Xorway. 
V Marij Kniiiht, h. Marcli 10, 1826, ni. Luther P. Brett. 

VI Aba</((il Allen, b. Xov. 27, 1828, m. James Keen. 
Yll Sirai'on Horace, b. Dee. 3, 1833, m. Huldali Kendall. 
The mother d. Aug,-. 13, 183.T, m. 2d, Susan C, dan. of Holmes Thomas 
of Oxford, June 27, 1830. She was 1). Sept. 2, 1790. 

VIII William Tliornas, b. Aug. 8, 1838, m. Luc.v A. Blake. 
The father d. >ray 10, 1800. The mother d. June Ki, 188-t. 

SniKox IIoHACE Pkrkins, son of Simeon, ni. Iluldah, dan. of 
Joshua Kendall of Milan, N. 11., May 1, l-S,')!). and settled on the 
Dr. Stevens farm, and afterward movi'd to Soutii Paris. Children : 

Martha Ellen, h. Get. 20, 18.17, m. Frank E. Kendall of Bethel; Lizzie 
Jane, b. Sept. Vk 1802; Martj Em)na, ]>. May 21, 1805; Herbert Elmer, b. 
Dec. 29, 1807. 

William T. Perkins, half ])iotlier of Simeon Horace, ni. Lucy 
A. Blake, and settled on the homestead. Children : 
William E., ]). April S, 1803: Fnink W.: Sa,la.' 

Samuel Perkins of Bridgewater, ^lass., came to Norway after 
the close of the Revolutionary war, in whicii lie had served. He m. 
Oct. 31, 17.S7, Mehitable, daii. of Jonathan Shurtleft'. Children: 

Jonntlian, d. young; Simeon, b. Xov. 26, 1792, m. Nancj^ Hall; Samuel, 
killed by a tree falling on him ; Sarah, b. 1795, m. Peter Frost, s. Norway ; 
^?i^«, 1797, m. Jeremiah Felt of Woodstock; Samuel, b. March 12, 1800, 

m. Isabella Drayton, s. Boston; Manj; Almira; (Hies, m. Abagail , 

s. Portland. 

The mother d. Maieh 4, 1858, aged 88 years. 

Perry. 
Asa Perry was horn in INliddlehorough, Mass., 1701. He came 
to this township in April, 17'.i7, and liought of Lemuel Jackson the 
north half of lot LI in the 7tli range, and in August following, the 
1 jt next north. This constitutes the homestead farm of his grand- 
son, Alexander S. Thayer. He built his log house a few feet l)aek 
of the present house in which he lived until IHOl, at which time his 
3^oungest child was three years old. He then moved into the new 



niSTOHV Oh I'AlilS. 095 

bouse. He in. June 1, 17'.)0, Putty Ilaiinatbnl of New Gloucejstt'r, 
a sister to tlie wile of Simeon \\aiton. CiiiMivii : 

Pattij, \n. Samuel Cheisle}-, s. Lincuhi. 

Charittj, m. .John Thomas, s. Dixfit'lil. 

CktJcli^ b. April G, 1794, lu. Su><an Hathaway of I'ai-is. 

SaUy^ 1). Xov. -25, 179S, m. I.cvl Thayer, s. Paiis. 

The mother d. about 1800, and he ui. Jd. Mrs. Betsey, widow cf Edward 
Keith, and sister of Jarius Shaw, Ksij. siie d. .Tune, 1820, and m. 3d, Nov. 
19, 1820, Elizabeth, widow of Joseph IMaUe, and dau. of -John Daniels, .Jr. 
He d. June IS. 1844, aged 88 years. His wife. Elizabeth, d. March 8, 1849. 

Joseph Pkkkv, brother of tiie preceding, m. Betsey Tucker, and 
settled on tlie lot afterward the homestead of his sod James, and 
now of Benjamin C. Briggs. C'liiklren : 

Hannah, m. Stetson; James, m. Ituth UuUard: linth, m. 

Cooledge of Buekfield; Mns/s, d. July 9, 1824, in Xewliury, Mass. ; Joseph, 
Jr., was a carpenter by trade; SaJln, m. Aretas Smith: Ezra, d. in New- 
bury, July 9, 1824 : Sophmnia. b. June 13, 180G, m. Joseph Turner of Buek- 
field. 

Caleb Perrv, son of Asa, m. .Susannah Hathaway, Nov. 1815, 
and settled on the western portion of tlie homestead, and removed 
to the w^esteni [)art of tiie town. Children : 

I Sarah, b. Sept. 1, 1821, m. Joseph G. Penley of Paris. 

II Jennette Angle, b. June 13, 182G, d. April 12, 18.54. 

III Bachel Hathaway, b. May 26, 1830, m. Jesse, son of Cyrus Andrews, 

and had: Nettie E., b. Nov. 14, 1854, dl Nov. 20, 18.56; Willie P., 
b. Jan. 26, 1S.56, ra. Nancy Foss, s. AVoodstock; Eddie, b. March 
1.5, 18G3, m. Jennie Allen, s. Woodstock; Nellie S., b. Oct. 22, 
1868; Freddie E., b. Nov. 22, 1870, d. March 12, 1871 : Johnny L., 
b. April 12, 1873, d. Feb. 28, 1874. 

IV John Thomas, a twin with Rachel H., m. Mary E. Griffin of Pros- 

pect, dau. of Samuel Griffin, Oct., 1876. He went to Boston in 
March, 18.51, and is enf^asied in trucking. 
The father d. Aug. 29, 1863. The mother d. Aug. 9, 1875. 

Jajif.s Perry, son of Joseph, was a carriage maker and carpenter. 
He m. Rntli BuUard, then of tiiis town, and settled on the home 
farm. Children : 

yl«(7^?i'«c, m. Alexander S. Thayer; Albion, s. California; Sarih Jane, 
b. 1824, d. Jan. 25, 1845; Mara Ann. 

The mother d. Oct. 12, 1837, and he m. 2d, widow Sophronia White, and 
dau. of James Waterman of Buekfield. James Perry d. July 24, 1844. 

Jon Perry of Norwa}-, and originally from Plymouth County, 
Mass., c(]»me to Paris about 1818, and settled near Elbridge Gra^-'s. 



69G HISTORY OF PARIS. 

He was a brotlicrof John, Zdieflee and Joshua of Norwa}-. He 
m. Eleanor, dan. of Thomas Allen of Bueklield. Cliildren : 

Bartle IL, b. Paris, Feb. 2 1819, s. Woodstock. 

Judith, b. Paris, Sept. 15, 1820, ni. Oliver Kobbins, s. Woodstock. 

X'lthamcl H., b. Paris, June 3, 1822, d. in Belfast, Sept. 2.5, 1824. 

Job 7'., b. Belfast, June 1.5, 182G, s. Mass. 

Franklin IF., b. Belfast, .May 14, 1828, s. Mass. 

Francis jr., b. Belfast, May 14, 1828, s. Vt. 

Nathan IL, b. Belfast, Sept. 30, 1830, ui. Estfdle Kobbins of Woodstock. 
She was b. Sept. 28, 18r).T. He settled in Paris. June, 1871. Is a min- 
eralogist and possesses extensive collections of rare minerals. He 
has: Lula E., b. Aug. 21, 1875; Bertha F., b. July 23, 1878. 

Job Perry d. in Belfast, Oct. 20, 1830. 

Samuel Perry m. Salome Moore. Children : 

Francis Stevens, b. Jan. 7, 1824: Charles Erastus, b. Feb. 7, 182G; George 
iew;'s, b. Aug. 14, 1828; Colioahia Flizabeth, h. Aug. 11, 1831; Columbia 
Isabdle, b. Dec. 2, 1833; J((hU's Corrydon, b. May 1, 183G, m. L. Klphreda 
Swan. 

The motlier d. April 12, 1871. 

James Corrydon, son of Samuel, m. L. Klphreda, dan. of Elijah 
Swan, and is a stone and marlde worker near West Paris. Children : 

^4. Est<dh'. b. March 3, 18(i0, m. Henry D. Fitield, s. West Paris; Jennie 
A., b. Nov. 10, 18G5; Albert E., b. l)eb. 28, 1868. 

Phelps. 
George Gordon Phelps, son of William and Elizabeth (Gordon) 
Phelps of Piermont, N. H., was b. Oct. 4, 1807, m. Lucy Mary, 
dau. of Nathaniel Gordon of Exeter, X. H. She was b. Nov. 8, 
1815. Their great great grandfathers on his mother's side were 
brothers, and tiieir great great grandmothers on his mother's side 
were sisters. Settled first in Lowell, and in Dixfield, Wilton and 
Paris. Children : 

I Mari/ (Jnnbni, h. Lowell, April 30, 1841, d. Oct. 8, 1842. 
II George Bodolphits, b. June 20, 1842, d. Jan. 4, 1843. 

III Frank Gordan, b. Dec. 14, 1843, d. July 18, 1847. 

IV Alice, b. Aug. 2, 184G, m. Frank A. Tliayer. 
V Josephine, b. Nov. 25, 1848, d. Nov. 10. 1849. 

VI Fred, b. May 5, 1850, d. June 3, 1854. 
Yil Kate Gordon, b. Paris, Nov. 25, 18.53, d. Sept. 13, 18G1. 
VIII William Gordon, b. Paris, Nov. 2G, 1854, ni. Lucetta L. Morgan, 
and has Marj' Louise, 1). Fel>. 13, 1884. 
IX Mabel Gordon, b. Paris Jidy 3, 1859, ni. Walter Z. Brown. 
X Jrnnic Mand, b. •• March 2. 1SG2, d. June 27, 18G3. 
Tlie father d. Dec. 30, 18S2. The motlicr d. .)an. 22, 1881. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 697 

PlERCK. 

Nathan Pikrce, ni. Mercy Rider, a sister to tlio wife of Peter 
Durell. she Avas b. July 19, 17G3. Tliey settled oii the old town 
fanii. Children : 

Xathanu'I, b. Nov. 2!J, 178G; Xntha», h. March L"), 1788; J/r-m/, b. June 
11, 1790; EUas, b. Feb. 23, 1792; Abial, b. March 16, 1794; Foil,/, h. March 
10, 179G; Sam7iel, b. July o, \7dS y Jiohf-rt , b. July 8, 1800. 

Pidgin. 
Joseph Noyes Pidgin, M. D., of Litchfield, son of Rev. AVilliam 
Pidgin, ni. Diantha, dan. of Aimer Rawson of Paris. Children: 
WnUam Ahnci\ b. March •!:>, 183;i, (see Paris Newspaper Men.) 
Abba Jane, d. 18-13. 

Pike. 
Hezekiaii Pike, son of Zachariah of Hopkiiiton, N. II., was b. 
Nov. 4, 1786, in. Ann Jeffers Crafts of Jay, Oct. 18, 1811. She 
was b. in Jay. July 13, 1794. He settled March 19, 1821, on the 
Luke and Seth P.eniis farm near Snow's Falls, previously occupied 
by Allen, Avho was drowned. Children : 

Ann, b. March 1, ISl.'J, d. June, 1821. 

Ehaira, b. Aug. 8, 1814, in. Nathaniel Fuller of Paris. 

Sarali, b. Nov. 4, ISKi, in. William Collins, s. Newton, Mass. 

Eliza Jane, b. Feb. 11, 1819, m. Henry Fuller, s. Newton, Mass. 

Catharine Crnfl^i, b. Nov. 4, 1820, ni. Amos C. Pai-ker, s. Livermore. 

Nelson, b. Jan. 1, 1823, m. Maria Sylvester, s. Jay. 

Ann Crafts, b. Aug. 27, 1825, ui. Francis Bryant, s. Jay. 

Jennette, b. May 24, 1828, m. Joseph Osgood, East Andover, Mass. 

Xathan, b. Aug. 4, 1830, m. Anna Woodcock, s. Boston. 

Adeline, b. Oct. 21, 1832, ni. Charles F. Tuttle, s. Newton, Mass. 

The father d. Sept. 12, 18.34. He broke his leg July 5, by a horse falling 
ou him while plowing out corn, causing his death. The mother lived with 
her son-in-law, l)ea. Natlianiel Fuller of this town, and died there in 1884. 

Porter. 

Richard Porter settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1635. He came 
the same year with Morse and Paine and was subject to like oath of 
allegiance to Church and State. (See Porter genealogy by Hon. 
Joseph W. Porter of Bangor, for an extended account of thfe 
family). 

Nehemiaii*^ (Nehemiah% Joseph', John', John% Richard') was b. 



698 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

iu Scituate, Dec. 14, 175.S, m. Joaniui Barltour of Gray. Cliildreu, 
all born in Yarinouth : 

Syh-fiHKs, b. Oct. 11, 1783, m. Sylvia Baitlett. 
Susanna., b. Aug-. 24, 1785, m. John Ilainilton. 
Lucy, b. Sept. 21, 1787, m. Tiinotliy Chase, s. Paris. 
Lydia, b. May 30, 1789, in. Benjamin Herrick. 
Stephen, b. June 16, 1791, ni. Rebecca Cobb. 
John, b. Oct. 13, 1793, ni. Eunice Hicks, s. Paris. 
Charies, h. June 10. 1794, ni. llacliel Hamilton. 
Benjami)/, It. Dec. 10, 1790, m. Zeruiah IJing. 
Joannii, b. Aug. 6, 1798, m. Win. Stearns, Jr., s. Paris. 
3Iary, h. Feb. 10, 1800, m. Benjamin Cole. 
Sevard jr., b. June 3. 180.5, m. Eliza Daniels. 
WilUam Barbour, b. March 31, 1807, il. May 20, 1838. 
liufus, b. April 25, 1810, m. Mary Favor. 

John Porter, son of Nehemiah, in. Eunice Ilicks, Jan. 22, 1816. 
She was b. Sept. 27, 1790. He settled iu what has since been 
known as the Porter neighborhood. Has been in town office, rebuilt 
the Baptist meetinghouse, Paris Hill, and has been identified with 
the business interests of tlie town. He d. Oct. 12, 1855. Children : 

Sylvanus, b. March 31, 1817, ni. Estliei- C. :Millett. 

Ezekiel L., b. Oct. 3, 1819, d. Jan. 14, 1SG9. 

John Barhour, b. Aug. 12, 1821, m. Maria Home of Milan, X. H. 

Harriet, h. Aug. 20, 1823, m. Solomon 1. Millett, s. Xorway. 

Joseph Jlicks, b. March 4, 182G, m. Sarah Holmes. 

Franldin, b. Oct. 18, 1829, m. Maitha M. Millett. 

The mother is now living at the advanced age of 94 years. 

Charles Porter, brother of the preceding, in. Rachel, dan. of 
William and Rachel (Lnfkin) Hamilton, of North Yarmouth, Jan. 
21, 181(5. She was b. July 19, 1794. He settled in the same 
neighborhood with his brother, and moved to South Paris Village 
where he remained the rest of his life. Children : 

Mary Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1817. 

Lucy Ilamiltiin, b. April 21, 1820, m. Hiram Knight of Paris, 2(1, AVin. 

Allen of Portland. 
WiUiam Henry, b. May 8, 1822, m. Emeline Pratt. 
Badiel Lufkin, b. Feb. 11, 1824, m. Thomas Witt, s. Xorway. 
Samuel XeweU, b. May 4, 1826, d. 1827. 
Charles Newell, b. April 7, 182S, in. Maria L. Millett. 
^Ivan H. b. July 2, 1831, d. 1833. 
Granville, b. June 11, 1833, d. 185(). 

Tlie father d. April 3, 18(il. The mother d. Jan. 1, 1877. 



IlISTOKV OF PAias. G99 

Sylvanus Pokti:i{, son of .lolin, m. Nov. 10. 1.S42, Esther C. 
:\lillett of Norway. Cliildron : 

John, b. April 27, 184;} ; EUzn ,/., b. Nov. 28, 184-1. in. Andrew J. Dimiels : 
Fathivu b. Jan. 27, 185:3; Ezoldcl. b. Nov. l.'J, 1857. 

John Baubouk Portkk. l)rotlier of the [ircccHlinjj,'. ni. Maria Home 
of Milan. N. II., Nov. 9, 1853. Children: 

HarrU't, h. (Jet. 1, 1854, m. J. Ferdinand King; Aimit'. b. Jnly 5, 1858; 
Eunir>\ b. Aug-. 31, 18(34; Almon Fann>U, b. Dee. 13, 18()0. 

Fkaxklix Poutkr, brother of the preceding, ni. ^Martha M. 
Millett of Norway, Sept. 1."), 1858. Children: 

Francis F., b. Oct. 5, 18(51 ; James X., b. May 5, 18G5 ; .l<isi-,,h II.. h. -Tan. 
23, 1869. 

William IIknky Portku, son of Charles, in. Knieline. dan. of 
P>enjaniin Pratt, and settled on the homestead ; now resides in Nor- 
way. Children : 

I (Jli'trles IL, b. June KJ, 1847, ni. Miranda I'ijilbrook of Fai-uiinyton, 

resides in Boston, Mass. 
II Servetus P., b. June 20, 1848, d. in New Portland, Maroli (i, 1875. 

III George (?., b. Feb. 13, 1851, resides in Lynn, Mass. 

The motlier d. June, 1872, and he in. 2d, Eleanor, widow of Benjamin 
Dow, and dau. of Asa Packard of Greenwood, June 13, 1873. She \\as b. 
Jan. li). 1830. 

IV WiUiam Ilntrt/, h. Oct. 22, 1874, d. Ai)ril 22, 1877. 

Charles N.. Porter, brother of the preceding, m. Maria L. 
Millett of Norway, March 24, 1852, and settled at South Paris. 
Children : 

JliUrtt A'., b. Oct. 7, 1853; Frank i., b. June 29, 1855; Granrilh' //., b. 
June 3, 1857, lu. Ida M. Bobbins of Norway, and had: Susie E., b. Aug. 
1, 1882; Hiram, b. Nov. 15, 1883; Willie A., b. April 7, 18(53; Xdlii- J/., b. 
Aug. 2(5, 18(5(5; Hiram N.^ b. Oct. 31, 1870; Hattie Z., b. Nov. 1, 1872. 

Hon. AVilliam R. Porter, son of Captain Stephen, of the family' 
of Neheiniah, which see, was born in North Yarmouth, ^lay 20, 
1825, graduated at P)Owdoin College in 1843 ; in Maine Senate from 
Cumberland count}' in 1851; now banker; married P21izabeth H., 
dan. of James Deering of South Paris, May 21, 1846. Children ; 

William Z»., b. North Yarmouth, March 9, 1847, s. Chicago, 111. ; Elim 
7)., b." Portland, April 1, 1855; Frances B., b. Portland, April 25, 1857; 
Ahhi/ n.. b. North Yarmouth, Aug. 17, 1859; James D.,h. Westbrook, Feb. 
3. 18G5. (1. Aug. 22, 18(3G. 



700 history of pauis. 

Pratt. 

Phixeas aud Joshua Pratt came to Plymouth in the third Pilgrim 
ship, Ann. and were among the forefathers at Plymouth, and prob- 
abh' ancestors of most of the name in tlic old colony. 

Luther and Nathaniel Pratt were of Middleborough, Mass., 
and were early settlers in the west part of the town. The wife of 
Capt. Jairus Shaw was a sister, as was also the mother of Governor 
Albion K. Parris of Hebron. Luther Pratt m. L^dora Leonard. 
Children : 

Betsey^ m. Jacob Winslow. 

Leonard^ m. Sail}' Giboon. 

Calrii). h. ^[ay 17, 1797, ni. Deborah Bari'ows. 

Poll;/, ui. 1st, Solomon Kni*;-ht, 2(1, Geoi-g'e Knight of Poland, and was 

murdered by her lnisl);ind, who is sorvini;' out a life sentent'e in the 

State prison. 
3IaHin, d. 1827. 

,S'rt//*/, b. ISOl, m. Eicker of Poland. 

Eliza, b. Auff. 12, 1804, m. Nov. 4, 1825, Ansel Cusluiian of Hebrou. 
X,(»ri/, h. ISOG, ni. Stephen r^Ii: hell. 
The father d. 1818. The motuer d. 1818. 

Xatiiamel Pratt, brother of the preceding, m. Luc}' Shaw, a 
sister of (iilliert .Shaw, and settled on tlie lot now the farm of AU)ert 
AVinslow. Children : 

AhiKjiu'J. III. David Andrews; Curfrifi, m. D;ivid Andrews, 2d wife; Lucg^ 
b. July 17, 17!)7. iii. WiiMain Cuimnings, s. Hamlin's Grant; XafJmnieli 
L>j(li(i^ 1). April b^. 1801. m. 1st, Mosos Gvmimings, 2d, Daniel Cunnnings. 

Leonard, son of Luther Pratt, m. Sarah Gibson of Waterford. 
Children : 

Martj JdHo^ \\\. Ist, Ether Deering, 2d, Robert Skillings; Surah, d. young. 
The father d. alumt 182(J. The widow m. Thomas Dunham of IIel)ron» 

and scttleil in Turiici-. 

Calvin Pratt, brother of tiie [ireceding. m. Del)orali. dan. of 
Ansel Barrows. She was b. in Granliy, Vermont, Oct. 22, 1799. 
Ansel Barrows came to Paris and lived in a log house near Elder 
Hooper's, and moved to Sumner. Children : 

Oliof^r Leonard, b. May 2, 1820, m. Elizabeth Fuller of Woodstock. 
Thcoilora Leonora, b. April 20, 1822, in. Iticbard II. Jordan of Bethel, and 

died some years ago. 
Hannah Elliot, b. Mart-li 31, 1820, m. John C. Warren; she is also dead. 
The father d. May 15, 1871. The aged mother still lives with her son at 
West Paris. 



IIISTOKY OF I'AUIS. 701 

Oliver Lkonaud Pkatt, son of Culvin, ni. Elizabotli, dtiu. of 
Xicwis and Betsey (Dunliam) Fuller of ^Voodstoek, May 10, 1^41. 
She was born Sei)t. 21. 1822. He settled nenr West Paris villa<i-e. 
Children : 

An.si'l LVnvv* ('•>■, 1). May 1, 1842. in. Eli/:i, daii. of John ('olton of Wood- 
stock, and liad : Li/zie A<>nes, I). Dee. ;U, 18(!(i: Eliza Jiine, b. Ash- 
land, ^lass., June i;{, 1873. 3[arried 2d, widow Xattie Rarnuni. 
Lleic('1I;/u, 1). X(»v. 12, 1849, ni. raidine, dan. of Kliab C. Murdoek, Nov. 
8, 1871, and had: Sarah ^raiide, b. Get. 19, 1872; Leonard Murdoek, 
b. Aug-. 30, 1879. 
Mar;/ AiujcUnc, h. Jan. 18. 1854. ni. Julian Francis Yonnii'. 

Stkphkn Pratt, son of Benajali I'ratt of Oxford. 1). Dee. 12. 
1778, m. Lucy, dan. of Col. Nathaniel Fuller of Oxford. 1». :May 12, 
1783. He settled in South Paris village, and built his house on the 
lot included in the site of Jackson's saw mill of 1783. He was a 
Ciirpenter by trade. Children : 

Solymaii, b. Oct. 20, 1809, ni. :Marg:arette Allen. 

John Firmnn, b. Ma_v 1, 1811, ni. Harriet Moors. 

Stephen nccater, b. Dee. 30, 1812. ni. Sylvia Lewis. 

Arnlh', b. Aug;. IG, 1814. 

Sophia Whitncii, b. Oct. 30, 1817, d. Feb. 3, 1819. 

Francis, b. April 4, 1820, ni. Fannie Clark. 

Edirin Prr'scott, b. May 28, 1822, ni. Elizatieth A. Gould. 

AmjcJinc, b. Aug. 12, 1824, ni. Alexander Wentworth. 

'ITie fath<'r d. :May 7, 18,59. The mother d. May 17, 18.54. 

SoLVMAN Pratt, son of Ste[)lien. in. ^Margaret, dau. of Kduuind 
Allen, and settled at South l^aris village. Children : 
Au'jiista Maria, b. April 8, 1838, m. Charles II. Twitchell. 
William 7/., b. June 30, 1840, m. Joanna I'ackard. 
Infant, b. April 22, 1842, d. :*Iay Kl. ls42. 
L<'vi, b. June 11, 1843. 

Francis A., b. June 11, 1848, ni. Luc}' E. Pratt. 
Kanoj, b. Dec. 1, 1845, d. Feb. 21, 1847. 
Charles F., b. 1851. 
The father d. July 10, 18(15. 

John Firman Pratt, brother of the preceding, ni. Harriet Moors 
of Hebron. Children : 

Julia, m. Charles IJipley, r. at Xorway; Ilattic, m. Fred Burncll. 

Edwin Prescott Pratt, son of Stephen, m. Mrs. Elizabeth Gould, 
maiden name Gove, of Eldgecomb. Me., May 8, 184.5, b. Feb. 1823. 
Children : 

Lucy E., b. June 15, 1858, m. Francis A. Pratt. 



702 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Georgr' Ethri», b. Feb. 18, 18G1, in. Aima M. Tjiylor of Cliarlcstown^ 

Mass. 
The mother d. June 8, 1871). 

Francis A. Pratt, sun of Solynian, m. Lncy E.. dan. of Edwin 
P. Pratt. Children : 

Benjamin Franh-lin, b. Feb. 14, 1878. 

Gforrjr' Lfister, b. June 8, 1879. 

Binlir MiKh'Jlni', b. Oct. 10, 1888, d. May 20, 1884. 

(Jeorge Edwin Pratt, son of P^dwin P., in. Anna M. Taylor. 
Children : 

Hattic MoiU 1). July 8, 1881. 
George Edwin b. Feb. 188-2. 

Ben.tamin Pratt, of no known relation to the other families of 
this town, came to Paris and settled on the lot now the homestead 
farm of Captain William R. Swan. He m. Avit-e, d;ui. of Captain 
Jairus Shaw, Sept., 1809. Children: 

SiuK'on, h. April 11, 1812. 

The mother d., m. 2d, Almira Packard, .Sept., 1814. 

Aris Kiiuj, b. June .3, 181."), m. Charles liemis; Enodi ILirhm-^ b. June 2, 
1817, s. Brooktield: J/'/n/, b. June 11, 1822; Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1823: Ser- 
vctiis.; EmcJiiii', m. Hemy Porter; Zchulon, s. Chelsea. 

The father d. al)out 1838. 

Captain Gust.\vus Clark Pratt son of AVilliam and Zilpha 
(Bryant) Pratt was born in Hebron, March 18, 1821), m. Ang. 23, 
18o2, Sarali T., dan. of Joseph Penley of Paris. He .settled first 
on the Luther Winslow farm in Paris, afterward moved to Oxford 
and remained there twenty-one years ; returned to Paris in May, 
1878, and i)urchased the Capt. White farm. (See Military Record.) 
Children : 

Oraui'-I a., b. May 24, 18.")3, m. Elsie F. Winslow: Wilha N , b. Jan. 1, 
185.-), d. ,Iaii. 11, 186.""); EU-anor, b. Feb. 23, 1807. 

P>enja.min E. Pratt, son of William, ni. Rhoda P.. dan. of Zelni- 
lon Bryant. Children : 

Ci/rus Xi'iiyU, b. Oct. 11, 1832, ni. Caroline Morse. 

Manj Elh-n, h. Dec. 28, 1833, m. Milton :Morton. 

Horatio iM'unis, b. Aug. 14, 1837, m. Eorinda Small. 

Ht(rri('t CoJuindia, b. March 3, 1840, m. John Bancroft. 

William .1., b. Xov. 14, 1842, in. Ida Gowell of Auburn. 

Jnhii (J. A>Jaius, b. Dec. 20, 1846, m. Nellie Maxwell of Mechanic Falls.. 

Boirena Frances, b. Dec. 20, 1848, ni. Josiah Duren. 

Ahha Ella, b. Sept. 29, 1851, in. Benjamin ^Morse. 

Emma fhsiri-. b. Dec. 20, 18.53, m. Judson Fifteld of Greenwood. 



history of paris. "03 

Prentiss. 

Dea. Caleb Prextiss, son of Rev. Caleb of Reading, was b. 
Nov. 22, 1771. He came to Paris and commenced keeping store at 
Sonth Paris, near the Stowells. He was the first postmaster at 
South Paris, and a leader in the church. His services were often 
called into requisition tit public meetings to deliver an address or sing 
a song, or to furnish an ode or hymn, as the occasion demanded. 
Later in life, he itinerated through tlie neighborhoods of the town, 
holding meetings at the school houses, where he usually read Davies 
or Burder's village sermons. He m. :Mary Webber Morgan, Jan. 
16, 1798. She was born in Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 16. 1775. 
Children : 

rolhj, b. Dec. 27, 1798, d. Nov. If!, 1S3G, in Bangor. 

Caroline, b. Oct. 4, 1800, m. Anierira Tliayer. ' 

Miranda, b. Oct. 8, 1802, ni. Alonzo King-. 

Caleb, b. Jan. 9, 180(1, in. Alniira AVlipelcr, s. Foxcroft. 

Arthur, b. Feb. 1, ISO.J, ni. bucinda Blaisdell, s. Penn. 

Horatio, b. Xov. 2, 1809, d. Dec. 11, 1832. 

Anrjnsfa Lni(if<(i, b. Feb. 4, 1812, ni. Sylvaims llen-Ju. 

A<Mison, h. .June l.'i, 1814, m. Sophia Coffin, r. in Worcester. 

Joseph Webber, b. Sept. 8, 181(j. 

Geort/p MeUen, b. .Ian. 23, 1819, ni. p]uiily Cleavelanil of Worcester. 
• Deacon Caleb PrentijJs, (L Oct. 1838. 

Henry Prextiss, brother of the preceding, b. Dec. 10, 17711. m. 
dau. of John Hart of Reading, Feb. 13, 1804. She was 1). Feb. 
13, 1779. He settled on a lot in the Tiiell neighborhood where he 
made a home. He possessed a high order of intellect, and was a 
close student of history, enabling him to take a prominent part in 
the lycenms of the day. (See Literary Selections.) Representa- 
tive in 1822 and 182 5. Children : 

Mara, b. Oct. 17, 1804, d. Feb. 12, 180."). 

Manj Hart, b. Jan. 2(5, 1807, ni. Wliitney Cunuuings. 

Henrn E., b. Feb. 12, 1809, m. Abagail A. Rawson, s. Bangor. 

EmUii, b. Dec. 27, 1810, d. July 1, 1812. 

Lurindci, b. July 7, 1812, ni. Henry Howe. 

Pamelia, b. Feb. 1817. 

Emily. 

Julia, b. March 13, 181."), ni. Elbrldge Fobes. 

Sarah Jane, b. Xov. 29, 1823, d. in Bangor, Oct. 22, 1877. 

The fatlier d. Xov. 2, 1843. The inotlier d. April IS, 18r)7. 

Caleb Prentiss, son of Deacon Caleb, m. Almira, dau. of Isaac 



704 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

and Betsey (Murray) Wheeler of Garland. She was b. July 17, 
1814. Settled in Foxoroft, Me. Children : 

I Ani/usta 3/., b. March 8, 1S34, ni. S. P. Maxim. 

II Ilniri/ C, b. April 17, 183G, ni. May li), 1854, Ellen M. Jordan, s. 
Foxoroft, and had : Mary Abbie, b. .Jan. 30, 1867. 

III Gpon/e Addison, b. Mareli 8, 1830, d. July, 1841. 

IV Edii'in C'., b. June 2, 1842, ni. Celia Cushina", s. Brighton, Mass., and 

liad: Mabel Anna, b. June 1, 1871, d. March 29, 1873; Caleb 
Arthur, b. April 23, 1875, d. July 13, 1876. 
The father d. Dec. 25, 1881. 

Y JMlni (V., b. Dec. 17, 1844, m. Aug. 23, 1866, Rebecca Merrill, s. 

Brewer, and liad : Harry Mellen, b. Oct. 15, 1867; Charles Fred, 

b. April 10, 1874; John Caleb, b. April 23, 1875, d. March 23, 1878; 

Anna May, b. Jan. 11, 1876, d. Aug. 17, 1876. 

The fathci' d. in I'aris. March 18, 184(i. The widow m. Captain Frederic 

X. Hall. 

Rawson. 

The ancestor of our Paris families of this name, was Edward 
Rawson, who came to New England in IGoG or Hi.'lT, to the town 
of Newbury, Mass., and was secretary of the Massachusetts Bay 
Colony. A Genealogy of the Rawson family was published in 
1-S75 ; from which these data are mostly taken. 

p^iiKNEZKi: Rawson', (L)avid^ William'-, Edward') m. Sarah Chase 
of Cheshire, N. H., and settled in Sutton, Mass. He d. June 11, 
1814. His wife d. Nov. 14, 1814. Children : 

Pnidoin-, b. Dee. 24, 17.58, m. Stephen March. 
L!idi,(, b. April 23, 1760, ni. Daniel Bullen, s. Oxford. 

1 Ehcncxcr, b. Dec. 22, 1761, ni. Elizabeth Taylor, p. Pari*. 
SaUtj, b. March 16, 1763, m. Sanuiel Robinson, s. Oxford. 

2 A>ni<-i\ 1). [March 2, 1765, ni. Abagall Fuller, s. Paris. 
./'///«, 1). June 1, 1767, d. young. 

Jeriishu, b. Oct. 13, 1760, ni. James Holmes, s. Oxford- 

3 Samuel , b. Oct. 4, 1771, m. PoUa Freeland, s. in Paris. 
EHzahcth, b. June 5, 1774, m. Jacob Dodge. 
Martaadalc, h. April 18, 1777. 

XizauJa, b. April IS, 1777, m. Timothy Hutchinson. 

3{ar)j, b. July 5, 1770, m. 1st, Sullivan Bridgham, 2d, Thomas Brown. 

Clarissa, b. Feb. 26, 1782. 

Abrnjaih b. 'May 11, 1786, m. Daniel Adams. 

1 CoL. Ebenezer Rawson, son of Ibenezer, m. Elizabeth 
Taylor of Cornish, N. H., and settled on the lot, now the home- 



HISTOKY OK TAKIS. 705 

stead fanu of Peleg B. Ilaininoiid. Tlie annals siiow liiin to have 
been a prominent citizen. Children : 

EUza^ b. Dec. G, 1792, ni. Asa lf()1)iiisoii. 

Celinda, b. April 22, 171)5, ni. .lolni \V. l)tnnuiiii<i-. 

,S'«ra/(, b. Oct. 24, 17i)7, d. Aug, IS, 1821. 

Harriet, b. April 20, ISOO, ni. .lames F. Carter of Belliel. 

Ebenezer Gibnan, h. Oct. lO, 1S02, o-raduated at Tnion ('ollpg-e, 1827, 

s. Baugor. 
SnUiran Siimn<'r, 1.. Oct. :{. 1S()(), graduiired Watcrville College, 182S, 
li. Eastport. 
The father d. July 2(i, 18;i!). The nioUicr d. ^inndi 2!», 1842. 

2 Captain Ar.NKU RAWf^ox, brother of the preceding, ni. Lvdia 
(Holmes) Fuller of Plvnipton. ^lass., and bought the farm wliere 
Natlian Nelson commenced, now the homestead of Ransom Ri[)lev. 
His wife died Oct. 7, 1820, and he married 2(1, widou Poor of 
Andover. He died Feb. 8, 1-S2(). Children : 

Eamdcr F.. b. Feb. 0, 1704, graduated at Brow n 1 iiiversity, 181'.), and 

settled an attorney in lUelimoud, Va. 
Orissa, b. Aug. 6, 1795, m. Thomas Clark of Paris. 
Sahra, b. April 28, 1797, d. 1857. 
//?/'««»*, b. Maj' 6, 1799, graduateil at Waterville College in 1S27, m. 

Jerusha Holmes of Oxford; an attorney at IJumt'ord. 
Diantha Jane, b. Xov. 11, 1808, m. Dr. .7 osepli Pidgin of Litchficdd, d. 

in 1843. 
^V'o;v/^^ i>'»/-y(7/, b. .Fuly 21, 1815. • • 

3 Cai't. vSamuel Rawson married PoUa, daughter of Dr. James 
Freeland of Sutton, Mass., and came to Paris in 1<S04. He was a 
saddler, and tirst settled in Grafton, Mass. He was Lieutenant of 
artillery, and was called into service in 1814. He built and occu- 
pied the large brick mansion on Paris Hill, now occupied by his 
daughter, Mrs. Kimball. He died Jan. 29, 1821). His wife, Polla 
Freeland, was l)orn Sept. 17. 1778, and died Aug. 2!), 1875. 
Children : 

J/^n/ ^bu(, b. May 20, 180;5, m. 1st, Dr. Simeon Fuller, and 2d, Dr. 
Janies Bulloek; lived in Rumford, Me. 

Arabella, b. Feb. 22, 1807, m. Timothy J. Carter of Bethel, wlio died 
while a member of Congress, March 14, 1838, residence, Paris. 

Ahagail Adams, b. Feb. 5, 1811, m. Henry E. Prentiss of Paris; lived 
in Bangor. 

Columbia, b. Feb. 27. 1814, m. Virgil D. Parris of I'ucktield, after- 
wards of Paris. 

Frances, b. Aug. 28, 1819, m. Wm. K. Kindtall of Rumford, resides 
Paris. 



706 IlISTOKY OF PARIS. 

James Frci'JtnuJ, b. Oct. 2, 1821, m. Sanih D. Jeuness of Bangor; is 
an attorney of r>an<>or. 

4 Geoiigk BuRiiiLL Rawson, iVI. D., son of Captain Abner, ra. 
Eunice Fitch, dan. of Alauson Mellen, Oct. 17, 183^, s. New Port- 
land. After bis decease in 1S57, tbe family returned to Paris Hill, 
and tbe widow afterward m. 2d, Elias Chase, s. Portland. Child- 
ren : 

Alansoii JMJcn, h. Sept. 1, 1839, ni. Tliorp of X. Y., s. Bof^ton. 

<reor</e Lyman, b. Xov. 17, 1842, cooper by ti'ude, s. Cuba. 

Cliarles LeonarcJ, b. Sept. 24, 1844, s. in Cliicago. 

Aktkmas Kawson of another liranch, b. in Upton, Mass.. 1759, 
whose line of descent from Edward", was through GrindalP, William^, 
and AViiliam^, who was the father of Arteuias above named. He 
m. Dorcas Batchelder. Children all 1). in Upton: 

1 Levi, h. Jan. 2.'>. 1781, ni. Lois Winslow, s. Paris. 
3Iarsi'ua, b. July 13, 1782, m. Arodus Bryant, s. Paris. 

2 Emmnr, b. Jan. If), 1784, ni. Clai'issa Petei'son. 
Artcmas, b. Aug. 3, 1785, m. Dorcas Eice. 
Filiiidn, b. May 13, 1787, in. Seth Morse, s. Paris. 
Dorcas, b. 1790, d. 1790. 

3 Mark- B., b. Marcli 3, 1793, in. Olive Bent, s. Paris. 
Dorcas B., b. March 2, 1795, m. William Brooks. 
Xathank'l ]Var<J, b. April 11, 1797, d. Jan. 30, 1818. 

Tlie fatlier d. March 27,^1815.. Tlie motlier d. May 9, 1833. 

1 Lkvi Rawson, son of ArtcmaS, m. Lois Winslow. Children : 

4 jSamitd Fessendm, h. Feb. 22, 1808, in. Azuba B. Knight. 
Fanny IP., b. June 10, 1810, m. .Jonathan Clark. 
Matilihi, b. Aug. G, 1812, iii. Ilutcbinson. 

Xanry C., 1>. Aug. 6, 1814, d. Sept. 28, 1854. 
Xathanii'J jr., 1). June 17, 1816. 

5 Levi B., b. Jan. 8, 1819, in. Mrs. Lucj^ Cuinmings. 
Clarissa 1'., 1). May 14, 1821, ni. John Garland. 

6 Benjamin Cliandlcr, b. .June (J, 1823, m. Ann Ilolt. 

7 Stephen Batchelder, b. :May 4, 1830, m. Ella Kipley. 

The father d. Jan. .^. 1849, aged (U. The niotlier d. Jan. 1, 18G9, aged 84. 

2 Captain Emmor Rawsox, brother of the preceding, m. 
Clarissa Peterson, and settled in the Porter neighborhood. (See 
INIilitarv Record.) Children: 

SyTria, b. Aug. 3, 1815, m. He/ekiah C. (lark. 

8 Horace W., b. April 13, 1818, ni. Sarah Clark. 

9 Asa Danforth, b. Jan. 24, 1822, m. Abagail Duiihaui. 
Calista, b. 1823, in. Charles McFadden. 



niSTOKY OK PAHIS. 707 

Ei,tnuji\ I). April IS, lS-24, d. S.-pt. 27, 182i». 
ErcUnc, b. Mav 2G, 1826, m. Lawson Hill. 

Orlando, b. April 17, 1830, ni. Mary Eli/abetb Tilton of J>awrence, 
Mass. He went to the army and died on his way home. Auf^ust, 
1803. 
The mother d. May '.». ls;>(). ami he m. 2d. Klioda. widow of Tctcr (lark. 
Captain Knnnor d. Apiil 27. I8(i7, aiie 8.{. Khoda d. June, 1871. 

3 Mai;k B. Kaavson, hrother of the [jreceding. ni. Olive, dan. 
of William Bent. 1.8-27. Cliildren : 

OJtrc, 1). Oct. 2!), 182'.). d. Dee. 2!), 18.")(i. 

.)Ao-/.- /•'.. b. .Jan. 17, 18.S2. m. Aravcsta Whitman of >Voodstock; d. 

insane. 
Otix Bent. 1). ;M;irch 22, 1836, m. Rose jNIeKenney, and is a minister. 

10 Va-iiil I)., b. Oet. 2."). 1837, m. Sarah Libbey. 
Dollii B. b. Aiii^-. 27. 18.39, d. Jnly 27, 18G9. 

The father d. Set t. 1<N l>^"-i- 

4 S AMUKi. Fessendex Rawson, son of Levi, m. Azuba, duu. of 
Isaac Knight. Aug. IG, 1881. He was a carpenter by trade; also 
served some years as deputy sheritf. He d. at ^lechanic Falls. 
Children : 

Sindxhii.ru, '>• Feb. 17, 1832, d. Au<>-. 2."). 1844, aged 12 years, months. 

11 Jul, IL.liiK'S, b. Sept. 30, 1833, m. Mary E. Garland. 

The motlier d. Oet. 15, 1S33, m. 2d, Sally, dau. of Moses Twitchell. 
Sarah Bebecca, b. Oct. 1, 1834, m. Hezekiah C. Clark. 
Paidinc, b. Oct. 19, 1836. 
BozilJa, b. March 20, 1839, d. :\Iai-ch 16, 1840. 
Franris'h. Jnue 3, 1842. 
Base £., b. Sept. 5, 1849. 

5 Levi B. Rawson. brother of the preceding, m. March, 1844, 
Mrs. Lucy, widow of Jesse C'uminings, and dau. of Lewis Monk 
He died IVom injuries received by logs rolling over him, May 2G, 
1883. 

6 Ben.tamix Chandlek Raavsox, brother of the preceding, m. 
Ann, dau. of Johnson C. Holt, and settled on the "Willis homestead, 
Paris Hill. Children : 

StJ'Ua. 

The mother d. Dec. 17, 1871. m. 2d, Sarah Jane Daniels. 

7 Stephen- B. Rawsox, l)rother of the preceding, m. Ella, dau. 
of Valentine Ripley. May 23, 1863. She was b. Feb. 22, 1846. 
Children : 

AiMie E., b. Mareh 7, 186."): Linda 7?., b. Dec. 8, 1873. 



708 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

8 Horace W. Rawson, sou of Captain Emnior Rawson, m. 
Sarah, dan. of Peter Clark. 

9 Asa Danforth Rawson, brother of the preceding, m. Abagail 
T., dan. of Eleazer Dnnham, Jr. ('tiildren : 

Chd'd />., b. Xov. 8, IS.').'}, 111. Chandler Swift. 

10 Virgil D. Rawson, sou of ]Mark B., ui. Sarali M., dan. of 
Rev. Phineas Libbey, Aug. 24, 180'). Children : 

3/rt/>^'/, b. Dec. 1.3, 1870; Jliimip, b. Aug. 7, 1872; Olirr^ b. :Mardi 12, 
1874. 

11 Jur. Holmes Rawson, sou of Samuel F. Rawson, ni. Mary^E., 
dau. of John L. and Mary (Elwell) Garland, April 20, lH')i. She 
was b. April 8, 1829. Settled Paris Hill, antl has l)een mail carrier 
between Paris Hill and the station, for many years. Engaged in 
liverv, trade, horse and cattle [)atent medicines. Cliildreu : 

tSamucl Holmes, h. An^^. -lU. ISoi; Faulty, b. May .'), 18.50, ui. Firelund 
Tufts; Xellie >S'., b. March 24, 1858, ui. Chu-ence >[. Ilutchius of Runiford; 
Annie P., b. May 28, 18.')1), ni. James T. Chase: Charles, b. April 27, 18(t2, 
m. Charlotte E. Jackson. 

Recoui). 

John Recohd of Bridgewater. came to Paris and settled on the 
lot'afterward set into Hebron. He m. Ruth, dan. of Perez Tubbs. 
Children : 

Fererc Tnhhs, b. Apiil 5, 17'.IG, in. Asenath Tiil)l)S of Dresden; Israel, h. 
March 18, 17i)8; Anrrlia, b. March 17, 1800; John, b. Dec. 6, 1801; Folly, 
b. May 7, 1804; Fnth, b. May 28, 1806; Betsey, b. March 30, 1808; Charles, 
b. Dec. 17, 1810: Charles, b. June 28, 1812; Olive, b. July 28, 181G; 
Bebecca, b. April 10, 1818, d. April 28, 1818; Foxanmi, b. April 10, 1818. 

Perez Tubus Record, sou of John Record, m. Asenath Tid)bs of 
Dresden, Jan. 10, 1818. Settled at North Paris. Sumner and South 
Paris, and was a blacksmith. Children : 

Charles Albert, b. Aug. 10, 1820; Josej^h Tnbbs, h. Dec. 28, 1821 ; Anrelia, 
b. June 10, 1823, d. May 4, 1828; Futh, b. Xov. 10, 1824; Cordelia White, 
b. July 27, 182G; Sanixel, h. April 10, 1828; Henry, b.Dec. 15,1829; Hart- 
veil BriJ'ie, h. April 8, 1831 ; James 3Ia<lisnn, h. Aug. 28, 1836. 

Reed. 
John Reed m. Laura, dau. of Sylvanus Dunham. Children all 

but oldest b. Paris : 

Jiilia Amv, b. Woodstock, Jan. 25, 1846, d. 3Iarch 18, 1871 ; Abby Esther, 
b. Oct. 24, 1847, d. June 25, 1^:67; Alfaretta, b. June 15, 1851, in. George 



lIISTOKr OF PAUIS. 709 

W. Cole, r. in Paris; Harriet Jfui/, h. May 1, 1853; Jolu) Fr<n,k\ b. March 
8, 1857; Freil, b. June 2, 1861, d. July 10, 1861; Henrij, b. April 16, 1865; 
Heiiriftt'i, h. April 16, 1865. 

The father d. April 14, 1875. 

Tlie above ehildreu all b. Sunday, 

Rice. 
Alvan Rice, son of Nathaniel and Mercy (Emery) Rice, was b. 
in Gorham, Nov. 24, 1811, m. March 25, 1837, Harriet, dan. of 
David and Sarah (Cushman) Bolster. Settled in Paris about 1847. 
The birthdays of luisband and wife were the same, with a ditfereuce 
of one year in their ages. He settled on the Bolster farm first, and 
afterward moved to South Paris village. The mother d. 1888. He 
m. 2d, Lydia Godfrey. Children : 

AMn MeUen, b. in Harrison, June 23, 1841, n\. Addie M., dau. of Deacon 
Thomas Goodwin of Norway. Settled in Boston, and is doing- a large 
conunission business, under the firm of Rice, Halliday & Co. 

AViLLiAM Rice, brother of the preceding, m. Julia Ann, dau. of 
Solomon Davis of Gorham, Feb. 18,'54. cam<S to Paris in LSol. His 
wife d. Nov. 17, 1875, and he m. 2d, Maria Y.. J , dan. of Col. 
Ebenezer Thayer, Feb. 14, 1877. 

Richards. 
Tristram Richards, son of John 2d of Boston and Newbury, 
and Abagail (Miles) Richards, was b. 1761. He was in the last 
part of the Revolntionary war. He m. Abagail York of Middleton, 
and resided there until 1827, when he removed to the west part of 
Hebron, now Oxford, to live with his son Samuel, wdiere he died 
June 8, 1845. His wife d. June ;], 185C. Children : 

Dai-iil, b. March 26, 1786, m. Sarah Edgerly. 

lihoda, b. Dee. 20, 1787, m. Peter Clark, who settled in South Paris 

village in 1827, and aftei- his death, m. Capt. Emnior Rawson. 
Stephen, b. Jan. 25, 1791, ni. Amy Tuttle, s. Letter B., Me, 
John, b. Jan. 18, 1794, m. Abagail Biekford of Oxford. 
Benjamin, b. Oct. 23, 1796, m. Joanna P. Jenkins. 
Tristram, b. June 2, 1798, m. Mary Woodman. 
Joseph, b. 1800, lost at sea. 

Samuel, b. June 2, 1805, m. :Mary l.ane, s. Oxford and Paiis. 
Isaar, b. Nov. 22, 1808, ni. Joanna Strout. 

Ben.tamin Richards, son of Tristram, m. Joanna P, Jenkins of 
Middleton, and settled in Oxford, Children : 

Jonathan, b. Sept. 26, 1819. m. L. Jane Millett, s. Paris. 



710 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Fiynx'is C, b. July 81, 1821, in. L. Jiuie, d;ui. of Captain IJczaleel 
White, and settled on a poition of tlie White lionicstead and afterward 
moved to Oxford. 

',S((r)ih ./., b. Xov. 8, 182.3, ni. Josepli T. Daniels, s. Paris. 

Christinud^ b. May 2S, 182ij, m. James M. Wilson. 

3Irni<h()m, b. March 27, I'^So, ni. George B. Dwinell. 

BoijiiiDiit, b. May 27, 18.3.1. 

<^<'»nj(' ]V., b. May 17, 1838. 

AJfn-il WxlJarc, b. June fi, 1843. 

Samuel Richards, brother of the preceding, ni. Maiy. dan. of 
Francns Lane of Oxford, and settled in Paris. He died Oct. 10, 
1880. His wife d. Oct. 31, 1805. Children: 
Tristram, b. March 13, 1830, ni. Harriet Pike. 

Samuel, Jr., b. July 30, 1832, m. Susan, dau. of Kdniund ami Alniira 
(Cobb) Dearborn of Bridgton, Eeb. 5, 18G2. She was b. June 2, 1840. 
He is a jeweller at South Paris village, and has: Flora May. b. Nov. 
17,1862; Wilson Lane, 1). May 24, 1865; Susan Almira, b. .July 11, 
1867. 

Jonathan Kichakds, son of Benjaniin and Joanna P. Jenkins 
T?ichards, m. Louisa Jane, dati. of Nathaniel and 3Lutlia Jane Mer- 
rill) ]Millett, Oct. 17, 1847. She was h. Jan. (i, 182-_>. Now resides 
on the Darius Fobes farm. Children : 

Tmrxjcnc, b. Oxford, July 1."), 18.")1, ni. Albert E. Sanborn, s. P>rookline, 
Mass. Florence EllfH, b. Oxford, April 12, 18.53 ; L<-iia, It. Oxford, May 
28,18.55; Louisa Jane, h. Oxford, .lune 11, 18.58; lienjaini)! Fraiikli)), h. 
Paris, Nov. (i. 1861; Nettif Isadore, b. Paris, :\Iay 30, 18(;(;. 

Richardson. 
Samuel Richardson, the second of three brotliers, who united in 
the settlement of Woburn, Mass., was born in England, about IGIO, 
and came to this country about 1().">0. The line of descent as given 
in the family history, is as follows : Samuel', Joseph^ Stel)hen^ 
Adam*, Stephen", Stephen", who m. Lydia Crooker, and settled in 
Buckfield and Turner. (See Richardson ^Memorial.) 

Stephen Richardson, son of Stei)hen and Lydia, was b. July 24, 
1810, m. Lucinda, dau. of John Bonney of Paris, where she was 
born. Moved to Soutli Paris village, and engaged in hardware 
trade, which is continued by his sons. Children : 
•Georije C, b. April 3, 1843, d. Feb. 11, 1864. 

Charles E., b. Sept. 26, 1845, ni. Louisa, dau. of Orren Webster Bent, 
June 27, 1866, and has: Georgie, b. Paris, March IS, 1867; Frank A., 
b. Paris, March 16, 1869. 
Jnlins Perciral, b. Sept. 20, 1847, ui. Siu-ah, dau. of Otis C. Bolster. 



HISTOUV Ol I'AKIS. 711 

RcFus Richardson ni. Eleanor, dun. of John Hicks of (iroon- 
wood. He came to South Paris village in 181G, Avhen it consisted 
of l)nt few houses. lie boni>ht land of Elias Stowell, and built his 
house nearly on the site of the James Dennett house ; afterward 
moved to Lexington, Me., and died there. His house there was 
destroyed by lii-e, and his wife perished in the })urninu- house. 
Children : 

,7b/(«, 1). .July 10, 1808; Jlinuiu h. June i;i, 1811. iii. Dolly V. (uvcu: 
Xathanu'l Ji.. h. Au.ii'. .l. 181(); Murtlui II., h. .luiic 11, 181i). 

Hiram Richardson, son of Rnfus, m. Dolly V., dan. of Jedediah 
Green of Otisfield. Children : 

ILatic, h. Aug. 2(), 1837, d. Mar.'li 14, is.v.). 

3Iaria Ani/ic, h. ^Muirli, 1840, in. Calvin 11. Evans, M. I)., s. Xorw.-iy. 

William //., b. March 9, 1842, ni. Sarali J., dau. of 'riionias ami Lois 

(Kneeland) Feruald of Troy, Sept. .5, 18G4. She was h. Aug. 20, 1840, 

and has: Lizzie X., (adoi)ted) b. Dec. 7, 1860. 

Cyrus Richardson, son of John of Greenwood, was b. Oct. G, 
1816,, m. Sarah L., dau. of Joseph Swift of Sumner; settled at 
Trap Corner. Children : • 

Jennie Sara/u b. April 30, 1847. ni. Asbury Curtis of AVoodstock. 

Emjp.ne E., b. May 26, 18.")o. 

The father d. March 1(!. 187."i. 

Ripley. 
The Hue of descent from William Ripley', the emigrant, is John-, 
John, Jr.^ Hezekiah*, Abner% Tiiaddeusfi, of the sixth generation, 
who m. Lydia Ransom of Plymonth. 

Captain Uriah Ripley, son of Thaddeus and Lydia (Ransom) 
Riple3', was b. Oct. 4, 1773, being the seventii generation. He m. 
Sarah, dau. of William King, and with one child, Triah, Jr., came 
to Paris in July, 1795. They came into town by way of "No. 4 
Hill " and moved in with Asa Perry into his log house, and remained 
with him through the winter, and until he had provided a log house 
of his own. He cleared up his lands, built substantial buildings, 
and reared a large family. His wife, Sarah King, was b. the day of 
the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. He d. Jan. i), 1853. 
Children all but oldest b. Paris : 

Vriah, Jr., h. Plymouth, June 1, 1795, m. Lucinda Briggs. 

William, b. May 19, 1797, d. 1798. 

WiUiaiii Kin(j, b. Feb. 7, 1799, m. ^Slartha Parsons, s. Peru. 



712 HISTUhY OF PARIS. 

James, b. April 30, 1800, drowiied in Xorth Yarmouth, June 9, 1820. 

Daniel, h. Dec. 26, 1801, m. Eliza l.oach, s. Hartford. 

Sally /r., b. Oct. 4, 1803, in. .Tacob Bradbury, s. Norway. 

Harvey, b. Oct. 14, 180."), in. Nancy Tobin, s. Hartford. 

Orison, b. July 13, 1807, in. Hanuah Maxiin. 

Valentine, b. Maj' 20, 1809, m. Lovliia Ellis, s. Bucktlcld. 

rhadilexis, b. Feb. 2, 1811, d. March, 1813. 

David B , b. March 0. 1813, m. Lois Tuttle. 

Hannibal, b. Nov. 12, 1815, d. May, 181(j. 

Georr/e ]V., b. Feb. 11, 1817, in. Harriet Warren. 

Ranson RirLKv, brother of the preceding, came to Paris in 1800, 
and was indentured with liis lirother Uriah, until he was twentj'-one. 
He was b. Sept. 8, 178G, and therefore his term of service was seven 
3'ears. He died in Paris, 8ept. o, 1842, aged 56. His wife d. May 
13, 1849, aged .52 years. Children: 

Hanson, b. Oct. 15, 1823, m. Julia M. Thayer, r. Paris. 

Ammi E., b. Sept. 8, 1825, in. Fuller, s. California. 

Cynthia, b. 1827, ni. William Knapii. 

Ellen, b. 1829. 

Thaddeus, b. Oct. 15, 1831, d. Sept. 18.58, in California. 

Ahby J., b. July, '1833. 

Amanda, b. 1835. 

Georije, b. July, 1338, m. Mary Noyes. 

Delia, b. 1841, m. Jo.seph Cornell. 

• Uriah Kiplev, son of Captain Uriah, m. Lueinda, dan. of Jesse 
Briggs. Children : 

Cyrus H., b. Sept. 22, 1819, in. Olive K. Cooper. 

Lueinda, b. 0«t. 30, 1822, m. Hiram A. Broaders of Mass. 

Eliza A., b. March 30, 1825, m. Solomon S. Giles, s. Paris. 

SaUy B., b. March 31, 1828, d. June 7, 1841. 

William K., b. Oct. 8, 1830, in. Ilattie O. Bradbury, s. Boston. 

Andrew J., b. March 10, 1803, d. April 13, 184G. 

The father d. April 9, 1871. The mother d. Aug. 7, 1870. 

CoL. Ohi?;on Ripley, l)rother of the preceding, ni. Hannah, dau. 
of Silas ]Maxim. He settled on the home farm ; late in life he sold 
tlie homestead and moved to Massachusetts. (See INIilitary Record.) 
Children : 

Sarah June, b. Dec. 4, 1833, m. J. J. Goodino-, is now settled at Papete, 

Tahita, Society Islands in Pacitic Ocean. 
Matilda Annette, h. Oct. 2, 1830, m. Hiram T. Field. 

Winjleld Scott, b. Feb. 3, 1839, m. Mary, Avidow of Nehemiah Davis, and 
dau. of Joshua Perham, s. in AVakelield. 



IIISTOKY OV PARIS. 713 

Francis Bf-mis,]). .)an. 7, \S-i\, n\. l.aiii;i IMtner, served in Ihe army iu 

the Kebellion, and wa.> wounded at Antietani. 
AUce Elizabeth, b. .Jan. 7, 1847, ni. Henry II. Maxim. 
Flora Harhni; b. Sept. 21, 185], m. Geor-ie Tulsifer, s. Sunnier. 

Cai't. David K. Kiim.kv, l)rotlu'r of the i)rec'C'{ling, ni. Lois, (hui. 
of AVilliani Tuttle. Settled near the homestead. (See INlilitury 
Keeord.) He d. Jan. 2^), ISTo, and his widow ni. Luther Stone. 
Children : 

Lodoiska, b. Dec. :^, 18:58, ni. .Mason (i. Field. 

Hosvoe C, b. Feb. 23, 1840, d. April 14, 1841. 

J'lnif'S Osborne, b. July 2!), 1841, m. Ellen Ilannnond. 

Aiii/eline L., b. Manrh 14, 1843, m. Farnham II. Small. 

The moriier d. Ajiri] ;», is:)7, m. 2d, Mi-s. Kli/abetb P. .Morrill. 

GKou(iK W. KiPUCY, brother of the preceding, ni. Harriet, dau. 
of William Wai-ren, and settled on the Warren homestead. He is 
a hlacksniith hy trade. Cliildren : 

Gei,rye KendaU, b. May 30, 1842. 

WiUiain ]VaUace, b. July 2, 1813. Killed at (hancellorsville, Va., March 
3, 18(53. (See Record.) 

Charles A., b. Jan. 17, 1845, d. Sept. 2(5, lS4r>. 

Abbie A., b. 3Iay 22, 1840, d. Feb. 21, 1847. 

Olive K., b. Xov. 15, 1847, m. David E. Downs of Boston, Mass. 

Charles A., b. March 2, 1849, m. Julia Pratt, s. in Norway. 

Osgood X., b. June 9, 1852, d. April 14, 1802 

Awjnstns IP., b. April 2, 18.54, in California. 

Mary E., b. April 29, 1850, m. Otis Howe of Woodstock. 

James I)., b. Xov. 15, 1857, m. Cora V. Codwin of Pumford. 

Albert K., b. April 8, 18.59, d. .Maich 20, 1802. 

Captain Cyrus H. Ripley, son of Uriah, m. Olive R., dau. of 
John Cooper. Appointed messenger to the Governor and Council, 
18G1, and served seven years; appointed government store keeper 
at Portland, April, 18(58, and served ten years. (See Military 
Record.) Children: 

Mara A., b. April 29, 1841, m. P>enjamiii S. Doe. 

Philo Clark; b. May 11, 1844, d. Oct. 10, 1844. 

Ada E., b. Sept. 21, 1849, m. John Pieice. 

S'irtih E., h. June 24, 18.53, music and school teacher. 

Flora /.. b. Oct. 21, 18.54, ni. William S. Montgomery. 

Olice A., b. Feb. 10, 1850, m. A. W. Hammond. 

Ransom Ripley, son of Ransom, ni. Julia M., dau. of America 
Thayer, and settled on the Abner Rawson farm. He spent his early 
manhood in California. Children : 

Mabel ./., b. July 8, 1801 ; Prentiss T., b. July. 1805; Florence Augusta, 
b. July. 1807. died; Florence. 



714 HISTORY OF PA IMS. 

James Osuorxe Ritley. son of Cai)t:iiii David, m. Ellen F., dan. 
of Peleg Hammond. July 21, 1.S42. Children: 
Perh'ii F., 1). Sept. 3, 1875. 
The father d. Dee. 28, 1S7(J. The widow in. Frank Bennett. 

Elipiiaz Ripley, son of Valentine and Lovina (Ellis) Ripley, m. 
Julia, widow of Bethuel Carey, and dan. of Deacon David Farrar 
of Buekfield, Sept. 16, 18')5. Enlisted in Co. I, 17th Maine, d. in 
hospital at Washington, Dec. 17, FSCS. Children: 

IL'rJwrt. Cart';/, h. Buc.kticld, Jan. 8, 18()0, in. Lillian :May Hall. 

The wi(l(nv ni. Ira Gardner of Buektield. 

Geouoe Kendall Ripley, son of George W. and Harriet (War- 
ren) Ripley, (see ]Military Record) m. Nov. 28, 18G7. Eliza J., dan. 
of Hiram AVarren of Auburn. Children : 

EfJith A., h. Oct. 16, 1888; Join) 0., 1). July .'H, 1870: Grnr;ir' II., h. Oct. 
25, 187."). 

The mother d. Nov. 9, 187."), and he m. 2d, Ella F.. daii. of Alvan Howe 
of Buekfield, h. Aug. 30, 1S.5!> C'liildren : 

Eliza E., b. Oct. 30, 1877; Oshornc E., h. June .5, 18711 : WiJliith) IF., li. 
Feb. G, 1881 ; Lena J/., b. Nov. 23, 1882. 

RonniNS. 

Sylvanlis Robbins of Plymouth or Flympton, Mass., m. Mary 
Lander, said to be of F>edford. He settled on the farm in the Bisco 
district. Children : 

Fulhj, b. April 9, 1793, m. Zebedee C'uslunan, s. Oxford. 

Frisrilla, m. William Yates, anil resided at South Paris. 

Lniti.sa, dicil at tlie age of eighteen years. 

liebeccd, ni. John Lond)ai-d, who, after the decease of Rebecca, m. Polly, 
the widow of Zebeilee Cushman. She died at South Paris, June 19, 
1874. (See Cushniiin.) 

Bf-njauiin, b. July 21^ 180"^, m. Eliza Bennett, s. Norway. 

Ahhoi, s. in Standish. 

Sail!/, ni. David Andrews. (See Andrews.) 

Stephen, iK'ver ni. died in Paris. 

The mother d. and he m. 2d, Dolly Sargent. 

RoiiixsoN. 

Elijah Robixson of Jiarre, Mass., m Sarah, a sister of Stephen 
Blake senior, and was an early settler in the Robinson neighbor- 
hood. His sous may have preceded him in coming to this tonn. 
Children : 

Samuel, m. Sally, Pawson, s. Oxford; Joel, m. Eucy ; Sti'phen, b. Mareli 
3, 176."), m. .leniinia ITaslvell; A^a, ni. Del)orah Briggs, ni. 2d, Eunice 



msTOKY OF PAKIS. 715 

Woodward; «S'«////, lu. Cyprian Stevens, >[. D.; Kati(\ ni. ^Merrill, s. 

Nortli Xorwaj-; Alicc^wi. Ezra Brett; his father was a bhieksniith and 
lived near the Robinsons; ./<*//«, I). 1771, ni. Susanna Blake. 

Majou Jor.i, EoBiNSON, sou of P^lijali, in. Lucy , and 

settled on the lot now the Paris Town Farm. He engaged largely 
in lunilx'ring oi)ci-ations, the logs linding a market at Brunswick. 
He was among our most prosperous farmers. Children. : 
I Prcstnu, h. Dee. 2.5, 171>7. 
ir JfiUn, h. Nov. 21, 180n. 

III Joi'l, Jr., ni. in Wrenthani, Mass., Ann Daniels, ni. 2d. lier sister. 

IV Lnr;/ All)), ni. (lallin of Franklin. 

The niotlier d. Dec. 29, 181.") ^ ni. 2d, Sally Eaton of Franklin. Mass. 
V Sura/i,, m. Ezekiel Whitman Clark. 

VI Amelia., m. Pond, s. Wrentham, Mass. 

VII Geori/f'., went to sea and was never heai-d from. 

The father d. Dec. .31), ISl."). His wife died in Franklin. :Mass.. :S[ay 17, 
1S45. 

As.v KoiiixsoN, brother of the preceding, m. in Turner, June 11. 
1788, Deborah Briggs. She d. and he m. 2d, Eunice "Woodward. 
She d. Sept. 20. 1.S17, and lie m. 3d, Eliza, dau. of Ebenezer Raw- 
son, He settled on a lot near his brothers, and late in life moved 
to Taris Hill. ^See sketch of village.) Children : 

Elixiihrth Aniinslii, b. March 20, 1820, m. Xatlian Emerson, M. D., of 
Orland; AiKjustus Giluuoi, b. .(uly 23, 183.5, graduated at West Point and 
is stationed in California. 

The father d. of lung fever, .Jan. 12, 184(i. 

. Stephen Robixson, brother of the preceding, m. Jemima, dau. of 
Nathaniel Haskell of New CTloucester, April 4, 1792. She was b. 
Jan. 15, 1775. He settled on the lots now included in the farm of 
his grandson, Stephen Robinson Parsons. He was one of the most 
extensive farmers of the town. He ran a whiskey distillery, mostly 
potatoes of his own raising, having had one season twenty-eight 
acres. He also engaged in lumliering winters. Children : 

Anna, b. June 11, 1793, m. Deacon Daniel Stowell. 

iSalli/, b. Dee. 25, 1794, m. Captain Steplien Blake. 

ClarinJa, b. Dec. 23, 1790, m. Eev. Joseph Walker. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 15, 1799, d. March 21, 1809. 

Paulina, b. Dec. 25, 1800, ni. Billings Forbes. 

Apphia, b. Xov. 13, 1802, m. John Parsons. 

Stephen, Jr., b. May 16, 1805, ra. Sophronia Ciishman. 

Elrira, b. July 11, 1807, m. Oren Dwinall, s. Minot. 

Adaline, b. May 25, 1809, in. Albert Quincy, s. Portland. 

Harriet, b. Sept. 15, 1812, m. Daniel Parsons, s. Missouri. 

■Jane, b. March 27, 1815, m. Jonathan M. Knapp, s. Portland. 



716 HISTORY OF PAUIS. 

John Robins<»\, brother of the preeeding, in. Susuiiiuih Blake^ 
and settled on High Street. After his decease his son Prestou suc- 
ceeded to part of the estate. The ohl homestead was occui)ied by 
Simeon Farnuni. and more recently by his son Sidney. Ciiildreu : 

John, h. M.irt-h 2S, 1801, s. Cahiis. 

Vrcston^ b. Nov. 10, 1802, d, Juno 2!), 1877. He was twice married, and 

lived on part of the honicstcad on IIii;li Street. 
Milla, h. Aug. 16, 180.5, ni. Simeon P'arnuni, s. Paris. 
Sidney Smith, h. Oc-t. 22. 1807. 

Jinxalana, h. May 20, isll. in. Kni.nlit, now in Pi-ovidi-ncc. P. T. 

Joseph . 

Elizd Ann, in. .b)ini T.. Swont'v, s. (icorgia. 

John. 

Mciri/ Jane. 

An(/e]ine. il. when about twenty years of age. 

Tlie father d. June 19, 1818. Tlie motlier d. Jan. 27, \S32. 

ROGEHS. 

Captain Ekmino Rogeks. son of Elkanali and 'r.'imsin (Snow) 
Rogers, was it. in Petersham. Mass., in. Rebeccti Woodward of 
Ilardwick, or AVare. Mass. Settled in Paris on the Stearns Hill, 
ami afterward moved to High Street. Ciiildren : 

L'fhecra Woudtranl, h. Watcrtown. Nov.. 1820. ni. rharles Williams, s. 
Petersliam, ^lass. 

Eliza Ann, b. Watcrtown. Dec-. 2. 1821. ni. Atiiozi-r Andrews. Jr., s. 
Portland. 

Sarah Jmir. 1). Paris, Deo. 27, 182."?. ni. Charles Wood, s. Modford. 

ImheUa, b. Paris, June 18, 1828, m. Sanmel Millett, s. Norway. 

Tum.<<in Snon; b. Paris, April 1."), 1832. m. Joshua Young, s. Dedham. 

Ellen Amanda, b. Paris.' .Inly 17. 18.^1. m. Sylvester Cushman, s. Fox- 
bore. 

Edmund Makepeace, b. Paris, Jan., 1837, s. Gorham, X. Jl. 

Dani'd Webster, b. Paris, July 18, 1839, conductor on R. Pv. in X. ^ . 

Rounds. 
Isaac Rounds, M. I)., son of Nathaniel of Grav. and Susan A. 
(Liljbey) Rounds of Poland, was b. in Danville. Scjit. 11, 1842. 
He in. Lydia A., dau. of Joseph and Sally F. (Thurston) Haskell,- 
Oct. 14, 1874. She was b. Jan. 2.S. 184G. Children: 

SH)<ie Liiuisc, b. Aug. 2."), 187.5 ; Frank- ]Vend<dh b. Nov. 23, 1882. 

ROWE. 

Nathaniel M. Rowe m. Rhoda E. Niles. Children : 
Sarah Era, b. in Danville, Oct. 12, 1862; SeicaJl Milhtt. h. in Paris, Dec. 
-), 1869. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 717 

IvOVAF.. 

William Koyal, the first known of the name in this i-ountrv. was 
settled at Casco Bay as early as I80O. He was a "eooper and 
•cleaver." 

John Koyal, the early settlei' of this town, was tlie son of Kli of 
New Gloucester, and was b. Sei)t. 10. 177.S. Hi' was probably a 
<lcscendant of*Williani. ante. He m. Pt)lly. dan. of .Jesse Ib-iogs, 
and settled in the Wliittemore distriet. Children : 

Solon, 1). Ai)i-il 11. ISOS, ni. M:\vy .laiu' AlliMi. 

Jess(\ h. July 28, 1814, in. Susan Jlollaiui. s. Danville. 

The father d. Aug. .'lO, 184;{. The mother d. Maieh .{, 18r)4. 

I\EV. Solon Royal, son of John. m. Mary Jane. dan. of Jacob 
Allen of BucUlield, was ordained as a Free Baptist minister in 1.S.J5 ; 
is .1 mason by trade. He served as Connty Treasurer in 1872. 
Cliildren : 

Floiinda, b. April 2-2, 18:{;{, m. (Jeorgc Cooper^ s. Ionia, ^lielL 

Columbia, h. Dee. 17, 18;5;i, m. William II. Cole, r. in Paris. 

Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1836, ni. Ceorge W. Davis of Ilaverliill, X. II. 

A>i><tiii ]yitf'rlr)\ 1). .\ug. 5, 1840, m. Esther E. Rogers of X. V. 

John Culhij, b. Sept. 2;j, 1847, ni. >bnia 'I'tittle of X. II. 

Hoi'.KiiT Royal of Yarmouth, m. Anna Barbour of Yarmonth or 
Pownal. He had brothers, John of Powual, Winthrop of Freeport, 
and Sanuiel of Danville. Children: 

licnjamin, b. Dee. 2(J, 17»(), m. Estiier, dau. of Edmund Allen, June, 
lS2i), and settled in South Paris village the same year. (See :MiIls.) lie 
d. Dee. 28, 185-5 ; 7y>////, d. young; Salhi^m. Kichanl P.lMk(\ s. Freedom; 
Williani />'., b. Nov. 28, 1810, m. Aljiab Cole. 

The mother d. 1818, m. 2d, widow Miriam Weeks. Children : 

Alinh-a, m. George Xoyes, s. Pownal; D. Chandler, m. Anna Aldeii. and 
settled in Dover; Mar;/ Ann, m. Edwin bathe. 

The lather (b Aug. 18."),"). 4'he mother d. 1880. 

AViLLiAM B. Royal, son of Kol)ert. in. Abiah. dan. of Levi Cole 
of Greenwood. (See^NIills.) Cliildren: 

'Oscar TC. b. Xov. lii. 1S47, m. Aiigustji. dau. of lliiam and ( harlotte 
(Ilobbins) Warren, 1). April 2, 18.')4, and bad: xVrthur T., b. Jan. 10, 
1874; Lottie, b. May 3, 1875, d. Dee. 13, 1875; Esther E., b. Jan. 12, 
1877; Anna J., b. June20, 1S7S, d. Julv 25, 1871); Kate A., h. March 
0, 1880; Effie E., b. July 10, 1882. 

The mother d. March 13, 1840, m. 2d, Xancy. dau. of Edmund Allen. 

Almira J., b. July 8, 1852, m. Joseph Augustus Kenney of Pownal, and 
has, Wm. E., b. Feb. 14, 1870. 

Henry B., b. March 28, 1854, d. July 31, 1855. 

Anna IF., b. Aug. 25, 1857, m. Eugene Williams of Portland. 



718 HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

Russ. 

James Rlss, b. 1804, m. Mary A. Adams of Boothbay, b. 1810. 
He formerly lived at North Paris. He was born in New Sharon. 
From here he went to Woodstock, and died there from the effects 
of disease brought on from exposure while serving in the 12th 
Maine Regiment. He had several children : 

Benton, m. Jane, dau. of Geo. W. Ciishniiin, iind is w:#(len of the jail 
in Washington, D. C; SainiifJ, m. Syl)il Jones, dau. of .Tereiiiiah Felt, s. 
Woodstock; //rH/v/ //., ni. Alice J. Coltoii, and Antoinette F., ni. James 
F. Krag-. 

HoKATio G. Russ, brother of the preceding, was long a resident 
here, was prominent in political affairs, served one tea-m in the legis- 
lature, and was long a clerk at Washington, D. C. He m. 1st, 
Rutti, dau. of Moses Houghton, and 2d, Sarah A. Rust. He d. in 
Livermore in 187!». 

William Russ. perhaps brother of the preceding, formerly lived 
at the nortli part of the town. His wife was Mirandn, who died 
Feb. 0, 1H45. He d. July 10, 1S41>, aged aC. 

Henkv Russ. I)rother of James, m. Susan, dau. of Moses Hough- 
ton, and lived at North Paris, luit d. quite early in life. 

Rust. 
William Ai'i-leton Rust, M. D., (William', Col. HenryMIenry^ 
Nathaniel', Henry',) (See Paris. Physicians) wns b. in Gorliam, 
182;^), came to South Paris in 1847, and m. Frances J., dau. of 
Puliis K. (ioodenow, in 1848. She died Oct. 18, 184t), and he in. 
2d, Sarah J., also dau. of Rufus K. He built the stand now the 
residence of Henry Gary. Removed to Boston, Mass., in 18G5. 

Children : 

Fntnces J., Anielix IL, Winnifred A., J'hili/> Sidney. 

Ryeksox. 
Luke Ryerson was b. in Bergen County, N. J. He m. Abngail, 
dau. of Dependence KUery, Feb. 1, 1707, and settled in York 
County, where, probably, the first children were Itorn. He moved 
to the Rounds place in West Bucktield, and d. there in 1812. Gen. 
George Cushman, then eleven years of age, and living in the Whitte- 
more district, is the only person now known, wdio recollects attend- 
ing the funeral. The family then followed the older sons, who had 



IIISTOKV OF rAHIS. 719 

made sotllements hi Taris in tlii' locality known as the Kyorson 
neighborliood. He had 23 chihlivn : 

Al'<((/<nh d.'young; Willi'Du^h. Aug. 4, ITGO, m. Sally Parsons; Lukp, 
1). 1772, in. Keziah Cuslnnan; ElLiaOfth \ Geornc, \n. Elizabeth Jenks; 
FoUij--, J<>1iH\ Jo!<('i>h. <li('il youno-; SamupJ^ Benjaiiiin; Sui^anna, had 

(lefec-tive palate, ni. John Kcaree, s. Auburn; xihcujail, m. Irving-, 

whose son John sinveil his apprenticeship in the Democrat office, Paris 
Hill. 

rill.' mother cl. : ni. "id. Sai-ab Cooiiibs of York, b. Dee. 14, 17()(!. 

Sarah, b. June 10, 17!);{, ni. John Cole, s. Poland: Just'j,h, h. Get. 7, 1794, 
-s. St. All)ans, Vt.; ILm-ill. b. .March (5, 17!)(i, in. 1st, Churchill, 2d, Roberts, 
3d, White; Xancy.h. .March !>. 17;iS, in. Jonathan Pulsifer; Xehcmiah, b. 
July 9, 1799, hotel keeper, Portland; E.<!tli>n; b. March (i, 1801, m. John 
Moore; Bedding, h. Aug. 20, 1802, ni. Anna Whitteniore; Xathanud 
O.-o/ond, m. Nancy Hersey; Christiana, b. Nov. 20, 1804; Simeon, b. Aug. 
20, 1807, ni. Miranda Walker, s. North Paris; Ehenezer, b. Aug. 20, 1S07. 

The widow Saiah m. a Cox. and lived wltli her son Nathan Osgood, and 
d. tliere. 

CoL. William Kvkksox, sou of Luke. m. Sally Parsons. She 
was 1). .Jan. 2s. 177-S. He was colonel, commanding in Portland, 
war of 1.S12. (See Military Record.) Children: 

Sarah, b. Nov. 0, 1797, ni. Josiali J. Knigiit formerly of Paris, now r. in 
Runiford. 

WiUiaia, b. Feb. 18, 1800. 

Charles, b. Jan. 20, 1802, m. Lydia Pyerson. 

^fartj, b. Sept. 29, 1804, m. ifermon Proctor. 

Charlotte, b. Aug. 14, 180G, d. 1820. 

Joseph Parsons, b. May 3, 1808, m. Matthews, s. Sumner. 

Caroline, h. June 10, 1811, m. Robert .Skiliings, s. South Paris. 

Columbia, b. April 13, 1819, d. Feb. 23, 1837. 

Col. William died May 18, 1838. Sally, his wife, d. July 24, 1820. 

Luke Rvicksox, brother of the preceding, m. Keziah, dau. of Job 
Cushman of Hebron, Aug. 17, 17l»4. She was b. Jan. 11, 1774. 

Children : 

Lydia, b. March 22, 179(i, d. Dec. 28, 1805. 

Clarissa, b. Dec. 28, 1797, in. Peter Denning of Poland. 

Sail;/, b. Dec. 30, 1799. m. Simeon Denning, s. Poland. 

Cushman, b. Oct. 20, 1801, m. 1st, Lovina Dunn, 2d, Eliza A. Dunn. 

Keziah, h. July 29, 1803, m. John Denning. 

Samuel, b. May 13, 180.-), m. Harriet Small. 

Lydia, b. June 7, 1809, m. Charles Kyerson. 

Benjamin, b. March 25, 1809, m. Caroline, dau. of Ebenezer Tuell, s. 

Auburn. 
Alexander, b. Aug. 11. 1811, m. Columbia Stetson. 



720 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Jul,, b. Feb. 13, 1815, ni. Elizabetli Twitcliell. 

Lucy, b. May IS, 1817, in. Moody of Mechanic Falls. 

The father d. Jan. 1827. The mother d. March 2(!, 1857. 

George Ryerson, brother of the preeedino-, m. ElizaVieth Jenks, 
b. in Portland. Oct. 20, 1775. Settled first in the Ryerson neigh- 
borhood. He then built the V. D. Parris stand on Paris Hill, and 
after the sale of this to Alfred Andrews, he repaired the John 
Deming stand and remained here through life. Children : 

(rfiort/c, b. March 10, 1800, ni. Hubbard, i*. Boston, d. Jan. 10, 1837; 

EHza, b. April "29, 1801, d. :May 14, 180G ; Nathan Parsons, b. Feb. 2G, 1803, 
ni. Hannah Milliken, s. Newry; Bichunl Jenlcs, b. Feb. 6, 1805, in. Sarah 
Emerson; EU.<:a Jenks. b. April 11, 1807; Harriet, b. Jan. 3, 180!), d. 
Nov. 20, 1830; Henry Jen Is, h. March 20, 1811, d. July 22, 1840; Almira 
Tluiyer, b. July 12, 1814, d. Nov. 12, 1834; JaneWehh, b. April 20, 1818, ni. 
Benjamin Walton; 3Iary Ann, b. Aui>-. 18, 181!), m. Capt. Bezaleel AVhite. 

Tlie father d. Dec. 10, 1838. Tlie motlier d. Jan. !), 1858. 

CusHMAN Ryerson, son of Luke, m. Lovina Dunn and settled on 
the old homestead. Children : 

I JtiJia A., b. June 13, 1828, d. Sept. 7, 1847. 
II Charles W., b. April 7, 1830, m. Susan 1{. Marston. 

III Fessenden, b. Dec. 25, 1831, d. Aug. 12, 1847. 

IV Alcin M., b. June 23, 1834, m. Carrie IT. Barker, s. Slcowlieyan, one 

son, Charlie C, b. Sept., 1864. 
The motlier d. Dec. K), 1835; m. 2d, Eli/a Dunn, cousin of first wife, 
Dec. 20, 183(>. 

V Eli.-ii L., b. Oct. 7, 1837. 
VI (ieori/e ('., b. May 2(!, 1830. 
The father d. May 25, 18()2. His widow d. July, 1874. 

Samuel Ryerson. brother of the preceding, m. Harriet Small of 
Norway, May G. IMOH. Previous to l.S,'»(5, he had moved to South 
Paris ^'illage. and built the house known as the Ryerson stand. He 
went AVest and settled in Ossage in CSOO, where he d. May, 1879. 
His widow d. in Ossage, Oct. G, 1»84. Children : 

.4!<r/«.s<».s, in. Genevria F. Deering, s. Ossage; Ellen, m. L. W. Knowl- 
ton, s. Ossage. 

CoL. Alexander Ryerson, brother of the preceding, in. Colum- 
bia, dan. of Col. Abel Stetson of Sumner, b. Dec. 24, 1812. 
Children : 

Jennette H., b. July 22, 1833, in. James Heath. 

Angelia, b. June 20, 1835, m. Lucius Buck, s. Lincoln. 

Algernon S., h. ^Nlay 3, 1837, m. Elizabeth Freeman, s. Hebron. 

Hannibal H, b. April 2, 1839, d. .July 3, 1842. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 721 

Charles IL, b. Jan. 17, 1841, killed at Cedar Mountain, Aus-. 0, ISd.}. 
Gustai-us H., b. May 30, 1843, in. IJosetta ITeatli, ^J. Sumner. 
ElhriiJge S., b. Nov. i), 1845, ni. Adaline IMnkliani, s. l/uicoln. 
Herbert Z,., b. Maj-- 7, 1848, ni. 1st, Susan Durgin, 2(1, Xellie Pulsifer. 
Alexander E., b. April 30, 1850, ni. Sarah Pinkhuni, s. I jncoln. 
The mother d. Jan. 10, 1854, m. 2d, widow J^lizabetli (). ^Morse, dau. of 
( alvin Bucknam. Col. Alexander d. Aug. 11, 1874. 

Joii RvKKsON. brotlier of the pi'eccding, ni. Elizabeth, dan. of 
David Twitchell, and settled on a portion of the homestead. Cliild- 
reu : 

Albert Fenianilu, b. Sept. 4, 1842, i-eported missini;- at IJattle of AVildcr- 

ness. May 12, 1864. 
Leroy AJphonso^ b. May (i, 1844, m. I.aura Starbird. 
FranUin C, b. July 6, 1S4(>, m. Celia B., dau. of Howlaiid Ford, and 

had : Parley A., b. Feb. 25, 1870. 
TAomffls ^(7i/?rtrd, b. Nov. 23, 1848, m. IJuby W. Ford, and had: Frank 

Leslie, b. Dee. 13, 1871, and Charles C. D., b. Sept. 13, 1870. 
Ada Isabella, b. July 8, 1850, m. Isaac S. Ford. 
Cora Ellen, b. July 25, 18.54, m. James L. AVhittemore. 
Albert Milton, b. Sept. 4, 1803. 

Chahi.ks W. Ryekson, son of C'ushman, in. Susan II.. dau. of 
Brackett Marstoii of Norway, May 1, 1851). Purchased part of liis 
father's homestead, on which he eivcted buildings. He afterward 
sold and removed to Norway, and lias become a prominent towns- 
man of the town. Children : 

Lizzie ./., b. in Paris, May 22, 1802, d. Fel). 27, 1805. 
Lizzie C, b in Norway, May 20, 18()(). 

SlIAAV. 

Solomon Shaw, b. in Bi'idgewater, July 25, 174li, m. Anna Hay- 
ward of the same town, and came to Paris about 1795, and settled 
on the farm next to Abner's. He died April 1, 1836. The mother 
d. July 25, 1838. Children : 

Alpheus, b. Dec. 1784, m. Jane Doughty of Westbrook. 
Lovina, d. March, 1815. 
Minerva, m. Isaac Leighton, s. Falmoutli. 
Solomon, b. Dec. 14, 1702, ni. Mehitable Fobes. 
Buel, b. Dec. 26, 1799, m. Hannah Crabtree, s. Deering. 
Edmund Hoiirird, b. March 10, 1808, m. Miriam Lowell of Miuot. 
He was on the steamer North America that was wrecked. He died at 
Acapulco, Mexico, April 2, 1852, of fever. 

Solomon Shaw, sou of Solomon, m. Mehitable, dau. of Deacon 
4(; 



722 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

Daniel Fobes. He settled first in Hartford, aliout 1815. Moved to 
Paris, and settled on the Keith farm in April, 1822. Children : 

Luin F.,h.Dec 29,1815; Alpht^us, b. Aug. 1."), 1819, ni. Olive Tubbs ; 
Olive, h.Jn\y 23, 1826; Chnrlps JL-nnj, b. Oct. 20, 1831, m. Frances M. 
Millett, dau. of Calvin Millett of Minot, Nov. 1860. She d. May H, 1802. 

The father d. Oct. 9, 1873. The mother d. Nov. 17, 1872. 

Alphkus Shaw, son of the preceding, ni. Olive, dau. of Samuel 
Tubbs. Children : 

Samuel Clinton, b. Sept. 1848, m. Georgie Verrill of Minot, and had r 
Mark .\lbert, d. April 4, 1873 ; Maggie, b. July 4, 1874 ; Viola May, 1>. July 
5, 187(5; Lottie, b. Aug. 1878, d. April 12, 1879. 

Ahnkr Shaw, m. Abagail P^aton of JNIiddleborough, and settled 
on the farm, now the homestead of his grandson, Soranus ; two of 
his children died on their journey to this town. He had but just 
completed his house, when he was taken sick and died, June, 1803, 
aged about 54. His wife d. March, 18;U. Children: 

Liic'i, in. XatiiaiiicI Pratt; Gilhni, h. .May 29. is72, m. Silence Cole; 
Ahner, ni. llannali Carey; Anna, ni. .Viva ShurtldV; AhiKjuil; Fnniris, in. 
Olive Garland, s. in Greenwood. 

Gilbert Shaw, son of Al)ner, m. Silence, dau'. of Eleazcr Cole. 
Children : 

I'liJIil, 1). Dec. 7, 1797, m. Seneca Candcr. 

Joel, h. Sept. 11, 1799, m. 1st, Lydia F>aue, 2(1, Alice Cocke. 

Eliza, b. Sei)t. 2, 1801, m. Col. Saiiniel King, s. Cortland. 

Eaton, b. Nov. 14, 1803, m. ]\Iary lioberts of Greenwood, s. I'orthuid. 

Silence, h. Nov. 19, 180.-). 

Eleazer C, b. ^lay 10, 1807, ni. Polly Kinsley, r. Portland. 

Ahnei; b. .March 15, 18(19. 

Soranus, h. Oct. 17, 1811, ni. Eli/a E. Jackson of NVoodstock. 

Silence Jane, b. June 12, 1818, ni. Captain Jairus II. King, r. I'oi-tland. 

The father d. .June G, 1843. Tlie mother d. July 24, 1852. 

Eleazer C. Shaw, son of Gilbert Shaw, m. Polly, dau. of Azel 
Kinsley. He moved to Woodstock, and then returned to Paris Hill 
about 1837. He now resides in Portland, engaged in trade. Child- 
ren : 

Charles II., b. Dec. 16, 1830; Georrie It., b. May 5, 1844. 

Captain Soraxus Shaw, In-other of the preceding, m. Eliza E., 
dau. of Calvin Jackson of Woodstock, Dec. 2, 1832, b. Nov. 9, 
1811. He settled on the homestead. Children : 

Judson Ward, b. Oct. 6, 1833, m. Anna Barrows, r. Andover, ISIass. : 
George Boardman, b. Jan. 11, 1830, m. Esther .\nn Kowe; Charles Edyar. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 723 

b. July 4, 1S:J8, d. 1842; Gilbert Eaton, h. Veh. 1, 1841, d. Feb. 2!), 1884; 
Lucij Silence, b. May 19, 1843, d. Aug. 14, 1871 ; Mary Catharine, b. Aug. 
16, 1844, d. March 15, 1857; William Calvin, b. April 5, 1847, m. Achsa 
Durell, .«. Paris; Eliza Jane, b. Feb..lG, 1850, d. Xov. 1850; Eliza Ann, b. 
Xov. 15, 1851, d. .Tune, 185-2; Abnn- Snniniis, b. Oct. 25, 185;}. 

"WiLMAJi C. Shaw, son of C'ai)t:iiii Soranus. m. Aclisa. dan. of 
Ira Durell. Children : 

Ira D., b. Aug. 28, 1872: dcrtnuh- V , b. .Tidy 21. 1875. 

George li. Shaw, son of Soranus, ni. Esther Ann. dan. of Win. 
and Sally Rovve of Woodstock, b. May 2!), 18;5r). Children : 

Mary EsteJle, b. Oct. 24, 18G0, in. George L. Dean; Mark Prime, b. Feb. 
10, 1863; Lilly Esther, b. Sept. 19, 1868. 

The mother d. July 31, 1869, and he in. 2d, Anna Lucy, dan. of Franklin 
and Samantha Farrar, b. July 9, 1850. Children : 

Georgianna, b. July 8, 1872; Ernest Ferdinand, b. April (!, 1875; Gilbert 
Edgar, b. Aug. 19, 1870; Fred William, b. April 13, 1878; Charles Linwood, 
b. Aug. 15, 1880; Soranus. h. Jan. 22. 1882. 

Jaiuijs Shaw. P^sq., was of Bridgewater, b. Sept. 28, 1755, came 
to Paris in the fall of 1793, with his famih', and settled on the lot 
now known as the Enivnor Kawson farm. His wife was Betse}' 
Pratt of Plymouth, b. Oct. 20. 17GI. There were l)iit three fami- 
lies in the vicinity at that time ; Nathaniel and Luther Pratt,, 
brothers of Mrs. Shaw, and Josiah Bisco. Children : 

Marsena, h. Jan. 21, 1781. in. .Tobii ( Jreenwooil. 

Sylria, b. June 27, 1782, d. July 28, 1732. 

Avice, b. Dec. 4, 1784, m. Benjamin Pratt. 

Jairus, b. March 25, 1787, d. June 30, 1813, killed by a pry. 

Betsey, b. .June 26, 1789. ni. Isaac Cunimings. 

Clarence, b. Xov. 24, 1792, ni. Jonatliau Keith of Bridgewater. 

Orren, b. Sept. 21, 1797, m. Sally Doton. 

Orpali, b. ,Ian. 4, 1805, in. Simeon Cliipman. 

SlIURTLEFF. 

William Siiurtleff, (Shetllc, Shirtley), supposed ancestor of all 
the New England Slinrtlelfs, was apprenticed for the term of eleven 
years to Thomas Clark, carpenter, of Plymouth, Sept. 2, 1634. 
This is the first notice of him in the Plymouth Colony Records. He 
m. Elizabeth Lettice of Plymouth, and moved to IVIavshfield. He 
was there killed b}' lightning, while holding one of his boys in his 
a:-ins. The Ijoy was uninjured. (See Shurtleff Genealog}' published 
in Elaine (ienealogist and Biographer in 1876.) 



7l'4 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

JoNATHAX*. (Thomas'. Williaiu-, William') son of Thomas'' and 
Phebe 'Shaw) Shurtlert". b. Dec. 4. 1727. m. Elizal otli. dan. of 
Giles Leaeh. Children all b. Middleborongh : 

Lucif, b. Oct. 0, 17.il. ni. Eloazer Cole, s. Paris. 

-Vary, b. June 7. 1753. 
— Thomas^ b. April 3, 1756. 

Simeon, h. June 23, 175Sv^,m• •'^ubuiit Kinirniun. 

Elixalxth L.. b. Feb. S. 1761. m. Thomas Cownn. s, Norway :uul Paris. 

Jonat?ian. b. Jan. 25, 1764, ni. 5lary Puss. 

Anmi^ b. Jan. 10. 1766. 

Giles^ b. Jan. 10. 176S. 

J^ehitable. b. Feb. 23, 1770. ni. Sanniel Perkins, s. Paris. 

Phrh<\ h. May 22. 1774. 

Jonathan Shlrtleff. Jh.. m. Mary Kuss. and moved to Paris 
about 1788, and settled on the south slope of the DurcU Hill. 
Children : 

Man/, b. Briilg-ewater, Oct. 5. 17S6. m. David ( lillord. s. Paris. 

BachcL b. Xo. 4. July 3, 17S9, m. Haven Hall, s. Paris. 

Xathan, b. "' Dec. 25, 1791, d. Jan. 25, 1794. 

Lucy, b. Paris, Sept. 15, 1795, d. Jan. 14, 179S. 

Giles, b. •' March 31, 179S, m. Clarissa Bullen. 

Leonard, b. Paris, April 30. ISOO. ni. Eunice, dau. of ( ai)rahi David Bol- 
ster. 

Adolphus, h. I'aris, July 2. 1804. s. iu Oxfor.l. 

Eliza Leach, b. March 6, 1S07, m. Silas Hall. 

The father d. March 8, 1S30. The mother d. Nov. 17, 1844. 

Alvah SnuRTLKFF, SOU of Sliiieon and Submit (Kingman) Shurt- 
lefl\ b. Mav o<>. 1780. m. Anna, dau. of Gilbert Shaw. Simeon 
Shurtletf was a brother of Jonathan, senior, and an early resident 
of Norway. Children : 

Simeon, b. Ft-b. 1. 1812. m. 1st. Lydia bombard. 2d. Harriet Adams of 
Andover. 3d, Hannah Hathaway of Paris, r. Portland. 

Caruh'ue, b. Feb. 1, 1813, m. Samuel Damon. 

Alva, b. Aug. 13. 1S14. 

Ambrose K., (see Personal Notices) b. Aug. 12. 1815. ui. I.orinda. dau. 
of Seth Curtis of Paris, s. Portland. 

Abafjaif, b. Aug. 12, 1815. 

AUa, b. Oct. 24, 1817, m. Nancy Amia Jackson. 

Elvira, b. Oct. 14, 1820, m. Winchester Wliituian. 

Submit K.. b, Dec. 14. 1822. m. George AV. Stevens. 

Aretas, b. March 23. 1824. m. Caroline Dresser. 

Xancif, b. Aug. 3, 1826, m. A. M. Whitman. 

Sylvan, b. Aug. 23, 1828. m. Martha E. Jackson, r. Portland. 

William, b. Oct. 11. 1831. d. May 21. 1857. 



HlgTOBT or PABI5. >.L-) 

GiLE* Shlktleft. son of Jonathan, m. Clarissa BuUen of Oxford. 
CbiWren : 

Harlnu P., b- .Sept. 23. 1837, d. in the annr. April 11. V^-& : Jfery £"., b. 
Mar 14, 1^44. 

Alva Shi:btleff, brother of the preceding, na. Xancv. of 

Jacob Jackson, Oct. 24, 1841. He commence to learn the shoe- 
maker's trade with Benj. F. Crawford, in 18-3.S : began trade on Paris 
Hill in 1837 ; moved to South Paris in 1849, and commenced trade 
with Rufus S. Stevens in 18.52. Children : 

Attha Frances, b, Oct. 26- 1842, m. Charles D, Brown, s. Portlanid. 

Charles Arahrose. b. Oct. 1-5, 1^5. 

WaUf: Kingman, b- Sept. 20, 184S, m. Hattle .J., daa. of D. B. Sawyer. 

Aloxzo E- Shcetleff, son of Simeon, m. Ha;. 
Adna Tribou. Nov. 15, 18.54. Children : 

Emma E.. b. .Sept- 1, 1855; Mella M.. b. Aog. 20- 1«.>8: Frank A., h. -July 
22, Is^: Arthur KUngman. b. July 12, 18*1. 

Isaac Shcetx.eff. son of Zachariah of Hympton. Mass., came to 
Paris quite early- and died there. His wife was Abiah i>' 
Plympton. He died in 1818. aged 4^4, leaving two daughters, 
whom. Sophia, married Henry Knigiit. then of Paris, since of Dex- 
ter, and Irene m. Moses Kilgore of Newry . Mrs. ^ ". after 
the death of her husband, bec-ame the second wife ' Kilgore 
cf Bethel. She died in Dexter, April 4, 187-5, aged 100 years, 6 
months and 21 days. We have not be '-,- 
tionship of T-.Ha. Shurtleff with the fari. - . 

Skillixgs. 

JoHX Skillixgs was a Protestant Scot*. . ' -^ 

north of Ireland, which is largely protectant, as a Presb; " :,- 

ister. 

JoBX Skillixgs. son of .John, was b. '• ! . Down County, 

.Sept. 23. 1790. m. Eleanor Munn. of 1. _ "ion. The two 

families left Ireland, June 11. 1822. and a- Me.. 

Aug. 10. 1822. Their destination was >' . • i. 

induced them to land at Portland. Thei: 
poorly understood, but the masonic token of distress rec>- 
diate attention, and they were provided -^ • - - - ^ ^ 
The Eld -r Skillings went on to New "1 
advanced age of one hundred yeaj^. John and remained 



72G HISTORY OF PARIS. 

in Portland, wliere he died Julj' 13, 18G1. He was a muslin weaver 
by trade. Children : 

liohe.rt, b. Ireland, Feb. 25, 1812, m. Caroline Ryerson, s. South Paris. 

James, b. " Sept. 14, 1814, d. Aug. 19, 1822, nine days after their 
:irriv:il. 

Mary, b. Ireland, 3Iarfh 28, 1817. 

Ellen Jane, b. Ireland, Mai-eh 4, 1821. 

Elizabeth Boi/aJ, b. Portland, Jan. 26, 1824. 

Nancy E., b. '' April 11, 182G, killed by lightning in Port- 

land. 

James Wyrt; h. Portland, Fel). 28, 1829. 

Caroline, b. Sat'carappa, Aug. 5, 183."), d. .Tune 24, 18(J]. 

Robert Skillinos, son of John, ni. Carolhie Ryerson, dan. of 
Colonel William Ryerson. He learned the carriage maker's trade 
iu Portland, and came to South I'nris in 1833, and commenced work 
for James Longle}", of whom he purchased the lot of three acres, 
and on which he built his house, his present residence. At that 
time, his house was the iarthc^t west on that side of the street 
toward Norway. He has served as one of the selectmen, and has 
been one of our most industrious and respected citizens Loyal and 
true to the country of his adoption. Children : 

Francis Henry, h. May 2, 1834, m. Ellen, dan. of David Dunn, Esq., Dee. 
31,18.55; she was b. 3Iay 14, 1837, and had: Cora, b. May 13, 18.59, 
ni. George Briggs, s. South Paris; Katie, b. .Jan. 10, 1803. 

Augusta Ellen, b. June 13, 1837, ni. Samuel S. I^urvey, s. California. 

Sarah Parsons, b. Dec. 23, 1841, ni. Horace R. Clark, s. South Paris. 

Caroline Justina, b. July 9, .1846, ni. Rodney N. Hall, s South Paris. 

The mother d. May 12, 1862, ni. 2d, Mary J., widow of Ether Deering, 
and dan. of Leonard Pratt. 

Safith. 

James Smith d. at Beverly, ]Mass., 1736. His widow died at New 
Gloucester, 1785, aged 8.j. They had Francis, Israel, Jonathan, 
Hannah and Josiah. 

JosiAii Smith was b. at Beverl}-, Mass., April 18, 173G, m. P^sther 
Pool of Gloucester, Mass., b. March 27, 1738. Children: 

i2r//crc(/, b. Oct. 13, 1763, nt. Benjaniin Hamniond, s. Paris; Esther, h. 
Feb. 20, 1765; Josiah, Jr., h. July 8, 1767, m. Deborah Haskell, s. Paris; 

Joshua, 1). June 9, 1770, ni. Woodman; Israel, b. Oct. 28, 1772; 

DaniV/, b. Jan. 27. 1775, ni. Susan Bennett; Betsey, b. Jan. 17, 1779, ni. 
Jonathan Woodman, s. Norway; Isaac, b. Dec. 27, 1782, m. Bethalah Has- 
kell, s. South Paris. 

Tlie mother d. at New Gloucester. The father, in feeble health, came to 
Paris to live with his cbildreii, and d. here. 



IIISTOKV OK I'AKIS. rlt 

Deacon Josiah Smith son of Josiah, m. Deborah Hask",ll, and s. 
in Paris, 1791, on the farm now owned by his grand nephew, George 
Y. Ilanunond. Children : 

Juxiidu h. iu New Gloucester, Feb. lo, 1790; Xathanlcl, b. in Paris, Nov. 
;^0, 171)2; Esther, b. March 27, 1794, m. Robert Hilbora ; Wniiirm, b. Maj- 
19, 179(5; Isaac, b. June 23, 1799; Aretas, b, Dee. 6, 1801, ni. Sallj' Peny ; 
Elliot, b. June 1, 1804, ni. Hannah Cooper; Charles, h. Aug. 2, 180(5 ; Dcho- 
rah, b. Sept. 3, 1808. 

The father d. in Tjncoln, ^larcli 1, 1838. The uiotlier d. in Lincohi, ^Slarch 
22, 1851. 

Isaac Smith, brother of the preceding, m. Bethalah Haskell, a 
sister of Mrs. Stephen Robinson, and s. at South Paris. He l)uilt 
the one story house on which a story has been added, and is now the 
residence of Ro1)ert Smith. Children : 

Louisa, Mary, Bctseu, Geort/c and SaUti. 
Tills family moved to Lincoln. 

Timothy Smith, son of Merodach, settled on lot known as the 
Sullivan Churchill farm. Children : 

Antepas, m. Sally Hill; Timothij, Jr.. h. July 25, 1798, m. Alice French; 
3Iartha, b. 1800, m. Sullivan Churchill; Sail:/, m. Eodney Titcomb ; Benja- 
min, ([. unmarried; Jliranda, m. Pliinney ; George, d. unmaiTied; 

Simon ; Miriam, m. Wliltney. 

The mother d. m., 2d, widow Patty House, dan. of Lazarus Hathaway. 
The father d. 1828. 

Timothy Smith, son of Timothy, ni. Alice, dan. of James French, 
March 2.3, 1824. Children : 

Lafayette, b. Nov. 15, 1824, d. Feb. 7, 1835; Clara, b. Feb. 2<;, 1827, m. 
Edmund Ames, s. Norway; Harriet, b. Aug. 29, 1829, m. Lewis B. Swett ; 
Benjamin, b. Dec. 21, 1831, m. Sarah Murphy, s. Boston; George, b. Feb. 
6, 1834, m. Harriet N. Jordan ; Louisa Jane, b. Feb. 9, 1837, d. Oct. 1, 18G0; 
Charles A., b. April 11, 1839, m. Lydia Rusli, s. Penn ; William Henry, b. 
Dec. 25, 1842, m. Anna Gladdell, s. Wyoming Territory. 

Nicholas Smith was the son of Nicholas and .Susanna (Churchill) 
Smith of Plymouth, Mass., in 1787. He m. in 1808, Rebecca Sears 
of Plymouth, and came to Paris soon after. His parents and 
brother John came with him. Reference is made to Nicholas in the 
Mills of Paris. Children : 

Snsan, b. Nov. 18, 1809, m. Edward Kittredge, 31. D., settled in Salem, 

Lynn and Boston, d. 1849. 
Hannibal B , b. July 18, 1811, m. Mary P. Parti-idge. 



728 HISTORY OF PAUIS. 

Thomas E.,h. May 29, 1818, d. in 18;50; was shot by drawing' a t>uii 
toward liiiii. 

3Iaria An<^», b. Sept. 5, 1815, d. Aug. 2!), 1818. 

Frances Maria, b. April 7, 1820, ni. Freeman F. Mjn-icli, s. Lynn, ^fass. 

Nicholas, Jr., d. Sept. 1832, aged about .57. His widow d. in N. H., Jan. 
1870, aged 84. She was living with her tlau. Frances. John d. in Paris, 
Jan., 1801. 

Hannibal B. 8hitii, sou of Nicholas, m. Mary R., dan. of Elias 
Partridge, Oct. 18, 1837, and settled in Peru iu 1839, and became 
one of the most successful farmers of that town. He moved to 
Chesterfield, Mass., in 1850. His wife, Mary R., d. Jan., 1871. 
Children : 

Electa, b. Feb. 14, 183!), in. Walter B. Rose of Amherst. 
Thomas E., b. Dee. 27, 1854, m. in 1879, Alma Baker. lie is in business 
with his father, under the Arm name of 11. B. Smith and Son. 

AxDKEw J. Smith, son of John Smith of Poland, was b. Oct. 25, 
1831, and m. Louisa 8., dau. of Samuel Tubbs of Paris. Children : 

Florence £"., b. Oct. 31, 1800; Frank- /.., b. Aug. 14, 1805; Linnie Base, 
b. Aug. 23, 1870. 

Spkagl'k. 
Rev. Ika G. Sprague, son of James O. and Emeline (McCabe) 
S[)rague, was b. in Andes, N. Y., Dec 7, 184G. He was educated 
at Deleware Acadeni}-, N. Y., and Boston Theological Seminary, 
Mass. Joined conference 1868, and stationed at Washington M. 
H Church, Boston, Mass. Transfered to Maine M. E. Conference 
1870, since stationed at Andover, Upton, South Paris, North Au- 
burn, North Norway and Auburn. Married Hannah J., dau. of 
Samuel R., and Hannah (Mansur) Chapman of Andover, Me., and 
resides at South Paris. 

Starbird. 

John Starbird was in Woodstock at the time that town was incor- 
porated. In 1825, his farm Avas set otf to Paris. He was born 
Oct. 3, 1767, and his wife, Sally Tol)ey, Sept. 20, 1772. His 
children were : 

Hannah. 1). Nov. 0, 1790, m. Tha\'er Townsend; .SV??///, b. Sept. 9, 1798; 
John, b. Aug. 11, 1800, m. Betsej- Benson of Sumner; Jemimn T., b. Feb. 
3, 1802; Lonisa, b. Sept. 9, 1803, m. Jacob Brown; Levi II., b. Aug. 20, 
1806; liichard T., b. March 31, 1808; JIarth<( M., b. May 29, 1810; Stephen 
li., b. May IG, 1812; Dorothif, b. Sept. 11, 1815, m. John M. Bowker. 



IIISTOKY OF PAUIS. 729 

Stephkx K. .Staubirp, son of John, ni. Abagail, dan. of David 
and Cyreue (Pratt) Andrews. Children : 

Lovina, b. Aug. 1, 1834; Jonathan A., h. Auj;. -20, 18;}G, ni. Diana Kri<?<rs; 
d/rcnp A., b. May 12, 1839; aeorr/e L., b. March G, IS 11 ; Lm-cnda, b. Feb. 
0,1844, in. Levi T. Lnrve.v ; Winficia S., b. M-Awh 11, 1S47, ni. Ennna 
Eoberts; .l?iVe //., b. May 1, 1849 ; Frank L.,h. Au.ii-. (i, is.")!, m. Cassie 
L. MfKinnis; Laura A., b. Sept. 10, 1853; Ida Ma;/, 1). April S, isr)(;. 

Tlie mother d. March 30. 18.59; m. 'id, Mis. Ann Moian; she d., and he 
m. 3d, Harriet, widow of Nathan Chnrchill. 

Jonathan A. Stakiukd, son of Stephen, m. Diana, dan. of 
Joseph liriggs. Sept. 4, 1.S.5S. Children : 

J/i7ro;/ Z., b. June IS, 1803, d. ; Cora, b. Sept. 0, ISO."); Kdna, b. March 
31, 1808; Charles Lcniont, b. Aug. 13, 1871. 

WiNFiKLi) S. Staki'.iki). hrotlier of tlie [ireceding, m. Emma, dan. 
of L. T. Rol)erts of Greenwood, 1>. May 23, 1S46. Cliildren : 

liose E., b. Oct. 5. 1872: A/jWd A., b. .July 1-"). 1875; Lorina 7?., b. July 
9, 1878. 

Frank L. Starbird, hrotiier of the preceding, in. Cassie L. 
MeKinnis of Nova Seotia, I). Aug. 22, 1855. Children : 

Frank- Lei^Uo, h. June 1. 1880: ILirr;/ Walter, h. Aug. 9, 1S82; Linie 3fai/, 
b. June 4, 1884, d. Xov. 4, 1884. 

Staples. 

Daniel Staples was one of tlie five fii-st settlers in Turner in 
1772. He came to No. 4, now Paris, and bonght, Nov. 17, 1784, 
of Lemuel Jackson, the northerly half of 15 and 10, iu the 6th 
range. This became one of the l)est dairy farms in town, the owner 
often keeping twenty or more cows. In his later years, he became 
reduced to poverty. He m. 2d, Betsey Dore of Liverinore. Child- 
ren : 

Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1810. ni. Mercy Haniniond and went west; Daniel, 
became a ^lethodist minister, s. West : Jn?ia A. ; Xancij II. 

The first wife. Mary. d. Feb.. 1843. 

Joseph Staples, son of Daniel, m. Mercy, dau. of Joseph Ham- 
mond, April 14. 1840, at Wilton, Me., and settled in Paris, and 
now resides in AYisconsin. He spent his minority in the family of 
Levi Berrv. Jr., at Paris and Wilton. Children : 

lioserje ./., b. March 20. 1841, in. Sarah J. Davidson, 
JuUe E., b. Oct. 22. 1844, d. Aug. 11, 1845. 
Julie JI.. b. ^lay 2, 1847, m. M. W. :Martin. 



730 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Bradford 3/., b. Jan. 8, 1849, d. May 18, 18.50. 
Geonje W. //., b. Jan. 8, 1849, ni. Katie Wilson. 
Augustus B.^ b. Sept. 2, 1855. 
Orlando H.. b. Sept. 21, 1857, d. Oct. 22, 1862. 
Lincoln A., b. May 7, 180G, d. Feb. 7, 18G8. 

Stearns. 
Stearns, Sterne, Stenies, Sterns and Starns, as here written, 
show the changes that liave been made at dift'erent times in the 
spelling. 

Isaac Stearns came to America in IGJO, in the same ship, it is 
supposed, with Governor Winthrop, and settled in Watertown. He 
was admitted freeman. May 18, 1(331. (See Bond's Genealogies of 
Watertown, from which the following is largely extracted.) 

WiLLiAM% (Captain Samuel', Samuel', Lieut. SamueP, Samuel", 
Isaac') of the sixth generation, m. Mary, dan. of Phineas Stearns, 
and came to Paris in 171)1. Children : 

Mar>i, b. Aug. 8, 1788, ni. July 7, 1807, Jacob Daniels; ]ViJUaui, b. Xov. 
•8,1790, m. Joanna Porter; Fhinms,h. Xov. 8, 1792, ni. Sarah Durgin: 
Abayail, b. May 28, 1795; Sammd, b. Oct. 26, 1797, ni. Eliza Greenwood: 
Thomas, b. Oct. 6, 1800; Marshall, b. Feb. 11, 1803, ni. Mary Ann f'liase: 
A'aHC?/, b. April 13, 1806, m. Sanuiel Doe; Thomas, b. Xov. 28, 1808, m. 
Eunice Cilley, s. in Cambridge, Mass. 

The father d. Nov. 25, 1850, aged 86. 

William Stearns, son of William, m. June 30, 1819, Joanna, 
dau. of Nehemiah Porter. She was b. Aug. G, 1708. They settled 
on the farm now the homestead of liis son S. P. Stearns. Children : 

William Portpr, b. Aug. 22, 1819, ni. Ellen B. Hamlin. 

Charles II., b. Oct. 28, 1820, ni. Henrietta C. Cowdrey of Waketield. 

James, b. Aug. 9, 1823, m. A. Augusta Pond, s. Canibildge. 

Geor<ie Francis, b. Sept. 20, 1825, m. Ellen Hutchinson of Hartford. 

Lucy xL, b. April 12, 1828, in. Jacob Woodman of Dorcliester. 

Sijlvanus Porter, b. March 30, 1831, m. Isabella K. Partridge. 

Lijdia IFerrick, h. June 2, 1835, m. Smith Dudley. 

Mary Susan, b. Feb. 11, 1839, m. James Howe, s. Mcdford. 

The fathei- d. March 20, 1877. 

Phineas Stearns, brother of the preceding, m. Sarah Durgin of 
Farmington, N. H. Settled at North Paris and moved from his 
farm to Snow's Falls. Children : 

Benjamin K., b. Dec. 15, 1825, m. Al)bie Willis Crawford. 

Alfred W., b. July 17, 1827, m. Mary E. Ackley of ^Milton PL, r. Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 



HISTOKV OF PARIS. 731 

Levi Z)., b. July 30, 1821), lu. Louisa Jackson. 

Thomas £"., b. Ncv. 25, 1S31, ni. Victoria C. Tliayor. 

Sarah -/., b. Dec. 31, 1833, d. March, 18(il. 

Abaf/ail K., b. Dec. 14, 1835, d. Sept. 13, 1837. 

Edwin Ji., b. Marcli 8, 1835, ni. Albiua B. nanunond. 

Marshall X., h. July 27, 1840, in. Elizabeth Voun,i>-. 

Tiie father d. March 4, ISOl. The mother d. Jan. 29, 1877. 

Marshall Stearns, brother of the preceding, ra. Mary, dau. of 
Timothy Chase of Paris. Children : 

Louisa^ b. Auo". 21, 1829, ni. Allen ]V[cLeod of Boston. 
Lucy Chase, b. Xov. 15, 1831, ni. Walter Park, s. Boston. 

3Iari/ Ellen, b. June 1, 1834, ni. Smith, s. Boston. 

Nancy, b. April 2G, 183(i. 

Frances Anna, b. April 24, 1838. 

Amanda Althea, m. Wni. M. Marks of Portland. 

Emily Dudley, m. Greenleaf ^Nloulton of Hampton, X. II. 

Jennette Kittredge, m. Byron Pollard of Boston. 

Eldron II., ni. Ennna Bird. 

Julia. 

Sylvanus Porter Stearxs, son of William Stearns, m. Isabella 
K., dan. of Austin Partridge, and resides on the homestead farm. 
He has been one of our most successful farmers, and has served in 
offices of the town. Children : 

Austin Partridye, b. Jan. 20, 1S58 ; Frank Porter, b. Oct. 5, 1860; Henry 
Knox, b. Nov. 20, 1862; Willie Childs, b. May 10, 1865; Mary Isahelle, b. 
Sept. 14, 1868; Emily Bohinson, b. Nov. 24, 1871, d. June 14, 1875; George, 
b. Nov. 5, 1877, d. Jan. 15, 1878; Sarah .Toannn, b. Feb. 26, 1879. 

Edwin B. Steakxs, brother of the preceding, m. Albina E., dau. 
of Peleg B. Hammond. Children : 

Lillian May, h. :\Iay 9, 1865; Addie Follett, b. June 22, 1872. 

Marshall N. Stearns, brother of the preceding, m. Elizalieth 
D., dau. of Charles and Abagail (Prince) Young, Feb., 1864, and 
settled in Cambridge, Mass. Children : 

S<irali M., h. Nov. 4, 1868; Harry X., b. Oct. 5, 1874. 

Levi D. Stearns, son of Phineas, ra. Helen Louise, dau. of 
Jairus H. Jackson, Sept. 5, 18GG. Children : 

Lottie E., b. July 25, 1867; An)iie Laura, h. April 19, 1869; Edith Louise, 
b. Aug. 4, 1871 ; Phineas Jaclson, b. June 14, 1873. 

Thomas E. Stearns, brother of the preceding, m. Caroline 
Victoria, dau. of America Thayer, May 1. 1860. Children: 
John Prentiss, h. Nov. 28, 1861; Ilattie Victoria, b. Sept. 9, 1867. 



732 HISTOKY OK PARIS. 

The mother d. Feb. 13, 1869, m. 2d, Au<i;usta M., widow of A. llaiuiltou- 
Thayer, and dan. of Hon. Xoah Prince of Buckfield, April 5, 1873. 

Stephens. 
Captain Samuel Stephens, b. Sept. 16, 1768, in Plymouth, 
Mass., m. Desire Harlow, and came carl}' to Paris, and moved from 
here to Woodstock. He was the owner of the center lot, and while 
here was interested in the Smith Mill. Children, all but the oldest 
born in Paris : 

I Samuel, b. Plymonth, .Jan. (!, 1780, ni. Bet.sej' Doten, .«. Green- 
wood. 
11 Elcazcr, b. Jan. 13, 1792, m. Nancy H. Stevens of Sunnier. 

III Desire, b. Jan. 3, 1798, ui. Artenias Felt of Woodstock. 
The mother d., m. 2d, Emma, dau. of ^VilUam Swan. 

IV Jesse, b. Dec. 12, 1802, m. Abagail Lurvey, s. Woodstock. 
V Emma, b. Dec. 30, 1804, m. Kichard T. Lurvej-. 

VI Benjamin, b. March 28, 1807, m. .Tulia M. Davis, s. "Woodstock. 

VII Orren, b. March G, 1809, d. young. 

VIII Jane, b. April 29, 1812, m. Joseph Davis, s. Woodstock. 

IX Marij, b. April 19, 181.5, d. unmarried. 

Eleazer Stephens, son of Captain Samuel, m. Xancy H. Stevens 
of Sumner. Children : 

Charles W., b. Jan. 31, 1817, m. Eveline, dau. of Ednmnd Dean of Paris, 
and had: Charles E., b. Feb. 22, 1844, m. Jane Bisbee: William Ezra, 
d. young-: William Otis. b. Aug. 12, 18.")0; Eva E., b. Jan. 10, 1855. 

Xanr;/, m. Solomon Chase. 

Si/lria, m. Hubbard IJowe. 

Otis. 

Eliza, ni. Xelson Moody. 

Jesse Stephens, half brother of the preceding, m. Abagail, dan. 
of Job Lurvey. Settled in Woodstock, and died there. Tlie family 
afterward removed to South Paris village. Children : 

Loanna; Lizzie, m. George D. Robert.*on ; DanriUe B., b. Xov. 5, 1841, 
m. EHzabeth Webber, s. in Lewiston ; Ahha, b. Sept. G, 1844, d. July, 18GG, 

Benjamin Stephens, formerly lived on the farm a little north of 
Trap Corner, and died there, or in that vicinitv. May 8, 1874. He 
was the son of Ezra Stephens, who was a brother of Zaeheus, who 
formerly kept a hotel on Paris Hill, as stated elsewhere, and also 
of Capt. Samuel Stephens above mentioned. P^zra Stephens died 
in Buckfield, his death occasioned by the kick of a horse, when his 
son Benjamin was only twelve years old. The latter married Aba- 



HISTORY OF PAUIS. 73.'} 

gail Siunpsou of Hartford, and resided :md died iu Paris as above 
stated. Children : 

I JE'2;r(T, b. in Sumner, Dec. 7, 1^31, m. Laura B., dan. of John and 

Anna (Butterfield) Andrews, lie traded a long- time at Trap 
Corner, then moved to Bryant's Pond, and is in business there, 
lie is also known as a show man. He had : Cora E. J., b. Dee. 
11, 18.58, m. E. Colby Allen, and died in Minneapolis; .John E., 
b March 1, 18.i9; Annie L., b. Nov. 27. 18(50; Phebe W., b. Aug. 
■2-_>, 1862; Lydia F., b. Feb. 24, 1864: Margelia M., b. .Jan. 23, 
1866; infant b. Aug. 27, 1868, died; George L., b. .Jan. 26. 1870; 
Birdie ,M., b. Xov. 18, 1872; Mary S.. b. Aug. 12, 187."). 

II Sarah ./., b. in Turner, Sept. 0, 1833, m. .John <ierry and died in 

Xorway. 

III Adolphns 3/., b. May 18, 183."), d. young. 

IV Lf'iris IL, b. Julv 17, 1837. He served in the army, and died soon 

after his return. 
V Li/dia L. A., h. Dec. 10, 1840, d. young. 
VI JTari/plia -J., b. Aug. 22, 1843, d. young. 

Stevexs. 

Dr. CvrRiAN Stevens (see Paris Physicians) was b. 17G'J. He 
111. Sally, dau. of Elijah Robinson. She often accompanied her 
linsl)aud in his visits, on horseback, and after his decease, she con- 
tinued in i)ractice. Children : 

Almim, b. June 7, 1701, m. Daniel Stevens, M. D., s. China. 

Harriet, b. Nov. 6, 1793, m. Billings Fobes of Paris. 

Cyprian, b. March 26, 170:., in. Alniira Tliayer. 

Sallij Eohinson, b. Feb. 5, 1707, m. Pufus Stowell. 

Simon Spooner, b. July 6, 1709, m. Nancy French. 

The father d. July 3, 1807, at the age of 38 years. 

Cyprian Stevens, son of the preceding, ni. Ahnira. dau. of Alex- 
ander Thaver, .July 5, 1823. Settled on the farm since owned liy 
General Cushman. This family moved to Waukan, Iowa, in 185G. 
Mr. Stevens there died from the effects of the bite of a rattle-snake, 
Sept. G, 1858. Children : 

Angdinc Spauhlim/, b. March 9, 1824, m. John Nevens Andrews, d. in 
Basle, Switzerland, Oct. 21, 1883. 

Paulina Bobinson, b. Nov. 12, 182.5, m. John Heligass. 

Frances Jennette, b. Feb. 28, 1828, d. Aug. 1829. 

Harriet, b. Oct. 21, 1830, m. Uriah Smith. 

Frances Jennette, b, March 19, 1834, m." John Farnsworth. 

Oliver Spooner, b. May 9, 1836, m. Susan Smith. 

Charles F., b. April 11, 1841, m. Esther Kilgore. 



734 niSlOKY OF PARIS. 

SiMOX Spooner Stevkxs, brother of the preceding, in. Nancy, 
dan. of Job French, and lived on the home farm. Ciiiklren : 

Bufas Stoxrell, b. Oct. 21, 1821, m. Sarah Morse. 

Almira French, h. July 28, 1823, m. James Flanders, s. Boston. 

Levi HubhanU h. July 8. 1825, m. Sarah A. Bartlett of Bath, X. H. 

Cyrene French, h. March 28, 1827, ni. McLaughlin. 

Jane Bnhinson, b. April 19, 1820. 
.Sarah StoiceU, b. July 29, 1831, m. M. L. Black. 
Ahaijail True, b. Oct. 9, 1833, d. Feb. 2, 1882. 

The mother d. Aug. 8, 1834. m. 2d, widow :Mary P. Felton, dau. of Alex- 
ander Crawford, 183(3. 

Jarvis Carter, b. March (5, 1838, d. March 8, 18G7. 
Manj A., b. Jan. 31, 1841, d. May, 1877. 
The father d. Feb. 12, 1842. 

EuFUS Stowell Stevens, son of Simon S., (see Personal Notice) 
m. Sarah, dau. of Deacon Elisha Morse, April, 1874. Children : 

JiiJiaii A., d. May 29. 18.')8 ; LiUkin May, b. July 12, 18(il, m. 

Everett: EUxha Morse, b. Jan. 'k 1804, entered college at Andierst, 1883. 

Thomas Steyexs, a brother of Dr. Cyprian, m. Sally, dau. of 
Benjamin Stowell of Worcester, and settled on the lot now the home- 
stead of his grandson, George W. C'liildrcn all Ixit oldest b. Paris : 

Daniel, b. Worcester, m. Almira, dau. of Dr. Cyprian, s. China, Me.; 
Sally, b. Sept. 24, 1784, m. Jared M. Buck, s. Norway; Benjamin, b. Oct. 
1790, m. :>[ary Griggs of Glover. Vt. : John, studied medicine, s. China; 
77/o7/*';.s .//•., m. Mahala Bartlett: Mniha, m. John Baker, ». Waterford ; 
Eliza, b. Nov. 23, 1795, m. Deae-on Martin Brett. 

The father d. June 19, 1815. 

Benjamin Stevens, son of Thomas, m. Mary Griggs of Glover, 
Vt., and settled on the Smith farm in the west part of the town, 
then moved to Norway, and afterward returned and settled on the 
old homestead. Children : 

Georf/e W., b. Nov. 4, 1817, m. Subniil Shurtleff; Levis, b. May 27, 1819, 
d. Aug. 23, 1819: Ilarta-eU, b. Sept. 10, 1820; Litcia Ann, b. :\[arch 28, 
1822, m. Albion Buck, s. Norway; FJuthera P., b. Jan. 23, 1824, d. Aug. 
25, 1849. 

The father d. :N[ay 15. ISGl. 'J'he motlier d. Sept. 9. 1848. 

George W. Stevens, son of Benjamin, m. Submit, dan. of Alvah 
Shurtletl", and r. on the homestead. Children : 

Ge'orne F., b. Aug. 21. 1849. m. Eugenie ^^'hitmau, dau. of Jonathan 
■ ^Vhitman, and had: Eugenie 'Annie, b. Nov. 25, 1876; Willie A., b. 
Feb. 19, 1878, d. April 19, 1879; Albert F., b. July 8, 18S1 ; Dora May, 
b. Nov. 3, 1882. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 735- 

MUhinl Aim, 



twins, b. June -20. 1850. 
Martha Anna, j ni. William Willie, r. Wei»t Paris. 

Dea. Thomas Stevens, son of Thomas, ni. Maluihi, dan. of Daniel 
Bartk'tt of Hebron. CliiUlren : 

Francis Marion, h. Feb. 1S;J2; Attf/iistiis Chase, b. Oct. 5, 1833; Louisa 
Woodman, b. Oct. 10, 1835; Danid BartiHt, b. Jan. 24, 1837; Dana Board- 
man. 

Deacon Thomas Stevens, d. Nov. 2(1, 18G5. 

John Stevens, son of Daniel, M. D., ni. Sarah Buck, and resides 
in the west part of the town. Chiklren : 
Lizzie, b. March 2.1, 1869. d. July 3, 1876. 

Stone. 
Luther Stone, son of Joel and Eunice (Holden) Stone of AVater- 
ford. m. Hadassah Kimball of Waterford, and moved from 
Bethel to Paris in 1828. He died Feb. 22, 1839, aged 56 ; she 
survived him 33 years, d^'ing Jan. 1.5, 1872, aged 87. Their child- 
ren are here named in the order of birth. The fourth (iv) and 
eleventh (xi), William and Sumner, died in infancy. 

I Ph<'hi', b. May 11, 1812, m. Thomas Perry, June 28, 1840, b. Xov. 

3, 1812. 
II Luthfn; b. June 10, 1813, m. Abigail Mann, June 24, 1838, b. Ajiril 
2!), 1814. Children: Lutlier Kimball, b. March 10, 1847, d. :May 
15,1848; Luther Kimball, b. Jan. 9,1854. Second wife, Eliza- 
beth P. Eipley, b. Oct. 14, 1827, m. Aug. 31, 187U. The mother 
d. Aug. 13, 1878. 

III Ilndassah, b. May 10, 1814, m. James Monk, March 7, 1836, b. 

June 20. 1810. 

IV William, b. , 1816. 

V .Tod K., b. Feb. 25, 1818. m. Harriet A. Stone, Xov. 27, 18.54, b. 

April 23, 1825. Children : Zilla M., b. Oct. IG, 1860, d. June IG, 
1861; Anuis II.. b. Jime 1, 1863. 

VI William H., b. July 18, 1819, m. Eliza B. Lintield, Sept. 28, 1845, 

b. Sept. 3, 1826. Children: Frank F., b. Dec. 24, 1847; William 
I., b. Jan. 3, 18.55; Jennie E., b. Aug. 17, 1860. 
VII X'lthanid K., b. Jan. 4, 1821, m. Celia A. Peterson, April 13, 1848, 
b. Dec. 31, 1832. Children: William K., b. Xov. 28, 1848 : Isa- 
bella and Arabella, b. Sept. 28, 1850, the former d. Oct. 26, 1878; 
Henry L., b. April 16,18.52; Benjamin X^., b. Dec. 19, 18-53, d. 
June 2, 1855; Benjamin X., b. Oct. 28, 1856; Chloe H., b. X'ov. 
10, 1858; En)ily M., b. April 27, 1860; George B., b. 3Iay 6, 
1861 ; Leonard C, b. June 25, 1870. 



736 msTORV of paris. 

VIII Zina E., b. March 30, 1823, m. Charlotte A. ^shaw, Dec. 31, 184(1, 
b. Aug. 26, 1825. ($ee Paris Prhiters.) This Stone family 
record was furnished us b}' liiin. 
IX Selina, b. Jul}' 24, 1824, ui. Salmon Hooper. July "), 184G, b. Dec. 

3, 1823. 
X Mdrn ir., b Jan. (]. 182G, m. James H. Jackson, Feb. o, 1844, b. 

Sept. 10, 1820. (See Jackson). 
XI i>iim)if'i\ b. , 1820. 

Elisha F. Ntoni:, son of Joseph and ^lar^' (Tongue) Stone of 
Harvard, Mass., was b. Oct. 22, 1824, m. Miriam ]\I., dau. of 
Captain William and Sophia (Dale) Townsend of Limerick, Mass., 
b. Jan. 0, 1825. Came to South Paris in the spring of 1850. Has 
been Postmaster and in the Pailway ^[ail Service. Cliildren : 

M(ir>j F.^ 1). April 2(j, 1840, m. Josiah Bnrnham, s. Portland. 

Gcort/ii' TI'., b. Xov. 1, 18."i], m. A. A. Andrews. 

WnUmn 7'., b. Sept. 2.'i, 1854, m. Helen AVormell of Bethel. 

EUza TT., 1). April 8, 185fi, m. Fred ('. Brig-gs. 

Jessie A., b. Oct. 31, 18.58, d. Oct. 1, 187(>. 

Harrij J5., b. Oct. 11, 18G0. 

Stowki.l. 

Ben.tamix Stowell, son of John of Watertown, Mass., m. Oct. 
23, 1755, Elizabetli Parker, dau. of Closes Parker of Framingham, 
and located on what is now Granite street, in Worcester. The resi- 
dence is now in the possession of ids grandson. Benjamin F. 
Stowell. Children all b. in Worcester: 

Willi'iiii, b. Aug. 8, 175(), m. Kate , s. Paris. 

Daniel, Dec. 8, 1757, m. Lucretia HouglUon, s. Paris. 

Sanih, h. May 20, 17(iO, m. Thomas Stevens, s. Paris. 

Elias, b. Apiil 5, 1762, m. Polly Barnard, s. Paris. 

Betsey, h. July 0. 17G4, m. 1st, Iteuben Hubl)ard. 2d. Elder James Hooper, 
s. Paris. 

rmd, 1). Julv 2, 1766, d. Nov , 1766. 

Paul, b. Jan. 31, 1760, d. March, 1769. 

Kathduiel, b. April 10, 1770. 

David, h. April 14, 1773, d. Oct. 3, 1802. 

Benjamin, b. >[arch 6, 1776. 

The mother d. March 26, 1821. 

William Stowell, son of Benjamin, m. Kate . He settled 

on the lot on which he remained through life, and after his decease, 
Jan. 8, 1829, it became the homestead of his son Thomas N. He 
was interested in the mills, as will be seen by reference. Served as 
Selectman and Treasurer from 1797 to 1803. Children: 

WilUam, b. Guilford, Vt., Nov. 8, 1781, d. May 2, 1873, aged 02 years. 



HISTORY OK I'AKIS. 737 

JJelsei/, h. Paris, Got. 5, 1785, in. Stephcu Phelps of (iray. 
Thomas Xi.i-on, h. Paris, Jan. 12, 1789. ni. Martlia (laik. 
PoU>j, h. Paris, Nov. 9, 1791, ni. Henry Rust of Xorway. 
Clarissa, h. Paris, Feb. 21, 1794, ni. Tlionias Crocker. 
tSm-aJl, h. Paris, Oct. 8, 1798. 

Daxikl Stowkll, l)rother ol' tlie preceding-, ni. Liici'ctia Houoii- 
ton of Lancaster, Mass., in Guilford, Vt., Sept. 12. 1782. She was 
b. Oct. 7, n(!l. He cauie to Paris, 178(;. He was long known as 
Esquire Stowell. He was often Modei'ator at town meetings, and 
performed a large part of the business that in later days fell into the 
hands of lawyers. Chihli'en: 

Daniel, b. Guilford, April 7, 1784, in. Anna Pobiiison. 

UiDiice, b. Paris, Nov. 17, 1788, in. Pussell Hubbard 

Sarah, b. " .Araivh 2(;, 1792, in. lion. Stei)lien Kuiery. 

Zer/, b. " ,laii. 14, 1794, m. .Sarah . 

Eliza, b. " Jan. 80, 1797, lu. Asaph Kittredge, M. D. 

The fatlier d. Sept. 20, 1828. The mother d. March 20, 18:n. 

Elias Stowell, brother of the prececbng, m. Polly IJarnard of 
AVoreester, Mass., and settled in South Paris village, in the winter 
of 1804. He was representative with Jonatlian IJemis in ISOC. and 
with Levi Hubbard in 1812. H(; represented the town alone in 
1808-!), and in 1810, and 1811 unanimously. (See notice of South 
Paris and Mills.) Chi-ldren, the first five b. in ^Yorcester : 

Samnt'l, d. in the Insane Asylum. 

Lf'iris B., b. March 23, 1793, ni. Laura B., dan. of Ebenezer 4'uell. 

Jiiifns, b. 179G, in. Sarah Ilobinson Stevens. 

Sail)/, 111. .Abijah Hall. 

Foil;/, m. John Dennett. 

Bathshcha, b. July 3, 1S05, m. Frederic A. Beiiiis. 

John Barnnrd, 1». July 3, 180.5, m. Sarah Pottle. 

Pamelia, b. .luly 21, 1807, m. Horatio G. Cole, s. Xoi-way. 

Harriet, b. July 28, 1814, m. Erastus King. 

David Porter, b. Oct. 22, 181(3, m. Sophronia Stanley, d. in Canton. (See 
Personal Notice.) 

The father d. Oct. 2(;, 1839. His ^\■idow d. Aug. 23, 1849. 

Thomas N. Stowell, son of AVUliain, m. Martha H.. dau. of 
Peter Clark, and resided ou the homestead. Children : 

Harriet Xewell, b. Jan. IH, 1834, m. l3t, Sewall H. AVebber, M. D., 2d, 
Adiia C. Cushman ; Catharine Xixon, h. Bei-. 12, 1836. m. C. C. Eounds; 
Thomas N., b. 1838. ' 

Dea. Daniel Stoavell, son of Daniel, m. Anna, dau. of Stephen 
Robinson, Nov. G, 1812. He settled on the north lot of the old 



738 HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

town farm, ami built the house now standing. The old house was 
moved from its location on the mountain road, and is the present 
poreh. He moved one I)arn and built the other. Children : 

Ellzii Ann, h. Dee. 28, 1814, tl. Sept. 8. 181G; Fno/ris, h. April 8, 1816; 
■ Lrri, 1). May 17, 1818, d. Feb. 20, 1818 ; E(h'-ar<l Hoiuiht,,,,. b. Dee. 23-, 181!l ; 
Samh, b. Feb. 11, 1822, \\\. John E. Hyile, April, 1842; Maria, b. April 23, 
1824, d. Aug. i(), 1825; Lncrctia, b. July 20, 1826; Jane Bohinson, b. Mareh 
29, 1829, d. June 30, 1847; DanM, b. March 15, 1841; AduJim'. h. Sept. 19, 
1833; Maria, b. May 23, 183(). 

Lewis B. Stowell, son of Elias, b. in Worcester. Mass., March 
23, 1793, m. in Paris in 1827, by Elder Hooper, Laura B., eldest 
dan. of Ebenezer and Patty (Perham) Tuell of Paris, b. Feb. 25, 
1805. He was at one time in trade at North Paris, and subsequently 
engaged in other business at the same place. Late in life the family 
went west. Mr. Stowell and his wife early embraced Millerism, and 
were ever after firm believers in the doctrine of the near approach 
of the second advent. She was well educated, formerly a school 
teacher, and a woman of uncommon ability as a public speaker. 
She died in Darlington, Wis., April 22, 1868. He is living in 1884, 
in Monroe, Wis., though blind and infirm. He served in the war of 
1812. The children were all born in Paris, but those who married, 
except the 8th, were married in the west. Children : 

Lcvifi Ogi'-oIO, b. July 3, 1828, ni. M. Bostwiek. 

Marian Concordia, b. Sept. 12, 1829, m. D. Truesdale. 

Harriet Aufju.ata, b. May 16, 1831, ni. M. Barton. 

Ilennj Prentiss, b. Xov. 18, 1832, ni. Belle Lawrence. 

Claraman Corinna, b. (Jot. 25, 1834, m. Peter F. Chase. 

Linns Barnard, b. Aug. 11, 1836, m. B. Hazeltou. 

Sarah Hall, b. Jan. 23, 1838, m. S. Barlow; she died in 1865. 

EUzuheth Anne, b. May 1, 1840, m. 1st, J. Frank Gilbert of LawreJiee, 

and 2d, Thomas R. Da\', r. Biyanfs Pond. 
Pamelia C, b. Sept. 27, 1841, d. Sept., 1846. 
Eliza E., b. Nov. 22. 1844, '• 

Julia A., b. April 3, 1846, " 

Maj. Rufls Stowell, brother of the preceding, m. Nov., 1819, 
Sarah Robinson Stevens, dau. of Dr. Stevens : settled at South 
Paris village, and operated the saw mill, and afterward bought the 
Bartlett farm, on ndiich he lived through life. Children : 

Elias, b. May 18, 1820. 

Polhj Dennett, b. Nov. 14. 1822, ni. Nathan :>[. Crockett. 

Sarah Pohinson, b. Sept. 1, 1824, ni. Joshua B. Crockett. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 739 

Eliza Ilunjif-r. h. Dec. "J-J, 1S2G, in. Hiram Moore of ^lechanic Falls. 

Julia C, b. April 21, 1830, lu. Orsaiuus Sinilej-, s. California. 

Simon Stevens, b. Ansj. 27, 1831, ni. -loan Reed Swett. 

Ru/ks, b. Oct. 21, 1835. 

AraheUa Carter, b. Feb. 27, 1838, iii. William H. Swett. 

John B. Stowei.l. brother of the preceding, m. Sarah, dan. of 
Jonatlian Pottle of Norway, b. 1807. Chiklren : 

John Barnanl, h. July 7, 1S3.">. 

Elias, b. May 3. 1837. 

Geon/e Ilenrtj, b. .Time ID, 1839, d. May 14, 1877. 

William Henry Harrison, b. Oct. 31, 1841. 

Benjamin Franklin b. June 7, 184G. 

Edward Emore, b. Feb. 21, 1849, d. Feb. 25, 1851. 

The mother d. March 1, 1850, m. 2d, Persis, dau. of Zadoc Allen of 
Poland. 

Sarah P., b. Xov. 27, 1852, d. Dec. 30, 1852. 

Edtcord Clinton, b. Dec. 1, 1853. 

Sarah i?., b. March 31, 18.55, m. Charles D. Xoyes, s. Portland. 

Walter Sherman, b. Aug-. 31, 1864, d. Sept. 10, 18GS. 

•SiMox Stkvexs Stowell, son of Maj. Rufus, m. Joan Reed, dau. 
of Col. William Swett. He is a conductor on jjussenger train, 
Grand Trunk R. R. Children : 

Amy Louisa, b. Paris, June 17.^ 185G, m Walter P. Maxim, r. at South 
Paris; Charles Porter, h. 'P-Av'is, Oct. 7, 1857, d. March 23, 1873; Fannie 
Certrude, b. Paris, March 29, 1859, m. Henr)- F. Muzzej-, r. South Paris; 
Jarvis Stevens, b. Paris, March 23, ISGl ; Hattie, b. Island Pond, March 6, 
1863, d. Nov. 3, 1884; Freddie Needham, b. Jan. 23, 1865, d. Feb. 2, 1868. 

The nuitlier d. at Island Pond, Vt., July 31, 1874. 

Stuart. 

It is claimed that the Stuarts are descended from an ancient and 
distinguished Scottish family, through an ancestr\- that had settled 
in Ulster, Ireland, and the early Maine families were among the 
Scotch-Irish immigrants that came over in 1718-20. 

JosHLA Stuart, son of Joseph and Nancy (Lombard) Stuart of 
Gorham, Me., and grandson of Captain Wentworth Stuart of Truro, 
Mass., was born in Harrison, March 14, 1811, in. Caroline, dau. of 
Asa Hicks of Greenwood, Oct. 5, 1834. She was b. Oct. IG, 181G. 
Children : 

Frances Ellen, b. May 9, 183G, m. George L. Eobbins. 

Ahbtj M., b. Nov. 27, 1837, m. Charles II. .lohnson. 

Talbot G., b. Jime 9, 1840, m. Luvia Alto of Canada. 

Martha C, b. Aug. 18, 1842, m. Converse L. Robinson. 



740 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Grf-nfiU i/., b. Dec. 30, 184.5, in. Kato B., dau. of Saiuucl P. Barker of 

Greenwood, and had : Olive May, b. .July 8, 1874. 
Whitefiehl, b. Dee. 30, 184.o, m. Clara Knight, and had Mabel, b. Feb. 1. 

1873; Madge AV., b. March 2-5, 187.5; IJlanchard L., b. March 3, 1877: 

rharles S., b. May 10, 1881. 
lloinj Whitman, b. Feb. 17, 1848. iii. Li/.zi.- Uciuiftt of Portland. 
Lildin Jonfi, b. Oct. 25, 18.50, d. Feb. 8. 1853. 
The mother d. Feb. 8, 18.53, m. 2d. Lyilia .T. ]{. P.ullcn of Oxford. 

.J. II. Stuart, son of George* W. and INIary A. (Sargent) Stuart, 
was 1). Sci)t. 30, 18r>,'), m. Mary C, (Uiu. of. John Whitman. Child- 
ren : 

Jli-rman II., b. -Jan. 20, 1883: WilUc Earl, b. Ang. 20, 1SS4. 

Stirthvant. 

Joseph Sturtevant. a Rcvohitionary soldier, was of AVareham. 
Mass. lie m. Sarah, dau. of John Hessey, and came to Paris with 
his wife and four children, 1797, and hougiit the farm now the home- 
.stead of William N. Daniels. He remained on tiiis farm until about 
1820. lie fenced his farm with a combination of wall and rail ; 
double wall at the bottom, and [)Ost and rails at the top. He was 
one of the nicest of farmers, and careful about many tilings, but 
failed to make it pay. yVbout 1820, he had removed to the Solomon 
Shaw farm, and later, to the Record neigiiborliood in Hebron, where 
he d. .March 20, ISoG. The widow went to live with her son Leonard, 
in this town, where she died, by her clothes taking lire, March 24, 
18.">7, aged 80 years. CiiildreU, the four oldest 1). in Warehain, the" 
otliers ill Paris : 

Jasf'iih, 111. Bethany i)oten of Pari?;; Jii-n-anl, iii. .Mary Bessey of Wayne; 
Alllif-a, in. Samuel f 'rafts, s. Milan, X. II. ; Jfarij, \n. Pilt Muzzcy : s. Mon- 
,son ; Sarah, ni. Moses Crafts, s. Monson; Jldtunih^ m. Isaac Kecord, s. 
Hebron; Lnnj, m. Calvin Washburn, s. North Paris; Ijainanl, b. May 31, 
1805, ni. Hannah E. Record of Hebron; Elixn. in. Amlrew Record, s. Fox- 
croft; C'alf'h, ill. Xancy Wood, s. Mass.; Vesta, m. Isr, Miizzey, 2d, 

bloody, 3d, Eastman; Saiiincl,\\\. Jemima Depoy of \. \.. 

s. Wis. 

Leonard Sturtevant, son of .loscpli, in, Hannah K., chiu. of 
Winslow Record of Hebron, b. March 2Ii, 1808, and settled on the 
farm previousl}' owned I)}' Benjamin Faunce. C'iiildren : 

TI7///V///I! yl^.'/z'.v/^f.s, b. X'ov. U), 1831, 111. Aurelia \'. Dow ning, and had: 
Will. .M.. b. Dec. 20, 18.5S: Fannie Bell. 1). Oct. 21. IsOO; McilKMt D., 
b. Oct. ,s, 1S(;3. 
Nanj EUzaticth. b. Xo\ . 21. 1833. in. Isl. Arlia T. Keen. 2d. CJoorgc 
McAllister. 



IHSTOKY OK PAUIS. 741 

Joseph L., h. Nov. 13, 1835, r. in I'aris. 

Samiict L.,h. March G, 1837, lu. llachcl. dau. nf Nailiaii Maxim, and 

had : (Jcorii'iainia, h. Jan. 4, 18(15, and Elva Kuiicuia. h. .Ian. 1. 18117. 
LdcH /)'., h. July It), 1847, ni. Jaooh T.ovojoy. 
Jku-ks Almn; h. Ovt. 13, 1849, ni. Alu'C, dau. of EthelBunipus, and had: 

IJalpli Ahner, h. Sept. 25, 1880, and Virginia, h. April 3, 1883. 
The niotlier d. Oct. 27, 1884. 

Lkwis L. Stuutkvant, son of Joseph an<l Ih'thanv Doteu, m. 
Saba Amanda, dan. of Ichabod Fannce, Jnne 14, ISC.l. C'liihben : 
L'osa A., m. Charles I [. ^[errill, s. Paris; .4/;(((»/(. 

Sylvakus Sturtkvant of Uridgewater, b. ]May 7, 1772. ni. Jan. 
24, 180-2, Polly, dan. of Sanuiol Leonard of the san\e town, b. 
March 15, 1780. Settled in Paris abont 1820. Children, the seven 
oldest b. in Bridgewater : 

Dchnrtih, 1). (W{. 27, 1802. ni. Isaac Doten, s. Hartford. 

Lewis ./., 1). Feh. 2(), 1808, ni. Susan, dau. of Timothy Chase. 

Siih-anus, Jr., h. ^[arch 8, 1808, ni. Susan Fohett. 

Lor(')t.~o, b. Oct. 3, 1810, s. ^liddleborouuh. 

PoUij -V., h. June 1(1, 1813, m. Jacob Danicds, s. Paris Hill. 

?[ur(jianna, b. May 10. ISlC. m. Algernon Allen. 

Betsey Ann, b. July 24, isjs. m. Martin Leonard of IJridgcwater. 

Lucas C, b. Paris. .June 15. 1821. d. April 20, 1822. 

Dexter JL, h. " Aug. !), 1823. ni. Il.irriet Keith. 

The fatlier d. on the James Penlcy farm, Dec 31, 18:{(). 'I'lic mother d. 
at I'aris. Aiiril 17, 18(10. 

Si'LVANirs Stuktevant, Ji;., Ml. Susan, dan. of Lewis FoUett of 
Paris, 1). ]\L\y 21, 1814, and settled in South Paris villaoe. lie 
worked in the foundry for Ilersey brt)thers, in moulding the first 
plows mannfaetnred by them. '^le built the brick house at the foot 
of the >L)rse Hill, and set out the shade trees standing in front. 
Afti'rward he Ituilt lu'ar the station, whore he died Si'pt. 211, ISSl, 
and his wife, Oct. 24, 18.S4. Children: 

Ann Mnri<i, b. June 27, 1833, m. A/cl S. Tuttle; (leimie Wrhstrr, h. Oct. 
20, 18.35, d. July 13, 18(11; Susan Kllni, b. May 14, 1837. d. .Ian. 5, 18(11. 

Asa and Francis Stuiiticvant of Halifax, Mass., were the first 
settlers on lot 6, in range i). They remained on this lot until abont 
1801, when each sold out to Deacon Caleb Prentiss, who moved the 
buildings where Francis lixcd at the south end, to their present 
location. This was the homestead of the late Julius A. King. 
Francis moved to Hebron and settled on the farm afterward owned 
by his son, Josei)h. and now liy his grandson James. Late in life 



742 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

he was living near Otis Swift's. While attending his funeral, the 
lightning struck the Isaac Smith barn, which was consumed, and 
killed a yoke of cattle lielonging to James Longle}'. 

F'ranx'IS Stl'rtevant m. Lois . Children : 

Phebe, h. June 5, 1781 ; Allen, b. Jan. 19, 1784 ; Francif!, b. June 30, 178(3 : 
Kathaniel, b. May :26, 1789; Joseph, b. May 9, 1792, m. widow Mary Dun- 
ham; Lois, b. April 215, 1797; Benjamiu. b. Sept. 4, 1799; Polhj, b. March 
25, 1802. 

Asa Sturtkvaxt. brother of the preceding b. in Halifax, Mass., 
17G0, m. Sally "Washburn, June 3. ITSf). She died Oct. o, 1805. 
m. 2d, Eunice , b. April IC. l.SOG. Children : 

Mary A., b. Feb. 1, 1807; Murij L., b. Aug. 30, 1808; Aznhah, b. Jan. 2.5, 
1810; Entiire, b. Jan. 23, 1813. 

The mother d. July 23, 1813. (Copied from an old bible in the posses- 
sion of A. S. Sturtevant, son of Benjamin Sturtevant formerly of South 
Paris village.) 

SwAX. 
William Swax was quite early in this town, lli' was born in 
Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 4, 1737, and was tlie sou of John and 
Elizabeth his wife, grandson of Gersliom and Sarah Holdeu, 
and great-grandson of John Swan, who came from England as a 
servant in the family of Mr. Thomas Bittlestone, in whose recorded 
w'ill it is provided tliat his wife, Elizabeth, shall have the services of 
his boy, John Swan, and shall pay him five pounds. John Swan, 
the emigrant, married Rebecca Palfrev. and had a grant of land in 
Cambridge, of twenty acres. Some of his descendants settled in 
AVoburn, and among them was Wilftam. He was a soldier in the 
war for independence, and a pensioner. He came to Paris with a 
large family, and lived here several years. About the year 1802, 
having sold out here to Lazarus Hathaway, he moved to Woodstock, 
accompanied by his son William, Jr., who was then married, and 
his grandson, Gideon, who was then fifteen years old. The child- 
ren of William Swan and Luc3' Robbins, were : 

Lij(li<(, b. Nov. K), 1701, never married; WiUiani, h. July 3, 17G3, m. 
Bethiah Pratt; Betsey, m. Calvin Cole of Paris; Ernm((, b. Sept. 2, 17G7, 
m. Samuel Stephens; Sally, b. Aug. 21, 1774, m. Solomon Bryant, Jr.; 
Susanna, b. March 24, 1777, m. Christopher Bryant. 

William Swax, Jr., was married Oct. 15, 1700, by Icliabod Bon- 
ney, Esq., of Turner, to Bethiah Pratt of Paris. He lived to an 



IIISTOKY OF l»Ai;i;r. 743 

adviiiiced age. and died in "Woodstock. His children, I)oin in Paris 
and AVoodstock, were : 

m7??(ra, .//•., b. >ray IS, 1792, 111. l^^t, Hannah, dan. of Saniuel Karron 

Locke, of Bethel, and ^d, widow Twitchell of Norway, whose iiiaicU-n 

name was Bird., dan. of John of Norway. 
Oliver, b. Jan. 15. 171)7, ni. Khoda Bryant. 
Jb/iw, b. Jnne S, 1799, ni. Louisa Brings, dau. of Lntlier. lie moved to 

Greenw cod, where he died. 
Moses, b. Dee. 1, ISOl, m. Mary Locke, sister of his brother William's 

wife. He was a carpenter, and he and his wife went to California, and 

both died there. 
Aaron, b. Dec. 1, ISDl, d. Feb. 16, 1815. 

Lm-y, b. May 3, 1S04, m. John l\. Brings, both deceased in Milan. X. H. 
Bethiah, b. May 3, 1804. m. Lnther Brigi-s. 
Emma, b. April 6, 1807, d. young. 
Samuel 8., b. April 10, 1811, m. 1st, Sabra Daicy. 
Edmund, b. Feb. 14, 1814, m. Elmira :\lorgai] of Greenwood, resides in 

Milan, X. H. 

William Savax. Jr.. son of William, m. first, Hannah, dan. of 
Samuel B. Locke of Bethel. After living several years in Wood- 
stock, he returned here, to a farm near the old road between South 
Paris and High Street. He was a (iniet. unobtrusive citizen, indus- 
trious and thrifty, and demonstrated the fact that money can be 
made liy farming. His children, all liy the first marriage, were: 

Lodisl-a, 1). Sept. 28, 1820, ni. James F. Penley of Paris. 

Urania, b. Jan. 7. 1822, m. Horace Edgerly, formerly of Buxton, resides 

in Paris. 
Lucetla E., b. X'ov. .30, 1825, d. Sept. 10, 1827. 
William liassell, b. Xov. 22, 1827, m. Mary A. X'oyes. 
Leandin- S., b. Jan. 24, 1830, m. Harriet A. Deeoster: lie lives in Paris. 
Lucetta 3/., b. May 21, 1833, m. Jei-emiah IT. Winslow: lives in Paris. 
Hannah E., b. Jnne 19, 1835, d. March 12. 1842. 

OLiviiu Savak. brother of the preceding, m. Rhoda. dau. of Sam- 
uel Bryant of Woodstock. He lived in Paris, then moved to Wood- 
stock, but returned here to a farm south of High street, and died 
here. His widow died in Woodstock. Children : 

Eessenden, in. Helen M. Crockett, r. AVoodstock ; Olin-r G., m. Lois Buck. 

r. Woodstock; Isaac r. Milan, X. H., unmarried: GatHs, C. m. 

Morgan, r. Charlestown, Mass.: Bethiah, in. John Boston, s. Kennebunk; 
Lunj B., m. Elon G. Whitman, r. Woodstock; ^VYr'7«/*'>, m. Joseph H. Cnm- 
ming-s of Greenwood; AIoik-o B.. m. Betsey J. Lapham. r. Portland, and 
Moses, who is married and resides in Portland. 



744 HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

Capt. William H. Swan, son of Willuun, Jr., m. Mary A., dau. 
of Daniel Noyes of Poland, now a resident of Chelsea, Mass., serv- 
ing on the city police force ; enlisted from Chelsea on the first call 
for men in the war, and was the first man commissioned. After 
serving his time, he volnnteered on the quota of Paris, Dec. 13, 
1861, Cai)tain Co. K, i:;th Maine Regiment. (See Record.) 

Children : 

Mary Hannah^ b, Jan. 29, IS.'ifi, ui. Allx'il Blanchard of Chelsea; Anna 
Marin, b. April 5, 1860, d. July "20, 187!); Ettd Au(/iist<:(, b. Dee. 2.), 1861; 
Wniinm Locke, b. Dec. IG, 186(5. 

Leaxder S. Swan, brother of the i)receding, m. Harriet A., dau. 
of Howard Decoster. He lived a few years in Woodstock, then 
returned here. Children : 

Mar>i E.. b. May 20, 18.52; Jauifs H., b. June 6, 18.5:^, ni. Nina Mason, s. 
Norway; Ida T., b. July 10, 18.5.5, ni. Eben K. Chapman of Gilead ; Edgar 
F., b. July IS, 1857; Ahhie A., h. March 25, 18.59; Horarr L., b. May 25, 
18G1; ILatic C, b. May9, 1864; EJi, b. Doc. 24, 1866; Frrdinnnd Favor, 
b. Nov. 80, 1870; Howard A., b. July 8, 1877. 

The mother d. Sept. 26, 1881, m. 2d, Taylor of Hebron. 

Eei.tah Swax, son of James of Bethel, previously of Methuen, 
Mass., and Fryebin-g, born July 5, 170:3, married Eunice, daughter 
of Asa and Mercy (Bartlett) Barton of Needham, Mass., born 
March 12, 1772. He came to Paris from Bethel, about the year 
1822, and settled on part of lot 27-28 in the 4th range, the farm 
now owned by X. L. Marshall. He bought the land of Foxwell 
Swan, who had it of M'm. Berry. It was wild land when he first 
came to it. He and his wife both died here. This family descended 
from Richard of Boston and Rowley, and are not related to the other 
family. These two Swan families were civrefully traced down from 
the emigrant ancestors a few years ago, and the result substantially 
as given here published in the Oxford Democrat. Children : 

Polhj, b. Dec. 4, 1790, m. Foxwell Swan. ^ 

Sail!)', b. :May 13, 1793, m. George Berry. (See Berry.) 

Olirer F., b. Aug. 16, 1797, m. and lived in Gardiner; d. in Boston. 

Mercy BartlHt, b. Oct. 22, 1800, m. Mei-rill Chase. 

Aaron Barton, b. July 4, 1801, ni. Mehitable York of Bethel.' 

Elijah, b. June 11, 1804, died July 16, 1804. 

Xancy Fcnno, b. July 11, 1805, m. Moses Chandler of Bethel. 

Bet!>cy 11'., b. Aug. 30, 1807, m. Peter Ayer of Bethel; they went to 
Penn. 

Ahu/all b. Jan. 1, 1810, d. Oct. 22, 1812. 

Elijah, b. Oct. 9, 1812, in. Aurelia Berry. 



HISTORY OK PARIS. 745 

Polly Swan, eldest child of P^lijah, married Foxwell Swan, her 
cousin, son of James, Jr., and Hannah (Shattnck) Swan of Bethel. 
They lived on part of the Wm Berrv farm, on the east side of tlie 
EastP>raneli, and she died there, and he married widow Ilall. Tliey 
had : 

James jr.. 111. Mere}' Wiishlmni. 

Marij Aim. in, l.*t, Isaac Duuhaiii, lM. Saimicl Merrill, Jr. 

Lorenzo />., ni. Sarah H. Kuriiliaiii of Hartford. 

Aarox Barton Swan, son of the [)recedint>", married ^leliitable, 
dan. of Job Yorlv of Bethel, who was born in 1802. Their place 
was near the Mineral S[)rino; at North Paris. In his later years he 
was known as "Dr. Swan." his medicines being roots and herbs. 
He had the following children, all born in Paris : 

Edward Feniw^ Maria\ Elisha T.; (Jharles, b. 18.31; William, h. \S:iS; 
George, h. 1836; Oreii, b. 18.'{!) ; E.ira, h. 1841; Xathaii, b. 1843; Sophia, b. 
1S4G. 

Eli.iah Swax, Jr., is the well known carpenter and builder at 
AVest Paris. "With his son, Leonard B., he has built some of the 
best bnildings in town. He m. Aurelia, dan. of Levi and Lusanna 
(Bryant Berry. Children : 

Leonard B., b. Jan. 8, 1833, in. ^[ary A. Grover of Carthage: Pcn-grine 
D., b. Aug. 13, 1837, cl. March 13^.1838; Lovicy Elphreda, b. July 27, 1839, 
ni. James C. Perry of Paris; E'iJ"h C, b. June 17, 1812, died young. 

Leonard Berry Swan, son of the preceding, m. ]\Iary Augusta, 
dan. of Edsel and Mary (Walker) Grover, April 31, 1860, b. Dec. 
24. 1839, in Carthage. He is a carpenter and builder. Children : 

Emma Aurelia, h. July 8, 1864; amir Mabel, b. Feb. 11, 1871; Birdie 
May, b. April 9, 1873, d. Sept. 20, 1873 ; Frank Leonard, b. Sept. 13, 1876. 

SWETT. 

CoL. William Swett, son of Captain AVilliain Swett of Parsons- 
field, and Clarissa (Benson) Swett of Middleborough, Mass., was 
b. in Otisfield, March 4, 1804. He m. Amy, dau. of Sampson and 
.Jane (Ellis) Reed, :\ray 1,1 830'. She was b. April 27, 1805, in 
Hartford. The family moved to this town in 1852. Col. Swett 
has been very prominent in agricultural matters, raemlier of the 
Maine Board of Agriculture, etc. Children : 

Leicis Benson, b. Aug. 10, 1831, m. Harriet Suiith. 
Joan Heed, b. Aug. 28, 1833, ni. Simon S. Stowell. 
WiUiam Harvry, b. ^Slay 13, 1836, in. Arabella C. Stowell. 



746 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Harriet C, b. May 2G, 1840, d. April 28, 18G2. 

The mother d. April 26, 1880, within four days of the fiftieth anniversary 
of their marriage. 

Lewis B. Swett, son of Col. William Swett, m. Harriet, dau. of 
Timothy and Alice (French) Smith, Nov. 23, 1854. Children : 

EUa Jnne, b. Oct. 11, 18.58; EstalU Franrcf!, b. 0(!t. 11, 1858, d. Aug. 20, 
1863 ; C<irrifi. Benson, h. June 2, 1861 ; Alire BcUc, b. Feb. 23, 186.) ; William 
miitman, b. Nov. 13, 1867. 

William Harvey Swett, brother of the preceding, m. Arabella 
Carter, dau. of Rufus Stowell, Sept. 21), 1856, and resides on the 
homestead. Children : 

Arthur Melville, b. April 22, IS.")?, m. Lizzie Frances Holmes, Nov. 3, 
1879, and had: Finest Holmes, b. May 31, 1883; Walter Ilarveu, b. Dee. 6, 
18.59; Julia Smiley, b. April 10, ISGO, d. Nov. 27, 1868; Em/ene Xewhall, b. 
Aug. 18, 1866. 

Benjamin Swktt, son of Moses of Bethel, and Fanny (Cummings) 
Swett of Albany, was b. in Bethel, April 23, 1843, m. Imogene 
Mercy, dan. of E[)hraim Kimball, and Olive (Chase) Andrews of 
Milton Plantation, June 28, 1868. She was b. July 4, 1847. Child- 
ren : 

^^er)ll>)l Benjamin, \). May 3, 1870; Lndoric Pereiral, !). Feb. 24, 1872; 
Jiose Andrevs, h. June 17, 1874; Ernest Meli-ille, b. March 1, 1877; Olire 
Chase, b. May 22, 1881. 

Israel Swett was b. in Standish, April 25, 17!)6. and m. widow 
Olevia Goold, and dau. of Cai)tain Moses Libbey of Scarl)orough, 
and moved to Paris in 1.S37. Children : 

Betseii, b. 1824, d. 1825. 

John Ginthl, b. -Tuly 20. \^-H\, m. Lydia Ann, dau. of Fzra G. Fuller, 
Children: John II., b. March 4, 1856, d. April 28, 1861; Helen M., b. 
April 26, 18.58, m. Charles F. Etter, s. Norway; George E., b. Nov. 
20, 1859; Fannie J., b. Jan. 6, 1862; John H., b. Jan. 29, 1864; Cor- 
delia E., b. Aug. 28, 1871; Cliarles F., b. Oct. 15, 1876. 

Moses L., b. Nov. 1, 1827, lost in gale of 1821 on fishing banks. 

Edward E., b Sept. 1, 1830, m. Eebecea Coffin, s. Kennel)unk. 

Ilenr;/ L., b. June 1, 1834, m. Harriet Bryant. 

Ole.ti<i, b. Sept., 1836, d. Aug., 1837. 

Swift. 

Caleb Swift, and Joseph, his brother, were early settlers in the 
Swift neighborhood. John also, a brother, settled in Norway'. 
The}' came from Sandwich, Mass. Caleb first settled on the lot 



niSTOKV OF PARIS. 747 

where Joseph Libbey lived. He afterward moved to the lot, now 
the homestead of his son Otis. He m. Phebe, dan. of lehabod and 
Hannah (Rogers) Waterman of Kingston, Mass. She came to 
Paris with her sister Hannali, who m. Silas ^rnxini. She was the 
school teacher of that jx-riod. Children : 

Alvhi, b. Nov. 10, ]7t)'J, ni. Ahiiini liartlett Cunnniiigs. 

Ci/nthia. b. Aug. 12, 1801, tl. April 7, 1878. 

Otis, h. Sept. 21, 1803, ni. Adaline Walker. 

Horatio, b. Oct. 8, 180(i, d. Feb. 7, 1870. 

Xanci/, b. April 23, 1800, in. ]Milo iratliaway. 

MarccUa, b. May 28, 1812. in. Williaiii Curtis. 

Jdirits, b. 1814, d. 1815. 

Elvira, b. Dec. 8, 1816, r. iu Portland. 

The father d. Feb. 20, 1830. The nuitber d. April 28. 1845. 

Alvin Swift, son of Calel), m. Almira, dan. of Daniel and 
Abagail Bartlett Cuminings, Feb. G, 1825, and settled on the 
Lebroke farm. Children : 

Cyprian, b. Sept. 5, 1825, d. Xov. IS, 1847. 

Daniel, b. Dec. 3, 1826, ni. Susan Jackson. 

Ahhy, b. May 28, 1828, in. Emery E. Eowell. 

Kendall, b. Jan. 28, 1830. ni. Ellen Tueker. 

Alvin, b. Aug. 14, 1831, m. Caroline Paine. 

Andreip, b. Sept. 1, 1833, died in Panama, 1864. engineer on R. l\. 

Ansel, b. April 30, 1835, m. Mary Ann Matthews, s. Waterville. 

JIadison, b. April 18, 1837. 

Emeline, b. Aug. 6, 1839, m. Xelson Jackson, s. Greenwood. 

Chandler, b. ^Nlay 18, 1841, m. Clara E. IJawson. 

Otis Swift, brother of tlie preceding, m. Adaline, dan. of Capt. 
Micah Walker. June 2, 1832. Settled on the homestead. Child- 
ren : 

Cynthia Ann, b. Oct. 25, 1832, ui. Tbonias Nichols, s. AVisconsin. 

Amasa Edes, b. Sept. 27, 1834, s. Euclare, Wis. 

Eliza Adaline, b. Feb. 24, 1840, m. John Smith of Dedbaui. 

Nelson Otis, b. April 4, 1842, s. Chippewa Falls, AVis. 

Sarah Lucretia,h. Aug. 25, 1847, m. IJcuben Foss, d. Feb. 17, 1878. 

Daxiel Swift, son of Alvin, m. Susan H., dan. of Benjamin 
Jackson, Jul}- 7, 1850. Children : 
Adna Jackson, b. May 2, 1851. 

Arabella Almira, b. Aug. 5, 1852, m. Geo. F. Robinson. 
Daniel Ciimmimjs, b. Feb. 27, 18.54, m. Lydia E. Decoster. 
Benton Leroy, b. Sept. 13, 1855, m. Chloe H. Stone. 
Herbert IJeu-ellyn, b. Jul}' 28, 1857. 
Ambrose Frank, h. Sept. 14, 1859, m. Mary E. Staples. 
Addie May, b. Feb. 2, 1862. 



748 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Alvix Swift, son of Alviii and Alinira (Cumuiiuo-s) Swift, ra. 
Caroline Paine, Children : 

Charles, b. M:iy 10. 1858; Linnnts A., h. April 2o, ]859; Melville Z>., b. 
April 25, 18G4; Alire, b. Nov. !), 18G5; iMnid, b. April 16, 1867; Lottie, b. 
June 15, 1868; Alr„h D.. h. Nov. 19, 1872. 

The mother d. Oet. 7, 187:^. 

Ansel Swift, brother of the i)receding, m. Mary Ann, dau. of 
Winthrop Matthews. Children : 

Albert P.. b. in Xoi-wny. Fi-b. 7. 18(;0, in. Geoi'j^'ie M. Chase, dau. of 
Granville 31. Chase, and liad : Mildred F., 1). in AVaterville, Sept. 8, 
1883. 

Winthrop, b. in Xorway, Sept. (i, 18G;5. 

Ami A., b. in Sonierville, X. J., X'ov. 25, 1870. 

JusKi'ii Swift, brother of tiie first Caleb, m. Lncy Holmes, 1788, 
and came to Paris and settled on the lot, and built the house now 
the residence of John Stevens. Children, all but the two oldest b. 
in Paris : 

Joseph, b. Sandwich, >[a.ss., in. Sarah Faunt-e. 

Samuel, b. •• •' m. 1st, Statira Gaimuon, 2d. Xisa liussell, s. 

Oxford. 

John, 111. Joan Estes, s. Bethel. 

Jiniathan, ui. Olive Wilkins, went into trade in Xorway, and the locality 
is now called Swift's Corner. 

Caleb, I). Feb. 17, 17'.t7. in. Betsey Ilorr of X^orwaj'. 

Seth. 111. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Dunn, and lived on the homestead. 
Both died, leaving Cyrus, who iii. Joanna Jordan, and d. at X>\v Orleans 
during the war, and Mary Elizabeth, who died of consumption, unmar- 
ried. Charles Fuller took the farm to support tlie old people. 

The mother d. July 4, 1850. 

JosFiMi Swift, son of Joseph, m. Sarah, dan. of Daniel Fannce, 
and settled in Snmner. Children : 

,/cs''/</* ^4., b. Sept. 8, 1814, iii. ^[artlia Fauiiee: Jairiis S., b. Mareh 7, 
1816, m. X^ancy J. Mann of Paris; Liiri/ A., b. April 19, 1818, m. Moses 
Houghton ; Sarah L., b. Aug. 11, 1820, in. Cyrus Kieliardson, s. AVest Paris ; 
7m i^., b. May 17, 1822, m. Ellen Packard; Bebecca C, b. Aug. 13, 1828, 
m. Charles Thomas; frreenleaf, 1). Mareh 7. 1836, iii. Isaliella Brown. 

Calkf. Swift, brother of the preceding, ni. Betsey, dau. of Dea- 
con John Horr of Xorway, ^lay 10, 1830, and settled on tiie Capt. 
Lemuel Holmes farm, having bought out the heirs, and remained on 
the same through life. He d. 1882. Children : 

Freeman, b. May 9, 1831, d. Aug. 2, 1843. 

E(l)'-iH, b. Feb. 3, 1832, d. Sept. 15, 1838. 



HISTOUY OK PARIS. 



749 



llcunj F., 1). Nov. -27, 18;5r>, ui. Kliioni A. dim. of .Tosi'pli Tuft>, 

and had: Flora Ellen, b. Mairli 12, 1804; Bertha D., 1). Aug'. 22, 18G5; 

Elizabeth Lueinda, b. Nov. iJ, 18GU; Henrietta Franees, b. May 28, 

1875. 

Jo!«i:pii a. Savikt, sou of Joseph and Sarali (Faunce) Swift, ni. 

Martha Faunee. Children : 

Xt'H-ton 7'., b. March 2'J, 1844; Flora A., b. Mareh 21), \sXi: J/r„, b. 
July IT), 18(30. 

Jaiuus S. Swift, brother of the preceding, m. Nancy J., dan. of 
Deacon Isaac Mann of Paris. Children : 

.1. ./., b. Jan. G, 184.^, connnen-ial traveler: WilUmn C. b. .Ian. L"). 1847, 
d. .hnie 7, 1877; George H, b. Sept. 2i). IS.VJ. eonunereial traveler. 

The mother d. June 9, 1879. 

Thayeu. 

(For an extended account of the Tliayer family, see Memorial of 
the Descendants of Richard and Thomas Thayer, from lOoO to 1S74, 
by BezaleelThayer, pnblished in 1S74. from which these data are 
principally taken.). 

Asa Tiiaykk, the second child of Ichal>od and Mary (Marsh) 
Thaver of Milford, Mass., and the seventh .from Thomas the 
emigrant, b. Oct. 3, 17(;7. m. Lydia Chapin in 1790: she was b. in 
Jan., 1 770. They settled on tjne of the lots in Bnckfield. whicii was 
afterwards annexed to Paris. ' Children : 

Ln-i, b. Oct. 23, 1793, m. Sally Perry. 

Mary, b. Aug. 31, 179."), m. Galen Field. 

Diadamia, b. Sept. 9, 1797, m. Cyrus Keen, s. Sumner. 

Lydia, b. July 3, 1799, m. Bela Farrar. 

Zrt«, b. Nov. 13, 1801, ni. Alniira Fobe.«. 

L'inra, b. Dee. 14, 1803, m. Austin Nelson. 

.l.^v^ 1). April 2, 1806, m. Euey ^l. \Vhitney of Worcester. 

Arixi, b. Jan. (i, 1809, in. Florilla Tuttle. 

Tlie fatlier d. Nov. 30, 1848. 

Dka. Levi Thayeu, son of the preceding, m. Sally, dan. of Asa 
Perry of Paris, and settled first in Bnckfield, and soon removed to 
Paris, to the Asa Perry homestead, where he remained through life. 
Children : 

Alexander Sidney, b. Sept. 5, 1819, m. 1st, Angeline Perry. 2d, Ihith 
Marston. 

Emetine S., b. Aug. 4, 1821, m. Simeon Cunimings. 

Horace Chapin, b. March 0, 1824, m. Betsey Whitehouse. ^ 

The father d. June ."), 187."i. The mother d. Sept. 7. 1S04. 



750 HIJ^TOKY OF PARIS. 

ZiiiA Thavek. lirother of the preceding, m. Almira, dan. of Seth 
Fobes, March 13, 1826 ; settled on the homestead, and afterward 
moved to South Paris village, and built the stand now the residence 
of 3[rs. Nancy Whitman. He represented the town in the Legisla- 
ture in 1847 and 1848. Children: 

Lfiura X., h. April 11, 1827. m. Hezekiah Libbej', and s. Boston. 

Hennj 0.. b. Dec. 2, 1832, ni. Sarah llewett. (See Personal Xotice.) 

Asa Thayer, brother of the preceding, m. 1831, Lucy M. Whit- 
ney of Worcester. Mass., b. 1810. Chihlren : 

Caroline 0., b. March 27, 18,3G, d. May 22, 1886; Lury A., b. May 23, 
1837. d. Oct. 16, 18.58; Ahhie 0., b. May 1, 1839, d. May 14, 1842; Marintha 
A.. 1). April 19, 1842, d. May .5, 1842. 

The mother d. Jan. 15, 1850, m. 2d, Lydia Frost of Boston, Mass. Asa 
Thayer d. in Gardner, Kansas, Aug. 23, 1854. 

AuBA TiiAYER, brotlier of the preceding, m. Florilla, dau. of John 
Tuttle, Jan. 6, 183.5. Settled in Sumner, removed to Oxford, and 
then to South Paris village, where he now resides. Children : 

Bufus, b. July 9, 1836, d. Feb. 25, 1838. 
Bitfus K.. b. .liui. 25, 18.38, d. Sept. 30, 1867. 
Flora, b. :May 1, 1841, d. March 28, 1842. 
Frank A., b. Nov. 22, 1847, m. Alice Phelps. 
Flora A., b. Nov. 22. 1847, m. Leander S. Billings. 

Alexander S. Thayer, son of Deacon Levi Thayer, m. Angeline, 
dau. of James Perry, Jan. IG, 1842, and settled on the homestead. 
Has been prominent in town affairs, serving as Collector and Select- 
man. Children: 

I Elhni Maria, b. June 21, 1843, m. Gideon W. Hammond, s. Back- 
field. 
II Florian Sidney, b. May 21, 1846, m. Charlotte, dau. of ^Viuthrop 
Matthews, d. in Norway. 

III E(hrin JloiiUon, h. Aug. 21. 1848, m. Cbarlotto, widow of Florian 

Sidney Thayer. 

IV Li'ci, h. March 20, 1851, (b Dec. 20, 1851. 

Tlie mother d. Aug. 9, 1852, m. 2d, IJuth, dau. of Brackett Marston of 
Norway. Children: 

V ' Charles Emerson, b. Jan. 6, 1856, m. Lottie L., dau. of Hannibal 

G rover of Bethel, March 14, 1880. 
VI Anrjfline Perry, b. Oct. 4, 1857, d. Oct. 5, 1864. 
VII Theodore, b. Dec. 27, 1859, m. Georgie E. Farnum, and had: 

Charles Winslow, b. May 19, 1883. 
VIII Theodora, b. Dec. 27, 1859, m. Walter \V. Farrar. 




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Q^u^tcd^U'S ^. V/^cfyel, '^t 



niSTOUY Ol" 1•AKI^^. 751 

IX Jlay Florence, b. Oct. 2(), ISGl, in. Austin P. Si.-ai-iis. 

X Persis Anna, h. Auja:. 29, 18G3. 

XI Lincoln Ellsworth, b. Sept. 6, 18G5. 

xu Li'vi 3{ar.9ton, b. Sept. 21, 1SG7. 

XIII Xellie Mnhel, b. Nov. 8, 1S60. 

XIV Emeline Cnmmiwjs, b. Deo. 22, 1871. 
XV Salhj Jennettc, b. -Tuly 11, 1S7.S. 

XVI Sidnoj Ah'xnndcr, 1). July .3, 187."), 

Horace Ciiaimn Thayku, brother of the preceding, ni. I>etse\' 
Whitebouse of Vassalboro, Oct. 21'., 1.S47. She was 1). Sei)t. 24, 
1822. Kesided at Augusta. Lewiston and South Paris vilhige. He 
was'a carriage maker and painter, d. ]\Iarcb 0, 1871). Children : 

Emma S., b. April 1.'), 1849, ni. (Jeoi-g-e W. Iladdcn, r. Brooklyn, X. Y. 

Charles A., b. Feb. 0, 18.")!, d. 1855. 

Horace A., b. April 2, 18.53, ni. Lillian E. Downing, and bad : Kalpli Asb- 
ton, b. Feb. 1881. 

Alexandkr Thayer, son of Ichabod and Mary (^larsh) Thayer, 
b. March 15, 1771, settled on an adjoining lot wliich was also set 
into Paris. He m. Esther Spanlding, June 28, 17:18. He died sud- 
denly of fever, March 9, 180'.), aged ;58 years. His widow d. July 
30, 1841. Children: 

America, b. July 5, 1799, in. Caroline Prentiss. 

Alinira, 1). Feb. 14. 1803, m. ('yi)rian Stevens. 

America Thayer, son of the preceding, m. Caroline, ilau. of Dea. 
Caleb Prentiss, and settled on the homestead, and died there. He 
was frequentl}' in town office ; also County Commissioner and Rep- 
resentative. Children : 

Jtilia Lnnretta, b. Nov. 24, 1825. 

Ale.rander Hamilton, b. May 27, 1827, d. July G, 18G8. lie in. Augusta 
M., dau. of Hon. Noah Prince of liucklield, and had : Charles Hamil- 
ton, b. Dec. 10, 18.54, ni. Clara Farnii-, who bad: (Jracc Augusta, b. 
Jan. 14, 1878. 

EmiJy, b. Jan. 20, 1829, m. George W. Hammond. 

Mary Prentiss, b. Dec. 12, 1831, m. Henry Newell Hall. (See Hall.) 

Julia M., b. May 7, 1833, m. Eansom Eipley. 

A'lfjiistits Spaidiliny, J/. D., b. 3Ian-b 28, 1835, in. .Maiy Marble, s. Port- 
land. (See Personal Notice ) 

Caroline Victoria, b. Nov. 2, 1837, m. Thomas E. Stearns. 

Josephine Augusta, b. July 21, 1840, m. B. F. Bates. 

Orlando America, b. Dec. 14, 1843, m. Dec. 2, 1872, Lizzie, dau. of Jarvis 
C. Marble of Paris, and has: Jarvis C, b. Sept. 24, 1874: Caroline 
Prentiss, b. Oct. 31, 1877. 

The father d. April 21, 1873. The mother d. Feb. 4. 1871. 



752 HISTORY OF paris. 

Col. Ebknezer Thayer, son of Isaac and Hannah Joyce Thayer, 
and the seventh in descent from Richard the emigrant, was h. Feb. 
20, 1797, in Bnckfield, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Faunce of Bnck- 
field, and settled in Paris. Children : 

3Iar)i Anil, b. Dec. 10, 1S23, ni. Nathan Chase, s. Paris. 

Hannah A., 1). March 15, lS2o, d. Aug. 12, 1847. 

Sarah J., h. Fel). 9, 1827, d. April 20, 1846. 

Maria E. J., b. April 27, 1883, m. AVm. Kice, s. Paris. 

Col. Ebenezer Thayei-, d. Sept. 25, 1857. (See Annals, 1857.) 

Dea. Joel B. Thayek, brother of the preceding, was b. April 9, 
1799, m. Mary, dan. of Josiah Dudley, Aug. 25, 1822. Resided 
at one time on the farm which he sold to the town. Children : 

Alvin^ b. Ot't. 11, 1823, s. in Tiijlon, Iowa. 

Anf/cliiic, b. Dec. 2, 1828, m. Deacon Eldridge Fobes. 

The niotlier d. iFai-ch 30, 1831, ni. 2d, Mrs. Louisa GrlHui, widow of Rev. 
Caleb B. Davis. Deacon Joel B. Thayt-r, d. .Tune U, 1880. 

TrrcoMi;. 

Isaac Titcomb, b. in North Yarmouth, Nov. 9, 1774, m. Azuba 
Drinkwater of the same town, July '2o, 1796. She was born April 
24, 1779. They came to Paris Hill and moved into the Willis house, 
and from there to the Follett farm. He was in the com[)any of 
Ca[)tain Uriah Ripley at Portland, war of 1812. Children : 

Ali'xiDidcr^ 1) April 10, 17U8. went to Calais, ^fe., and was (h'owned. 
Dorcas^ b. Ma)' 7, 1800, ni. Isaac Hall, s. in Harrison. 
Bodnoj, b. July 25, 1807, ui Sally. Sniitli. 
The father d. 1852. The mother d. 18.58. 

Rodney Titcomb. son of Isaac, m. Sally, dan. of Timothy Smith. 
Children : 

Gcornc, b. May 17, 1821, ni. I.illa. dau. of Wni. W. DtnJVc of Watcrford; 
Isaac, ni. Lydia Parsons, s. Norway; Ci/n/hia. d. about 1848. 

The mother d., ni. 2d, Elizabeth L. Dyer, and dau. of Stephen I'aine. 

Charles, b. June 20, 1854; Zum;V Elhni, (adopted) b. .July 10. 18(11. 

Thibou. 

Adna Tribou, son of Amasa, and grandson of Thomas Tril)0u, 
a native of France, who settled in Bridgewater as early as 1745, 
was b. Jan. 1, 1785, m. Hannah, dau. of Azel Kinsley of Bridge- 
water, afterwartl of Minot, and settled in Paris, and late in life 
moved to Auburn. Children : 

Clarissa Jones, b. Minot, Jul}- 2, 1809, ni. Sullivan Cushman, s. ]Minot. 

Silas Kinsley, b. Minot, Oct. 1, 1812, m. Marcia Bowles of Bucksport. 



HISTORY OK TAUIS. 753 

AhiKjail Kiiisle;/^ h. ^Miiiot, ^Sriiy ID, ISI."). in. Arelas ^Mixcr. s. Pari*. 
Horace Adna, b. :>liire-h 24, 1820, iii. Aim Watt.-;, 2d, Louisa liuiiipus. 
Jlarriet Xevell, h. May 20, 1822, m. ('harles. McKeeu, s. East lIcl)ron. 
Bhoda Cushmai), b. Sept. 1, 182."), ni. Jiul^^on Merritt, s. Colniuliia. 
Charles Austin, h. Sept. 20, 1828, m. Lizzie Farwell, s. T'nity. 
Elmzer Shaw, b. July 10, 1S31, d. Aug. 20, 185.5. 

Hannah Lonhf, b. May 2.5, 1834, in. Alonzo E. Sliurtlett". s. South Paris. 
The father died in West Auburn, July 18, 1870. The mother il. Feb. 2!), 
187G, deatii caused by elotliing takiuii' lire. 

True. 
John True of Polaucl, was quite early in Paris, and also lived in 
Woodstock. He was the son of Jab.ez True, who came from Salem, 
Mass., to Poland, one of whose grandsons was Otis True, formerly 
of Norway. A Genealogy of the True family of New England has 
recently been written, which traces down all the ditferent 1)ranches 
from their common Massachusetts ancestor. 

David Nelson True, son of Snuiuel and Mary (Haskell) True, 
was b. in Portland, July 17, 1834, and m. Oct. 17, 185;'), Helen M., 
dan. of Noves Fales of Tliomaston, b. Dec. 26, 1833. He moved 
to South Paris in March, 1864, and purchased the stock of goods of 
James A. Holmes, and continued trade in company with Edwin Has- 
kell, for fiye years, and after the dissolution of the company, he 
continued the business for seven years longer. In 1876, he pur- 
chased the flour mill, which he is still operating. He was also one 
of the firm of the Jackson's Pulp Mill Co. He has served in town 
office, and two terms iu the State Legislature, and is one of our 
most successful business men. 

Tui;bs. 
Ezra TuBBS was b. in Berkley, Mass., July 4, 171)2. m. -l.si'j, 
Mary, dan. of Daniel Bartlctt of Hebron. Sbie was 1). Feb. 25, 
1798. They became residents of Paris in 1821. He. was long known 
as school master Tubbs. Children : 

Joel, h. .June 3, 1821, s. iu New York. (M. D.) 
Anlen, h. Nov. 30, 1823, d. March 21, 1844. 
Oliver Thomas^ b. June 24, 1845, m. Clara Buttertield. 
3Iargaret D., b. April 13, 1827, m. Joel Haskell. 
Etiiilij Bartlett, b. July G, 1830, m. John 31. Ilersey, s. AN'aterville. 
Mari/ Judith, b. Feb. 17, 1832, m. lioyal Dyer of Fannington. 
Lnther Emerson, b. May 1, 1834, m. Julia Beiison. 
Ezra 31., b. Sept. 10, 1837, d. Oct. 10, 1841. 
48 



754 HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

Jnhn /,., b. Nov. 28, 1839, m. Martha C. Nash of Lewiston; was killed in 

the war of the Eebellioii in the Wilderness. (See Military Keeord.) 
The father d. June, 1877. Tlie mother d. June 7, 1SG8. 

Samuel Tubes, brother of the preceding, m. Sabra Hatch, and 
settled on the farm which he occupied through life. Children : 

OZzfv //r/^-//, b. 1830, m. Alpheus Shaw; Jemima Stone, ni. 1st, Henry 
Eecord, 2(1. .loshua AVelch : Louisa S., b. Jan. 23, 1845, in. A. J. Smith. 

The father d. March, 18(!(i. The mother d. March, 1878. 

Luther Emersox Tubhs, son of Ezra, m. Julia, dau. of Deacon 
Seth Benson, and moved to Minn., April, 1855, and returned to 
Paris, 1884. Children: 

JIurii L., b. May 10, 18.50, m. John I. Bell of Minn. ; Winthrop Davis, b. 
Jan. 30, 18.57; William, b. Sept. 3, 18(;0: Harden B., b. June 0, 1870; Julia, 
b. March 28, 1873. 

Tucker. 
Charles Tucker, sou of Isaac of New Gloucester, and grandson 
of Lemuel of Gloucester, Mass., 1). Oct. 19, 1807, m, Caroline, 
dau. of Josepli Hammond. Children: 

Cliarles ()., 1). Sept. 27, 1829, m. 31ai-y Franldin of East Hartford, and s. 
in Minn., removed to New York and d. there, Feb. 1874. 

Levi P. Tucker brother of the preceding, m. Erances, dau. of 
Gilbert Evans. Children : 

Jaroh Walter, b. March 4, 1844; Josiah Prince, h. Aug. 4, 1848, d. Oct. 
13, 1854; Eliza M., b. June 28, 1852; AviUa Amanda, h. Aug. 12, 18.54. 

TUELL. 

Joiix and Lydia (Makcpiece) Tuell of Taunton, came to this 
township about 1788, and located in wliat is now known as tlie Tuell 
neigh1)orliood. He was born in Taunton, ]Mass., 1747. His wife 
wash. 1751. Children: 

John, ni. Kebecca Doughty, May 3, 1790. 
Lydia, b. Sept. 10, 1776, m. Jacob Gurney. 

Ehenezer, b. Feb. 22, 1779, m. 1st, Patty Perham, 2d, Pvcbecca Curtis. 
Charitij, b. June 30, 1781, m. David Dudley. 

Ahiathar, b. Feb. 26, 1784, m. Charlotte, dau. of Lemuel Holmes. 
Ahagail, b. Aug. 24, 1786, m. Xoah Curtis, Jr. 
Gilbert, b. "March 4, 1788, m. Polly Benson, s. Sumner. 
Polly, b. March 8, 179^, m. Francis Keen of Sumner. 
The father d. April 12, 1812, aged 05. The mother d. March 8, 1840, 
aged 89. 



IIISTOHY OF PARIS. 755 

Ebexkzem Tlkll, son of John. ni. Pally, dau. of Lcnuiel rorliani. 
Chiklren : 

Laura B., h. Feb. 2.">, 180."), ni. Lewis B. Stowell. (See Stowell.) 

Fatt;/, b. June 2.5, ISOG, ni. f"ol. Cyprinn Cole of Greenwood. 

Caroline, h. June 29, 1808, m. Benjamin I'yeison, s. Auburn. 

Bf'tsoii G., b. April 20, 1810. ni. Sannicl II. TTouo-hton. (See Houo-bton.) 

The mother il. aiHl ni. 2il. IJcbecca. dan. of Ashley Curtis of Hebron, 
b. Feb. 12, 1787. 

(rilman, b. Sept. 2, ISU. m. Maria llun,n-htou. 

Ashh'ij Curtis, b. July 10, ]81<i, d. May 12, 1837. 

Ehenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1818, d. July 21, 1837. 

Hcrrirk O., b. Dee. 3, 1820, ui. Harriet Chandler. 

Adalini'. b. March G, 1823, m. Abner Benson. 

Benjamin F.. b. June 1, 182G, d. July 3, 1828. 

Horatio, h. Oct. 3, 1823, d. June 28, 1829. 

The father d. March 20, 1809, aged 90. 

AniATiiAR TuEi.L. brother of the preceding, ni. Cliai-lotte, dan. of 
Cai.tain Lemuel Holmes of Paris, Sept. 30, 180G. Children: 

Lemuel Ilohnes, b. July 28, 1807, m. Lydia IL. dau. of Jacob Gurney. 

Orren, b. Xov. 1809. 

Olice, b. Aug. 8, 1814, m. Thomas T. Lurvey. 

Adoniran, b. Aug. 8, 1814, d. Sept. 20, 1>!17. He was kicked by a horse. 

John, b. 1820, d. Oct. 10, 182^. 

Kin<iman, b. June, 1821, d. June, 1824. 

Charlotte, b. 1824, d. Feb. 2, 1848. 

Henrn J/., b. 1827, m. Melinda Crawford, and had : Elmer E., b. Feb. 12, 

18.58; Lena May. b. June 24, 1873. 
the mother d. Oct. 9, 1830, aged 52 years, and he m. 2d, Phebe, widow 
of Nathan Knapi) of Kumford. The father d. Feb. 4, 1870, aged 92 years. 

GiLnKirr Tiell, brother of the preceding, m. Polly, dau. of Joseph 
and SiU-nce Benson of I[el)ron, and settled in Sumner. Children: 

Louisa, b. Oct. 26, 1811, m. George W. Buck of Buckfield. 
Maru Ann, b. Feb. 24, 1814, m. Seth Gurney of Sumner. 
The mother d. Oct. 7, 1817, m. 2d, Sally, dau. of Caleb Young of Buck- 
field. 

Charles G., b. Aug. 2, 1819, m. Emily Stetson of Sumner. 

Ilirara, b. Oct. 11, 1820, d. July 20, 1824. 

Benjamin Y., b. July 19, 1822, m. Belinda A. Heath. 

Ablaj, b. Xov. 28, 1824, m. Albion P. Bonney. 

Lifdia M., b. Xov. 20, 1826, ra. Charles Curtis, 2d. 

Henrietta, b. Oct. 23, 1829, d. May 11, 1854. 

The father d. Oct. 2-:. 1861. The mother d. June li, 1857. 



756 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

GiLMAX Tlell, son of Ebenezer, m. Maria, dau. of Moses and 
Martha (Haskell) HoughLon, June 11. 18 iG. Children: 

Gihnan li., b. Aug-. 0, 1841, d. .Se])t. 2."), 1843, from accidcMit. (See 

Annals, 1843.) 
lioscoe, b. March 15, 1842, ni. E^^thcr A. Walker, and liad: Minnie C. b. 

Feb. 7, 1864. 
Geon/c Corrydon, b. :Marc-h 30, 1843, d. Aug. 30, 18(J4. 
Bllm, b. Jan. 30, 1845, d. March 1, 1854. 
Gihnan, b. March 23, 1846, d. Julj^ 30, 1803. 
Adna i?., b. Sept. 20. 1847, m. Esther E., dau. of Jonas Bisbee, and has: 

Carrie Maxim, b. June 21, 1869, and Etta Frances, b. Oct. 5, 1875. 
Horatio, b. June 12, 1854. 

Herrick O. Tuell, brotiier of the preceding, m. Harriet, dau. of 
Keuben Chandler, Oct. 21, 1847. .She was b. duly 2"), 1825. 
Children : 

(Mho Fernando, b. Oct. 30, 1848; Jaiii('!< Adrian, b. 31ay 17, 1850; Ossian 
Emjenc, b. June 26, 1853, d. July 30, 1856; ^fary Ahbic, b. Aug. 13, 1855; 
Addic Leslie, h. May 31, 18.58. 

Lemuel H. Tlell, son of Abiatlia, in. Dec. 1, 1831. Lydia II., 
dan. of Jacob Gnrney of Hebron, b. P'eb. o, b^OG. Children : 

Greenirood B., b. Feb. 15, 1833. 

Horatio i.'., b. June 15, 1836, d. in hospital at Washington, Feb. 16, 1864. 

The mother d. Xov. 15, 1838, ni. 2d, Angeline A., dau. of Moses^ Buck, 
Nov. 28, lS3i). She was b. March 28, isil, d. Nov. 14, 1860, m. 3d, Lizzie 
A., April 24, 1870, widow of AVilliam H. Crawford, and dau. of Robert 
Tufton Scavey of Conway, X. 11. She was b. Sept. 17, 1832. 

Tufts. 

Joseph Tufts, son of Joseph of Lee, N. H., and Hebeeea 
(Stevens) Tufts of IMiddleton, X. H., was b. June 29, 1817 ; came 
to Paris in 1841. and ni. Lucinda. dau. of Captain Micali AValkcr. 
Children : 

Elnora Anna, h. Man-li 21», 1842, m. Henry F. Swift, s. Oxford; Adoniram 
Alden, b. Nov. 28, 1843,^1. Feb. 15, 1871; Freelund Olban, b. April 2, 1852, 
m. Fannie, dau. of Job. II. Rawson, and had: Freeland Rawsou, 
b. May 9, 1877; Leon Micah, b. Xov. 8, 1860, m. Mary Alice, dau. of Wm. 
Richardson of Greenwood. 

Turner. 

Adam Turner, Jr., son of Adam of Hebron, born in the "Old 

Colony," m. Bethiah Cole of Plympton, Mass., and. moved into 

Paris in 1823, to the farm adjoining that of Peter Chase. He died 

here in 1839, aged 70 years. His wife d. in 1844. She was sister 



IIISTOKV OF PAKIS. <0/ 

of Cousidor, Sainpsou, Daniel and Levi Cole, well known in Paris 
and Greenwood in the early times. Children : 

Melzar; Minerva, m. Jacob Arnold and settled in Paris, hut moved to 
Augusta ; Sylenda ; Joseph, formerly a "well known Advent preacher in this 
town; Vesta, d. j^oung; Betsci/, m. Oilman Turner of Turner, and died in 
Augusta; Lehbeus B., h. Feb. 10, 181G, m. :Mary A. Pulsifer of Poland. 

Lebbeus B. Tlrxek m. 3Iary A. Pulsifer of Poland, who was b. 
Jan. 1, 18U). He lived in Paris until some thirty years ago, then 
moved to Augusta, and resides there. Children, tlie tluve oldest 
b. in Paris : 

Si>lend<i, b. March 29. 1S:5S, in. John IT. P.reen; ^^est», b. June 10, 1840, 
m. Melville ('. Bhukwell, r. Augusta; Hennj S.. b. .June 16, 184;^, m. Carrie 
^[. Pratt of Xew[)ort, r. Augusta; Fenelon, 1). Jan. 20, 1847, d. Oct. 8, 
1S49: Willie F., b. Sept. 2.5, IS.'iO. 

TUTTLE. 

John Tittle, the ancestor of the New Hampshire Tuttles, settled 
in Dover, N. H.. Iietween 1G.33 and 1640. 

Daniel Tuttle of the sixth generation from John' (J(>hn\ John'', 
John^, John% John'.) was b. in Dover, N. H., March 28, 17.5G, m. 
Lois Leathers, and came to Newfield, Maine. Children : 

Sarah, b. Maj^ 12, 1780, m. Bane Teague, s. Buckfield. 
John, b. Dec. 7, 1783, m. Polly K. Suell of Poland. 
WiUiam, b. July 8, 1786, m. Dolly Chase of Buckfield. 
Betsey, b. July. 1789, m. Josiah Smith, s. Bucktleld. 
Daniel, b. 1792, m. Hannali Chase. 
Polly, b. 179.5. m. Joshua Knox of Peru. 
Lucy, m. Richard Anderson. 

John Tuttle, son of Daniel, m. Polly K. Snell of Poland, and 
became a resident of Paris aljout 1-817. Children, the five oldest b. 
in Turner : 

Tacy, 1). Oct. 5, 1808, m. Asa Woodbury, s. Paris. 

Florillo, b. Xov. 12, 1810, m. Arba Thayer, s. Paris. 

Eraeline, b. Maj' 7, 1812, m. .John Tucker, s. Xorwa}\ 

Azel Snell, b. Sept. 30, 1813, m. Isabella Wing, s. Paris. 

Bohert Snell, b. Jan. 22, 181-5, s. Skowhegan. 

WilU'^m Henry Harrison, b. Oct. 27, 1816, resides in California. 

John Chandler, b. Dec. 14, 1818, s. Skowhegan. 

Joseph Hutchinson, b. Oct. 7, 1822, m. Martha J., dau. of Ethiol Stevens 
of Greenwood, r. Cleveland, Ohio. 

Benjamin Franklin, b. Aug. 29, 182.5, m. and settled in California, and 
has been in the Senate of California, and State Commissioner of Rail- 
roads. 



758 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Marij Ann, b., April 10, ls;^l, d. in (':ilir()riii;i. 

The father d. at South Paris, Ma^' IS, 1874. The iiiotlicr d. at Skowhe- 
g-an, Feb. 19, 1879. 

AzEL TuTTLE, SOU of Johu, ui. Isabcllo, (liiu. of Calviu Wing of 
AVayue, Feb., 1S46. She d. Juue 17, 18G0, and he m. ^d, Aun 
Maria, dan. of S\lvauiis Sturtevaut, Nov. 24, 18(31. He is the 
Avell known stage man and part owner of the route between Bryant's 
Pond and Andover. Cliil(h'en : 

Gnon/t' II., 1). July S, 1804; Biirou W., b. Feb. 2, 1872; Anna ,S'., b. Au^. 
3, 1873. 

TwiTCHELE. 

jAcor. TwiTCHELL of Gray, m. Sally Matthews of Stroudwater. 
He bought the westerly half of lots 9 and 10 in the 5th range, 
of Job Cushnian of Hebron, Sept. 10, 1794, to which he moved his 
famil}-. The land of lot 9 he deeded to his son Moses, and the 
other came into the hands of his son iJavid. . The date of his will 
was Sei)t. 5, 1812. His wife d. Jan. 1843, aged 90 years. Child- 
ren : 

Moses., b. 1779, m. Kebeeca Monk; Xidiolas, s. Moutville: Ji)hn. s. Mont- 

ville; Bctsc;/., ni. 1st, Carey of Otistield, 2d, Isaac Knight, 3d, David 

Abbott, 4th, Deacon Randall of Freedom, 5th, "Worthen of Mout- 
ville; 3IaH-, d. 1808; Jacob, b. Nov. 15, 1791, ni. Betsey Mouk; Darid, m. 
Luciuda. (;re<t-gs; C[/prian, h. Nov. 21, 1797, s. Tboiiiastoii. 

MosES Twitchell, sou of Jacob, m. Rebecca, daughter of Elias 
Mouk. Children : 

Levi L., ui. Ifebecca Bird; Sail;/, ui. Sanuud Fesseuden Rawsou ; Moses, 
b. Jan. 23, 1812, ni. Eunice Mouk; Alniira, b. Aug. 10, 1814, ui. 1st, Benja- 
min C. Cummings, 2d, Josiah K. Weeks; Clarissa, b. 1820, d. Mar. 1, 1840. 

The father d. Sept. 9, 1859. The uiotlier d. Feb. 15, 1873, aged 83 years. 

Jacob Twitchell, brother of the preceding, m. Betsey, dau. of 
Elias Monk, and settled on land purchased of Caleb Perr}-, on the 
westerly end of the Asa Perry farm. Children : 

Polh/, h. A])iil 14, 1810, ui. Shepard P.dckuam; Elsie, s. Portland; 
Lttcretia. 

David Twitchell, Ijrother of the preceding, m. Lucinda, dau. of 
Gideon Greggs of Alstoad, Vt. She was b. Oct. 9, 1791. Children: 
EUzaheth, b. Jan. 1, 1820, m. Jol) Ryerson. 

Benjamin F., b. Dec. 4, 1821, ui. 1st, I^ydia Hall, 2d, Eii/abeth Allen 
Harriet Frances, b. June 9, 1823. 

Laurinda Greggs, b. Dec. 5, 1824, m. Calvin Bucknam. s. Hebron. 
Lucinda, b. April 22, 1820, d. Feb. 12, 1872. 



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Ilartha Stevnis, h. Murch 0, 1828, in. Enici-y l^oiuhanl, s. Tunioi-. 

3Iary Louisa, b. Feb. 11, 1830, d. May 28, 18(1.). 

The father d. Xov. 8, 1847. The niothci- d. .Ian. 11. 18711. 

Bkn.tamin F. Twitciiell, son of David, ni. Lvdia, dau. orjelier- 
son Hall, and resides on the homestead. Children : 

Ellen Fr<'un's, b. April 18, 1858, ni. Willis L. Getcliell of Baldwin. 

Ernest FranJdin, b. Au«4-. 2, 18.")7. 

The mother d. Nov. 24, 1858. lie m. 2d, Elizabetli, dan. Aaron Allen 
of Gray, Me., :May, 28, 1802. She was b. Dec. 10, 183."). 

Walter Edinn, b. ]N[areh 28, 18(J() ; Ina Louisa, b. Jan. 12, 1873; Bertha, 
b. May 30, 1875. 

The niotlier d. 1881. The latlicr d. Xov. 2, 1884. 

Moses Twitcmell, son of Moses and Rebecca, m. Ennice, dau. 
of James Monk. Children: 

Charles, b. Au«>-. 10, 1836, m. Augusta Pi-att; Sarah, b Jan. 16, 1838, ni. 
Alvin Parker, s. Sacearappa ; Ellen, b. June 18, 1840, ni. 1st, Mariner J. 
Davis, 2d, Thomas Holt; Alrin, h.Feh. 26, 1842, s. Charlestown, Mas3. ; 
George, b. Sept. 26, 1844, m. Joanna Packard; James, b. Dec. 20, 1845. 

The father d. 1883 

Levi Twitchell, son of Moses and Rebecca, m. Rebecca, dan. 
of John Bird. Children : 

Levi Linroln, b. June i), 1834, m. Jane Swan: Ciirns Wilhtni, b. Oct. !), 
1837, m. Lydia Cummings; Li/inan. Bird, b. Feb. 14, 1840. 

The father d. March 2, 1842. 

Cyrus AY. Twitchell, son of Levi, ni. Lydia. dan. of Captain 
Benjamin C. Cummings. Children: 

William S., h. July 19, 1857; Levi, b. Aug. 6, 18.59; Frederic, b. Dec. 1, 
1862; Theodore, b. Xov. 1, 1865; Minnie, b. April 1, 1868: Clareure, b. Oct. 
19, 1870, d. June 21, 1877. 

The mother d. July, 1871, and he m. 2d. Mrs. Alice Libbey, dau. of 
Grenville Chaffin. 

Emma Alice, b. July 18, 1875, d. June 15. 1877: George Grenrille, b. ^lay 
10, 1877; Flora Alice, b. Marcli 12, 1879: Addie Adora, b. Xov. 1, 1880; 
liosetta Bebecca, b. March 24, 1882. 

Valentine. 

John Valentine, the great-grand-son of John, was b. Jan. 6, 
1785, in Hopkinton, Mass. He m. Charlotte, dau. of Amzi Brett, 
and settled at South Paris. He was a nail maker, to which refer- 
ence is made in the "Industries of Paris." Children, all iKjrn in 

Paris : 

So2)hia, b. Xov. 29, 1815, ni. April 24, 1839, Joseph II. Hall, s. Earlville, 
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760 HI<ToUY OF PARIS. 

Loirell. h. Ang. 30. 1S20, ui. .Tmletli Haokett. s. Iowa. 
XeUon, b. Feb. 1.5. 1S23. m. Rachel Cobb, June 3, 1S46. 
Elmer, b. March 24, 1825. d. Feb. 2S, 1832. 
Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1827, ni. Jairiis D. Bridghaiu. 
LiJilia Jane, b. Oct. S, 1829, resides in Woburn, Mass. 
John, Jr., b. Feb. 22, 1833, m. Mary Brown. 
The father died at Mechanic Falls, 31ay 28. 1802. 

VosE. 

George L. Vose was the son of Hon. Kichard H. Vose. a dis- 
tinguished lawver of Augusta, whose wife was Harriet, dau. of 
Gardiner L. Chandler of Boston He was born April 19, LS;31, and 
was educated for the business of a civil engineer. He has an exten- 
sive knowledge in several departments of science, and has published 
several volumes, among them a work on "Orographic Geology, or 
the Origin and Structure of Mountains." which lias attracted no 
little attention. He has l)een Professor of Civil Engineering in 
Bowdoin College and is now an instructor in the School of Tech- 
nology in Boston. He resided several vears qu Paris Hill. He 
married in 185.5. Abby, daughter of Rev. Zenas Thompson, and 
had : 

Hfirrict. EUzaheth, Mahel and Birhard 11. 

His wife died in Paris, and he married 2d, Charlotte B.. daughter of 
Hon. Charles and Persis (Sibley) Andrews of this town. 

Walker. 

Rev. Joseph Walker, son of Joseph and Ruth (Jenkins) AValker, 
grandson of Asa and Sarah (Burbauk) AValker, and great-grand- 
son of Jason and Hannah (Burnett) Walker of Scotch-English 
ancestry, was b. in Townsend. !Mass.. Feb. 19, 1792, m. Oct. 7, 
182-2. Clariua. dau. of Stephen Rol'inson. She d. Feb. 11, 1828, 
m. 2d. Eleanor Hodgkins of Portland, Jan. 17, 1829. She was 
born Dec. 27. 1801. (See Paris Ministers.) Children: 

.Joseph, b. June 5, 1830, resides in Portland. 

Clara E.. ^). June 28, 1831. 

Cho.rleg ./., b. March 18, 1833, he is a successful merchant in I'ortland. 

E'.hranl P., b. Aug. 6, 1834, resides in Boston, Mass. 

Xathnniel K., b. Oct. 5, 1837. 

Thomas S.. b. Nov. 7, 1842, d. at St. John's College Hospital, Tnd.. March 
11, 180.5. 

Rev. Joseph Walker, d. April 8, 18.51, aged 5'J. His widow died in Port- 
land, Jan. 30. 1883. 

AViLLiAM AValker. an early settler of Paris, was b. in AVorcester, 
Mass., Dec. 3. 177G, m. Lucy Ann Gray. She was b. Sept. 1, 




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HISTORY OF PAUIS. , 761 

1778, aiul was a sister of John Gray. Williuni Walker was a 
blacksmitli. and settled in lot No. 25, in the eighth range, about 
1800. Chihh-en : 

WiUiam )lrt«, b. March 14, 17!)9, d. Dec. 14, 1800; Clarcnden, b. April 
IS, 1801, s. Auroraville, Wisconsin; William Eobert, b. Sept. 20, 1804, d. 
Oct. 4, 1805; Miranda, h. March 20, 1800, u\. Simeon Kyerson, s. North 
Paris; C7/'/r?o«e, b. April 25, 1811, ui. Wilhani Crawford; John, b. 1814, 
d. F<-b. 21, 1816; Solon Graij,h. Oct. 14, 1816, m. Vesta Cliandler; Lur>f 
Ann, h. Feb. 22, 1820, d. Dec. 26, 182:5. 

The father d. Xov. 2, 1861. Tlie niotiier d. Sept. ."J, 1861. 

SoLOX Gray Wai.kku. son of AVilliani, m. Vesta, dan. of Stephen 
Chandler of Snmner, b. Jan. 12, 1820. He settled on the homestead, 
and late in life moved to Oxford, where he d. April 18, 1880. 
Children : 

Eliza Calista, b. March 20, 1840, m. Job Holland Curtis of Woodstock. 

Gpor(/e E., b. Feb. 9, 1846, ni. Persis, dau. of Joseph Child, s. Oxford. 

The mother d. May i;{, 1857, m. 2d, Frances M , dau. of Isaac and Esther 
(Cook) Lane, Oct. 3, 18.58. 

Edirnrd P., b. Sept. 30, 1859. 

Charles P., b. Oxford, Dec. 25, ISHS, d. Dec. 4, 1876. 

Capt. Micah Walkek, son of Jotham of Petersham, JNIass., was 
h. Aug. 10, 1779, m. Elizabeth Edes of Dedham, Mass., b. July 
15, 1779. He came to Paris about 180(i, and settled in the west 
part of the town. He was a man of aijility and character, and was 
often in town office. Children all l)ut oldest 1). in Paris : 

Adaline, b. Petersham, July 26, 1805, m. Otis Swift. 

Theda L., b. Jan. 24, 1808, m. Thomas Carey, d. July 31, 1838. 

Abayail, b. July 21, 1810, m. Joel Eaton, s. DedUam, Mass. 

Elisabeth, b. April 16, 1812, d. April 23, 1838. 

Electa, b. July 4, 1814, m. Elbridge Stetson. 

Xathan, b. Aug. 5, 1816, m. 1st, :Martlia Richards, 2d, Delphina Lee. 

Siih-iu, b. July 20, 1818, m. Nathaniel Burns. 

Lucinda, b. Aug. 21, 1821, ni. Joseph Tufts. 

Adoniram, b. April 15, 1824, s. AVyandotte. :Missouri. 

Sarah Ann Hart, b. May 23, 1827, m. Aldcn Fuller, s. Turner. 

The father d. Sept. 16, 1868. 

Walton. 
Rkuhkx Waltox was an early settler in the Gray neigh iwrhood. 
He had sons, Artemas. Simeon and Benjamin. Simeon became the 
well known jeweller of Paris Hill and Norway Village. Benjamin 
went to the Aroostook and lived with Roljert, a son of Simeon, and 
died at the age of 102 years. 



7G2 ' HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Simeon AValtox, son of Reuben, m. Peggy Hannafonl of New 
Gloucester. She was a sister to the wife of Asa Perry of this town. 
Children : 

Arthur, h. June 10, IS02: lioht-rt, b. .hily 24, 1804, went to Aroostook 
County; Benjamin, b. May 25, 1807, m. Jane Webb Ryerson; CJiorles, b. 
June 3, 1809. 

ITie mother d. and he ni. 2d, tlie wi<lo\\ of Tliomas Chiik, Esq. Simeon 
Wahon d. March 9, 1862; his widow d. .June 3, 1871. 

Benjamin Walton, son of Simeon, ra. Jane Webb, daughter of 
George Ryerson, and settled on Paris Hill. Cliildren : 

Martha EUen, b. 3Iarch 7, 1841; Anna Isabella, John li. 

The mother d. Jan. 22, 18.57, and he m. 2d, Au.^., 18G8, Mrs. Sarali P. 
Sprag^ue. 

Chaui.es Walton, brother of preceding, m. Sarali . Child- 
ren : 

Eliza Ann, b. Aug. 29. 1827: Simeon, b. Sept. 30, 1831; Martjarette; 
Benjamin, b. Feb. 10, 1830, d. Dec 22, 1S37: Hannah C, b. Mareh, 1840. d. 
Jan. 20, 1841. 

AN'arren. 

Abmaii Warren of Worcester, m. Sally Gray of the same town, 
and became an early settler of this town. She was a sister of John 
Gra}'. Children : 

Nanry, in. Setli Perkins, s. Anson, .Me.; I'oIUj, m. Moses Buck, s. Sum- 
ner; Cynthia, m. Jonas Coburn, s. Sumner; Harriet, m. .Sanuiel Coburn, s. 
Sumner; Ira ^/Zenfb. 1802, m. Folly Buck; Sally, m. Timothy Crockett; 
Alanson, killed by a tree (referred to by Elder Hooper). 

The mother d. and he m. 2d, July 30, 1826, Sarah, widow of Seth Car- 
penter, who was the widcnv of Xicholas Chesley. She had lived with the 
Shakers in her childhood. The widow, Sarah, went to Liutoln and died 
there. 

William Warren, brother of the preceding, ni. Patience, dau. 
of Abner Tripp of Poland. Children : 
Eliza, b. July 22, 1805, m. Jerathmael Colburn, Ji-. 
William, b. Nov. 14, 1806, m. Olive Chandler, s. in Springfield. 
Mary, b. March 21, 1800, m. AVilliam Cofhn, s. in Springfield. 
Xannj, b. Feb. 14, 1811, d. in ]i:ingor, July, 1834. 
Hiram, b. April 14, 1813, m. Charlotte I'o))bins. 
Frank, b. Aug. 1815, m. Anna Oldham. 

John C, b. Nov. 30, 1817, m. l>t, Hannah E., dau. of Calvin Pratt. 
Abayail, b. March 17, 1820, d. Jan., 1848. 
Harriet, b. March 27, 1822, m. George W. Ripley. 
Aufjustus, b. May 10, 1825, m. Clarissa Reed of Abbington, Mass. 
The father d. Felf. 4. 1858. The mother d. Xov. 24, 1870. 



inSTOUY OK PAKIS. 763 

Ika Allkn AVarren, son of Abijali, m. Polly, dan. of ^Moses Buck 
of Sumner, and settled on the homestead, where he remained 
through life. Children : 

Ahoison Mflh'H,]). Jan. 20, 1828, ni. Alniira A. Clark; Amamla F., h. 
Aug. G, 1830, (1. Aug. 1852; Ahwda Spaitldinf/, h. Feb. 0, 1832, d. Sept., 
1853; Emili/ An(/nst<i.]>. A]n-[[ 22, 1831, lu. Solomon S. Ilall, s. Xorway ; 
Olei-ia Gray, b. Sept. 16, 1830, ui. Solomon S. Hall; Uannihul Smith, h. 
Sept. 2«!, 1841, m. Lizzie Hall of Charleston, M*-. ; Melville U., b. April 19, 
1847, m. Clara French, s. Norway. 

The fntlier d. in 18(51. Tiie niotlK'r d. in 1877. 

Alaxson ]\[. Wakrkn, son of Ira, ni. Almira, dan. of Henry and 
Julia Ami (AVaterman) Clark. Settled on the homestead, and now 
resides in Pleasanton, Mich. Children, all 1). in Paris: 

Hin-hcrt Stanley, b. Sept. 4, 18.59; William Ira, h. Feb. .">, 18G2 ; Everett 
Alanfioii, b. Oct. 28, 1804; Leslir Linc(An, h. \\n-\\ 19, 1800. 

AVasiiburx. 

The AYashburns of Paris are descendants of John >Vashburn, one 
of the original proprietors of Bridgew^ater, Mass. 

Stkphkx from Bridgewater, settled in New Gloucester, and had 
children : 

Hosea, Eliphalet, Benjamin, Stephen, Hannah,- Jesse and E<h.varrl. 

Stei'iikx A\'A<iinuRX, the last named, m. Betsey Kecord of Hebron, 
in which town their cliildren were all born. (See North Paris and 
Mills.) Children: 

I Anna, b. Nov. 1, 1792, m. .Job Cliandler. 
II Bctseii, b. Sept. 10, 1794, died. 

III Stephen, b. April 2, 179P, ni. Sally, dau. of Jesse Briggs. 

IV Calvin, b. April 18, 1798, m. Lucy, dau. of Josei)h Sturtevant, 1825. 
V Luther, b. Ai)ril 19, 1800, m. Abagail, dau. of Daniel Dumi. 

VI Otis, b. Feb. 26, 1802, ni. Rachel Tubbs. 
\n IlahJ.ah, b. March 29, 1804, m. Daniel Brock of Bucktield. 
VIII 7'hankful,^ b. April 10, 1806, ni. Eev. Ziba Andrews, Woodstock. 
- twins. 
IX Jl'-rry, ) 1). April 10, 1806. 
The mother d., m. 2d, Lovicy, dau. of Isaac Cushman of llcbi-on. 
X Jlath, b. July 22, 1809, m. Benjamin AVashburn. 
XI Jio.i-anna, b. Feb. 28, 1811, m. IMi-hard Elder. 
XII Isqa.r, b. Dec. 23, 1812, m. Cynthia, dau. of Aaron Stevens of Kum- 

ford. 
XIII Lovirij, b. Oct. 22, 1814, m. James Iladlock. 

Stephen AVasi-iburn, son of Stephen, m. Sally, dau. of Jesse 
Briggs, and resided at North Paris. He and his wife deceased some 



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HISTORY OF PARIS. "65 

IchabcxL h. Aiig. 12, 1767. il. aged 92>. ui. Parthena Carter, ?. Buekfield. 

aud i-eturned to Kiog-ston through fear of the Indians. 
Hanwth. b. June 9, 1770, ul. aged 79), ui. Silas Maxim, s. Pari?. 
Pftehe, b. Deo. 30, 1771. d. ageil 76), m. Caleb Swift, s. Pari*. 
rh'jhHJs li'Mi^rs, b. :Mareh 10. 1766, (,d. ageil S6), m. Polly Ellis. <. Buek- 

tield village, and uioveil to Sangei-sille. 

W ATKINS. 

Henkv M. AV ATKINS was lx»rn iu Bristol. Euglaml. Jan. 12. 1824. 
He came to America iu 1838. and settled in ]Sew York City. m. 
Hannah, dau. of John Besse of Paris. The family moved to this 
town. 1875. They had several children, but only one came to this 
town. 

George H. AVatkins. son of the prec-eding. (see Paris Newspaper 
Men) b. Ang. 6, 1854, in New York city, m. Anna Russell, dau. of 
Judge Joseph G Cole of Paris. Children : 

Il'tiohl Coh, b. Jan. 2-5, 1S80; Mih^l liitss^ll, b. March S, ISSl, d. March 
5. 1SS4 ; Edith Jfoy, b. March 23, 1S82. 

AVarnek. 

Phineas B. AVarner, son of Jonathan and Martha (Ball) AA'ar- 
ner. was b. in Jav, Aug. 20. 1816. in. Laura, dau. of Seth Benson. 
Children : 

Cynthia A., b. March 2, 1S41, m. William E. Curtis; Lafore$t B., b. Jan. 
29, 1S43, see Militarv Service) d. Jan. 1, lS65,"in A'irgiuia ; Elzem J/., 
b. Maivh 27, 1S4-5, d. Oct. 4, 1S62; Minj E., b. Jan. l-i. lS-"il, m. L. C. 
Bates; Laura A., b. Feb. S. 1S54. 

AA'ebuer. 
Henry R. AVebbek, son of David AA'ebber of Oxfoni, was b. Nov. 
20. 18l8, m. May 12. 1830. Nancy, dau. of John AA'hitehead. He 
settled on the AVhitehead homestead and had ai>ottery. and supplied 
the suri-ounding towns with earthen ware. Children : 

Siftrall H., b. April 21. 1S40, m. Annette Stowell. Gniduattnl at Meilical 
College, Bnmswick, and Ux'attHl iii-st at West Paris, and removeil to 
South Paris, where he died, Julv 6, 1S73. 
Mary Elizabeth^ b. Aug 25, 1S42, m. Danville B. Stevens, s. Lewiston. 
VioJa Nanctj, b. May 13, lS4o, m. Adna C. Ciishraan. Jan. 5, 1S6S. 
CaroJine, b. Sept. 22, 1848, d. in infancy. 
^ John ir/»<7t^Aefl.?, b. May 19. lSo2, in. Flora E. Estes of Bethel. 
The father d. Marvh 4, 1S69. 



7c6 history of paris. 

Weeks. 

Samuel V. Weeks, son of Nathaniel aud Huldah (Pottle) Wet?ks, 
was b. in Gilinanton, X. H., 1784, m. Iliildali, dan. of Josiah 
Knight of Falmouth, moved to Bnckfield. iHl'i. and to Paris, 1815, 
and lived in the Daniels neighborhood. He died March 10, 1829. 
His wife b. 1787. d. Jan. 10, 1828. Children: 

Josioli Kiiitjld, b. Dee. 3, 1808, rn. Elsie ^lonk: Xajiohon J}., b. .Jan. 1, 
1811: Sarah, b. Dee. 26, 1813, ni. Sylvester Tinell, s. Weymouth, Mass.: 
Xathanifl. b. Maj' 2, 181.5, s. Weymouth: Clarwsa, b. Feb. 3, ISli), s. Kan- 
dolph, Maps.; Amh-fr. b. Nov. 20, 1821, s. Kuniford; Joshua, b. Nov. 28, 
1823; GfOffje W'., b. April 7, 1826. 

JosiAH Knight Weeks, son of Samuel P., m. Elsie, dau. of 
James Monk. Children : 

Samuel Dexter, b. Feb. 22. 1830, m. 1st, Linda M. Kawson, 2d, Martha 
Clark: ./am*;.'? /V^«/rt«rt, b. July 2!», 1831 ; Marij Huldah, b. Xov. 18, 183.5, 
HJ. Jacob IJrigjrs; Clarissa, d. Sept., 1875. 

The mother d., m. 2d, Eunice, dau. of Nathan Maxim. She d. March 6, 
1874, m. 3d. Ahnira, widow of Captain Benjamin C. Cunnnings, and dau. 
i)f Moses Twitcliell. 

Samuel I). Weeks, son of Josiah, m. Linda M., dau. of Levi 
Ravvson, and resided on Paris Hill, and was post master for some 
years. Had one dau. Mary. The mother d. Oct. 3, 18.^2, ra. 2d, 
Martiia. <lau. of Jonatlian Clark, iiad one daughter. 

WlIEEEEH. 

Joseph Wheelek was born in Bethel, Sept. 'J, 1810. He was 
the son of Joseph and Olive (Gage) Wheeler, one of the early 
Bethel families. He married, March .^, 1843. P21iza R. Clark, grand 
daughter of Benjamin Clark of Bethel, one of the captives of the 
Inrlian raid of 1781. He settled in Albany-, and in 1879 moved to 
South Paris. Chihlren : 

John. K. : Charles E., who was a member of the 7th Me. Battery, and d. 
ill Wa'^iiinj^ton, D. C, Aug. 6, 1864; Ellertj F.; Wendell E.; Pierce E.; 
XeUou li.; Ilannihal L.: Ulysses Grant, who is a member of the Sopho- 
more class in Bates College, Lewiston. 

NN'llITE. 

Captain Bezaleee White was of Worcester, Mass. He married 
Nancy Whitney of the same town, and came to Paris about 1828, 
and settled on the Abraham Bolster farm, where he after remained. 



m>TOi{v OF rAUi!;. 767 

Ho was Captain of the (.•ompaiiy oi' tiooi> that o?;ooited Lafavette 
IVoin Woroestor to Boston in 1824. ChiUhvn : 

Jliinj Ann, b. April SO, ISl^, d. Sopt. 30, IS41. 

Litci/ Jane, b. June 20, 1S27, m. Fiamis C. Kii-haids. s. in Oxford. 

Eunice Madah'ne, b. Aug. 20, 1830, ni. Paul Woixlev, >. 'VVoivo^tor. Mass. 

£•/(■-</ Whitneij, b. March 7, 1S3;>, il. March 4, 1S72. 

WilUam B., h. Aug. 2S, 183"), r. in Quiucy. Mass. : ho tMilistod in tlio army 
and was prouiotod to Colonel; he is in the shoe trade in Boston. 

Saraii J., b. Get. 20, 1837, d. Aug. 30, 18.">4. 

Geonje C, b. April 4, 1S43. 

The mother d. June 8, 1854. and he ui. 2d. Mary Ann, dan. of George 
Kyerson, Jan. 20, 18r)8. 

ILittie KmH;/, h. April 4. 18.M1. 

The father d. .lune 27. 1874. 

WlUTKUKAl). 

John Wihtkukao, son ol' John ami Jemima (^larsh) Whiteheail, 
was 1>. in Woodbridgv. N. J.. Maivh o, ITTi), and was an only son. 
The family moved to llingham. Mass. Jolm Whitehead, tlio early 
settler of this town. m. Mary, dan. of David Lovell i»f Mansfield. 
jNlass.. April, K^O."), and s. in 3Ialden, ]\[ass., and nioved from that 
town to Paris. Jan. liSOi), and s. on the farm since owned l)y II. R. 
Webber. At tlie time of Ins location on this farm, it was on the 
market road from the towns nortli of this town to Portland, and 
Jolm Whitehead was licensed in IS 10, as innholder, retailer and 
common victualer. Children : 

Mar;/ Ann, b. :^lalden, Nov. 14, 1800. ni. Joshua Haskell, s. Portlaiul. 

Xanvi/, b. Paris, Nov. 27, 1813, m. Henry H. "Webber. 

Thomas Jeferson, b. Paris. Oct. 17, 1810, ni. ("aroline W. Jordan. 

The lather d. Dee. 20, 18:)0. The mother b. April 11, 1777, d. Jan. 1810. 

Thomas .1. >\' iini;iii"Ai>, son of Ji>lin, m. Caroline IC, dan. vi' 
Timothy and Mercy Pike Jordan, April ■J."), IS IS. She was b. Dec. 
25, ISPJ. lie resides near the olil homestead. Children : 

Ei((jene Melrose, b. April II, 1810, d. (Kt. 12. 1802: Man/ Caroline, h. Aug. 
10, 1850, d. Feb. 11, 1871 ; Htrman Melrille, b. Aug. 2, 1852, d. Oct. (i, 1802; 
Frances fc7(".~(f?<«f/(, b. July S, 18.55, d. May 28, 1857; Orani-ille Meirose, b. 
Nov. 17. 1801. 

Will rM AN. 

Jaooi; ^\'ll^rMAN was the son of John of ICaston, .Mass., grandson 
of Abiah of the same town, and great grandson of Ji>lni Whitman, 
the eniigrant, one of the grantees of liridgewater. Jacob Whitman 
was bv a third wife, and was born wIum> his tather. who was born in 



768 IlISTORl- OF PARIS. 

1G81, was nearly 80 years of age. He married Aliagail Packard of 
Bridgewater. and was an early settler in Bncktield. Children : 

Liithfi; h. May '\ 177S, m. Polly Berry, s. Woodstook- 
Jacub, b. Oct. 11, 1779, m. Dorcas Berry, s. Woodstock. 
Joseph, b. March 20. 1782, m. Polly Cole, s. Woodstock. 
Cah-iii, b. May 5. 17S."i. ni. Sarah IJecord. s. Hebron. 
Joshua, b. July 4, 178S, s. Biu-ktield. 

Rebekah, b. March 31, 1891 . m. Edward l.othrop of Bncktield. 
Abagaif, b. Feb. 20, 1794, ni. .Jonathan Cole, s. Woodstock. 
Winchester, b. Oct. 11, 1798. 

Calvix Whitman', son of the preceding, was b, ^lay 5, 1785. 
and ni. Sarah Record ; he lived in Hebron. Children : 

Hann'ih, b. Sept. 19, 1810. d. 1812. 

CaU-in Winchester, b. Dec. 29, 1813, ni. 1st. Elvira B. Shurtletf, 2d. Maria 

A. Shurtlefl'. 
John, b. Dec. 22, 181(i, ni. Sarah D. Buujpus. 
Bemember, b. Oct. 15, 1819, ra. Ebeuezer Snell. 
Jonathan B., b. Sept. 8, 1822, m. Anna M. Durell. 
Jacob S., b. July G, 182.3, d. 1820. 
Auijnstus d/., b. May 11, 1828, m. Nancy Shurtletl. 

The father d. April 9, 1807. The mother now resides with her son John 
Whitman at South Paris. 

JoiiK AVhitmax, son of Calvin, ni. Sarah UeAlbra. dan. of Dea. 
Alden Bnnipns of Hebron, Nov. 1S44. and settled in Paris. Child- 
ren : 

E'Jirin £"., b. Jan. 24, 1850, clerk in Boston. 

Ellen M., b. June 22, 18,55, m. Joseph Jones. 

Mary C, b. April 13, 1857, m. J. H. Stuart. 

Laitrin A., b. Aug. 12, 1804. 

JoN'ATHAX R. Whitman, brother of the preceding, m. Anna ]M.. 
dan. of Sanuiel J. Dnrcll. Children : 

.7. Wesh'n, b. Oct. 15. 1847, m. Fannie Lovejoy, and had: Sammy P., b. 
Xov. 11,1870, and Annie F., b. April. 1881: Ewjenia, b. An-;-. 18.50. m. 
George F. Stevens. (See Stevens.) 

AiGUSTLS M. AVhitmax. brother of the preceding, m. Nancy, dan. 
of Alva Shnrtleff. Settled in Hebron, and removed to South Paris. 
Children : 

Anna Estelle, b. June 0, 1854, m. Sylvanus Bearce. s. Hebron. 

XelUe Lizzie, b. Aug. 18, 1850, assistant teacher, Hebron Academy. 

The father d. 1883. 

Leoxaud AVhitmax. son of Luther. Jr.. and Zili)lia. dau. of Jacob 
AVhitmau. Jr., was b. Dec. 24, 1832. in AVoodstock. and m. Ellen 



IIISTOUY Of PARIS. 7G0 

F., (.ail. of Eli IJryaiit of same town. ( )ct. '2><. ISGO. She was b. 
Jan. J2, 1842. Tho family moved to Soulh Paris in ]!^7'). Ciiilil- 
rcMi : 

Gertit' £"., b. Oct. .5, 1SG2. iii. Willie K. ( nl.. : Ifrrlx-rt L , b. \wy. 0. ls7o. 

Wkstox ^'. \\'iiiTMAX. son of Sulli\:iii \\'liitman. and urandson of 
Jacob, .Jr.. b. Dec. 24. 1840, m. March 28. LsTC). Saiali E.. dan. of 
Ebenezer B. Humi)lirey. Children : 

Saih')' Mai/, b. Marcli 13, 1S77 : Waftr-r Elx-iiexcr. 1). Oct. 1. 187'.). 

John Wim-ikld ^VII^^MA^^ brother of the i)reeedinu'. b. Auu". 2(), 
1852. m. Dec. ID. 1874. Isabella Frances, dan. of Charles and Aba- 
gail Jacobs (Prince) Yonng, b. Nov. 1, l84t). Children: 

Fred Enwst, b. Sept. 22, 187(); (rrare IsnhdJc, b. Nov. 2."), 1S7!>. 

Wihttkimoim:. 
Isaiah Wihttemohe, son of Samnel of Hebron, was li. Ft-b. l.'i. 
1785, and m. Al)agail Ripley, dan. of Cideon IJearce of Hi-brou. 
Nov. oO, 180;), and settled in the district which now bears his name. 
He has served in town and connty office. (See reference to early 
indnstries.) Children : 

Albion A.^ h. Nov. l.i, 1810, ni. Sopliia Cole. 

Lucy, b. Sept. 11, 1812, ni. Williiuu IlauiuioiHl. r. in iJinkticlib 

Eluaheth, b. May 3, 1814, d. 1830. 

GirUon Bmrcc, b. :May 9, 1816, m. E.Hth Packard, s X. II. 

]Vi/h'am, h. Oct. 5, 1818, d.. voung. 

Ahagail BipUy, b. Oct. 3, 1819, ni. Alansoii 15ngiis, s. 3[ass. 

Samnel, b. June 22, 1822, d. Dec. 3, 1846. 

Mary J'JlizahHh, b. Aug. 1.5, 182.5, ni. James P. Little. 

Sarah Jane, h. ^lay 12. 1828, m. David S. Harvey, r. in Boston. 

Pauline Melrille, b. .July 20, 1830, m. Silas Lowell, r. in X. H. 

The father d. May 7, 1804. The motlier d. Aug-. 23. 1807. 

Albion Augustls WiirrrKMouE, son of Isaiah, m. Sophia, dan. 
of Gershoin Cole, and settled neai- the homestead. He Avas a black- 
smith b\- trade. He d. June 10, 18G2. Children: 

Livonia, b. Jan. 30, 1833, m. Mood}' Town, and d. Oct. 28, 1854. 
Josephine E., b. Dec. 23, 1834, m. R. W. Stewart, r. Antrim. X. IT. 
Justina B., b. April 25, 1837, ni. -Tames S. Drake, r. X. J. 
Adaline B., b. ^lay 15, 1839, m. Thurston lJus-;ell, r. Lynn. 
Isaiah A., b. March 16, 1841, d. Oct. 14, 1864. 
Samson Z»., b. Dec. 18, 1842, m. Gertrude Childs, r. Boston. 
Franris A., b. March 25, 1845, m. Hattie Demorest of X". J. 
Samuel, b. Dec. 1846, d. March 28. 1847. 

40 



770 HISTORY OK PARIS. 

/ 

Juiiics /•'., b. April 28, 184!), in. Cora Kypisoii, r. in Xoiway. 

Edirard L., b. Oct. 26, 18.^1, m. Addie Welter, r. N. Y. 

Mary //., b. Feb. 17, 18r)4, ni. Cbarlcs Watson, r. Maiden. Mass. 

Flora A'., b. May 23, 18r)(), m. Cbandler Garland. 

Charles F., b. April 17, 1858. 

Gt^ori/t' A., b. March 27, 18()0, d. July 14. 1878. 

Enoch W'hittemohe, son of Isaac of Hebron and Woodstock, h. 
Dec. 28, l.so.s, m. ]Mav lo, 1830, Sarah, dau of Levi Cole of Green- 
wood. 1). A|)ril 1.'). 1.8 IC). He was a blacksmith, and settled at No. 
Paris, where he d. Jan. 4, 1877. Chihb'en : 

Enoch, b. May 29, 1838, ni. Xancy J. Cushnian. 

Ahhy Jane, b. April 4, 1842, d. Sept. 3, 18.58. 

Josiah D., h. Oct. Ki, 1844, d. April 2."), 1809. 

Sarah h\, b. July 29, 184G 

Mary 1)., b. July 24, 18.")(), ni. Joseph F. ( hilds. 

Luriiala, b. Aug-. 22, 18.')4. 

Liiry J., b. Sept. 21, 1857, m. Leroy F. Everett, s. Norway. 

Xi'lUc A . b. Oct. 27, 1S()(), ni. Slniou Fickett, s. Woodstock. 

Enoch Whittemori:, Jr., ni. Nancy J., dau. of Thomas C. Gush- 
man. He is a blacksmith, and was settled at AVest Paris, and 
removed to Fayette. He was a soldier in the late war. Cliildren : 

Mihln'd Alccstcz, b. Feb. 22, 18()7 ; Urfried Eudara, b. April (i, 18G9; 
Edith Ztih-ma, b. June 3, 1871; E.urlid Dormott, b. Jan. 3, 1872, d. Aug-. 11, 
1872; Einilio Castelar, b. \ov. 1, 1873, d. March 11, 1875; Court ixy Diiane, 
b. March 11, 1875; Blanche Lw.-, b. Aug. 10, 187G. 

Williams. 
James 1). Williajis of Houlton, m. Isabelle Shuitlclf. Children : 
Anita hahcUl', b. Aug. 19, 18G7 ; Kate Wi-xton, b. March 31, 1873; Albion 
Leonard, ''• March 23. 187G. 

Willis. 

Dea. J(.)hn Willis was the son of Ebenezer Willis of iMiddleboro, 
Mass., and was b. Nov. 27, 1704, m. Patience, dau. of Lemuel 
Jackson. She was b. Dec. 7, 175*J. This was the first family to 
set up housekeeping in what is now the town of Paris. It has been 
said that no person in this region was so conversant witli the scrip- 
tures as Deacon Willis. Particulars of his settlement are given on 
page C)5, and of his location in "Paris village." Children all but 
three oldest b. in Paris : 

Isaiah, 1). Middlcboro, :\Iass., Aug. 19, 1778, m. Phebe Crockett. 

Josejth, 1). •' '•' Oct. 1780, d. June 7, 1807. 



HISTOKV Ol" TAKIS. 771 

JneniiK!, 1). New Gloucester, 17S-2. in. Kpliraiiii Howe. 

rrisrUla, b. May 5, 1784, d. May, lS().->. 

Jfihu, h. 178(5, d. at the age of six months. 

,S>^//, b. Feb. (3, 1787, m. Hannah Foster. 

XathanieL b. 1789, d. 1821. 

Jemima, b. 1791, d. Aug-. ."), 1810, (Caleb Prentiss- diary.) 

FoUy, b. June 24, 1793, ni. Nathaniel W. (ireen. 

Susanna, b. 179.5, ni. .Tonathan Cumminiis. 

Levi, b. Aug-. 30, 1802, d. April 12. 1S2(;, in Louisiana. 

Tlie father d. .Tuly 23, 1812. Tlie niotlier d. Dec. 7, 183(5, aged 77. that 
day. 

Isaiah Wilms, sou of Deacon John, in. rhebc, dan. of Daniel 
Crockett, b. in Windham. (See references elsewhere.) Cliildreu : 

Maria, b. Oct. 22, 1801, d. Oct. 4, 182(). 

Eh-ira, b. Sept. 22, ISOG, m. Benjamin M. Crockett of New Gloucester. 

She now resides in Petersham, Mass. 
John Wayne, b. May 3, 1811, m. Stella Jane Feltouv 
The father d. Dec. 2, 1855, at Norway. The uiotlier d. March 12, 1857. 

John Waynk AVillis, son of Isaiah, m. Stella Jane. dan. of Jon- 
athan Wales Felton. Children : 

I Franris LazeJle, b. -luly 2(;, 1840, m. :Nrarietta, dau. of Asaph IJird. 
and had: Ennna Eliza, b. Aug. 29, 1875. 

II Lnraine Ferdinand, h. Jan. 13, 1843, m. Ella A. Usher of Gorham, 

Me., and is engaged in lumbering at Crescent City, Florida. Child- 
ren : Mary L., b. Jidy 4, 1871; John Sidney, b. 3Iarch, 1873, d. 
Nov. 1874; Jane. b. March 9, 1875; Maria, b. in Crescent City, 
April, 1877; Jolm W., b. April 22, 1881. 

III George De Kalb, b. March 2, 1847, m. Katie W. Hutchinson, d. at sea, 

near Port Koyal, Oct. 1, 1875, and is buried at that place. 

IV Elixa Jane, b. Aug. 28, 1849, m. Parker C. Green, s. in Athol, INIass. 
. y StidJa Louise, b. Dec. 5, 1859, m. George I. Burnham of Gilead. 

ErHAX Willis, son of Adam of Bethel, and Mary (Adams) 
AVillis of Andover, was 1). at Bethel, Dec. 7, 1829, m. March 25, 
18o2, Sylvina, dau. of Timothy of Gilead, and ^Nlary Ann (Green) 
AVightof Otisfield, b. at Gilead, April 25, 1830; resides at AVest 
Paris, and is a carpenter and builder. (See ]\Iilitary Record, and 
list of town officers in Api)endix.) Children : 

Laura Auf/usla, b. in Peading, Mass., March 20, 18,53, m. Hannibal H. 
Horighton. 

Elvin, b. in Reading, Mass., Aug. 3, 1855, d. Dec. 13, 1866. 

WiUiam Francis, b. in Keadiug, Mass., Nov. 9, 1857, m. 3Iartha Ann 
Stevens. 

Clarenre Hirla-rt, b. Paris, Dee. 18, 18C6. 



772 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

WiLSOX. 

IvKV. Adam Wilson, D. D., (see Paris Ministers) was the eleventh 
child of William and Mary Wilson, and grandson of Thomas and 
Ann Wilson. He was b. in Topsham, Me.. Feb. 10, 1794, and m. 
in Jan. 182.3, Miss Ann F. Pnllen. Children : 

I John Nt'Vton, b. Marcli 24, 1824, il. April 6, 1824. 
Mrs. Wilson a. May 28, 1824, and Mr. AVilson ni. 2(1, S;illy 11., <l:m. of 
Dorainic'us Eicker of Parsousfield. 

II John Butler, b. Feb. 24, 1834. He -iraduated at ^^■atcl■vill(■ (■()Ile«'-e 
in 1854, also in medit-ine. He was sui'geon during tlie late war, \\\. 
Seniantha T. Perkins of Dexter, and had: Cliarles B., b. Oct. 20, 
1801. He died jNlarch 15, 18G6, and his widow ni. Dr. Crosby of 
Waterville, who is also deceased, and slie resides tlierc in her 
second widowhood. 

III MaUcvUh' Anni', h. Nov. 19, 1835, d. Sept. 2, 1837. 

IV Anf/elia i?., b. May 31, 1838, ni. Pev. William E. IJrooks, jji-csident 

of Tillotston Institute, Austin, Texas. She lias: Albion Dennis, 
b. Dee. 12, 1864, d". Jan. 25, 1870 ; Wilson, b. Api-il 7, 18G0 : William 
Eustis, b. April 27, 1868, and Ida May, b. June 30, 1870. 
V ChdrU'S Howard, b. June 2, 1840, d. June 4, 1841. 
-yi'^Gcorne Athtm, b. July 31, 1842, m. Annie L. Blake. 
TII Frederic J/., 1). Dec. 3, 1850. 

George Ai)a:\i Wilson, (see Personal Notice on page 349, and 
note error in initial letter of middle name), son of Kev. Adam Wil- 
son, m, Annie L., dan. of David Blake of Belgrade, Aug. 24. l.'^G5. 
She was 1). Jan. 1, 184.5. Cliildren : 

Madij,' S., b. July 15, 1872; ^■^«;/v/^ J., ./r., 1). Oct. 12. 1877. 

WiNSLOAV. 

jACor. WiNSLOW of Fryel)ui"g, m. Betsey, dan. of Lntlier Pratt of 
Paris, and settled on llie lot where lie remained tlu'ough life. Child- 
ren : 

Luther Pratt, b. Dec. 30, 1815 m. 3Iary I.. Homer. 
Albert, b. July 17, 1819, m. Alice Libbey. 

Jeremiah Hutchiiis, b. Jan. 18, 1823, m. Lucetta ^l. Swan, and has: Ella 
J., b. Feb. 10, 1856, m. Frank Burbaiik: Eizzie. b. .Inly 19. 1S59. and 
Xellie L., b. Feb. 1, 1867. 
The father d. Oct. 19, 1877. Tlie mother d. Aug. 9, 1869. 

Lltiieii Pratt AYinslow, son of Jacob, m. Mary L. Homer of 
Portland. Children : 

Mar)/ Eva, b. Dec. 1845, m. Danville D. Morse. 

Anna. 

Isahelle, b. Feb. 20, 1851, m. Edwin A. Evans. 



HISTOKV OK r.VKIS. iiO 

AUr,' J[.. 1). Fell. 21. 185:5, in. Juliii Cavcrlcy. 
Harriet />., b. June, ISo!). 
Lnthir Jltlrnsr. h. June, 1871. 

Alp.kkt Wixslow, brother ol" the [)rececUug, ni. Alice, dan. of 
Nathaniel Libbey, July 3, 1842. Children : 

NnthcniieL b. Dee. 1, 1844, d. Aug. 13, 18C!). 

Sophia JatiP^ b. March IG, 1847, ni. Albert Swan, and llicy both dieil of 

diphtherui, in Xov. 1S65. 
The mother d. Sept. 20, 185.5, m. 2d, Eliza E., dau. of 'I'liomas P. Mar- 
tin of Andover, Xov. 4, 1857. She was b. Feb. 7, 1835. 
Carrie A, b. Oct. 17, 1858. 
Georgie, b. Sept. 28, 1861. 
Joinit' C, b. ^farch 15, 18(!7. 
Laura A., h. Fel). 10, 1870. 
(4ena, b. July 3, 1873. 

WOLCOT. 

John Wolcot "vvas the son of Solomon Wolcot of Minot. He 
m. Anna Holmes, who was brought up with the Shakers. When he 
first came to this town, he lived on the Abraham Bolster farm, and 
afterward moved to South Paris. He was one of the members of 
the first Methodist class formed at South Paris. (See History of 
the church.) Children: 

Liiilin i?., b. May, 1807, ni. Joseph IJcnnett. s. Norway. 

Emeline Holmes, b. Jan. 18, 1811. 

Elhridfff Stdrtevaiit, b. June 7, 1813, ni. Maria Pike, s. ^fechanic Fall?;. 

John, b. June 2, 1821, ni. 1st, Mrs. Lucy Edgeeomb, 2d, Sarah Jane 

Spaulding-, >. Mechanic Falls. 
The father d. Jan. 10, 184(5. The mother d. Aug. 10, 1835. 

WoODBUKY. 

John Woodblkv from Somersetsiiire, England, came to Glouces- 
ter, Mass., in IG24. P^rom him, says Willis, '"all of the name in 
this pait of the country aic descended." (See also Histor}' of Sut- 
ton. ]\Iass.) 

l>KX.JAMix\ son of Peter, m. Kutli Conaut, and removed from 
Beverl}- to Sutton. 

Joshua", son of Benjamin, m. Abagail Parks. 

Bkxjamin''. son of Joshua, was b. Oct. 31, ITfll, m. at Southboro, 
Mass., Riioda Collins, and moved to Buckfield, 1802, and purchased 
his farm of Timotiiy Hutcliinson, which has since been set into 
Paris. Cliildren : 

Kate, b. Sept. 24, 1780, ni. Calvin Cole; Lucinda, b. Jan. 4, 1780, m. 



774 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

Abrahniii l)()l)l('; Snrali, h. Dec. 17, 1700, in. Lutlicr Stiles: CoIUns^h. 
Feb. 13, 1793, in. Panielia Andrews; Benjamin, b. Nov. 10, 17!).i, d. at 
Ottawa, 111. ; Charles, b. Jan. IS, 1798, d. at Brookfield, May 3, 1816; Buth, 
b. April 14, 1800, m. Ira York; Marn Collins, b. Oct. 26, 1802, m. William 
Greenleaf ; Asa, b. May 1, 180.5, in. 1st, Tacy Tuttle, 2d. Victoria N. Hatlia- 
Avay; C/(.«r/o«(', b. May 4, 1808, in. Lorenzo D. Mason; Charles, b. Au";. 
20, 1812, 111. 1st, Hannah Beinis, 2d, Catharine Beinis. 

Asa Woodbury, son of Benjamin, in. Tacy, dau. of Jolui Tuttle. 
Residence on Paris Hill. Children : 

Frances Jennette, b. March 23, 1833, in. Levi C. Emery, s. Skowhegan. 
Mary Amanda, h-Yeh-'H, 183G, m. Frank Leslie Metcalf, s. Franklin, 

Mass. 
Emily Augusta, b. Jan. 8, 1838, m. Samuel F. Eobinson, s. Skowhegan. 
The mother d. Dec. 17, 1873, m. 2d, Victoria, dau. of Milo Hathaway. 

Chahlks AVoodbury, brother of the [)receding, ni. Hannah K., 
dau. of David Berais. Children : 

James Madison, b. Nov. 16, 1838, in. Amanda Setzer, s. Brownsville, Mo. 
Charles Frma-is, b. Dec. 14, 1843, s. Boston. 

The mother d. June 14; 184."), and he m. 2d. Catharine, sister of tii-st wife, 
Feb. 24, 1846. 

David, b. April 2.5, 1847. 

Blma Emily, b. Sept. 20, 185(), m. Frank Farrar. 

Nathan \Vooi>bury. of the sixth generation, (.Jonathan.% Benja- 
min", Peter \ l'eter^ .John') a second cousin of Benjamin of the 
other branch, was b. in Sutton, Mass., Nov. 10. 17G'J. in. Abagail 
Prime and came to Paris Hill, and [)urcliased, July 1, l'S()2, the first 
lot sold. (See Paris Hill and History of Sutton.) Removed from 
Paris to Gray. Children : 

Willard JIammond, b. April 4, 1791, m. Harriet Dutfs, s. Miiiot; Leonard 
Prime, m. Susan Stacy, s. Minot; Jra I'ldnam, merchant in Portland; 
Xathan Levis, h. Jan. 3, 1798, in. Hannah Lester of S. C, s. Portland; 
Elmer B., b. March 18, 1807, m. Polly G. IJoss; Sumner, drowned in Lake 
Chami^lain, June 4, 1822: Ahayail Maria, m. Marcus Dwinnell or Dwinal, 
resides in Auburn. 

Elmer B. Woodbury, son of Nathan, m. Polh' G. Ross of Port- 
land, and resided at South Paris several years, where he died March 
21), 1870. Children: 

Martha A., )>. Jan. 3, 1832, m. Emery Osgood, s. Gray; Willard IL, b. 
Jan. 3, 1834, m. Elizabeth S., dau. of David Jordan, s. Cambridge; Emma 
B., b. May 3, 1836, in. Leonard Hodgman; Harriet M., b. Nov. 1, 1837, m. 
PobertP. Noyes; Eliza F., b. March 15, 1840, d. Oct. 21, 1843; Jeremiah 
B., b. Jan. 12, 1842, m. Ellen M. Bartlett; (^efjrue E., b. July 1-5, 1843, m. 
iSophia N. Jlorton, r. at Brunswick. 



iMsroitY or I'AKis. ' <•' 

WiM.IAM WoODIUiKV, soil ol" AlKlrt'W Mild SmIIv (Slcpliclis) \Voo«l- 
|,m-y, WMS ).. in Sweden, Mc, .Iniic 2.".. l^l-J. in. Sinidi. dnn. <.|• 
Fl•:lll(•is Cliiilr of Otislicld. S. •Ml. Ml in Su. •dm. moved lo DixlirM 
in JSCT. .Mild to South I'nris, Dee. 7, isTi', mikI d. Ikiv, .Imii. ill, 
l.SSO. Cliildren : 

Fnnik, h. .\pi'il 12, isll, in. I'.clic IIcmI.! nl l.^vrll, v. in Cil. 

Sm,(v, I). Ainil -27, ISi:!, m. Wilii.iin .1. Wli.rlrr. ( Scr Wlirrl.T. ) 

Clara M., I>. Sept. 'MK l^H, '"• H'Miiy V. llnwMid. (Sec IIuumi-.I ) 

Loidsd, I). Sept. I, ISIC, 111. .leliii II. .>< ><• 

|l7///V/?/( Mr/rillr, I). All;;'. II, IS IS, .1. Ai.ril 22, iSlil. 

lf,nnn>h h'.l i:j.ilul h . I.. MmivIi 22, IS.V), in. .iMincs S. W li-hl ol' pMii.. Hill. 

^■,M Ks. 

William Yaiks wms lioni in I'oitsmoiitli, Imi^ImikI, Aiii;-. :')l>, 
1772. It is s.Mid tliMt, he e;inH' to thi^ eoiintiv when ;i nuTe hoy. in 
:i sMilini;- VM-sseK hiiidin^- m1, ilostoii After ivniMiniim tlinv m whiit^ 
li(! (Inlled to JMMiiie, stoppiii.n' mI Nc.iili VMinioiith, Miid tlini .'it, New 
(Jloueester, where lie iinirried .MmiIIim, dMii^^lit.T of .lohii Mori«-jui, 
who WHS l.oiii Oct. ■>. 177(;. II.-e:inie IVoin tlieiv t.. Ilrl.roii, tlicli.'e 
to Nol-wuy, :ind IVoiii there to Creenwood, liein- «nie of the lirst 
two settlers in t^liMt town. lie wms m rMiiner Miid mIso :i ,M<'t liodist- 
preueiier, mihI lived there si\ty-ei-iit yeMis. ills ehihlicii were ms 

follows : 

Williaw., 1). I)<'e. 27, 17'.lli, in. Isl, Deiv.is jhill, 2(1, l'ri~-ill;i i; .ins, It.l, 

Abii^ail Kstes. 

A'«////, I). iMay K, 17'.»7, in. t'rnnris Coniwell. 
./(niii'H, 1». Aii^-. 1, 17'.)'.i, 111. I'jiiiiiM ('i<\f- 

Samuel, I). Feb. 2:{, ISOl, in. tl-lhcr Smilli ..I I'riiirclon. 

/•o////, 1). Oct. 2, 1H();{, Ml. I -I, I'-'l-r \iiiill, 2d, N.^wdl ( i.iinni..ii. 

Muxes, !). May Hi, ISO."., m. .MmiIIim \Miililr. 

Jfainuih, h. Im'1). "), 1S')7, in. ■I<>hn I'.iown nl I'.. hind. 

/hiiiii'l, li. I)<r. ;!(), ISOit, (lied Mil illlMllt. 

Joiialliiiii, h. .Mar.'li 2:5, ISIO, in. l.'esMiiii;! M(.r;;;iii. 

O'eort/e, 1). Niiv. I."., ISi:f, III. l.ydiM I'.i v.'inl, ■.\\-<> m 2d wilV. 

Slephet, />.. h. Nov. 2.".. IS!.-., III. Ann. d:in. et ( ypriMii < o|.'. 

iSiflresler, h. .)mii. 2, IS2(I, in. 1 <t , l.'nili Mor^^'iii, 2d, llMirin \.iiill. 

Marthii, li. DcT. ;;, 1S21, ni. 1st, .JniiMlliMii Leavitt, 2(1, <ie<i. I/Hliclicld. 

'I'lic (hicc oldest cliildren were horn in Norway, tlie.nMiKiiiidcr in (occii- 

WOod. 'the two oldest Hons, WilliMin and .lames, are tli ilv iii<iiihci> <d 

the r.imily that ever lived in I'.iri-. 

Wii.LiA.M Yatks, .Ik., lived ill the south part ol' the town. His 
first wife w:is Dore.as IImH of I'oImikI, l.y whom he imd live .hildicii. 
IJev. Fl-eeiiKUi. NVilliMiii K., SmiiiucI, .MMry and I'Miielinc. W illiain 



776 HISTOKY OF PAUIS. 

K. married Zil[)ha Dustin of Bethel, and was killed in the army ; 
Mary married INIilton Chapman of Bethel. 

Jami:s Yates married Emma, dan. of Calvin Cole, who was born 
in Paris, An"". 2S. ISOI. They were married Feb. 20, 1822, and 
fonr children, only one of whom survives. Mr. Yates was for man}' 
years the well known miller at Locke's Mills, and was regarded as 
one of the best in the comity. Late in life he moved to ^Yest 
Paris and died there, July 7, 1879. His widow still survives. 

OcTAvrs KiNGsKLKv Yatk^s, ^[ . ])., (scc Paris Physicians) son of 
James and Ennna (Cole Yates, b. Sept. 2.), 183.'^), m. July 25, 
1852, Elizabeth D., dan. of Artemas and Desire (Stephens) Felt of 
Greenwood. She was b. Jan. 24, 1.S34. Children : 

Lli'i'-rHi/n Jiojies, h. ,lu\y 25, ISH'S, d. Auii'. 27, 187(5; Alton E., b. April 
12, 1857, (1. .Fuly 29, 1858; E<hj<>r L!„r,,hi, b. May 7, 1861, d. July 7, ISGl ; 
M>jra<' L., 1). .July 29. 1874. 

Young. 

Xathamki. Young, son of Nathani(!l of Gray, was b. in Gray, 
and m. Chloe. dan. of J(>se|)h Cnmmings of the same town. He 
moved to Norway previous to I.SUO. He was in the war of the 
Revolution from the town of Dedham, Mass. He d. in Greenwood, 
Nov., 18:38. His wife d. in Bethel. Children: 

ChfirJes, b. March, 1784, ni. Mary, dau. of Peter Buck of Xorwa}^ 

Aiiios^ in. Sophia, dau. of Joseph l>radl)urv of Xorwaj-. 

Susan, m. James Buck. 

Anna, m. p]lias Blake. 

Jabe^-, was Drimi Major in War of 1812. IJodwell's Company. 

Xatlianicl, b. Ai)ril 1, 1793, ni. Lydia Briggs. 

Williain. b. April 2, 1795, ui. Sally Briggs. 

Hannah, b. March, 1707, m. John Xoyes. 

TJauicl, b. July 10, 1800. m. Elvira Brett of Paris, s. Paris. 

J/'//-//, b. March. 180;}, ni. Levi Xoyes. 

David, (h. Xov. 24, 1804, ni. Louisa Twomblj', s. Paris. 

Twins - 
Jand L.. { b. Xov. 24, 1804, ni. Ist, liachel Hathaway, of Paris. 

llinnj. b. Julv, 1806, m. Charlotte Cuminings. 

Daniel Young, son of Nathaniel, senior, m. Elvira, dau. of 
Luther Brett, Nov. 24, 1824. Children : 
Daiiitd Varnet/, b. Aug. 10, 1825. 
Samuel XeireU, b. .Sept. l.S, 1829, m. Euieliue Hayes. 
Flora Esther, b. Feb. 16, 1834, d. March 29, 1834. 
PiHth, b. Sept. 19, 1837, d. Xov. 16, 1849. 
Eh-irfi Jane, b. Xov. 14, 1844, \\\. fbarles Dunham. 



IIISTOUY OF PARIS. 777 

David Young, l)rothci' of tlio pioecdiiiu-, m. Louisa, dun. of 
^^'illi:lm Twoinbly of Norway. Children : 

KathfDiicI^ b. Dec. 2.5, 188"2, m. Cyreiip A. Stailiii-d. 
Dariil II'., b. Jan. 8, 18;{(), ni. Jennie Ilannneil of Canada. 
Louisa ,/., b. .Ian. 23, 18;}8. \i\. IL-nry ^Vest, s. Mass. 
Eliza A., b. Jan. 23, 1838, ni. 1st, Cbarles Wriniit, 2(1, Wni. O. Morse. 
FreeJand, h. Feb. 8, 1844, ni. Evelyn A., dan. of Perrln Dndley of Wood- 
stock. 
The mother d. Oct. 3, 1844, and lie m. 2(1, Lodusky K., d;in. of Asa Dun- 
liani, Fel). 4, 1840. 

Jakkd L. Yoi;n(;, liro. of tlie preceding, m. first, Rachel, young- 
est daughter of Lazarus and Olive (Pratt) Hathaway, who died 
Nov. 7. 1<S41. leaving no children. He m. second, in June, 1842, 
Mary ^^'.. dan. of .loiui ^lillett of Norway, and widow of Daniel 
Young, a halter of lUickfield. He kept a public house at Trap 
Corner for some years, and then moved to the old Bartlett place, on 
the south side of the ri\er, west of West Paris village, whi-re he 
erected new buildings and still resides. He had : 

Sohnnou 31.. b. May 27, 1843, d.in Auu'., 18.")4; Emeliiic, who ni. Wallace 
^[ason, and resides in Gorham. X. II. 

Georc;k W. Youn<;, son of Charles, who was brother of the pre- 
ceding, was b. Dec. 14, 1818, iii Greenwood, and m. Laura, dan. of 
Galen Field. Settled first at South Paris, in 1845, and removed to 
West Paris. He is a l)Iacksmith. He served as drnnnuer in the 
23d Maine Regiment. Children : 

Fannie ^4., b. Jan. lo, 1847, ni. Charles M. Lane, s. Gray. 

Georyie A., b. Nov. 6, 1848, ni. Frank AV. liarrett. 

Laura Abhy, b. Juh^ 27, 18.52, ni. William B. Pierce, s. North Yarmouth. 

George Frederic, b. Maj' 9. 1859, m. Jennie Piper, s. Boston. 

Lkonard Young, son of Capt. Amos, and grandson of Nathaniel, 
senior, m. Eliza J., dan. of Seth Curtis, and lived quite a number 
of years in this town, and moved from here to Deering. He was b. 
in 1817, and his wife in 1821. Their children \u 1850, were: 

Loreuda C, b. 1844; Leonard C, b. 1847; Edu-in L., h. 1849. 

Danikl Young, a hatter, date and place of birth not known, and 
of no known relationship with the other Young families heretofore 
named, man-icd ^hiry W., dau. of John Millett of Norway, and 
had : 

I Francis A., b. in Norway, Dec. 21, 1820, m. Fannie E. Spaulding. 

II John J/., b. Dixtield, Sept. C, 1828, d. Aug. 28, 1847. 



778 HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

III Mary E., h. Bucktield, Dee. 20, 18:^0, in. Thomas Parks of Banj^-or, 

wlio was a foreman in the construction of the A. and St. L. R. R. 
through the town. She died in August, 18.54, leaving one child. 

IV Daniel Henri/, h. in Buckfield, Aug. 27, 1832. lie married Susan 

Morton of Boston, and has lived in Paris and Norway, and is now 
in business in Portland, lie was a member of Co. F., 23d Maine 
Regiment. They have had ftve children. 
The father d. in 1838, and the mother m. 2d, Jared L. Young of Norway, 
now of Paris. 

Franxis a. Young, son of the preceding, ni. Fannie E. Spaniel- 
ing. Resides at West Paris. He was among the first settlers in that 
village, went there in 1853, and went into trade. He was the second 
post master there, appointed in 1857, and with the exception of the 
3'ear 18G0, has held the office since that time. Children : 

Flora Anna, h. March 29, 1854; 3/o.v Aijnes, b. May 25, 1856: Francis 
Henry, b. March 18, 18.58; Lulu Millett, h. Oct. 4, 1860, d. April 22, 1865; 
Hattie Augusta, b. March 22, 1863 ; Fanny LueUa, b. March 15, 1866 ; ir;7//<? 
Herbert, b. Sept. 25, 1868; Ew Mason, b. Aug. 25, 1871. d. >[ay 7, 1874. 



IIISTOKV OK PAIU!?. V7'J 



HISTORY OF PARIS, 

PART III. 



APPENDIX. 



JosiAii Riscoe's Diakv, while Assisting in Surveiixg No. 4. 



This Journal is preserved in the family of Charles T. INIellen, a 
grandson of Josiah Bisco, who kindly permitted it to be copied for 
this work. 

Saturdaj', Aug. 22, 1772. Set sail from Boston. 

Sunday, 23. Under moderate sail. 

Monday, 24. Arrived at Casco Bay about an hour before sunrise. 

Tuesday, 2.5. Still at Casco Bay, and at about 5 o'cloi-k, we set out for 
Gorham town witli our stores. Lodged with Mr. Herscalls, who Ijought 
our stores. 

Wednesday, 2(). Set out from Gorham town for Sebago Pond; arrived 
there about sunset, and camped at the end of the pond. 

Thursday, 27. In the morning still at the ])ond, and about twelve o'clock, 
Capt. Fuller and ('apt. Coolidge'arriveil at tbe pond; had fish for dinner. 
I went out fishing in the afternoon, and we had fi.-^h lor supper. Camped 
at the pond. 

Friday, 28. In the morning still at tlie pond, and at aliout lialf after 
eleven, set out for Sungo river. Good weathei-to Frye"s Island, thence the 
wind blows at the west, we were obliged to put to the shore,* with ditHcuIty, 
about three-fourths of the way over the pond. Staid and refi-cshed our- 
•selves ; struck uj) a fire. Supposed to be in IJamingtown. (Haymondtown.) 

Saturday, 29. Fair morning. Set out for Sungo river about .«unrise; 
arrived there about sun an hour high. Had fine breakfast of fish and 
chocolate, with a wood duck: proi-eeded u}) Sungo river to the Eiplings, 
about eleven o'clock. I and four others went up Crooked river to discover 
the passage, but returned after going about four miles to the Kii)lings. 
There camped. 

Sunday, 30. A fair morning. Fish for breakfast. Disappointed as to 
our surveying instruments. Shcpai-d and Stenchfield return to Falmouth. 



780 HISTOKY OK PAKIS. 

\\\' proceed for Kimball's; killed four duck soiiiij ui). AVhitiiey and 
Barnard stay at the Kii)liii<>-s at Kamiiuitowii. We return to them at about 
ten oY'lock at night. Camp at the Kiplings. 

Mouday, .'51. A pleasant morning-; put our .stores on boord, all proceed 
for Kimball's; arrived there, sun about an hour high; carried our stores to 
Kimball's house, lodged there. 

Tuesday, Sept. 1. At about eleven o'tdock, set out for Androscoggin; 
had a tedious march tlirough the woods as far as Crooked river in Yonkers- 
town; there camped. 

Wensday, 2. Set out from the camp at Ci-ooked river for Andros- 
coggin; avery tedious day's travel; arrived at tlie camp at Stony Brook, 
after sunset, veiy much fatigued; had a very rainy night. 

Thursday, H. Very rainy in the morning. Killed two ducks by the 
camp. Contiuues a rainv day — one more duck. Camp again. 

Friday, 4. Pleasant in the morning. Began our sui'vey upon the south- 
east part of the town; run two and three-fourths miles the first daj-; 
camped upon this line. 

Saturday, 5. Run upon the line to . then upon the east line, three 

miles and one hundred rods; then cam]). 

Sunday, (i. Still at the camp. 

Monday, 7. Proceeded upon the line to tlie northeast corner. The con- 
tents of the second line, (i and 3-4 miles, S rods to tlie northeast corner, and 
from thence, two miles and one hundred rods upon the north line.- There 
cam)). 

'J'uesday, 8. Still upon the noith line. There take a range line three 
miles froni the northeast corner, proceed from the north line upon the 
range line, ten lots and two talies; there camp. 

Wednesday, 9. Proceed upon the line to the town line, twenty-four lots 
and forty-six rods, the length of the 8th i-ange line; from the end of the 
8tli range, we go to our olll cami) at Stony Brook. Camp there a rainy 
night. 

Thursday, 10. Still at the camp. 

Friday, 11. Still at the camp. Likely for a fair day. Sett out from the 
camp f(*)r the 4th range line, and I saw a Ijear up on a tree. Shoot at it, but 
did not kill. We run froiu the line at the southeast part of tlie town to the 
eleventh lot northward. There camp; a rainy night; felt very poorly. 

Saturday, 1-2. Still at the camp ; foul morning and a rainy day. Still 
at our camp; night comes on; still rainy; camp as before. 

Sunday, 18. A very pleasant day. IJemain still at our cam]) on the 7th 
range, and eleventh lott ; felt something jxtorly : feel a little better at even- 
ing. ( 'anijj as before. 

Monday, 14. A pleasant dav. Proceed upon our 7th range to the head 
of our town. Brought u]) our head line and turned upon our sixth range, 
two lots; there camp. 

Tuesday, 1.").* Proceed uiion oui- sixth range to tlie lOtli lott, and there 
camp. 

Wednesday, Kl. Pi'oceed to the southeast line, and to our old camp, 
arrive there "at about ten o'clock; a fine dinner of trout cooked; hazzy; . 
conclude to camp as before. 

Thursday, 17. Ushered in by smart rain, and continues a rainy day. 
Still at tlie cam]?. 

Friday, 18. Sett out upon 4th range line, run to 17th lot. 

Saturday, 19. To the upper end of the township, and turned u]ion the^ 
.")th range and run over to the 18th lott. and there camp. 



IIISTOKY OK PARIS. 781 

Suiiilay, 20. Sett out tor our old camp: arrixcd thi'ic about llircc ((■(•lock 
in tlie afternoon, when one of our oonipany had just arrived tliere and liad 
killed a moose. We went and bi-ou.i>ht it in: had moose; steak for supper. 

Monday, 21. Pleasant; still at the camp. I take a tour to the .soutli- 
waril; see very good land ; return and eamp as befoi'e. (.Johnson tanned 
his moose hide.) 

Tuesday, 22. Pleasant morniiiii'. Sett out on our iKirili range line, \\('nt 
as far as the 11th lott, and eamped there. 

Wednesday, 2.'{. It began to rain about an hi>ur lu-fore sunrise, and con- 
tinued a very rainy day.- 

Thursday, 24. Set out on our range as befor^. (iot to the head of the 
rt"i lott, turned on our 10th range. Came down to tlie Ifith lott and canij). 

Friday, 2."). Pursued our range and return to our old camp about twelve 
o'clock. Continued at the camp the remainder of the (hiy ; cam]). 

Saturday, 26. Pleasant in the morning. S(4 out for a view of the inter- 
vale, (one" remark on the preceding night): a ver\' frosty night: camp at 
at our old camp, 

Sundaj', 27. Set out to traverse the river to the southward of our town- 
ship: returned to the old camp a little before sunset: can)p as before. 

^londay, 28. Pleasant in the morning; sett out for Silvester, Canada; 
went to iniles upon our southeast line, tlien took a course soutli fiS east, 
two miles, which brouglit us to the foot of Streaked mountain, where we 
dined. ^Vent to the top of the mountain for a view, had a very i)leasant 
prospect from the mountain over the couiifry each way. Came down and 
continued our course a little dirt'erent from the above, about three miles, 
and there camped near what is called Hogg Brook. 

Tuesday, 29. Pleasant in the morning, proceed for the corner. Clouds 
up-looks like rain; we find the corner a i)Out noon : i)egins to rain; we .set 
out from the corner for New (Jloucester: find the load; ti-avel as far as 
into Bakerstown; there camp; a rainy night. 

Wednesday', 30. A rain\', didl day ; pursued our journey from Bakers- 
town to New Gloucester, as far as Mr. Stenchtield"s: arrived there about 
one o'clock: continued there the afternoon : lodged at night; set out in the 
morning of the first of October. Dull weather; pursued our journey 
from Gloucester to Falmouth, a^^ far as . Disajipointed as to meet- 
ing the rest of our compan}': tarrj" tliere the night. 

Friday, Oct. 2. Set forward on our journey; dined at the Milliken's in 
^•Scarborough ; from thence we arriv at Jeftord at Wells, there lodged. 

Saturday. 8. Set out about an hour ])efore sunrise; breakfast at Little, 
field's in \VeIls; pursued our journey ; arrive at Portsmouth Ferry about 
half after three o'clock; pass the ferry and travel as far as Greenlands at 
Pickering's, sup and lodge there. 

Sundaj', 4. Set oft before sunrise : travel as fai' as Exeter : breakfast at 
Folsom's near the bridge: travel to King's just as service was over for the 
forenoon. Called at Abbott, from thence to Haverliill, pass the feri-y a 
little before siuiset ; to IJradford: lodged at Chandler's by the i-iver side. 

ACCOLXTS. 

The com. Fuller, Cooliilge, Whitney and Bisco. em])loyed assistants, and 
their time as follows: Cai)t. Coolidge, 1!) days: (apt. Fuller. ;!ti: Whitney, 
',U); Bisco, 37: Shepard, ."54: Barnard, 37: James St<'nchfield, 3.") : Kimball, 
3: Eaton, 3 : Kneeland, (!: Clark, 3: Eovejoy. 3: Johnson, 17=279 days. 
Arrived at Casco Bay, Aug. 24th, 1872. Paid fieigiit of eight bbls, at "7s, 
(j|) per bbl, and for other things, 4s, Up : amt. to 3£. 4s, 6 pence. Paid for 
storage at Preble's, l.^is, (Jp. Paid for transi)orting stores from Falmouth 
to Sebago Pond, (i£, (Js. , 



782 HISTORY OF PARIS. 



PAKIS TOWN OFFlCEliS. 1703 TO 1884. 



Selectmen. 

1~U3. Isaac Bolster, Leinuel Jack-scii, Nathan Xelson. 
1794. *• Daniel Staples, Jonathan Hall. 



Selectmen and Assessors. 

1795. Leinuel Jackson, Levi Hul)l)ar(l, Xicliohis Chesley. 

1796. Isaac Bolster, Levi lluliliai-d, Natiian Nelson. 

1797. I^enniel Jackson, Isaac Bolster, Levi llnhl)ar(l. 
179S. Isaac Bolster, Levi Huljbard, Jonathan Beniis. 

1799. Seth Morse, Levi l[ul)l)ar(:l, Ebenezer Bavvson. 

1800. Levi Hubbard, St-th Morse, Ebene/er Bawson. 

1801. Isaac Bolster, Thomas Stevens, Ebenezer Rawson. 

1802. " Ebene/er Bawson, Thomas Stevens. 
1S03. Josiah Biscoe, Ebenezer Bawson, Levi Hubbard. 
1804. Ebenezer Bawson, Stephen Rol)inson, Jairus Shaw. 
180.5. Josiaii Biscoe, Ebenezer Bawson, Seth Morse. 

1806. ^'' Samuel Stephens, Ebenezei- IJawson. 

1807. '" Ebenezer BaAvson, Ehas Stowell. 
lSOS-9. Josiah Biscoe, Elias Stowell, Seth Carpenter. 
1810. Elias Stowell, Sanuiel Stephen.'-. Gustavus A. Gos.s. 
1811-13. Elias Stowell, Seth r'arpentei', Alfred Gates. 

1814. Seth Carpenter, Alfred Gates, William Stowell. 

1815. Sanniel Stephens, Elias Stowell, William Stowell. 
181(j. Elias Stowell, William Stowell, Alaiison .Mellen. 
1817-18. Elias Stowell, Alanson Mellen, rxMijamin Chesle}-. 

1819. Elias Stowell, Sanuiel Kiiij;', Benjamin Chesle}'. 

1820. Sanuiel Kinu', Benjamin Chesley, Tiiomas Hill. 

1821. Benjamin Clieslev, Samuel Kiiiii', " 

1822. Thomas Clark, Elias Stowell. Micah Walker. 

1823. " " lieiijamin ( 'heslev. 

1824. Elias Stowell, Thomas Clark. .Idlin I )eerin.i;-. 

1825. John Deeriiiii-, Thomas Hill. ,Ir., William Walker. 
182(;. 'i'liomas Hill". Jr., \\illiam Walker, Thomas Clark. 

1827. Stei)heii Emerv, Thomas Hill, .Ir., Elias Stowell. 

1828. Asaph Kittredge, Tiiomas Hill, Jr., Micah ^Valker. 

1829. Ifufus K. (ioodenow, Micah Walker, Thomas X. Stowell. 

1830. 3Iicali Walker, Alfred Andrews, Bufns Stowell. 
1831-3. Luke Chase, Moses Hammond, America Thayer. 

1834. " " Cyin'ian Stevens. 

1835. Alfred Andrews, Moses Hammond, Cyprian Stevens. 
1830. Moses Hammond, Benjamin F. Crawford, Bufus Stowell. 
1S37. " Bufns Stowell. Benjamin F. Crawford. 

SeLKCIMEN, AssESSOltS AND OvEKSEEKS OF THE POOK. 

18.38. Asaph Kittredge, Josiah Dudley. Cyprian Stevens. 

1839. Josiah Dudley, Ebenezer Thayer, " 

1840. Asaph Kittredge, Bhineas Stearns, Joseph II. King. 
1841-2. Moses Hammond, America Thayer, Ebenezer Thayer. 

1843. " Galen Field, John Porter. 

1844. America Thayer, (Jalen Fiehl, Isaac Harlow. 

1845. " " Joseph II. King. 
184(). Isaac Harlow, Levi Thayer, America Bisbee. 
1847. America Thayer, I.evi Thayer, Thomas Stevens. 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



783 



1848. 

184!). 

lS.-)()-l . 

1802. 

1853. 

1854. 

1855. 

185(). 

1857. 

18.58. 

185!). 

ISCO. 

18(11-2. 

18(>:5. 

18(;4-5. 

i8( ;()-:. 

18()8. 

18(J!). 

1870. 

1871. 

1872. 

1874. 

1875. 

1876-7 

1878. 

187!). 

1880. 

1881. 

1882. 

188;^. 

1884. 



Josepli II. Khiii', Tliouuis Stevens. .Tairiis II. .lacksoii. 
" " Elislia Morse, .\ustiii I'a it ridge. 

Elisha Morse, Simon H. Cunnniniis, Itichard T. Lurvey. 
Kielianl T. Lurvey, Jairus K. Ilaniniond, IJoliert Skillini^s. 
.Jairus K. Ilannnond, Robert Skilliiiiis, Eleazer Dnnliani. 
'^ Eleazer Dunham, 'I'ristram Ilersey. 

^' America 'I'iiayer, Simeon ]''anium. 

Elislia 3Iorse. A. S. Tliayer, Kleazer Dunliam. 
<•' •• " Solon (4. Walker. 

" Joel 1>. Thayer, Solomon Chase, 

.loel 15. 'I'haver. Solomon ("liase, (leoi-^e W. (ushman. 
IJichard T. Lurvey, Charles W . Remis. 
Charles W. Beniis, Ceoriic V. Hammond. Herrirk (). Tuell. 
Otis C. Bolster, Herriek 6. Tnell, Silas P. :*Ia\im. 

Otis C. Bolster, Silas T. Maxim, Thomas (_'. (ushman. 
. Silas F. Maxim, Thomas C. Cushman, Horace N. Holster. 
Silas v. Maxim. James Curtis, Jonas Bisbee. 

'' Jonas Bisbee, Antli-e\v Bennett. 

Jonas Bisbee, Henrv E. Hannnond, Wm. A. Frotliiughani. 
Henry E. Hannnoiid. Wm. A. Erothiuiiham, Seth Benson. 
Wm. A. Frothiugham, A. S. Thayer, Seth Benson. 

" " George F. Hannnond, Ethan AVillis. 

George F. Hammond, Ethan ^Villis, N. Mason. 
. George F. Hammond, George H. Briggs, Wm. E. Cushman. 
George H. Briggs, Wm. E. Cushman, Benjamin S. Doe. 

" " Benjamin S. Doe, David X. True. 
Benjamin S. Doe, Gustavus C. Pratt, Wm. Parhn. 
Gus'tavus C. Pratt, AVilllain E. Curtis, S. P. Stearns. 
Wm. E. Cushman, " " 

Wm. E. Curtis, A. S. Thayer, N. Mason. 
A. 8. Thayer, X. Mason, George H. Briggs. 



Clerks axd Treasurers. 



CLERKS. 

17!)3. Josiah Bisco. 
1794. Daniel Stowell. 
17!)5-6. Josiah Bisco. 
17!)7-1800. Abijah Hall. 
1801-4. Aimer 'Pawson. 

Sanniel P. Croswell. 
Alanson Mellen. 
Benjamin Chandler. 
Thomas Webster. 
1830. Alanson Mellen. 
1831-2. Jol) Holmes. 

Simeon Walton. 
Isaac Harlow. 
Eleazer C. Shaw. 
Hiram Hul>bard. 
Ceo. L. Mellen. 
Charles T. Mellen. 
Henry E. Hammond. 
1871. SanuielE. Carter. 
1872-84. Geo. E. Wilson. 



180.5-(j. 
1807-12. 
1813-25. 
182(3-29. 



1833-(;. 

1837-8. 

1839-45. 

184fi-51. 

1852-3. 

1854-5. 

185(1-70. 



TREASURERS. 

17!)3. Daniel Stowell. 
1794. Wm. Stowell. 
]7!)5-7. John Willis. 
17!)8-1802. Wni. Stowell. 
1803-1. Samuel Stephens. 
180.5-7. Wm. Stowell. 
1808-9. Seth Morse. 
1811-12. Gustavus A. Goss. 
1813-19. Alanson Mellen. 

1820. Cvrus Hamlin. 

1821. Daniel Stowell. 
1822-6. Cvrus Handin. 
1827-44. Alanson Mellen. 
1845. Henry Howe. 
1846-18. Joseph G. Cole. 
1849-50. Alvah Shui-tleff. 
1857-66. Sanuiel IM. Xewhall. 
1867-9. Albert M. Hammond. 
1870-75. Alvah Shurtli-fl'. 
1876-84. X'^. D. Bolster. 



Superintending School Committee, 1820 to 1884. 

1820. Stei)hen Emery, Jairus S. Keitli, Henry Prentiss. 

1821. Xone ohosen. 

1822. Enoch Lincoln, Stephen Emery. Elijah L. Handin. 



JHi HISTORY OK PAUIS. 

182;^. Stephen Emery, IJenjainin fluiiuller, C^yrus Hamlin. 
1824-5. Stephen Emery, Levi Stowell, ('yi-u8 llarnHn. 

1826. Stephen Emery," l>evi Stowell, Joseph (i. Cole. 

1827. "" .Joseph G. Cole, Cyrus Hamlin, Jr. 

1828. l?ev. Joseph Walker, Stephen Emery, R. K. Goodenow. 
1820. Stephen Emery, H. K. Goodenow, Joseph G. Cole. 

1830. Rev. Josepli Walkei-, Stephen Emery, J()sei)h (t. Cole. 

1831. Stephen Emery, Rey. Joseph Walker, '' 

1832. Rev. Joseph Walkei-, Stei)hen Emery, " 

1833. R. K. Goodenow, Luke Chase, Josei)h G. Cole. 

1834. Joseph (i. Cole, Ezra Tubhs, Joel B. Thayer. 

1835. Rev. Josej)!! Wall)er, James >L Ruck, Ezra 'rul)l)S. 

1836. Rohinsou Parlin, Joseph >Valker, Ezra Tul)l)s 

1837. Ezra Tul)l)s, Joel H. Thayer, Rev. Joseph AValker. 

1838. Joel B. Thayer, IJev. Caleb H. Davis, Rev. Josei»h Walker. 
L83!). Rev. Calel) B. Davis, Jose])h G. Cole, James Russ. 

1S40. " James Russ, Joseph G. Cole. 

iy41. <■' Rev. Joseph W^alker, James Russ. 

1842. GeoffJ-e F. Emery, James JUiss, IJev. Joseidi Walker. 

1843. Rev. Josei)h Walker, Kev. Caleb B. Davis, James Russ. 
1^44. ^^ Thomas IL Brown, William Russ. 

1846. Thomas H. Brown, Stei)h(Mi Emery, Joseph G. Cole. 

1847. Stephen Emery, Rev. Addison Al)bott, Rev. .losepli Walker. 

1848. Josei)h G. Cole, Stephen Emery, William Russ. 

184!). I!ey. Georo-e K. Shaw, AN'illiam A. IJust, William Russ. 
4,.^.-)0. '• '■ 4'homas IL Brows. 

|g5X. "• " Rev. Addison Abbott. 

1852-3. Rev. George K. Shaw, William A. Rust, Charles Russell. 
1854. Charles Russell, William A. Rust, Darius Fobes. 
1S55. William A. Rust, Darius Fobes, Charles IJussell. 

1856. Darius Fobes, Cnarles Hussell, E. V. Hinds. 

1857. Charles Russell, E. P. Hinds, Silas P. Maxim. 
1858-9. Silas P. Maxim, Supervisor. 

1860-1-2. Georo-e W. Haunnond. 

lS()3-4. Silas P. Maxim, 4'ristram Hersey, Charles Hussell. 

1865. Tristram Hersey, Set h l'>enson, Josiah S. llobbs. 

186()-7. Seth lieuson, Josiah S. Hobbs, (ieorii-e A. Wilson. 

1868. Geor-i-e A. ^^'ilson, Seth Benson, George L. ^'ose. 

18()0. Seth Benson, S. C. Hutehins, Otis B. Kawsen. 

1870. S. C. Hutehins, Rev. Otis B. IJawson, Uev. Alexander Hill. 

1S71. Seth Benson, S C. Hutehins, H. E. Swas(>y. 

1872. IL E Swasev, Supervisor. 

1873. Charles R. Elder, l»ev. Alexander Hill, Cieoi-ge B. Croekett. 

1874. Rev. Alexander Hill, George B. Croekett, H. E. Swasey. 
1^75. (Jeorge B. Croekett, H. E. Swasey, Dr. Isaai- Bounds. 
1876. H. E. Swasey, Dr. Isaac Rounds. James S. Wright. 
1S77. Dr. Isaae Rounds, James S. Wright. 

1878. James S. AV right. Freeman T. Croimnett, 11. A. Fuller. 

1879. Freeman T. ('ronnnett, James S. Wright, Seth Benson, 

1880. James S. AVi-ight, Serb Benson, IL A. Fuller. 

1881. Seth Benson, IL A. Fulier, S. B. Morse. 

1882. IL A. Fuller, S. H. Morse, A. J. Curtis. 
1883-4. S. B. Morse, A. J. Curtis, H. A. Fuller. 



Yori-.S l-OU GOVi:i!Xt)I! and RKrKESENTATIVK, 1794 TO 1884. 

The left hand colunui gives the votes thrown for (Jovernor, and the right 
hand, for members of the Legislature. I'ntil the time of the .separation 
from Massaehu.sett.sin 1820, there was a property qualitieation to the enjoy- 



HISTORY OF PARIS. 



r-S5 



ineut 
polls, 

17!»4. 
17!).i. 
]71)(). 
17iJ7. 

17!)S. 

17!)!l. 

ison. 

1801. 
1802. 
1803. 
1S04. 
ISO.-). 
]80(i. 
1807. 
1808. 
1800. 
1810. 
1811. 
1812. 
1813. 
1814. 
181.-). 
181(1. 
1817. 
1818. 
1819. 
1820. 
1821. 

1822. 



of the right of suttVag'O, which (Icltarred many from goiiu 
For the years 1812, 13, 14 and 10, Paris sent two IJeprcsent 



I.- to the 
[It Ives. 



Saiimel Adams, 

Moses (;ill. 
Increase Sumner, 

.Tames Sullivan, 
Increase Sumner, ■ 
\Vm. Wedgery,* 
Elhridge (ierry, 
( 'alel) Stroui"', 
:\Ioses (iill, ' 
Ell)ridge (ierry, 
Caleb .Sti-ong, 

Elhridge Gerry, 
( 'aleh Strong, 
Elhi-idge Gerry, 
.James Sullivan, 
("a lei) Strong, 
James Sullivan, 
Calel) Strong, 
.lames Sullivan. 
< ale!) Strong. 
James Sidlivan, 
( 'aleh Strong, 
James Sullivan, 
Clu-istopher Gore, 
Eevi Lincoln, 
( hi-istopher Gore, 
Eli)iidge Gerry, 
( hristopher Gore, 
Elhridge Gerry. 
( 'hristopher Gore, 
Ell)ri<lge Gerrj', 
Calel) .Strong, 
Jose))h P. Varnum, 
Caleb Strong, 
Sanmel Dexter, 
Cah'b Strong, 
Samuel Dexter, 
Calel) Strong, 
Sauuiel Dextei", 
John Brooks, 
Henry Dearborn, 
.Jolin Brooks, 
Benj. Crowning-shield, 
John Brooks, 
Benj . ( 'I'owningshield, 
John Bi'ooks, 
AVilLiani King, 

Albion K. Parris, 
E/ekiel Whitman, 
Joshua Wingate, 
Albion K. Parris, 
Ezekiel "Whitman, 
Joshua AVingate. 



32 

.-)G 
54 
3.5 



47 



!» 
-)7 
34 
47 
30 
4!) 

k; 

20 

06 

20 
119 

34 
11!) 

.-)7 
114 

07 
123 

03 
124 

•57 

no 

51 
1.59 

00 
157 

06 
190 

76 
172 

76 
189 

70 
1.54 

75 
145 

52 
116 

39 
ISO 

155 
56 
38 

138 

48 

8 



.losiah I>isco, 

Fj>\i Hubbard. 

Josiah Bisco. 

None chosen. 

Eevi Hubbard. 

Elias Stowell. 

.lonathan Bemis. 

Levi Ilubl)ard. 

.Jonathan Bemis. 

Elias Stowell. unanimous 

Elias Stowell. luianimous 

r>lias Stowell. unanimous 

Elias Stowell. 

Levi nul)l)ard. 
Elias Stowell. 
Albion K. Parris. 
Setli Morse. 

Alanson ^hdlen. 

Elias Stowell, 
Benjamin Chandler. 
Seth Morse. 
\'oted not to send. 

Benjamin Chandler, 
Russell Hubbard, 
Benjamin ( handler. 
liev. James Hoojjer. 
Eev. James Hooper. 
Elias .Stowell. 
Henry Prentiss, 
Seth Morse, 

Henry Prentiss, 
Elias" .Stowell, 



54 



4:i 
PI 



81 
15 
92 

15 
7.3 



86 
36 



64 

19 



124 

52 

140 

98 

112 
36 



.50 



786 

1824. 
182.-). 



HISTOKY OF PARIS. 



Albion K. Parri^, 

Albion K. Panis, 
Albidii K. Pari'is, 



101 



VM 



14!) 



182(j. 


Enoch I.UKMjln, 


1.-).-) 


1827. 


Enoch Lincoln, 


123 


1828. 


Enoch r>incoln, 


113 


182!b 


Sannicl E. Sniitli, 


104 




Jonatlian (i. lliinton, 


120 


18:^0. 


Saumel E. Suiitli, 


214 




Jonatlian G. Hunton, 


131 


1831. 


Samuel E. Smith, 


223 




Daniel (Toodcnow, 


87 


1832. 


Samuel E. Smith, 


227 




Daniel Goodenow, 


123 


1833. 


Pqbei-t P. Duiilap, 


120 




Sainuel E. Smitli. 


83 




Daniel (Toodenow, 


81 


1834. 


i;()l)(M-t p. Dunlap, 


248 




Peleii' Sprague, 


113 


183.-). 


IJobert P. Dunlai). 


218 




William Kinii'. 


71 


183G. 


IJol)eit P. Dunlap, 
Tvlward Kent, 


2(;(; 

(13 


1837. 


Goihani Parks, 


270 




Edward Kent, 


03 


1838. 


John Eairfitdd, 


3(i7 




Edward Kent, 


132 


1839. 


John Eaii'tield, 


3.-)0 




Edward Kent, 


101 


1840. 


John Fairtield, 


378 




Edward K<'nt, 


13(; 


1841. 


John Fairti(dd, 


370 




Edward Kent. 


98 


1842. 


John Eairtield, 


300 




Edward Pohinson, 


.-)0 




James Appleton, 


14 


1843. 


Iluiih J. Anderson, 


370 




Edward IJobinson, 


48 




James Ajjplcton, 


30 


1844. 


Iluiih J. Anderson, 


3.-)2 




Edward Pol)inson, 


91 




James Appleton, 


21 


184.-). 


Ilu^'h J. Anderson, 


277 




J'reeman II. Morse, 


80 




Samuel Fessenden, 


13 


184G. 


John W. Dana, 


265 




David Bronson, 


84 




Sauuiel Fessenden, 


23 


1847. 


John ^y. Dana, 


297 




David Bronson, 


54 




Samuel Fessenden. 


G5 


1848. 


John AV. Dana. 


304 



Simeon Gunnniiigs, 
Levi llubl)ard, 
Henry Prentiss, 
Simeon ( ununings, 
Levi Hubbard, 
Simeon Cunnnings, 
James Hooper, 
Simeon (_'ummini;'s, 
Ileniy Prentiss, 
Simeon Cumminas, 
Elias Stowell, 
Simeon ('unnnin<i"s, 
John Deering, 
Josei)h G. Cole, 
Asai)h Kittredge, 
Josci)h G. ( ole, 
Thomas Hill, 
Alfred Andrews, 
Joseph G. ( ole, 
Alfred Andrews, 
Francis Beniis, 
Timothy J. Garter, 
America Thayer, 
Asai)h Kittredge. 

Lazarus Hathaway, 
Alfred Andrews, 
America Thayer, 
La/arus Hathaway, 
IJufus K. (ioodenow, 
T>azarus Hatlunvay. 
Closes Hammond. 
Pufus K. Goodenow, 
La/.ai'us Hathaway, 
Josei)h G. Cole, 
Francis Bemis, 
Lazarus Hathaway, 
Joel B. Thayer, 
Ebenezer Drake, 
Joel B. Thayer, 
Ebenezer Drake, 
James Deering, 
Hiram Hid)bard, 
Elisha Morse, 

Hiram Hubbard, 
Alvah Hersey, 
Francis Bemis, 
Edmund ( base, 
Thomas Hill, 
Kansom Dunham, 
Horatio G. Puss, 
Levi riiayer, 

Horatio G. Russ, 
lOdward P. Chase, 

Ziba Tliayer, 
Benjamin C. Cummings, 

Ziba Thayer, 



91 
17 
10 

102 
45 

122 
98 

116 
70 
98 





HISTORY 


OF PAHIS. 


787 




EliJMli I-. Haiuliii. 


62 


Simeon Cumminji-s, 


131 




S;iiiiii('l Ffssciidcii. 


07 






lS4i». 


.lolui Ilubl.anl. 


:VMj 


Ccorii-e W. Millett, 


216 




Elijah L. llaniliii, 


67 


•lose])!! H. Killli', 


163 




( ;c()i-i;-e F. 'l"all)()t, 


4,J 






IS.")!). 


.loliii Hubbard, 


348 


Aldeii (base, 


311 




William (i. ( rosby, 


!)7 


Sidney Perham, 


50 


is.-.l. 
\s:>-2. 


(;c(ir,ii(' F. 'I'albot." 


.-)() 


.John Dennett. 


68 


.lohii I'ulibard, 


303 


Hiram Hubbard, 


300 




William G. Crosl)y, 


26 


Calvin Bucknam, 


239 




Anson (i. Chandler, 


220 






ls.-,:{. 


Albert IMlsbury, 


202 


:\rark II. Dunnell, 


297 




Anson V. Morrill, 


19.-) 


(Jeoriie P. Hooi)er, 


197 




AVilliani (i. Crosby, 


62 








Kzekiel Holme.*, 


.-)2 






I8r)4. 


Anson 1*. Morrill, 


280 


Hufus S. Stevens, 


273 




Ali)ion K. Parris, 


220 


( harles Woodbni-y, 


230 




Isaac Heed, 


36 






18.-).-). 


Anson P. Morrill, 


337 


Cohiml)us ('. Cushman. 


34() 




Sanniel Wells, 


261 


Feiining AVillis, 


261 




Isaac Heed, 


9 






IS.il). 


llannit)al Hamlin, 


394 


l^lisba ^lorse. 


393 




Samuel AVells, 


227 


Sullivan Andrews, 


230 




(ieor-ie P. Patten, 


6 






is:)7. 


Lot >1. Morrill. 


368 


Charles Dunn, 


372 




Mennassah II. Smith. 


220 


Nathaniel Jackson, 


220 


1S.-)S. 


Lot M. Morrill, 


389 


Elisha Morse, 


367 




.Meiuiassali IL Smith. 


241 


America Thaver, 


241 


18.-)!). 


Lot M. Morrill, 


399 


Alvah Black,' 


392 




M(Minassah 11. Smith, 


240 


If S. Stevens, 


227 


i8(:;o. 


Israel Washburn. 


410 


Jarvis C. Marble, 


375 




Fphraim K. Smart, 


2.-) 2 


Benjamin F. Bates, 


256 


18(11. 


Israel Washburn. 


383 


.larxis ( '. ]Marl»le, 


371 




( harles I). .lameson, 


l.-)l 


Benjamin F. Bates, 


201 




John W. Dana, 


68 






1862. 


Abner Coburn, 


358 


Georii'e "W. Hammond, 


.352 




I?ion Bradbury, 


204 


Hiram .Jackson, 


213 




Charles D. Jameson, 


18 






18():^. 


Sanniel Cony, 


421 


Albert Cushman, 


417 




I)ion F)radl)ury, 


242 


Ifichard Vonnii-. 


244 


18fi4. 


Sanuitd Cony, 


411 


(uor^i'e W. Hammond, 


407 




.Joseph Howard, 


21.5 


A. H. Thayer, 


215 


18G.5. 


Sanuiel < 'ony, 


.352 


Samuel M. Xewhall, 


351 




Joseph Howard. 


172 


Asa Woodburj', 


171 


1866. 


Joshua L. Chamberlain, 


449 


Cyrus Bishop, 


448 




Eben F. Pillsbury, 


208 


Asa Woodl)ury, 


205 


1867. 


Joshua T>. ( hamberlain. 


363 


Alanson C. Ilerrick, 


361 




Eben F. Pillsbury, 


202 


Pichard Youno,-, 


207 


1868. 


Joshua L. <'liand>erlain. 


, 445 


Samuel M. Newhall, 


405 




Eb.-n F. Pillsbury, 


237 


Alfred P. Andrews, 


239 


1869. 


Joshua L. Chamberlain, 


. :{07 


Henry E. Hammond, 


292 




Franklin Smith, 


159 


Wni. A. Frothin<>ham, 


159 




Nathan (i. Hichborn, 


23 


A. S. Thayer, 


17 


1870. 


Sidnev Perhani, 


347 


Henry E. Hammond, 


346 




diaries W. Koberts, 


254 


Jefterson -Jackson, 


241 


1871. 


Sidney Perham. 


389 


Heul)en T. Allen, 


373 




Charles P. Kimball, 


230 


Win. A. Frothingham, 


247 


1872. 


Sidney Perham, 


416 


Edwin E. Rand, 


421 




Charles P. Kimball, 


259 


Jairus K. Hammond, 


259 


1873. 


Nelson Din.o-le}-, 


327 


Jonas Bisbee, 


257 



788 



HISTORY OF PAUIS. 



Joscpli 'ritcoinb, 

1S74. Nelson Diiigley, 
Joseph Titeoinl), 

187."). Seidell Connor, 

Charles AV. IJcberts, 

lS7'i. Seidell Connor, 
^ John C. Talbot, 

187^. Seidell Connor, 

Joseph 11. AVilliams, 
H. C. Mnnson, 
Jolm C. Talbot, 

1878. Seidell Connor, 

Alonzo (iareelou, 
Josepli Smith. 

1871). Daiii.'l F. Davis. 
Josejih Smith, 
Alonzo (iareelon, 

ISSO. Daniel F. Davis, 

Harris 31. Plaisted, 
Joshua Xve. 

1882. Frederic IJoliie. 

Harris :M. Plaisted, 
Warr<'ii H. Ainton, 

18S4. Frederic IJobie, 
John B. Pedman, 
Rosea 15. Eaton, 
William 'J'. Eustis. 



217 


Win. A. Frothingham, 


2!JG 


Hf).-) 


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Eben E. Band, 


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Location of Roads. 

Ainoiig the lirst things to be provided in tlie settlement of a new 
township are roads. Roads uiiist be constnieted to connect the 
township with places alread}^ settled and also to enable tlie settlers 
to go from one part of the town to another. Tlie proprietors of 
jSo. 4 cut out a road from New Ciloueester to lot number seven, 
known as the mill lot, in 1774, and reopened it in 177!). Roads 
were also built in town at the expense of the Pro[)rietaiy before 
the town was incorporated, and after the settlement in 1782, to the 
date of incorporation in 17'J3, more or less amounts were raised 
every year for cutting out new roads and kee[)ing otliers in repair. 
The building and repair of roads in an uneven town like Paris, 
absorb no small part of its revemies, and the records show that 
notwithstanding the large sums annually collected and expended for 
road pur^ioses, the town was not unfrequently indicted on account 
of bad roads. In the absence of the minutes of the surveys, it is 
not easy at this distant day to trace the roads laid out b}- the Pro- 
prietary, though a general idea of the principal thoroughfares may 
be gathered from references made to them in the location of the 
town and county roads. As most of them were either early discon- 
tinued or became absorbed iu the town or county roads, no further 
mention of them will be made except as reference is made to them 
in the survevs. 



IIISTORV OF PAUIS. 789 



Court of Sessions' Roads. 



The tirst road located by order of the Court of Sessions was on 
the petition of Isaac Bolster and others, at a session held on the 
last Tuesday- of May, 1793, to accommodate the settlers of Range 
Ponds, Bakerstown, Hebron and No. 4. The Court appointed as .1 
committee to look out and locate the road, Isaac Parsons, Enoch 
Fogg, Nathaniel Coit Allen, Jedediah Cobb and Asa Lewis. This 
committee submitted their report to the Court in December of that 
year, and the proposed location through No. 4 was as follows : 

"From No. 4, at the first lot in the 4th range where the old road 
now is, north 1.5° west, 96 rods; thence north 2° west, GG rods; 
thence north 17^° west, 17 rods, to two rods and 19 links from the 
southerly corner of Captain Bolster's house, on a line straight with the 
front; thence north 41° west, 101 rods and 10 links; thence north 
53|° west, 44 rods and 10 links; thence north 38 2-3° west, 27| 
rods; thence north G0° west, 31 rods; thence north 75°, west 30 

rods ; thence north 48|°, west rods ; thence north 25° west, 

35 rods to a beech tree ; thence north 28° west, 38 rods to a beech 
free; thence north 19° west, 170 rods to opposite the middle of 
Daniel Stowell's barn, 3 rods and 18 links therefrom : thence north 
9° east, GG| rods; thence north 16° east, 20 rods; thence north 
24|° east, 44 rods ; thence north 6 2-3° east, 21 rods ; thence north 
11 2-3° west. 16 rods; thence north 45° west, ^'I^ rods; thence 
north 37^° west, 31 rods, 5 links ; thence north 53|° west, 17^ rods ; 
thence north 35^° west, 46 rods, 20 links, crossing Stony brook 
below Jackson's saw mill; thence north 7|° west 86, rods to a 
white i)ine tree ; thence north 3|° west, 24 rods ; thence north 7° 
west, 20 rods; thence north 15|° west, 214 rods; thence north 9|° 
west 37 rods and 15 links; thence north 9° east, 2^ rods; thence 
north 5° west, 18 rods and 17 links ; thence north 19° east. 56 rods 
and 8 links ; thence north 35° east, 28 rods ; thence north 24|° 
east, 11^ rods ; thence north 48° east. 95 rods and 8 links to oppo- 
site the northerly corner of old Jlr. Jackson's house, 2 rods and 4 
links therefrom and one rod beyond 30 miles from the beginning of 
this road ; thence north 20° east. 34 rods ; thence north 2° east, 68 
rods, 2't links : to against about the middle of the barn of Lemuel 
Jackson. .Jr. : thence north 9^° west, 156 rods to a stake and pile 
of stones in lot number 15 of the 5th range, and about the center 
of No. 4, now Ptiris." 

On the first day of January, 1793, John Greenwood and others 
of Shepardsfield, (Hebron) petitioned f,)r a road fiom Emery's 
Bridge in Bakerslown (Poland), through Bakerstown and Shep- 
ardsfield, to the south-east corner of No. 4, thence diagonally 
through No. 4 to the northwest corner of same, and from thence 
through No. 3 (Woodstock), and Sudbury, Canada Bethel), to 
New Fennacook (Rumford). The petition was favorably received, 
and a location of the road ordered. Asa Lewis, John Woodman, 
Nathaniel C. Allen. P^noch Fogg and John ^Merrill were appointed 
for a locating committee. This road was onlv located to No. 4 



790 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

line. At a court Iiolden at Portland, in October of 1795, on the 
petition of citizens of New Pennacook, the balance of the al)ove 
named road, that is, from the sontlieast corner of Paris to New 
Pennacooiv, was ordered located, and for locating connnittee, the 
court ai)pointed John Greenwood, Nathaniel C. Allen, Isaac Parsons, 
Ichabod Bonney and Peleg Chandler. The location through Paris 
is given in order to show the natural difficulties in the way of road 
building in this town, as indicated by the freciuent changes of direc- 
tion made necessary by obstructions which could not be easily 
overcome. The location was made in the autumn of 17l».5. 

"Beginning at a hemlock tree in the easterly line of Pai'is, and 
in the center of the road to be located, and laying two rods each 
side of the following course : North 82° west, 22 rods ; thence 
north S0° west, 210 rods; thence north 24° west, 32 rods; thence 
north 52° west,. 122 rods to a stake; from this stake the road is 8 
rods wide for 20 rods ; thence continuing the before mentioned 
course 170 rods to a stake opposite Solomon Shaw's house; thence 
north 41° west, 84 rods to a stake t)[)[)osite Abner Shaw's barn; 
thence north 35° west, 1-12 lods to a hemlock tree; thence north 
Gl° west, 13(5 rods to a l)iicli tree near the bank of Stony brook; 
thence north 74° west, 20 rods ; thence north 8(i° west, 38 rods ; 
thence north 52° west, 12 rods; thence north 30° west, 25 rods; 
thence north 73° west, 30 rods; thence north 24° west, 141 rods to 
a stake and stones near the south corner of John Daniel's house ; 
thence north 41° west, 02 rods; thence north 24° east. 38 rods; 
thence north 12° west, 24 rods; thence north 22^° west, DO rods, 
opi)Osite Benjamin Hammond's barn ; thence north 40° west, 24!) 
rods to a rockmaple ti'ce ; thence south 89° west, (J3 rods to the 
center of a county road formerly laid out to the center lot in Paris ; 
thence running in said road 155 rods, to the end thereof; thence 
south 20° west, 112 rods; thence north 25° west, 22 rods; thence 
north 40° west. 13 rods; thence north 87° west, 8 rods; thence 
north 71° west, 20 rods to the bridge over Swift brook; thence 
north 84° west, 15 rods; thence north 80° west, 17 rods to the 
north end of a bridge over Fall brook; thence north 89° west, 12 
rods; thence north 71° west, 24 rods; thence north 50° west, 18 
rods; thence north 57*^' west, IS rods; thence north 59° west, 18 
rods ; thence north 55° west, 20 rods ; thence north 40° west, 37 
rods; thence north 50° west, 14 rods; thence north 49° west, 14 
rods; thence north 85° west, 20 rods; thence north 75° west, 16 
rods; thence north 85° west, 14 rods; thence south 86° west, 10 
rods; thence north 77° west, 14 rods; thence north 67° west, 18 
rods; thence north 87° west, 10 rods; south 68° west, 14 rods, to :i 
stake and stones on the easterly bank of Little Androscoggin river 
at Bisco's Falls ; thence continuing said course 9 rods, crossing said 
river to a stake and stones ; thence north 55° west, 24 rods ; thence 
north 35° west, 43 rods; thence north 17° west 14, rods; thence 
north 28° west, 50 rods ; thence north 46° west, 14 rods ; thence 
north 16° west, 12 rods; thence north 67° west, 16 rods; thence 
north 87° west, 12 rods; thence north 28° west, 10 rods; thence 



IIISTOKV Ol TAKI.-?. 7;il 

north 74° west, 12 rods; thence north 71° west 20, rods; tlience 
north 82° west , 16 rods; thence nortli 69° west, 20 rods; thenee 
north 57° west, 15 rods; thence north 66° west, 18 rods; thence 
north 40° west, 1.") rods; thence noith 55° west, 18 rods; tlience 
north 7;)° west, 28 rods; thence nortii 43° west, 22 rods, to the third 
raniic line in Paris : thence on said line north 14° west, 357 rods; 
thence north 56° west, 14 rods; thence north 50° west. 14 hkIs ; 
thence north 43° west, 69 rods ; thence north ^^2° west, 32 rods ; 
thence north 65° west, 15 rods: thence north 69° west, 11 rods; 
thence north 48° west, 9 rods ; thence north 32° west, 32 rods : 
thence north 45° west, 44 rods; thence north 70° west, 15 rods; 
thence north 50° west, 18 rods; thence north 39° west, 14 rods; 
thence north 47° west, 36 rods; thence north 40° west, 20 rods; 
thence north 11° west, 38 rods; thence north 20° west, 12 rods; 
thence north 15° west, '22 rods; thence north ."55° west. 16 rods; 
thence north 27° west, 12 rods; thence nortli 10° we^t, « rods; 
thence north 25° west, 27 rods; thence north 45° west, 17 rods; 
thence north 57° west, 114 rods; thence north 33° west, 44 rods; 
thence north 66° west. 29 rods ; thence south .^6° west, 8 rods ; 
thence south 76° west, 12 rods, to a spruce tree on the easterly bank 
of Little Androscoii-gin river ; thence across said river, &c. Near 
this point, the r()a(l [)assed into Xo. 3. and so on to the Great 
Androscoggin in Runitbrd. 

County Eoads. 

1809. Paris meeting house to Lovell, by way of Soutli Paiis and Nor- 
way village. 

1810. From the dwelling house of Alvan Boyden, to intersect with road 
leading from Daniel .Stowell's to Stowell's MillV, crossing Stony brook at 
lower bridge. 

1810. Beginning at the northwest corner of Paris; thence to the corner 
near Isaiah Willis" ; thenee to Paris meeting house ; whole distance, seven 
miles and seventy rods. 

1811. From the bridfi-e north of Benjamin Hammond's barn, north 40 
deg., west. 34 rods; thence north 71 deg'., west, 59 rods to lot line; thence 
on the lot line to the county road, between the house of Lenuiel .Jackson, 
Jr., and the shop of E. Burnham, (Lincoln street.) 

1812. Eoad from Kumford through Thompson town ( Milton j and Gor- 
ham Academy Grant, passing near' Abraham Walton's dwelling house to 
Paris line: thence by Samuel Hammond's tield to Moose Pond outlet to 
Capt. Jonathan Bemis" yard fence: thence l)y Simeon Pond's barn, to the 
county road laid to Paris meeting house: distance, 16 miles, 80 roils. 

1816. Town way beginning at the house formerlv owned by Isaac Cum- 
mings, Jr. ; thence" to the county road near Capt. Jairus Shaw, innholder. 

1816. Discontinue and lay out as follows: Beginning at a stake and 
stones at tlie north line of Paris, and l)eing the corner bounds of Samuel 
Hammond's and Zil)eon Field's land ; theVice to the county road leading 
from Paris meeting house to Bucktield— distance, five miles and 100 rods. 

1819. Road from X. H. line to west line of Kennebec county, through 
Fryeburg, Lovell, Kimball's Mills, Sweden, Woodbury's Inn, to Waterford 
line, along old road to Norway village to Paris line : thence to a point forty- 
eight rods southwest of Amasa Fobes* blacksmith shop ; thence by a nearly 
direct course, crossing mill pond, to Amos Bartlett's; thence to Lemuel 



702 ni:?TOUY OF PAUIS. 

Jackson, Jr.'.<; theuce to Nicholas Chcsley's, bj' John ]\o}-ars and James 
Bo\vkei-"s. to Bucktield line; thence throu,<>'h Buckfield, Hartford and Tur- 
ner, partly running on countj' and town roads, and partly new. The part 
of this road crossing Mill pond, was discontinued, and tlie road leading bj^ 
ytowell's Mills substituted, on petition of Stephen Emery, agent for town. 

1822. Fuller Corner in Xorway, by the farm of ]Mary Bisco in Paris, to 
strike the Dixtield road at the guideboard below Ca])t. .Samuel Eawson's 
in Paris, built, 1826, seven miles, 100 rods 

1823. Road, beginning in the road front of Isaac ( unnnings" house^ 
thence by T.a/arus Hathaway's, James Lebaron's, to the l>ridge at StowelTs- 
Mills, thence across land of ('apt. Seth ^lorse, Daniel Stow<'li, and others, 
to the road leading from Xorway village to ('raigie"s Mills — distance 8 
miles, 30 rods. 

1834. Petition of Asaph Kittredge and others. Two roads, one from 
Barnal)a Faunce's to Luther ^Vashhuru■s, 230 rods; thence southwesterly, 
537 rods, to the county road leading from Washburn's Mills to Col. Ebene- 
/er Rawson"s, near a bridge over the brook. Tlie other road beginning at 
the store of Ebenezer Drake; thence southward to intersect with tlie tirst 
road laid out; distance, 540 rods. 

183(). Koad from Peru to Paris Ilill ; from Sumner line near Dr. 
Kittredge's, 158 rods to Kittredge"s Corner; thence 99 rods to a road located 
on petition of Asaph Kittredge; whole distance, 15 miles and 44 rods. 

1835. Poad, on petition of Isaiah "Willis and others; beginning 12 rods 
south of John W. Willis" store, northerly to where it strikes the county 
road, 182 rods. 

1835. Paris llill, to i-oad leading to Stowell's Mills, on petition of Otis 
C. Bolster and others, beginning at tlie northwesterly corner of Jacob 
Jacksoifs land : thence to a point where it intersects with the old county 
road. 1 mile, 59 rods. 

1830. Woodstock to Stowell's 3Iills; beginning in Woodstock at foot of 
Joseph A\'liitman"s Hill ; thence to Paris line; thence on land of Samuel 
Houghton. Foxwell Swan, Elijah Swan, crossing Moose Pond Brook, 
Frances Bemis, heirs of Hezekiah Pike, to Little Androscoggin, at head of 
Snow's Falls, crossing the river: thence by Cummings" ^Mills, the Pumford 
road: distance, 11 miles, 100 rods. 

1837. Town way, petition of Poblnsou Parlin ; beginning at the bridge 
near Foxwell Swan's toward Washlturn's ]Mills, 172 rods. 

1837. Discontinuance on petition of Paris committee of so much of the 
road laid out on petition of Otis C. Bolster and others, as lies between 
Snow's Falls and its junction with Pumford road — 3 miles, 29 rods. 

1842. Poad from El)enezer Drake's store to intersect with the county 
road^ — distance, 30 rods on the old road, and 03 rods new location. 

1841. Petition of Selectmen, road from Snow's Falls to South Paris, on 
the east side of the river — whole distance 1965 rods; 612 rods on old road, 
and 1353 rods on new location. 

1850. Road across Mill Pond at So. Paris. 

1854. Poad through from Jonathan Clark's to Leonard Dunham's in 
Hebron. 

1855. Poad from Sumner to Xortli Paris. 

1857. From South Paris to Bucktield, by way of Streaked Mountain. 

1878. Alteration near Benjamin F. Pratt's. 

1879. Poad from the old countv road that leads to Geo. P. Whitney's to 
East Oxford. 

1879. Poad from the old Pumford road to Xorway village. 
1879. Alteration in Stony Brook road near Levi Hamlin's. 
1879. Alteration near Otis Swifts, across the railroad. 



IIISTOUV OF I'AKI^-. 793 

l!uAL)s Laid out iiv tiik Town. 

1793. 3 rods wide. From cio^s line of lots 2 and 3 iu the Gtli raiii;e, 4 
rods south of Allen Dwelley's house, 5r2-l-2 rods to eounty road near ("apt. 
Isaac Bolster's. Accepted, 17t)4. 

1793. "2. From near David Andrew's house south 2 1-2 deo-.. east, 1 1-2 
miles to cross road 1), K! and 17 in the 7th raniic thence nearly soulli 2 
miles, loO rods. 1794. 

1793. 3. From lot line h, 10 and 11. u])on old proprietors' I'oad. runinn<>' 
by John Daniels and Benjamin Hammond's, to foot of yreat hill upon i-ange 
9"; thence to liiu'ktield line. 1794. 

1793. 4. From 2 rods south of Xatlian Nelson's house, south 20 de.n'., 
west, 92 rods. 1794. 

1794. 3. From 7tli rani>e, on land of Asa Barrows, on old proprietors' 
road, nearly southwest 22i rods, to a I'oatl laid out between ."ith and (Ith 
ranges. 1794. 

1794. 4. From Hebron line on r)th range at road holding- by liartlett's, 
northwesterly 2 1-4 miles to range 1), .ith and (ith ranges: thence upon this 
range, 272 rods; thence 1 mile, 19 rods, to a road laiil out b\- K. IIul)bai'd's 
to count}' road. 1794. 

1794. 3. From nuddle of 7th range of lots on line b, 2 and 3, southerly 
18() rods, to a i-oad ))y Allen Dwelhw's; thence to pond 9S rods; thence to 
lot line b, 394, iu (ith, ')(! rods; thence l(j() rods to load i)y Abijah Hall's 
malt house. 1794. 

1794. 3. From 9tli range b, G anil 7, westerly, 441 rods, to proprietors* 
road upon 7th range. 1794. 

1794. 4. From west end of David Andrews' house, on lot 21, in 8th, 
northerly .t18 rods, to within (j rods north from corner of lots 24 ami 25, 
thence upon range line to number 27. 1794. 

1794. 4. From line of lots 22 and 23 in 5th, at middle of range, soutli- 
erlj' 550 rods, to rang'e line b, 4th and 5th ranges; thence on range line, 
140 rods, to corner of lots b, 15 and Ki ; thence 220 rods to end of County 
road. 1794. , " . 

1794. 4. From berch tree on line of lots b, 17 and 18 in 8th; south 
68 1-2 degrees west to where X. Nelson's road comes out; upon sd. line 180 
rods to corner of lots upon 7th range ; thence southerly 405 i-ods to county 
road. 1794. 

1794. 4. From county road, 5 rods south of Levi .fackson's house; 
thence southerlv 839 rods to county i-oad. 1794. 

1794. 4. Upon range line b, 2d ami 3d lange, at corner of 20 and 21, 
south 14 degrees east upon range line, to within S rods of corner of lots 1(J 
and 17; thence southeily 4 miles, 55 rods to count}' road. 1794. 

1794. 4. From great pine stub in road laid out by Sanniel Durell's to 
county road to lot 8, in 5th; thence northerly 240 rods to corner of lot 10, 
in (ith; tlience no. 68 1-2 east to old projjrietors' road. 1794. 

1794. 2. From cross line of lots 11 and 12 in 2d, to road laid out by 
Joseph Swift's, on 5th range, as near as land will admit. 1794. 

1794. 3. From a road on lot 22 in 5th, easterly 256 rods to lot line b, 
20 and 21 in the 6th; tiience south-easterly to road before laid out. 1795. 

1794. 3. From Buckfield line on lot 17 and 18, in 9th, westerly 316 rods 
to stake and stones, 4 rods south of N. Nelson's house. 1795. 

1794. 4. From a road laid out 15 rods northwest of N. Pierce's house, 
b, 10 and 11 in 9th, southerly 986 rods to end of county road running 
through Hebron to Paris. 

1794. 3. From 2 rods east of John Piehard's house, on 1 in 9 easterl}^ 
116, to town line. 1795. 



79-i HISTOKY OF PARIS. 

1794. 3. From (5 1-2 rods p;ist troin corner of lot 1, 1), 2il and 3d ranges, 
Gl.') rods of county road. 17!*"). 

1701. 2. From corner b, 2 and 3, in 4th, easterly 41 rods to county 
road, about 44 rods. 1795. 

1795. 4. From lot 7, in the Sth, Ixdoniiiuii- to .John Billings, south- 
westerh' 326 rods to county road at northwest corner of 7, in 7th, and 
southwest corner of 8, in 7th. 1795. 

1795. 4. From b, 12 and 13, in range 9, joining Bucktield, westerly 410 
rods. Discontinued in 1805. 1790. 

1790. B. b, house and barn of John Kicard, south^^■esterly to line b, 
Paris and Hebron. 

1797. 3. From Berais" Mills, 2 rods from northwest corner of grist mill, 
easterly 243 i-ods to county road. 1797. 

1798. 3. From line lots b, 10 and 11, in 9th, 8 rods west of road by X. 
Pierce's liouse, westerly GOl rods to county road about rods south of 
Benj. Ilannnond's house. 1798. 

1798. 3. From stake and stones on line b, lots 20 and 21 in the (;th, by 
Caleb Fuller's house, thence northeasterly 554 rods to road from ^Varren's 
to Edward Andrews, upon lot 23 in tlie 8th. 1798. 

1799. 3. From 19 rods north of bridge on county road on lot 19 in 4th, 
southerly 202 rods to roatl by .losiah Bisco's, to south part of town. 1800. 

1799. 4. From lot 1, range 1, on Hebron line, northerly 3G5 rods to 
road laid out by .Stephen I\oi)inson"s to county road. 1800. 

1799. 3. From corner of lots 3 and 4 b, 1st and 2d ranges, easterly the 
direction of town line, 148 rods, to road laid out by Stephen Bobinson's to 
count\' road. 1800. 

1799. 4. From Bucktield line at corner b, 10 and 17, westerly 231 rods 
to road leading by Abner l^a wson's and Mr. 'J'hayer's to Bucktield. 1800. 

1799. 3. From 2 rods south of southwest corner of Uriah Ripley's 
liouse, westerly 36 rods, to range line b, 7th anil 8tli ranges; thence south- 
.erly' on range line, 190 rods to road leading from Lenuiel Jackson's by 
James Lebarron's to Bucktield. 1800. 

1799. 4. Fi-om Jonathan Bemis' mill, on lot 22, range 4, thence westerly 
333 rods to county road leading to New Pennacook. 1800. 

1800. 4. From northerly line of town on 29, in the 7th, southerly 856 
rods, to corner of 20, and 2*1 to road by E. Bawsou's. 1800. 

1801. 3. From between \Vm. Stearns' house and barn on 23, in 5th, 
southerly 115 rods to road from Simeon Pond's to Aaron Fuller's. 1801. 

1801. 3. From between 7th and 8th ranges at road b, Asa Perry's and 
Benj. Cooper's, southerly on said range line, 183 rods to road from Asa 
Sturtevant's to Asa Dean's. 1802. 

1801. 3. From road laid out before upon range line b, 7th and Sth 
ranges, on lot 15, northerly to road from Seth Carpenter's to Asa Perry's. 
1802. 

1801. 4. From county road on Benj. Ilannnond's land, 84 rods to road 
laid out upon lot line b, 12 and 13, leading to center school house. 

1810. 4. From a road on lot 10 in 1st range, at north line, southerly 
410 rods, to road from Norway to Jackson's ^fills. 

1802. B. From east of house of Edward Andrews on 22 in 8th, south 
and soutlieasterly 689 rods, to road from Abuer Rawson's to Bucktield. 
1802. 

1802. 4. From county road on lot 28, in 1st range, 5 rods from east line 
of same, southei-ly 511 rods to county road. 1802. 

1802. 4. From road before laid out on range line b, 1-2 ranges, on 13, 



IIlSTOin OK PAIUS. ''.'•> 

soutlu'i-ly on said liiu' 7'.l rods, to a stake au-ainst Calcli Swift's house: 
southerly 87 rods, to road ai>-ainst Josepli Swift's house. 1S0:J. 

1802. 3. From road before htid out upon rano'e Hue between Sth and 
!)th ranges, and lots -2.") and 2G, westerly 234 rods, to ^Nloose pond. ISCKJ. 

1802. 3. From 4 rods north of l.utlier liretf s house, on lot 6, in 4th, 
westerly 140 rods, to road before laid out. 1803. 

1803. 3. From near house of Peter Durell, on lot 0, in (ith. westerly 
122 rods, to road laid out b, 5th and Otli ranges. 1804. 

1804. 4. From north line of town upon 21) in Gth, at southwest eorner 
of Abner Benson's lot, in township No. 3. southerly to Hutchinson's stills. 
404 rods, crossing below the mill, thence southerly 133 rods. 180.5. 

1804. 4. From 11 rods from west corner of lot 12, range 2, easteidy 
301 rods to river; thence 146 rods to countj- road, easterly. 1805. 

1805. 4. From 20 rods south of liouse occupied by Asa Dunham, on lot 
7, in the 1st range, eastei-ly 434 rods, to a V)oint 4 rods from nf)rthwest cor- 
ner of Araasa Fobes' bhu-ksmith shop. 1805. 

1805. 4. From end of a road laid out by Eleazer ("oles. toward Nor- 
way, upon 7 in the 1st, soutliwesterly 128 rods, to Norway line neai- Steej. 
Fails. 1805. 

1805. 3. From the northwest corner of 12. in the 5th. southeasterly 
Tipou range line, 30 rods to county road. 1805. 

1805. 4. From a stake and stones four rods from southeast corner of 
Alvan Boyden's house, south 28 degrees, west 40 rods, crossing Stony 
brook, to the road leading to the mills. 1805. 

1805. 4. From road by John Bessey's and Silas Maxim's liouses, to 
Hei)rou. on line b, 8 and 0, in 9th range, westerly 174 rods, to opposite 
John Billings' house. 1806. Also alteration of road from county road 
opposite Samuel King's, north-easterly 50 rods, to road to John Billings'. 

1805. 4. From northerly line of town on lot 29, in 4th range, easterly 
460 rods to road two rods south of Abraham Hutchinson's house. 1806. 

1805. 4. From road 22 rods north of Abijali Warren's house, southerly 
565 rods to road about 21 rods south of Job Lurvey's. 1806. 

1807. From east coi-ner of lot 20 in tlie 2d, thence northerly 96 rods, to 
■county road. 1807. 

1809. 3. From northwest coi-ner of 18 in the id. easterly on lot line, 
168 rods, to northeast corner of lot. 1810. 

1812. 3. From range line b, 6th and 7tli ranges, on lot 23, southeasterly 
09 rods, to where it intersects a former road. 1812. 

1814. 4. From north line of town at north eornei- of lot 29, Ijetween 
•Sth and 9th ranges, southerly 402 rods, to a road near John G. Crawford's. 
1815. 

1814. 3. From lot line between 2 and 3 in the 3d range, 5 i-ods north of 
Alfi-ed Gates' house, easterly upon said lot line to easterly corner of lot. 
1815. 

1814. B. From near Alfred Gates' house, westerly 116 rods, to road 
leading from Stephen Robinson's to school house. 1815. 

1815. 4. From north line of lot 13, in 3d range, 12 rods from Daniel 
Dudley's house, southerly 144 rods, to road before laid out by Lazai'us 
Hathaway's to meeting house. 1815. 

1815. 4. From near Lazarus Hathaway, Jr.'s, southerly 412 n.ds to 
road before laid out from Stowell's mills by Smith's and Swift's and DavKl 
Dudley's. 1815. 

1815. 3. From near Isaac Merrill's house, southerly 94 rods, to road 20 
rods north of John Eoyal's. 1815. 



~\>C) HISTORY OF PAKIS. 

181G. B. From 1 1-2 roils north of AVm. Benfs house, westerly 158 rods- 
to county rontl. 1815. 

181G. 4. From 4 rods south of south corner of Isaac r'unnninu's" liouse 
on 22, in the 1st, easterly 280 rods, running 1 1-2 rods north of ('apt. Shaw's 
new harn, thence between old house and new, to road leading towards Nor- 
way. 1810. 

181(). 4. From southerly line of 29, in 2d i-ange, upon land of Job Lur- 
vev, southerly it8 rods, to the road laid out by AVilliam and Josiah (George) 
Berry. 181 C' 

ISIG. 4. From house of Wm. Berry on 27 and 28, in 4th range, west- 
erly t6 Josiali (?) Berry's 4.5G rods, thence across riyer to county road 48 
rods. 181G. 

ISIG. 8. From end of a county road near Isaac Allen's, northerly to 
an opening belonging to Eljenezer Estes, on northerly half of lots 25-2G. 

181G. ;J. From ("apt. J<tshua Carpenter's, westerly 81 rods, to a road 
leading from P]s(|. Carpenter's to Capt. Eipley's. 181G. 

1817. 3. From front of David Beniis" house, easterly 14;} rods, to road 
on lot line leading by Aaron Field's. 1817. 

1817. 3. From road leading bj' Maj. Kobingon's north-easterly 40 rods^ 
to Capt. Stephen Blake's. 1817. 

1818. 3. From county road leading hy .Joseph Swift's, thence east 33 
rods to to\\n road. 1818. 

1818. B. Beginning front of Lenniel Jackson's, thence easterly 182 
rods, to county road leading b_y widow Bisco's. 

1819. 4. From near meeting house, between lots 4 and .5, in 3d range, 
southerly .'")2 rods to old i-oad, now travelled by said meeting liouse, and by 
Stephen and Asa Kobinson's, toward Portland. 

1819. 3. From westerly end of bridge near Faine's mill, westerly 88 
rods to Eleazer Dunham's, thence southerly 21G rods to county road lead- 
ing by Isaiah Willis'. 1819. 

1819. B. From Joseph ^lerrill's, southerly 290 rods, to town road 
between Eleazer Dunham's house anil barn. 

1820. From No. 8, in 7th range, easterly 411 rods to town road leading 
by Esq. Prentiss'. 1820. 

1820. 3. From near the woods west of William Berrj's, easterh' .>32 
rods, to road leading by AVashburn's mills. 1820. 

1820. From near Wni. C. Witham's, southeasterly 100 rods to the river, 
tlience southerly 114 rods to county road leading by Susan Eobinson's. 
1821. 

1821. 4. From town line between Paris and Woodstock, southerly (58 
rods to town road near Amariah Harris'. 

1822. 3. From center of road on north line of Daniel StoAvell, Jr.'s,. 
land, northerly 100 rods, to old road leading to Wm. Merrill's. 1822. 

1822. B. From Joseph Penlej-'s, southerly 70 rods to south lot of land 
owned by Calel) Perry. 1822. 

1822. 3. From Washburn's [Mills, easterly to county road near Barna- 
bee Faunce's. 1823. 

1823. 3. Fj-om diviiling line between Aaron Fuller's and Wm. Bent, 
thence northerly 20G rods to road in front of AVm. Stearns'. 1823. 

1823. 3. From east range line of Daniel Curtis', easterly 202 rods, to 
road leading l)y Wm. C. Witham's. 

1823. 3. From northwest corner of land owned by Abiezer Andrews^ 
northerly 38 roils to town road. 1824. 



HISTOKY OK I'AHLS. i '.h 

182(i. B. Fi'om smitlieai^t coriKM' of Joiuis llniniltnirs Iniid to V»'\i']. 
Porter"?, thence to Charles Porter's barn. lS'2(i. 

182(). 3. From Charles Porter's to Jolui Porter's •_>() rods, tiience 20 
ro Is to county road leading" from nii;ii Street to Xorwaj'. 182(5. 

1S2G. 'S. From county road near Noah Curtis", easterly 282 rods to town 
ro.id leading from Caleb Swift's to Court House. ]82(i. 

182(). From near northwest corner of lot lO, range 7, udrtlieasterly o() 
ro:ls to county road leading by widow Carpenter's l)arn. lS2(i. 

1827. Town road from Benj. Cooper's to Bart. Cushman's. 1827. 

1827. Town way from Luther Brett's to David Clifford's. 1827. 

1828. 3. From near Foxwell Swan's, northerlv to Woodstoclv line. 
1828. 

182!). 3. From Bai't ('ashman's, southerly to land owned liv Benjamin 
Cooper. 182i). 

1^30. 4. Fioni count.y road near Daniel Stowell's, southei-ly .")ir) rods, 
to a stone bridge near Ebenezer Cushman's barn, thence southerly r)14 rods, 
to bridge south of Xathaniel Bumpus' liousc; thence southerly 12() rods, 
to center of road leading' from Sanuiel King's to Hebron Academy. 1830. 

1830. From 2 i-ods south of northwest corner of double lot lo-K!, in !»th 
range, about due west 8 rods to center of road leading from Calel) Cush- 
inaa's, by Cushman Ryerson's to Paris Hill. 1830. 

1830.^ From town waj' tliat leads bj- Luke Chase's, noitherly across land 
■of Alva Sinntlett, Simeon Briggs, (Jersham Cole, Asa Dean and Benjamin 
Cooper, to i-ountj- road near Cooper's dwelling house. 1830. 

1831. 4. From foot of Kobinson' hill, easterly about 200 rods, to cen- 
ter of road north of Witham road, so called. 1831. 

1831. 4. From wei^ end of bi'idge near Cunnnings* mill, westerly to 
new county road leading from Isaac Cummings' to Stowell's mills. 1831. 

1831. 3. From east side of new count}' road easterly to what is called 
'•the last laid out road." 1831. 

1832. 3. Fi'om road front of Benj. Jackson's house, northeasterly 
across land owned by Joseph McAllister, across land owned by Alanson 
Mellen to old county road leading bj' Biscoe farm. 1832. 

1833. From Daniel Stowell's to No. 4 hill. 

P 1833. From Benj. Jackson's to old county road leading l)y Bis(^-oe farm, 
and 10!J rods on said farm. 

1833. From "Woodstock line to Daniel Curtis'. 1833. 

1833. From Witham bridge to county road round Bobinson's inll. 1833. 

1834. 4. From 26 rods west of Jairus Shaw's l)arn, thence easterly 00 
rods to county road near cellar \yhere Isaiah Willis' house stood. 1834. 

1834. 3. From foot of a high ledge on road from Leonard Shurtlelfs 
to Thomas Hill's, thence northwesterly to road near the pond. 183S. 

1838. 4. From lot Xo. 1, range 7, on Hebron line, tlience northwesterly 
to road leading by Thonuis Hill's house. 1838. 

1841. From road that runs through Berry neighborhood to Bemis" nulls. 

1841. 3. From road leading from Joseph McAllister's to Daniel Cum- 
niihgs", northerly to old road near I.,emuel W. Jackson's house. 1841. 

1845. From 25 rods south of road leading by Leonard Shurtlefi's, west- 
erly to center of road leading from South Paris, by Bev. James Walker's. 
1845. 

1845. 3. From centei- of road leading from Stowell's mills to Daniel 
Stoweir.s, where Luther Brett's road strikes it, thence northeasterly in the 



71»8 HISTORY OF PARIS. 

old ru:i(l to west cud of old bridg'e, ci-ossiiig Stony l)rook ; tlieiioe nortlicrly 
;J0 rods, to road leading by Seneca Brett's. 1845. 

1846. B. From Kleazer Dunham's to county road at head of Snow's 
Falls. 184G. 

1840. 4. From house of Ira Warren, nortlierly to county road leading 
from Paris to Sumner. 184G. 

1846. 3. From south of Gilbert Eyans'. near a bi'ook, southerly to James 
Merrill's. 1S46. 

1847. From Samuel Briggs" to county road leading bj^ Snow's Falls. 

1848. From Leyi Andi'ews' house, Avesterly 25 rods to county road. 
1848. Foom Benj. Bird's, northwesterl}^ by Lemuel Jackson's to widow 

Twitchell's. 

1848. 3. From near house of Leyi Andrews', westerly 25 rods to county 
road. 1848. 

1850. 3. From old county road, 10 rods from .T. W. Felton's south line, 
northeasterly 53 rods to county road. 1850. 

1851. 3. Fi'om place opposite where Sulliyan Andrews' liouse was 
burned, 84 rods to house of IJoliert Hayes'. 1851. 

1851. 3. From near Leonard Berrj^'s house, southerly to end of stone 
wall at road near Geo. W. Young's. 

1856. 2 1-2. From forks of road near George W. Steven's, northerlj- 50 
rods to new county road. 185G. 

1^.50. 3. From 4 1-2 rods south of front of Dayid Andrews' house, 
southerly to road leading by (;il)l)S Benson. Also road from 'V. W . Dun- 
ham's house, to ('ounty road near Green Dow's. 

1859. 3. From near corner of B. F. Bates & Co.'s store, due east S3 
rods, thence southeasterly to county road. 

1862. 3. Fi-om near railway station at West Paris, southeasterly to old 
county road. 1862. 

1S()4. 3. From about 30 rods south of Wm. if. Swan's, thence easterly 
to the old county road. 1864. 

186i). 3. From near house of Greenleaf Dow, northerly to hotiseof W. 
W. Dunham. 1860. 

1872. 4. From near J. F. Emery's house, and ending near Willis' mills. 

1872. 2. From near south corner of steam mill lot opposite George 
Garland's, northeasterly to wall on line of land owned 1)}- Mrs. Andrews. 
1872. 

1873. 3. P^'rom town road near Winfield Starbird's, northerly to county 

road. 

1873. Poad at AVest Paris leading by Cyrus Howe's hotel to the rail- 
road, 6 rods. 

1875. Eoad in Dean neighborhood to i-oad passing l)y school house in 
Fobes district. 



Corrections and additions. 



I'age \•2'^, eleventh line from bottom, read "one year." 
"' 131, for Kawson Dunham, read Ransom Dunham. 
•' 168, Charity, wife of Ebenezer Cushman, killed, &c. 
•' 184, four lines from bottom, read "AVoodman, Phelps & Co." 
•' 300, twenty-second line from top, read Eleanor Uodgkins. 
■' 302, for "Hobart" Foss, read "Herbert." 
•' 378, Capt. Wm R. Swan's Company nmstered Dec. 13, 18(n . 
" 884, also m hidex, read "Olban" Maxim, not "Albion." 
•• 416, tenth line from bottom, S. C. Andrews was b. in 1825. 
•• 429, the mother of Hiram Hubbard was Eunice, dan. of Daniel Stowell. 
" 453, read "Jesse" Cummings, not "Jonas," 18th line from bottom. 
" 454, last paragraph, read "Canwell," for "Conwell." 
" 4.55, ninth line, read "1804." 

" 455, second line from bottom, read "house" for "town." 
" 478, third Ihie, read "Portland Transcript." 
" 480, the »oj/i f?f^/i?«)/ip was "Oithonia." 
" 495, last paragraph, read "m. Amanda Curtis." 

add, "■IsahcUd, m. Francis Grovenor." 
" 499, twelfth line from top, read '•HMinda Bairson." 
" 528, Norris Dayton Bolster m. "Ada" Morton, not "Helen." 
" 529, Solomon A. Bolster's 3d child is '•May Morrill." 
" 545, Swasey G. Burnell, b. 1833, not 1823, as stated. 
" 553, Rev. Sibley Chase had Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 10, 1845. 
" 586, i:iizabeth A. Dunham, dau. of Eleazer, Jr., m. 2d, Charles T. 

Buck. 
" 593, read "Suuon Ellis." 
•• 597. it was the widow of A. P. Greenleaf who m. 2d, Freeman llurcb- 

inson. 
" 60f<, the children changed fi-om "(iary" to "Gerry." 
•' 617, Joseph Hanuuond d. .Vpril 4, 1852, and his wife d. .Vpril 27, l.s52. 
" 618. John Rnst Hammond had Eda .S'., b. April 2, 18()(). 
" 618, Peleg Benson Hannnond d. Jan. 11, 1884. 
•• 619, the eldest child of George R. Hammond was '•'■Aiuinsta E." not 

Augustus. 
•' 673. dau. of Nathan Maxim who m. .Fosiah K. Weeks was "Eimice." 

not "Emma." 
" 675, Levi Maxim d. "1882," not 1832. 
" 709, read "Rice l<: Holway." 



INDKX OF NAMKS. 



TDD 



I N DEXES 



Index of Names, Page a to 490. 



Abbott, 21, 19-t. 25G, 285, 318, :514. 

316, 357. •15'), 4G0. 
Adams, '59. 91. 93. 94, 97, 288, 300, 

313, -108. 

Allan 1(51 

Allen, 24. 5G, 58, 59, 125, 132, 147, 

150. 165, 191, 198, 207, 242, 

290. 352, 396, 436, 457, 458, 

476. 

Albcrtson 110 

Alclen 292 

Alilrich 193 

Alniy 19 

Alton ;!00 

Alexander 8 

Ames, 21, 149. 150, 164. 287. 325, 372. 
Andros 10 

B 

Bas,mall 8 

Baker 12 

Bachelder 22 

Barnard... 35, 58. 302, 303, 329, 456. 

Ball 38 

Barrows, 47. 70, 76. 92. 94. 96. 98, 
101, 110, 132, 147. 1(!0, 181, 
235, 254. 256. 312, 313, 317, 
399. 400, 407, 454, 464. 470. 
Barton. 55, 149, 161. 178, 195, 316, 
318, 319, 324, 325, 352, 357. 

Barnctt 160 

Bartlett. 76. 77. 110, 119, 132, 147, 
173. 269, 287, 302, 303, 312, 
324, 325, 417. 467. 

Ballard 132 v 

Bates 132, 269, 311, 452, 453, 467 

Bailev 151, 236, 393. 

Bacon. 179. 269, 299, 353, 354. 360. 

Barrv 227, 403 

Ballon 299 

Bass 312 

Barbour 317 

Barker .•!32, 424 

Beaucliamp 7 

Belcher 14 



Anderson ]7(i. .".1(> 

Andrews. 48. 49. 52. 69. 70. 92^ 94, 
95. 96. 98, 101, 102, 105. 107, 
no, 124, 125, 132, 142, 148, 
160. 164, 167, 169, 172. 173, 
188, 189, 191, 193, 194. 206, 
207, 217, 219, 223. 226^ 235, 
238, 269, 285, 286, 302, 312, 
313, 316, 317, 319. 320, 346, 
358. 359, 360, 385, 395. 397, 
416. 446. 451. 453. 454. 457, 
461. 4(;7. 4(;8. 

Anuicr 24. 36. 52 

Appleton 169, 170, 347 

Arnisbv 122. 416. 453 

Austin" 188, 196. 450, 459 



Bemis. 24, 25, 42, 44. 48. 5!». 71, 72, 
73. 74. 76, 96. 97. 102. 107, 120, 
121, 129, 132. 133, 147, 158, 
160, 161, 169, 181, 189, 198, 
202, 233, 234, 256. 395. 396, 
401, 445. 446, 448, 449, 459. 

Beals ; 123, 132 

Besse. 48. 49, 73. 79, 90, 92. 95, 96, 

102, 106, 109, 110. 123, 132, 

133, 147, 160, 168, 190, 233, 

329, 418, 442. 484. 

Bennett.... 48, 95, 174.195, 287. 392. 

Bearce 67, 197, 206 

Benson, 74, 98, 101. 107. 122' 132,'^' 
234. 257,- 269,"' 283-,'" 286,^' 327)-^ 
332,'^357.^358.^359. 467. 
Bent, 74, 106, 132. 183, 199. 200. 359, 

392, 421, 464. 
Berrv, 20. 76, 77, 132, 144, 146, 182, 
196, 269, 284, 285. 3.s5, 390, 
412, 469. 470. 

Beecher 249 

Beavins 286 

Bean 312, 346 

Beaman 463 

Bisco, 24, 33, 34, 36, 39, 44, 48, 49, 



«00 



IXDl.X OF NAME; 



i,(). 51. 58, K), 70. 71). 80. 87. 

91. i)2. '.r.i. !)4. 05. iu;. 10.-,. 100, 

110, 118. Hit, 121. 124. 142, 

ICO. 232, 252, 287. 4(>0. 
JJillinns. 47. 71. 05. 08. 100. 103, 350, 

.•!04. 408, 400. 

JJii-vlow 54. (10 

Eishee. 75. lOf). 107. 3;i(l, 304. 4(;2. 

4fi4. 4(i7. 

irickfonl 133 

Jiird 1S4. 234, 257, 4(;7 

IJickiiell, 101, 313. 317. 353. 355, 35(1. 

357, 470. 
151iike, 21, 07. 08. 110, 121, 123. 12i;. 

132. 147. 158. 181, 107, 312. 
340. 351, 352. 354. 355, 35(;, 
450. 

IJlnck. 5(). 183. 184. 185. 180, 101. lOG. 
1!)7, 108. 202. 210, 22(1, 230, 
25-1. 255, 313. 34(;, 34S. 357, 
457. 

P>l:m(len 5(; 

i;i.)s><,ui 352 

r.ioo.i 4(;7 

liolster. 40. 43. 44. 45. 48, 40. 50. 70, 
71. 72. 70. 80, 00. 01. 02, 03, 
04, 05, 06, 07. 08. 101. 102,' lOfi, 
120, 121. 123. 132. 142. 14(!, 
100. 105. 180, 187, 188, 108, 
200, 207. 232, 233. 235. 238, 
252. 203, 204. 205, 297, 300, 
307, 300, 310. 350. 350, 350. 
408. 410, 417, 401, 403, 400. 

Uony tliDii 7 

Bosiwiok 21 

noii.l ...24. 35. 30. 37, 38. 54. 50. 58 
IJowker. 4.S. 72. 02. 93. 05, 90. 08. 
100. 172. 302. 

I'.o.vle 40, 305 

IJowiilMll 5S 

P.ovlsion 00 

r,()iiiH-v 132. 133. 200. 331. ;'.85 

liovclen 1 22. 2tf 2. .".52 

ISo'ilwcll i:'.3 

Bowie 4;U 

C. 

Cartier 5 

Cabot li 

Canmiock 7 

Cai)(--n 3.7. 38. 05. (;0 

Carpeiuor. 74. 80. 04. 07, 00, 104. 

108. 100. 125. 133. 142. 145. 

100, 101. 200, 232. 233, 234, 

352, 400. 
CaUlwell, 70, 94, 07, 08, 101. 100. 133, 

133. 206, 300. 310. 

€arv. 120. 133. 104, 202, 203. 204, 
205. 311. 314. 400. 412, 414. 

Carver 121 

•Carter. 15.s. 161. 105. 166. 183, 186. 



liradforil 0. 2y2. 313, 310, 350 

Hrailsliaw 7 

P.ro\vii, 23, 24, 25, 29. 30, 35, 36. 53, 
54. 50. 58, 50. 65. 60. 76* 82, 
125, 150. 167, 171, 182, 189, 
101. 192, 200, 201, 202, 226, 
240, 242, 254, 257, 200, 286, 
302, 303, 304, 311, 312, 314, 
321, 322, 329, 334, 252, 359, 
.•'.60, 399, 453. 454. 450, 459, 
400. 407. 

Brewer 3>1 

BriiiiMu'r 45 

IJriu-u's. 47, 71. 77. 106. 107, 110. 110. 
132. lOO. 173. 185, 105, 100, 
107, 100. 304. 300i 353. 354, 

357. 358, 3.59. 393. 467. 
r.rvaiit. 48. 75. 70. 80. 00, 02. !t4. 05, 

9S. 101. 100. 107, 122. 132, 
i:!.-'., 100. 182. 185. 180, 188, 
189, 270, 284, 300, 303, 357, 

358, 359, 3(;0. 391. 456. 465. 

Brooks 48. 49. 95 

Broke 109, 122 

Braily 132 

lirailiiian 133 

15rid-ha 111 170. JOO, 334, 351 

Broil so II -.172 

Bradbmy 237. 312. 314 

Brvent 350 

Brock 467 

Buck. 21. 76. 08. 107. 110. 150, 164, 

165. 167, 180. 200. 256. 287, 
310. 334. 330. 339, 351. 352, 
357. 358. 392. 402. 
BurraLre. 24. 25. 26. 55. 09. 444. 

I'.M.xtoii 110 336 

r>iirnliaiii l;',2, .'!57. 447. 457 

l^imiMis • . . . . . . 1 32 <.- y 

ftiTUerti'('l(l 104. 165 ^^ j^^ 

Biichaiiiian isl ^ 

Butler .300. .•'.18. 350 

Burhaiik 302. 313. 317 

Buswiil 312 



l!i4. 201. 205, 216, 227. 269, 
312. 313, 323. 328. 342. 345. 
340, 355, 357. 358, 385, 391, 
401. 433. 434, 444. 447. 453, 
4.55. 

Carman 284 

Carr 312 

Callahan 356 

Caniphell 434 

Chaiiiiilain 6 

Clioate 13, 426 

Chamberlain 18, 93 

Cheslev. 48. 49. 80, 02, 07, 08, 101, 
110. 118. 124. 133. 147. 100, 



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INDKX OF NAMKS. 801 

180. 186. 251. Conn IM. 2.-.4 

Clmrcliill. 40, 71, its, 106. 110, 110. Coclirant' 274. 2S4 

122. 123. 12.5, 133, 144. 205, Co-inswoll 200 

■M\). Co]n-hmi\ 300 

Chcnev ■>;> ^'"ll>.v ^^"-^ :^1<! 

Cliasc, 72, 74. 75. 80. 107. 100. 125. Coltoii 32 

133, 142. 144. 147, 164. 167, Vox 314.446 

183, 184. 186. 188, 100, 101, Coy 316 

105, 106, 107. 108, 100, 201, Cuvell 354 

255, 256, 260i 275, 280, 282, Conlwcll 357. 358 

287, 202, 208. 312, 313, 316, Collaniore 358 

317, 324, 341, 355, 356, 357, Collins 431 

358. 350, 303. 306. 307, 400, Cook 453 

400, 418. 410. 420. 445, 446, Conwi'l! 454 

440. 454. 450. 461, 467. Crafts 53, :;()2. 3(i3. 317 

Cliandler, 20. 24, 125. 126, 145, 146, Crawford. 73. 107. 122. 133. 144. 15,s. 
147. 160. 161. 187. 220. 226, 106, 256, 458. 

275. 285, 331, 342, 3!14, 307, Croswell 100, 110, 120,331 

400; 440. 467. Crocker, 121, 133, 142. 146. 147, 165, 
Chipnian. 148. 354. 454. 463.4<!5 466. 105. 202. 235. 268, '260, 205, 

Chick 284 310, 420. 446, 448, 454, 458, 

Clnnvh 200 450. 

Chapniiin 200, 313, 342 Crockett, 121 . 165, 105. 255, 308. 450. 

('iianlin 312 Croiimiett 100. 357 

Cliild 357, 306 Cram 2S2 

Clark. 40, 42. 48. 60. 73, 74, 158, Crecy^ 206 

178, 108, 202. 226, 242, 260, Crane". 208, 200 

312, 316, 353, 354, 304, 440. Crooker 317,347 

456. 4.58. 460. 462. Ciitts 12 

Clifford. 133. 180. 188. 233. 2!l4. 205. Cutler 21 , 22 

206. 316. 348. Cushint; 32 

Clontman, 133, 200, 300, 303. 464. Cuttin-r 437 

Converse 12 Cuniniings, 21. 4s. 40, 71. 74. 77, 100, 

Coolidge, 24, 25, 20. 30, 33, 35, 36. 110, 123, 133, 142, 145. 146. 

37,38,30.43, 53, 54, 56, 57, 147, 158, 164, 165, 168, 172. 

50. 461. 179, 180, 1X4, 185, 188, INO. 

Cole, 48. 40, 73. 00. 05, 08, 00. i06, 200, 201. 242, 254, 287, 300, 

110, 110, 125. 133. 143, 147, 310, 312. 313, 314, 317, 318. 

160, 161. 164, 160, 171, 172, 341. 342, 348, 351, 353, 3S5. 

178, 183. 101. 102, 200. 222, 302, 305, 306, 308, 400, 401, 

226, 228, 232. 240. 242. 255, 421. 444, 445, 447, 448, 440. 

260^ 310, 320. 322. 320. 335. 450, 452. 454, 450, 461, 480. 

344, 353, 361. 308, 406, 407' Cushman. 48. 40, 74. 75, 80, 81, 00, 
408, 400, 420. 445. 447, 448. 02, 06. 07. 00, 100, 118. 121. 

440. 4.-.O. 460. 461. 133, 142, 148, 1.50, 161. 168, 

Coffin 05.07,206 181. 186, J87. 180, 100, 103, 

Cooper. 74, 100, 122, 133, 171. 182, 286, 307, 453, 461. 

234. Curtis, 119, 158, 165, 168, 235, 256, 

Cobb 118, 121, 254, 287, 300, 302 287, 318, 325, 350, 360, 361, 

Colburn, 124, 133. 148, 106. 228. 451, 430. 

459. 

D. 

Davis, 21, 04, 07, 101. 164, 167, 180, 147, 148, 154, 1.58, 159, 160, 

188, 106, 207, 227, 273, 279, 161, 165, 173, 184, 202, 205, 

280, 300, 305, 314. 350. 350, 300, 352, 386, 392, 446, 447, 

308, 399, 404, 420, 46(>. 458, 450, 4(iO. 

Dana, 24, 35, 89, 59, 160, 161. 172, Damon 100 

332. Day 350 

Danfortli 33 Demonts 5, r, 

Daniels, 47, 63, 65, 66,68, 76, 79, 80, De Guercheville. 6 

00, 04, 05, 07, 00, 100, 134, Derby 21 

51 



802 INDKX OF NAMKS. 

Dean, 4S, 4<), 71, 72, t)i». 101, 102, 110, Doe 44(;, 450, 4-)o, 458 

122, 184, 147, 148, 1(10, 1G8, Drake, 144, 1G7, 182. 201), 285. H17, 

170, 193, 198. 234, 2i)!t, 309, 323, 397, 423, 467, 469, 470. 

332, 351. 353, 401, 448, 459. Diaper .55 

Deerin-,^ 134, 158, 163, 167, 171, 228, Drew 174 

229, 232. 257. 303, 316, 394, Dudlev. 20, 29, 75. 95, 99, 102, 110, 

422, 462. 463, 466. "ll9, 121, 134, 167, 191, 194, 

Dennett. 14s. 173. 186, 192. 227. 2()9, 195. 402. 

297, 317, 359, 40(l, 401, 404, Dunnell 179 

421, 463, 467. Dunham. 74, 106. 107, 122, 131, 134, 

Dennison 178 147, 174. 188, 194, 197, 198, 

Decker 196 199, 256, 269. 285,. 317, 357, 

Deiimiiiii,^ 451 358, 359. 3(;0. 395, 396, 397, 

Dilliiiijliani 290 45S, 467. 

Dix.. 24. .".5, 5(;. 57, 15U Dunn 185.194.317 

Dinulev 319 Durell. 24, 25, 44. 47, 53, 70. 80, 92, 

D(.nV)hiie 47. 75. SO 93, 94. 99. 106, 134, 160, 209, 

Dow, 123, ISO, 181.341,35:1,360,385. 286, 293, 295, 296, 395, 400. 

Douiilitv 121 Dwellev. 47, 73, 94.99, 101. 106. 134, 

Douylais 197. 253 295. 

Doten ;!57, 359 Dyer 147, 171, 298 

B. 

Eaton 314 276. 312, 314, 319. 334. 344, 

Eastman 460 347, 349, 352, 353, 354, 405, 

E(l,<,aTiy 466 427, 44 1 . 450. 

Edwards 1*. 36] Emmons 358 

Edijarton T. . 388 Estes, 134. 195, 197, 203, 227, 230, 

EUinswood 254. 310. 46S 252. 271, 274. 276. 279. 282, 

Eldridi-e 304 283. 300. 

Ellis 361 Eiistis 312 

Emerv. 143. 145, 148, 155. 157, 161, Evans 1.50, 345 

'l64, 165, 169, 170, 173. ISO. Eveletli 251,415.416 

213, 226, 237, 238, 240, 242, Everett 359, 460 

F. 

Faiince. 74, 75, 96, 99, 134, 160. 16(i, Foster. 124. 27n. 2s3. 3o2. 349. 355, 

464. . . .^^^. 

Farriiiiiton 301,312 Fobes, 73, 110, 121, 122. 1.34, 142, 

Farrar 81, 123, 351, 385 168, 173. 181. 188, 189. 192, 

Favor 123,134.199,384 198, 200. 201, 254, 255. 275, 

Fairfield 16s. 169 290. 316. 317. 321, 322, 326, 

Farnham 189, 195, 197 330, 355, 386. 392, 445, 452, 

Farnswortli 241 465. 

Fairbanks 304 Fot'-- 134 

Farewell 312, 351 Follett 158, 237 

Fessenden, 161. 170, 172. 312, 313, Ford 195,274.282,303 

352. Foss 302 

Felt 191, 3:i9, 350, 359 Frve 20, 28. 112. 150, 160, 220 

Fernald 317 Frost ... .24. 35. 54, 57, 147, 287, 352 

Felton 1S9 French, 74, 96. 99. 102. 109, 1 19, 120, 

Fields, 73. 76, 97, 99, i:'.4, 142, 15S, 121, 183, 45(1. 

170, 196, 392, 494. Fremont 156 

Fitts 147 Freland 192, 197, 329 

Fillebrown 157 Frothinuham 196. 356 

Fickett. 181, 187, 350. 357, 358, 359, Fuller, 20, 24, 25. 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 

360. 33, 34, 35. 36, 38, 40, 52 54, 

Fitch 2S0 57.60,65. 69, 72. 75, 82, 83, 

Flint 18, 314, 357, 358 97, 99, 101, 102, 107, 121, 125, 

Elnoker 32 134, 142. 147. 148, 149, 159, 

Khv 54 160, 174. 182. 188. 195, 199, 

Fletcher 467 203, 204, 205, 228, 286, 304, 

Fossett 18 305, 352, 358. 360, 395, 423, 

Foxcroft 38 444," 446, 449, 460. 



INDEX OP NAMES. 803 

a. 

(iardnor '21, 4S. 417. 407 Goding 69 

GartiL'hl o'> (Jore ■. 121 

Gates. ".l!l. 102. IOC. 122. 12."i. l;!4, Goss i;i4, H:;o, HilC. 401. 4(17 

172. 2!)."). 29(J. :i")l. ;^).'i4. 40!l. Goodi'iiow. 14(1. 147. l.jS. 1(10. ICA, 

Gallison . i:U. 2(17. 287, 3."il. .T).") HW,, lO'.). 171, 182. 187. 1!)8. 

(;aimii..ii i:U. 312, 8.")2 217. 218. 220, 22(;. 812. H19J 

(iarlaiul 201 . 4.)4. 4r)8 824. 825. 887, 84(!. 8."):), 424, 

Gaue 812. 818 44i). 458, 4(il. 

Genisli li>. 10!) Greenwood, 24. 85. 48, 44. 52. t»5. 352. 

Gerrv '.U\. 217. ;!(I4. 812. 4(15 Grant. 24. 25. 35. 8!). 42. 48. 44, CO, 

(ietciu'll 817 72,816. 

Gilbert C. 21. 2S!t. 2112 Gray. 48. .59. 71, 81. ;)0. OH. 107, 134, 

Giles 458 " 148. IfiO, Kl'.l. 178. isii. 185, 

Gill in. '.>8, i)C 284. 8C1. 

Gibson 812 Grosvner 184. 481 

(iilkev 31C Green. 148, 200. 255. 888, 8()1. 447, 

Gilnian 857. 858. 359. 3G0 454. 4(i4. 

Gleason 84, 87, 58 Griffin 279. 481 

Glovi'r 121 Greenlief IGO 

Gledhill 197 Cirovcr Is2. 813 

Gosnuhl C Greel y 249, 801 

Gonres C. 7. 8. 9, 14 Greyy 313 

Godfrey 8 Gross 436 

Goodyear s ' Gnnnison 289 

Gould 19. 2S(;. ;1(I5 Gurnev. 72. 78. 74. 7C. 95. !)6. 97, 99, 

(ioddard 24. liC. 54. 5(i, 59. CO "lOl. 119, 122, 184, 4(i7. 

H. 
Haiuniond. 49. .53. 71. 80. 90, 92. 94. 102. lOG, 123. 134, 135, 142, 

95. 9(1. 97. 98. 99. 101, 1(12, 147. 158, 196. 200, 288, 285, 

107, 109. 110. 122. 128. 184, 268. 292. 294. 295, 296, 297, 

185. 142. 144. 147. 1.54, 160, 298, 312, 816, 317, 352. 3.54, 

161, 167. 170, 179, 180. 18(), 355, 356, 894. 395. 400. 405, 

187, 190. 192, 198, 194, 195, 4(J8. 427. 448. 462. 464. 46^., 

197, 289. 242. 24S\ 2.5'1, 257, Haskell 48.80.123,313.856.465 

2(59. 270. 272. 319. 385, 857, Hale 125 

358, 361, 386, 394, 897, 399, HarinoTi 189 

400, 409, 425, 444, 446, 447, Hannafor.l .91,8(34 

448; 456, 457, 458. 459. 467, HavcMi 78, 75, 292 

470. Hannev 75, 121. 445 

Handin. 21. 85. 119. 120, 185. 148. Hanson 128.284,236,289 332 

145. 146, 154, KJO, 161, 1(;4. Haeket 1.84 

165, 1(58, 172, 178, 181, 202, Hathaway, 69, 72. 109, 119, 134, 185, 
204, 215, 217, 221, 222, 226, 142, 158, 255, 256, 2.59, 899, 

287, 238, 242, 254. 274. 311, 437.487. 

312, 319, 325, 328, 334, 846, Harlow ..135, 166, 167, 352, 403, 449 

38(J, 887, 890, 408, 425, 426, Hawkins 164, 165 

427,428,446,457,459,471. Hart ls4, 253^ 472 

Harriman 15 Hamilton 193 

Harris, 18, 24, 80, 85, 58, G'J, 122, Hardv 195,454 

185. 818, 852. Hawkes 202, 8o2, 817, 358^ 454 

Harward 18, 289, 292 Harrison 221 

Havwood 18 Hatch 302, 3(J3 

Harrington 24, 35, 36, 38, 58 Haves 305 

Hastings 24, 25, 58, 60, 395 Haynes 312, 313 

Haines 348 Hanscomb 440 

Hav 85. 57 Hersev. 179, 183, 189. 318, 814. 316, 

Ham 89. 43, 48, 121 '317. .361, 402. 467. 

Hall, 47. 71, 73,78, 79, 80, 90, 91, Herring 287 

92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 101, Heald 351 



804 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



Ilewett 4oG, 442 

Hill, 21. 77. fiO, 'J9. 101. 106. 184, 135, 
147, 156. 158. 102. 21)4. 295, 
297, 305, 331, 3a6, 358, 381. 

Hinds 1 73 

Hiihoni 190. 452, 459 

Hillianl 296 

Hilliuaii oi»4 

nines 317 

Hooker 17 

Ilolinan 21 

Holmes. 21. 71. 73. 7(;. 93. 95.96. 9tt. 
101. 109. 119. 122, 134. 160, 
163. ]64. 173. 174. l,s,s. 221, 
234. 295. 331. 334. 348. 353, 
425. 432, 4(53. 466. 471. 
Hooper. 65. W. (]H. 92. 93, 99, 102. 
103. 105. 119, 120. 122, 129. 
130. 148. 149, 154. 158. 159, 
16], 163, 164, 166. 167. 169. 
173, 179. 180. 204, 205, 206, 
227. 232. 242. 254. 272. 274, 
275. 276. 278. 279. 2S0. 290, 
295! 300. 306. 307. 310, 314^ 
S2d, 385^ 399. 400^ 413, 414. 
415. 416. 451. 456. 45.H. 461. 
472. 

House 121. 292 

Hoiluiloi), 122, 135. 288. 2S9. 317. 
400. 461. 



Jlslev 94. 101. 117 

Iiigalls 2'.»!) 

Jickson. 14. 15. 23. 24. 25. 2<'.. 27, 28, 
35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 49, .50, 
53^ 54, 61, 63, (Vk 6><. 69, 70, 71, 



72, 73, 74. 
92. 93. 95 
102. 109. 
147. 160, 
188. 191. 
214. 235, 
309, 310, 
394, 395, 



79, SO. S3, 90, 

, 9(). 97. 98. 99, 101. 

no, 121, 135. 141, 

161. 164. 178. 182, 

195, 204. 205, 209, 

236, 251 ; 271, 275, 

385, 391. 392. 393. 



444. 
452. 
459. 



445. 
454. 

4(;o. 



396. 
446. 
455. 
461. 



40.H. 
447. 
456. 



409. 410. 
448. 451, 
457, 458. 



462. 463. 



Howe, 122. 123. 124, 134. 135, 161, 
178, 191, 193, 2.54, 265, 266, 
291, 341, 356, 357, 358, 452, 
458, 469. 471. 

Howard 131 

Holland 157 

Hobbs 267, 268, 385, 428, 449 

Hopkins ; . 300. 352 

Hoit 21. 31 3i 450 

Houu'liton 314, 397. 467, 468 

HoUien 357^ 358. 396 

Ho wlan.l 394. 464 

Hiuy .174 

Hviniphrey 254 

Hubbard." 43. 44. 47, 50. 70. 73. 76, 
79. SO. 92. 93. 95. 96. 98. 99. 
101. 103, 108. 109. 118, 119, 
120. 121, 124, 135, 141. 144, 
146, 147, 157. 160, 161, 165, 
170, 178, 179, 187. 216. 220. 
223, 227, 232. 233. 242. 254. 
255. 257, 269, 276. 287. 290. 
330. 351, 352. 392. 398. 407. 
415. 421. 429. 436, 447. 449! 
453. 454. 460. 461. 
Hutchinson. 29. 33. 76. 104. 107. 121. 
124. 188. 254. 312. 321. 397, 
401. 435. 448. 467. ' 

Hutcliins 400. 445, 448. 449 

Hyde 35, 56 

Inuian 45 

Irviiiu 317 

Jaquitli 302 

.lanieson 312 

.lenne 314 

.Tewett 18. 312 

.Jenkins 299. 310 

Jenness 349 

Jefferson 402 

Jeneson 106 

Johnson 21. 126 

Jones 53. 158. 394 

Jordan. 12. 4s. 49. 73. 74. 99. 101, 

109. 1.50. ]S5. 200. 270. 271. 

300. 316. 317. 460. 



K. 



Kavanat,di 43 1 

Ketchuni 21 

Keene 135. 192, 359 

Kent 167. 168, 169, 437. 474 

Kendall 338, 429 

Keith, 145. 147, 149. 237. 313, 342, 

425. 

Kereslake 199. 396 

Kimball. 31. 179. 191, 195, 197. 198, 

220, 226, 321, 327, 347, 350, 

355, 455. 



Kin^', 24, 5 


i6. 96, 


,97. 9 


9, 101 


, 106, 


, 110. 


122, 


135. 


142. 


144. 


145. 


148, 


156. 


158, 


160. 


164, 


166, 


179, 


181, 


1S2, 


190. 


197. 


2<is, 


212, 


215, 


227, 


234. 


236, 


242, 


275, 


295, 


29S, 


313, 


316, 


317, 


318, 


319. 


320, 


324, 


325, 


335, 


356, 


357, 


"359, 


361, 


392. 


393. 


394, 


429, 


430, 


431, 


434, 


453. 


462, 


464. 












Kittredge. 


157. 160. U 


17. 171 


.190, 


, 255, 



INDKX OF NAMKS. 805 

812, 388, 447, 44',i. Kiii-iit. litC. li.>l, 12:1. 124. i:'.."). KM, 

Kinsk'v 18,") l!i(i, i;i2, I'.MI. 2S7, 81(1, ,817, 

Kilhoiinic ISO 4(;4. 

Ivnaiip :)'>',) Kiiowltoii 2'M) 

L. 

T.aiilKim ,802, ,808, 8,">(; 21S, 221, 241. 81(;, 848, 844, 

l.athaiu 2(:7 8;),-i, 40!*, 480, 447. BTk" 

I.airabre i;!."> Littli'lialc 124 

Laiu- l.">7. 4;!1 Mnd-rv 1,8,"., 14."), 147, 27."), 458 

I-amliTs 2.')7 Littli' 1!M), 2(;s, 818, 82() 

Lawri'iK'o 2S(; Lihhy 2.")8, 2.")."). 2(i(i. 4C>'>, 4(i(> 

I-akiii 2'.t2 I.onutVllDW !).8. !)4, !»7, 101 

Lewis 7, 121 Loiiiliaiil ...147, 100 

Lcvcrc'tt 7 LoriiiLr ISO, 812, 8.')4 

lA-anifd, 24, 2(;, 8(1. .".s, ,-,:,, .",(;, .".s. Loi'ku. Islt. ill;!. ;!,")7, 8.".s, .8S4, 8!)7, 

,-)!», (;,■), (ill. 1(11. 4(;7. 

Lcbroko, 27, 4s, !)4, US, 1 IS. 12."), 1,8,"), Lovcwi'll 20. CC. .802. :50;'> 

1(;0, 482. LoiiLT .812 

l,e Biirron 110, HI), 810. 4(;.8 LoviTiiig 8.")'J 

Lftlibridirt' 12(1, 18,") Lurvuv, 7"», lt.5. 101, 107, 110, 122, 

Lfavitt 2',»1, 818 ']2il, 18"), HIS, 1S8, 214, ',ir,{',^ 

l>cacli 4;!!) :!(;o. :]f<:\. 

Ia'c 12 Liulili'M ;il2 

Little IS Limt 171 

l-ivi-rniore, 24. 2."), 84, 8(1. 88, .5.5, .57, Lvmli' .5(; 

.5!l. (15, (;;». 17S. 824, 881. Lvon.s 2S(l 

Lincoln, 121, 14.",, 147, 14s. nil. 21(;, 

M. 

Mason, 7, 14, 24, 2.5, 2!t, 33, 80. 50, 2;t7. 2:is. .".k;. ;!17, 824, 85.5, 

5,s, 5',>, 00, liXS, 828, 384, 4.50, 401, 415. 14',t, 457. 

400. 402. 403, 400. MureliaiU 197 

Marsliall.'(;5. 00, 07. 08, 123, 125. 180, Menitt 313 

145, 182, 189, 194, 195, 198, Mead 55 

250, 830, 357, 385, "425, 400, MeAllister i;!5, 15s. 854 

409, 470. MeWaine 1.50' 

Martin 9,8. ;{18. 404 McMillan 101 

March 121 McKennev 198, 484 

Maconiber, 135, 147, 101. 2S5. 852, iMcFaddeii l!l.8. 310 400 

400, 407, 415. McArdlc 850 

Metall'ick 140 Mixer. 24. .80. 54. 55. 50, 58, 135, 173 

^Linii 1S8, 275 Millett, 154. 104,251.209,314,819, 

.^L^•i)le. 107. 170. ISS, 192, 202, 227, \ 320, 321, 822, 324, 325, 852, 

242, 2.54. 2.55, 257, 290. 845, I 3.54, 448." 403." 

401, 429, 432, 442, 447, 44;>, Miller 109 

4.50, 459. .Milner 285 

Matthews 157. 408 Miner 291 

Marstun 424 Mitchell 121, 808, 314. 817 

Ma.xini, 4s. 71. :t9. 100. ]o!). Hi). 180, Morse. 4;!. 44. 47, 50, (tO, 71. 90, 93, 

14s, 100, 178, 1S8. 1!>5, 198, 94, !)7. 98. 99, 101, 102. 108, 

212, 242, 244, 257, 317, 853, 100, 185. 142, 145, 147, 148, 

854, 350, .857, 3.59, 385, 395, 1.50, 100, 100, 179, 192, 195, 

89S, 899. 404, 433, 454, 459, 190. 254, 2.55, 250, 270, 297, 

470, 480, 488. 298, 312, 313, 310, 817, 851, 

Meilen, 120, 123, 142, 140, 148, 101, 352, 8,59, 385, 892, 894, 480, 

108, 178, 181, 220, 227, 2.54, 441. 4()2, 404, 405. 

250, 2(;9, 318. 319, .821, 322, Monk ,58, 100 

325, 32(;, 340, 347, 851, 852, Moore I7;i. 180. 2!»7, 300, 422 

3.53, 399, 440, 447. Morrill , ISO, ISl, 200, 437 

^It-ans 121 Morton, 19f , 253,'255; 275, 310, 317, 

Merrill, 135, 130, 150, ls9, 192, 290, ;J98, 398. 400, 402, 454. 



'80G INDEX OF NAVIES. 

Moulton i:?!» Miinlock 198, lOlt, 2(51) 2S1. 4G7 

Miiruan . .]!»'.), :i."')7, 3r,s, ;!:>;>, SCO, 31).") Mmiroe .30') 

Muoar 804 Murray 354 

Moses 355 Myrick r,r>, 313 

Mooney 357, 358, 350, 3(J0 

N. 

Nason !I4, 'J7. 125. 20r,. 30!) Nic-liols 4(53 

Nelson, 42. 43. 44. 49, 50, (W, 70, 79, Noves. 91, 93, 121, 190, 197, 209, 320, 

?1jq 91, 92. 93. 142, KiO. ' 353. 400. 

Newliall 270 Xol)le 135, 158. 422, 403 

Newell 190, 197, 445, 449 Norris . . . 149. 107. 191. 200^ 339, 448 

Nevcrs 312 NowcJl 157 

Newbert 459 

o. 

O'Brien 411. 412 Osgood 150, 101. 400 

Ockett 140 ()si)orno 431 

Oldham 7 Otis 174 

Oliver 53 Owens IH), 135 

P. 

Parke 24. :i5. .•!(;, 54. :>:> Tliips <». 10. 11. 31. 150 

l^irkluirst 21 I'helps 224^ 324 

Parker 5S. I'.ii;, 229 I'icrson 19. 408 

Partridjjje. 74. 90, 99. .1 10. 122, 130, Pike 42. 43. 158, 287 

i47, 1.58, lOO. 1S2. 254, 2.'55, Pierce, 43. 53, OS. 09. 90. 91. 92, 93, 

454. 94, 95, 90. 97. 100. 101. 102, 

Paine 74, 172. 1.S2. ls4, 353, 432 109, 142. 321, 430. 434. 

Parris, 74, 12o, 122. 123. 124. 130, Pidiiin, 109, 189, 190. 227, 321, 322, 

130, 143, KJl, 198, 220, 221. 320. 327. 

240, 310, 312, 313, 323. 342, Powers ...18. 123. 188, 190. 313. 324 

.344. 352. 354, 435, 447. 451. Porter. 85. 135, 100, 107, 173, 197, 

Parsons, 78, 79, 110, 148, 171, 172, 198, 232, 298, 317, 301, 394, 

195, 190, 197, 200, 251. 275, 423. 

313, 310, 3.54', 385. 300, 394, Pond. 95, Hi;. '.)7. 9:i. 101. 107, 128, 

407^ 435. 4()3. 404. ' 13(r. 14s. 14;t. 150. 100. ;!11. 

Paekard, 121, 179. 299,339, 340, 351, Poor 131. 297. 312, 313, 352 

35S. Polk 221, 434 

I'arlin '...257 Pool 200 

Palmer 339 Potter 271, 274 

Pavson 299 Pottle 320 

Peck 21, 22 Primr G 

Perliam, 47, 73. 90, 92, 94, 95. 90, Pratt, 4s. 72. 92. 95, 99, 100, 102, 109, 

100, 107, 119, 178, 183, 191, 110, 119, 130, 101,. 173, 183, 

202, 215. 221. 252. 290, 309, 192, 254, 297, 310, 317, 342, 

310, 404, 428. 430, 44S, 400. 352, 35S. 471. 

Perrv, 4S, 49, 09, 94. 95, 9(i. 99, 100, Priest 57 

' 109, 130, 148^ 100. 104. 107, Prentiss, 73, 95, 90, 97, 100, 100, 107, 

170. 173, 187, 194. 198, 230, 122. 120. 130, 142, 145, 157, 

302, 303, 309. 321, 322, 350, 184. 187, 199, 229, 234, 237, 

351. 359. 400. 444. 450, 454, 242, 255, 209. 277. 294, 290, 

471. 309. 349, 392, 4o0, 434, 437, 

Pease 54, 304 4.38, 454, 471, 472, 474, 475, 

Perlev 09 478, 480. 

Perkins. 99. 130, 147, 182, 183, 207, Prav 130, 148, 171, 178 

281, 285, 280, 313, 317, 353, Preble 140. 204, 310, 343 

392, 449. 4.".9, 404. Prince 148, 321, 322 

Penlev, 145, 14S, 171, iss, 233, 340 Proctor 270, 454 

"301. Prescott 19 

Pendextcr 304, 357, 358 Purchase 9 

Peterson 310 Putnam 125, 3.50 

Peckham 434 Pulsifer 385 

riiilips 313, 327 



INDEX OF NAMES. 807 

Q. 

Quincy 1", -- Quinicr 24, 155, 58 

R. 

EamliiU 24. 2(;, '.W, 58, ;n2 Rich -.MT 

Kay 21 111 Kii^j-s 4(J7 

Kawson, 47, 71, 75, !)0. ;t2. 94. !t5, ;)(!. Kowe. 75, IOC, Hi). 817, :m\. 4(:i, 487 

' 97, 100, 101. 102. 103, 104, 107, Robinson. 47, 48, 70, 71. 75, 7G, 77, 

' 108, 109, 110, 118, 120, 121, 79. 94. 97, 100, 101, 102, lOfi, 

186, 142, 14(5, 147, 154. 15(5. 107, 110, 119, 120. 122. 125, 

in;i, 161, 164. 165, 166. 168, 126, 142, 148, 158. 160. 169, 

169, 178, 178, 190. 192. 196, 171, 181. 190, 284. 287, 292, 

198, 199, 202, 226, 229. 282, 294. 295, 800, 801, 818. 814, 

240, 242, 251, 256, 272, 275. 880. 850, 858J 401, 407, 444, 

826, 828, 384, 385, .840, 845, 447, 448, 467. 

347, 349, 853, 354, 357, 861, Kobbins. 24, 25, 86, 43, 57, 74, 75, 76, 

' 398, 484, 485, 488. 448, 450, 7!), 95, 100, 107, 110, 119, 186, 

451, 455^ 456! 460^ 461! 471, 160. 17;'.. 180. 

484. HoltV 76,102.104,107,110 

Eemington 45 Hoso 157 

Ecnifif '. 121 Koval 186, 816. 817, 892, 898. 464 

Kcilv 174 Round-s 199. 816. .889. 859 

Kot-a 1 811. 882. 428 ]{out'rs 802. 808 

Riirbv 7 Roberts 440 

Ricbarils 21,432,466,467 Robertson 8.59 

Eiclianlson, 89, 40. 42, 43, 45, 70, 72, Runnels 58 

286, 8.59. 468. 468. Russ. lilO. 269, 287, 816. 855. 856. 397 

Eipley, 74. 100, 11.0, 186, 148. 160. Rust. 119. 122. 126. 186. 148. 161, 164, 

192, 1!>6. 197, 212, 219. 227. 184, 186. 188. 206. 81t), 386, 

253. 817! 396, 404, 409, 436, 887, 889, 851, 852. 85(), 452, 

456! 460, 468. 465. 

Kickarc!. or Record. 92. 96. 100, 106, Russell. 21. 1.86. 186. 188. 196,337, 470 

109, 122, 136. 144, 148, 234, Russules 345 

816! 351, 401. 4(;7. Everson. 100. 102. 109, 110, 122. 136, 

Rinsr 96, 100 " 147, 148, 167, 182, 186, 192, 

Eioker 121. 275. 281 2.84, 255, 817, 322. 440, 451. 

Eice 275, 400 

s. 

Sansicr..24, 8(!, 89, 42, 44, 53, 71. 74 Shackley 149. 817 

Sampson 179 Sliailer 281 

Sawin 2(!6 Sliepley 810,311.436 

Sawver 816, 887, 888 Sliorey 856 

Scliaver 291 Sliedd" 857, 358. 885 

Sewall .-'.ri. 818, 814 Sluirtletf. 48. 78. 74. 75. 100, 104, 

Sever .55 106. 120. 122. 186, 142, 148, 

Sesar 824 160, 170, 178, ISO, 192, 197, 

Seitz.. 199.290 228, 234, 254, 2.^7, 294, 295, 

Shaw, 48. 49. 72. 76, 80, 90, 98. 94, 296, 309, 313', 816, 359, 43ir;' 

95. 96. 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 458, 464. 

107, 108. 109, 110, 119, 122, Simons .8(12, ;!08 

136, 142, 147, 148, 156, 160, Simpson r.t5 

KJl, 167, 170. 172, 178, 190, Silsby 816 

192, 228. 232, 2.83, 234, 244, Simmons 816 

248, 289! 313, 321, 322, 323, Siblev 346,348 

325, 326, 327, 328, 3.53, 401, Skilli'nirs 192.316,356,463,465 

406! 489, 440. 454, 4.58. 459, Smith, "24, 85, 48. 49, 57. 70. 71, 78, 

464. 92. 93, 94. 95. 96, 97, 100. 102, 

Shattuck 24.36,57 106, 109, 110, 119. 136, 147, 

Shepard. 20 30, 31, .33, 34, 38, 89, 40, 148. 167, 178, 181, 182, 198, 

42, 48, 44, 45, 69, 70, 75. 76, 201, 232, 238. 254, 266, 275, 

1.50, 461. 276, 287, 311, 318, 324, 326, 



808 



INDEX OF NAMKS. 



Hits. 407. -too. 41S. 42."). 4:)'.t, 
4(;i. 4(;3, 4(i5. 

.Smart 1S4 

Small 113 

Snow, 2."):i, 271. 2s\). 21»1, 88(), 388, 
3sy. 

Soulc 120. 1()L 341, 442 

Southworth 18s, 298. 29'J 

Spring. 24, 26. 36, 52, 55. oil. 150. 
195, 312, 313. 

SpauUling 150 

Sprague 302, 303. 323 

Spofford 453 

Sti'adman 31 

Stratton 8 

Stearns. 24. 25, 35. 52. 57, GO. 65. 6!), 
72. 75, «7, 100. 101, 102. 107, 
142. 157, 158, 160. 174, 185, 
186. 197, 270. 352, 354, 357, 
35S. 385. 396, 460. 
Stowell, 24, 35, 37, 38. 43. 44, 47, 49, 50 
51, .-)5. 58, 70. 71. 72. 73, 75, 
76. 79. 80, 90, 91. 92, 93, 94, 
95. 96. 97. 98. 100. 101, 102, 
103, 106, 120. 122, 124, 136, 
141, 142. 144. 147. 148. 156, 
158. 160. 161, 166, 167, 173, 
179. IW. 190, 191. 207, 224, 
22«i. 233. 234. 242^ 255. 267, 
276. 2S7. 294. 295. 303, 309, 
312. 317. 330, 333. 338. 344, 
345, 347. 351. 352. 353. 354, 
355, 391, 392. 393. 394. 415, 
420. 422, 429. 441. 4.53. 461, 
462. 4G3. 464, 465, 466. 467. 
Stune. 24. 25. 33, 35. 36, 37. 3S. 42. 
44. 45. 60. 69. 72. 74. 195, 200^ 
270, 313, 327, 328, 352, 356, 
359, 385. 455. 

Storer 25. 36, 59. 313 

Stinchfield, 39. 40. 74, 251, 302, 356, 

386, 38H. 
Staples. 43, 69. 90. 92. 93. 95. 97. 100, 
101, 102. 109. 123. 142. 160, 



Tabor 290 

Tarbox 316. 317 

Tavlor (Jo. 172. 198, 206. 455 

Tewksbiirv. 293, 294. 295. 296, 333, 
334" 339. 352. 353. 

Thompson 21, 290, 291, 312. 330 

Thornton 59, 312 

Thaver. si, 105, 158, 167, 173. 182, 
192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 237, 
242, 2.55. 257, 275, 280, 316, 
317, 31S. 3.52. 3.59. 361. 399, 
405. 421, 441, 444. 4.50. 459, 
460, 465. 

Thatcher 91 

Thomas 124. 361. 394 

Thurlo 144. 256 



177. 287. 
Stephens, 73. 100, 101, 107, 120, 123, 
161, 192, 398, 448, 459, 461, 
470. 
Stevens. 44. 47, .50. 52, 71. 80,90, 92, 
95, 96. 98. 100. 101. 102. 104, 
106. 109. 110. 13(;, 142, 147, 
148. 1.58, 160, 161, 164, 180. 
182. 184. 189. 190, 195. 199, 
234, 235, 275, 287, 304, 309, 
310. 317, 318, 321, 326, 329, 
330. 332. 361, 394. 440, 458, 
461. 

Stacy 357. 358, 359, 360 

Sturtevant. 48, 73, 100. 106. 110, 119, 
136, 182, 309. 317, 474. 

Starbird 106, 110, 199, 359 

Strector 278 

Strout 161, 396 

Stockman 16s. 302 

Standisii 168 

Stin.son 374 

Stoughton 2sO 

Starr 312 

Strickland 312 

Stetde 312 

Stickney 312. 313 

Stetson'. 312. 467 

Stanley 313, 441 

Stowe 316, 465 

Sumner 36, 97, 101 

Sullivan 118, 121. 203 

Swift, 48, 73, 80, 90. 92, 94, 98. 100, 
101, 106, 110, 118, 136. 144, 
174. 200. 234, 234, 293, 305, 
3S5. 406. 
Swan, 48. 72. 77, 80. 100, 106. 157, 
160, 167, 192, 199, 233. 235, 
256. 279, 357, 358, 469, 470, 
471. 

Swazcv 195 

Swallow 351 

Swett 317, 361, 433 

Sylvester 1.50 

Thwing 302 

Tobin -...312 

Town 354 

Townsend 317. 359 

Tozier 12 

Titcomb 137. 233 

Trowbridge, 24, 35. 36, 52. 54. 57. 

4.59. 
True. 122, 232, 354, 393. 394. 463, 

466. 

Tribou 137. 1.58 

Tripp 329. 335. 418 

Tuell. 48, 49. 86. 95, 100, 106, 110, 

123, 137, 160, 165. 168, 169, 

170. 191, 192. 194, 413, 463. 
Tudor 78, 443 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



809 



Tubbs....l22, i:.7, 158, 2;?7, 2S7. 

Tucker l!^', '^^'^^ ^''•'^ 

Turner I(i8, 304, 812, 814 

Tuttle ^^''^ 

Twitcliell, 75, TG, !)1, !>4, 05, 100, 
101, 10'.1, 110. lis. 122, 125, 



137, 147, 148, 14!t, ICO. KiD, 
184, 190, 25(1, 30<t, 318. 33(;, 
45G, 401. 

Twombly • G!I3 

Tyler '-"-'O, 310 



V. 



Van Utiren. 
Valentino. . • 
Ventres. .. . 
Verra/.zaiic) 



..137. 3i: 



3!t2, 
.274. 



3!nt, 
28 1 . 



342 

4(54 
484 



Vines. . . 
\'int()n 
Virfjin. 
Vose. . . 



Waldo -I 

Warren. 47, 53. 70. 7,s. i>3. !»5, ilG, 100, 
101, 102, 107. 110, 118, 138, 
ICO, 182, 233, 301, 300, 312, 
43!>. 
Walton, 100. 107. 110, 122, 124, 137, 
144, 148. 1C4, Ui8, 18f), 194, 
19G, 218, 222, 228, 234, 312, 
327^ 453, 458, 4C7. 

Wanl •">■• 

Washburn, 48, 49, 72, 92, 137, 144, 
ICl, 1C7, IfiS. 172. 184, 219, 
224, 312, 313, 397, 437, 4C7, 
408. 

Wayniouth '• 

Watkinson 21 

Wadsworth, 21, 91. 92. 103, KK"., 312 
AValker, 75, 107, 123. 137, 148, 158. 
ICO, 101. 100. 173, 178, 185, 
190, 191, 193, 274, 282, 297, 
298, 299. 300. 312, 407. 
Waterhouse. 105, 172, 207, 208, 302, 
433, 448. 

Warner 190, 35:t, 300, 397 

Watkins 255, 322, 329, 447 

AVatson 323, 328, 440 

Webber 254, 338, 3,s5 

Wentwortli '^^-^ 

Weeks 190, 2()9, 355, 350, 449 

Webster 154, llll 

Weston 1-^'' 

Wellington 44, 75, 148, 149 

Wells 18, 20, 180, 181, 384 

Wetnu)re -1 

Wendell US 

Whitman, 18. 137. 149, 101, 107, 185, 
192, 198, 284, 285, 294, 312, 
313, 323. 342. 
Whitnev, 24, 25, 30, 44, 48, 50, 54, 58, 
.59, 70, 72, 73, 80, 92, 95, 90, 
100, 101, 102, 137, 1C(!, 1S4, 
294, 205, 444. 

White 55, 59, 09, 190, 270. 314 

Whittemore, 39, 44, .50, 69, 70, 71. 70, 

Yates 190, 310, 317, 3.39, 357, 3.58 

York 454 

Young, 149, 173, 189, 191, 190, 22S, 



223, 242, 442 

14S, 222. 223. 237, 312, 354 
... .' . KS9! 227. 2:M. 454 



w. 



123, 137, 147, 100, 198, 292, 
299, 3()0, 4.59. 
Whitehead, 123, 138, 150, 173. 174. 
235, 310, 350. 

Wheehvritrht 100, 200 

Wheeler 270, 352, 359, 4(;2 

Whittle '•''^■l 

Winthrop ' 

Willard 18, 10, 43. 44 

Williams 24. 25, 53, 207 

Wilder , 20 

Wightnian, 72, 79, 90. 100, IOC, 110, 

120, 144, 145, 154, 310. 
Withani, 35. 3G, 52. 55. 60, 09, 140, 
150, 160, 191, 305, 310, 411, 
412. 
Willis, 48, 49, 59, 63, 65. 66, 68, CO, 75, 
77, 79, 80, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 
100, 101, 102, 109, 119, 123, 
125, 137, 13S, 141, 148, 154, 
155, 159, 100, 104, 103, 105, 
199, 205, 214, 232, 233, 271, 
275, 337, 338, 357, 358, 300, 
391, 397, 398, 400, 411, 444, 
451, 469, 471. 

Widgcrv 91, 92. 93, 103, 160 

Winslow, 125, 137, 199, 317, 354, 403 

Winn 126 

Wilson, 189, 194, 227, 268, 274, 280, 
281, 340, 350, 357, 350, 305. 

Williamson 204, 208 

Witt 251, 2S7. 319 

Wight :!i;^ 

Witliintrton 314 

Woodward 54. 72, LSI. 428 

Woodburv, 81, 110, 148, 149, 101, 
180, 190, 272, 312, 350. 352, 
391, 401, 421, 445, 449, 452, 
454, 455. 

Wood •^•■5-i 

Woodman 255, 332. 393 

Wriuht ;'''^> 

Wvman 137, 312, 3(;0. 400. 431 



Y. 



269, 287, 316, 333, 340, 351, 
352, 357, 358, 300, 467. 



810 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



Index to Militaky IIi.story, Pages 361-3S5. 



Andrews, Lloyd, 
Allen, Moses, 
Allen, Isaac, 
Andrews, David, 
Aldrich, Wni. C, 
Aldrk'h, Eli, 

Bolster, Isaac, 
Briggs, Jesse, 
Brett, Anizi, 
Barrows, Malachi, 
Bradford, Col., 
Bowker, .lames, 
Bowker, Anson, 
Blake. Stephen, 
Besse, Caleb, 
Brett, Seneca, 
Buck, Austin, 
Barker, .lonatlian, 
Bartlett, Sylvanus, 
Brett, Martin, 
Bryant, Ichal)od, 
Bryant, Ai-odus, 
Bryant. IcliaVxxl, Jr., 
I>ullard, Joscpli. 
Blake, Hichard, 
Bartlett, Tilden, 
Berry, Levi, 
Basfoi-d, David, 
Benson, Seth, 
Bent, Otis, 
Beniis, Jonatlian, 
Beniis, David, 
JJeniis, Jonathan, Jr., 
Beniis. James, 
Bullen, Jolm li.. 
Bird, Jolui, 
Bairows, Asa, 
Beaman, Thomas A., 
lierry, Zeri, 
Brown, James L., 
Benson, ll.irden, 
Bisbee, Iia, 
Briggs, Leonard. 
Brown, Orren F., 
Berrv, Frank L., 
Brett, Henry, M., 
Bolster, Horace N., 
Bolster, Solomon A., 
Barrows, James H., 
Besse, Isaac IL, 
Bai-rows, George H., 

Cole, Eleazer 
Carter, Thomas, 
Crocker, Thomas, 
Cary, John S., 
Churchill, William, 
Churchill, Berez, 



364 Armsby, Amos, 

365 Andrews, Alfred, 

a 

375 Albee, John, 

377 Arthur, I'lmer, 

378 Arkitt, John, 

362 Bullen, Daniel, 
" Besse, Anthony, 

363 Bemis, Francis. 
" Bodwell, Bailey, 
" Bennett, John, 

364 Bryant, David, 

" BaVrows, Caleb B., 

" Buck, Jabez, 

" Bird, Benj., 

" Berrv, Harvev. 

" Bolster, Isaac, Jr.. 

" Bent, Walter, 

" Bent, Wm., 

" Billings, John, 

365 Blake, Stephen, 
'• Besse, Alden, 

'* Bolster, (iideon, 

" Bennett, Francis, 

" Beniis, Francis, 

" Bolster, David, 

" Bisbee, America, 

" Brown, Thomas H., 

" Bolster, ( iideon, 

" Brelt, Luther P., 

" Barrows, Hiram B., 

" Barrows, Joel, 

" Blake, William, 

" Blake, Joseph, 

" Besse, Cyrus, 

366 Bolster, Horace N., 

374 Bird, John M., 

376 Buck, Benj. F., 

'• Bowker, (iideon B., 

" Barrows, Alljcrt C, 

377 Buck, Charles T., 

378 Butler, Edward, 

379 Barnes, Joseph, 
" Bond, Henrv, 

380 Beers, William, 

381 Brvan, (ieorge, 
" Born, Wm., 

" Bogue. Edward, 

'•'• Beals, Welcome, 

382 Bean, Freeborn G., 

363 Cunnnings, Moses, 
" Churchill, Wm., 

364 Carpenter, Joshua, 

365 Carpenter, Walter, 

" Cunmiings, Solomon, 

" Chase, Siblev, 



365 



380 
384 
385 

366 



367 



370 



371 



372 
373 



383 

a 

384 



385 



366 



367 



INDEX OF NAMKS. 



Coi-dwoll, FnuK'i^, 
Cloixtnian, >;atli:in, 
Cobb, Cyni?, 
Cliipnian, Simeon, 

OiiniMiuir^, (ieoroe ^^ ., 
Cuimniii.iis, Daniel, Jr., 
Curtis, t'liailoji, 
(,;ole, -loseph, 
Cole, .lol), 

Colburn, Jerathniael, 
Cole, Calvin, 
Chuirhill, Sprague, 
CusJlnnan, Ebene/.er, 
Connor, Teter C, 
Chape, Wni. L., 
Cooper, Jarvis C, 
Cleaves, Calvin H., 
Cole, James E., 
Clark, Horace K., 
Cole, Joseph (t., 
Cummings, Freel A., 
Chilli, Henry A.. 
Carter, Lemnel B., 
Clittbrd, (xiles K., 
Curtis, Oliver G., 
Carver, Ariel G., 

Bean, Edmund, 
Drake, Daniel, 
Dowry, Col., 
Dykes, Col., 
Daniels. Simeon, 
Dwellev, Barzillai, 
Dudley, Daniel, 
Deering, John, 
Deeriuii', Robert, 
Dunham, Sebra, 
Dean, Daniel, 
Daiey, Daniel, 
Dean, Asa, 

Dunham, Edward M., 
Damon, Nelson J., 
Dunham, Wellington A\ ., 
Damon, James U., 
Deering, Llewellyn, 
Dunham, Frank Q., 
Damon, (ieorge W., 
Durell, Henry E., 
Deering, L. Melrose, 
Downs, Wm. H., 
Dver, Otis, 
Dunham, Charles W., 

EUingwood, Jacob, 
Ellingwood, Asa F., 
Ellis, John, 
Field, F^phraim. 
Farrar, Thomas. 
Fobes, Bilhngs, 
Frost, Enoch, 



365 Co(.p<-r. John. 
" Cushman. Chandlei. 

11 Cummings, Isaai-, Jr. 

u Cushman, Albert. 

" Crawford, Benj. F., 

u Cnmniings. Simon H 

a Cunnuings. Simeon, 

u Carter, 'hmotby, J., 

u Carter. David. 

u Chandler. Keub<'n. 

u Cnshman. Albert, 

u Curtis, Harrison, (i. 

36(; Chil<l, Lewis, 
u Carter, Samuel K.. 

374 Cole, Georgv W., 
37G Cunnnings, Isaac i>., 
" Cunnnings, John C, 

'i Cole. Consider, 

Canning. Patrick XL, 
Cunningham, ^^ m. 1 
Crowlev, John. 
Child, Wm. A.. 
Cobb, Albion P., 
Crafts, James. 
Carter, John. 
Cochran, John. 



O. 



378 
379 

380 

382 

3(53 

u 
u 

3G5 



3G(! 
375 
376 



377 

378 
380 



382 

365 
375 
385 
363 
365 



Durell, Peter, 
Daniels, James, 
Durell, Wm., 
Daniels, Joseph. 
Dennng, John ^^ .. 
Dolloft; Albert \\ .. 

Drake, Ebene/.<-r. 

Dunham, Sampson, 

Dunham, Elea/er. 

Dennett, John, 

Durell, Charles. 

Dunham, Isaac. 

Dunham. James P.. 

Damon, Wm. B., 

Damon, Alva. 

Dmiham, Joseph H., 

Demerit. George A.. 

Dowdelle. Anthonv, 

Davis. James, 

Dempsev, Alfred. 
Delaney. Michael, 
Do vie. John, 
Dubois, Charles, 
Douglass, Warren O., 



ElUngwood, Oscar P. 

Field, Anson. 
Fuller, Isaiah, 
Faunce. Ichabod C, 
Foo"g, Nathan, 



811 
368 

370 
371 



372 
373 



384 



385 



306 

367 
369 

371 
373 
382 



383 
384 



366 
367 



812 



IXDEX OF NAMES. 



French, Levi, 


365 


Fairfield, Gov. John, 


36S 


Fohes, Daniel, 


" 


Follett, Lewis, 


370 


Fuller, Joel, 


a 


Ford, Timothy, 


(I 


Fuller, Aaron, 


ii. 


Fickett, Daniel, 


371 


Fuller, Ilarve}-, 


a 


Frost, Isaac, Jr., 


i; 


PMeld, (ialen, 


u 


Fuller, Ezra G., 


373 


Fuller, Freeman, 


!.(. 


Fogg, Thomas W., 


u 


Field, Zibeon, 


ll. 






Farrar, Sidney A., 


374 


Finn, Thomas, 


384 


P'arrar, Geo. T., 


376 


Fitz, .John, 


li 


Felton, John D., 


378 


Fitz, George, 


u 


Favor, Albert A., 


382 


Foley, John, 


11 


Favor, Granville M., 


u 






Gage* Gen., 


362 


Greenleaf, William, 


(I 


Goodenow, Rufus K., 


3G4 


Goss, Gustavus A., 


u 


Gammon, Moses, 


365 


Gurney, Ozen, 


369 


Gammon, Stephen, 


K 


Gannnon, Ablal B., 


373 


Gray, Levi, 


" 






Galiison, I). G., 


375 


Giles, Dexter, 


382 


Ga,oe, Benj., 


377 


Giles, Geo. W., 


cc 


Gould, Jacob E., 




Gray, Clinton S., 


ii 


Gilman, Jerome A,, 


37!) 


Gurney, Adua, 


383 


Goss, Ellery F., 


381 


Green,"^ Caleb B., 


li 


Gray, AVm. L., 


u 


Gordon, Heni-y, 


384 


Gurney, Victor, 


«i 


Gerrish, Leverett W., 


11 


Heald, Sanniel, 


3(53 


Hubbard, Levi, 


369 


Hayden, Josiah, 


'• 


Hubbard, Keuben, 


.(I 


Haiey, Gapt., 


364 


Hall, Abijah, 


u 


Hill, "Thomas, 


u 


Hill, Alexander, 


u 


Hall, Solomon, 


365 


Hill, Lawson, 


370 


Hodiidon, Stephen, 


ii. 


Handin, Cyrus Jr., 


371 


Hathaway, Lazarus, 


u 


Hubl)ai-d, Hiram, 


37i 


Harlow, David, 


1.1 


Hall. Abijah, Jr., 


I. 


Hill, Alexander, 


u 


Hooi)er, James, 


u 


Harris, Amariah, 


li 


Hersey, Alvah, 


C( 


Hall, Frederic X., 


u 


Hall, Joseph IL, 


373 


Hammond, Benjamin, 


•' 


Holmes, Job, 


11 


Hall, Cyprian, 


366 


Hanson, Sanuiel F., 


u 


Hassom, .lames. 


" 


Hannaford, David P., 


i; 


llai-vcv. Governor Sir John, 


368 


Hanunond, Hemy E., 


u 


Hubbard, Daniel, S., 


(k 






Hersey, All)ion A., 


374 


Haskell, Edwin X., 


379 


Hall, Hodney X., 


it 


Hale, Francis H., 


381 


Hod<jkins, Suiimer F., 


375 


Hammond, Lowell E., 


382 


Howe, Charles L. F., 


376 


Hooper, James E., 


383 


Herse}', Henry A., 


377 


Harvey, John C, 


384 


Hersey, Charles A., 


"■ 


Hickley, Wm., 


'' 


Holt, Lewis, 


(I 


Hanlahan, James, 


385 


Holt, Thomas S., 


378 


Hurd, George, 


a 


Hathaway, Theron F., 


(I 






Jacobs, John, 


364 


Jackson, Jacob, 


u 


Jackson, James, 


365 


Jones, Silas, 


i; 


Sylvanus, 


366 


Jackson, Jairus IL, 


369 


Lemuel, 


"■ 


Lenuiel, Jr., 


370 


Jordan, John F., 


374 


Jackson, Hiram H., 


•382 


Jackson, Charles P., 


375 


Lewis L., 


11 


Jefferson, 


a 


Charles F., 


383 


Judkins, Alvah. 


380 


Thomas F., 


'• 


Jacques, Edwin D., 


381 


Andrew J., 


I- 



INDEX OF XAMKS. 



813 



Jackson, Samuol C, 
Jones, Silas F., 

Kimball, Hall, 
Kiliidic, Andorus, 
Kiiiiihr, Isaac, 
Keen, Shadi-ach. 
Kninht, rctcr, 
Kinii", Saniuci, 
Keen, Fraiirls. 
King', Saniuci II., 
Kjiajij), David S., 
Kennoy, Warren 13., 
Kennev, Soloniou S. 
Kimball, AVm, K., 
Kiu»^, Julius A., . , 

Learned, Col., 
Lebroke, Jacob, 

Nicholas, 
Lurvev, Kicliard T.. 
Hichard L., 
Lei>i;hton, I'elatiah, 

JVIeitys, Samuel, 
Maxim, Silas, 
Moody. Kobert, 
Morse, Seth, 
McCobb, Dennv, 
Marble, Nathan M.. 
Macomber, Daniel. 
Millett, John, 
Morse, Cyrus H., 
Maxim, Silas, Jr., 

Benj., 
Morton, Kandall P., 
Momoe, Edlon M., 
Muich, James D., 
Matthew s. A ugustus 
Morse, David, 
Monk, Albion. 
Monroe, Geo. F., 
Morgan, Stephen D., 
Mixei-, Francis ])., 
Mitchell, Stephen, 
McAi-dle. John C., 
Morse, .Moses 11., 
Murdock, Eliab W., 
Merrill, John E., 

Noyes. John. 
Needham John, 
Kewhall. Eugene P.. 
Noyes. Henry F.. 

Packard, David, 
Packard. Nathan. 
Pond, Simeon. 
Perkins, Sanniel. 
Perry. Calel), 
Perkins, Simeon, 
Penley, James. 



381 Jones, George, 
" Jolnison, Charles M. 

30.") Kittrcdge, Charles F 
" Keith, .lairus S., 

" King. Jairus II., 

Knight, Thaddeus, 



383 
384 

371 
372 



367 


King, (ieorge, 


u 


309 


Kittredge, Asaph, 


u 


I. 


Knight, Isaac F., 


373 


370 






37.-) 


Knai)p, James II. F., 


380 


'• 


Knight, Ilii-am P., 


382 


377 


Knight, Hudson, 




(( 


Keliev, I'ati-ick, 


384 


379 


Kelley, AVm., 


"■ 


3G2 


Lawson, Aimer, 


372 


365 


Lombard. Nathan, 
Lord, Ebenezer, 


37:5 


378 


Lowell, Emery A., 


382 


380 


T , 'lam, Wm'. IL, 


384 


3(53 


Millett, (ieo. W., 


372 


305 


Mason, Philip, 


'i 


n. 


Morse, Seth, 


'■i 


366 


McAllister, Samuel. 


373 


a 


Marrinei-, Sanuiel, 


i. 


367 


Moore, Dexter 13., 


ti 


369 


Maxim, Levi, 


4; 


370 


Monk. Lewis. 
Millett, Chandler T.. 




371 


Merrill, Wm.. 


«■• 



375 IMorton, Milton, 

" ilorse, Joseph II., 

376 Maxim, FrankHn, 

377 All)ion A., 
Manseli, Abraham, 

378 ^IcPhei-son, Thoma 
" Murray, Thomas, 

" Mellen, James, 

379 Morris, George, 

" McDonald, Daniel, 

" Moriison, Donald. 

380 Martin, (ieoi-ge, 
" Morris. Chai'les, 

382 Martin, Henrj', 

305 Noble, Daniel. 

Noves. Wm.. 

380 Neilson. Peter. 



363 Pray, Abram. 

•' Pratt. Jedediah. 

364 Pratt, Benj., 

'• Porter. Ezekiel. 

365 Parsons. Henry K. 
Prentiss. Caleb, 

•• Pool. Thomas. 



383 
384 
384 



385 



370 
385 



366 
367 
370 

371 



814 

rrince, Isaac. 
Pen-v. Joseph. 
Porter, Charles, 
Packard. Stephen, 
Periv, Alljert K.. 
Penlev, Joseph. 
Packa'rd, Asa 1).. 
Pratt. Levi A. 
Penlej', Joseph P., 
Perhani, Aurestus S., 
Porter, John. 

Ryerson, WilUani, 
Kohinson, Alexander, 
Kecord, Isaac, 
Koval, John, 
Kecord, Andrew, 
Ripley, Ransom, 

' Uriah, 
Raw son, Mark B., 
Riplcv, Wni., 
Uawson, Enunor, 
Ripley, Orison, 
Rawson, Sanuiel I .. 
Kyerson. Gnstavus H., 

Charles H.. 
Robhins. Aniaziah, 
Ripley. Georji-e K.. 

* Wni. W.. 
Robinson. Arthur O.. 
Rverson. Albert F.. 
Henry A., 
Reed, John, 
Rice, Alanson 'SI.. 

Swan. William. 
Steyens. Thomas, 
Stowell. Daniel, 
Swift. Caleb. 
Stowell. Rnfus, 
Steyens. John, 
Stearns. Theodore, 
Smith, Antepas. 
Swift, Jonathan, 

Shurtleff, Alya, 

Swift, Sanuiel, 

Smith. Wm. II.. 

Stephens. Kleazer S., 

Switt, John, 

Stearns. Phineas. 

Sturtevant, Joseph, 

Smhh, Nicholas, • 

Sawyer. Reuben. 

Stephens, Sanuiel. 

Shaw. Solomon. 

Steyens, Danville B., 

Stowell, Thomas N. Jr., 

Swan, Ezra, 

Swan, Oren G., 
Swan, Wm. K-, 
Stuart, Grentill B., 
Stuart, Whiteheld B., 



INDEX OF NAMES. 

365 Porter, Sylvanu^ 
Pratt, Abial, 
Pratt, Benj. T., 



375 
379 
380 

381 

382 
3fi-t 

u 

365 



m> 

367 



37(5 
377 



37'J 
380 

382 
383 

361 
365 



366 
374 
375 
376 
377 
378 



Pratt, Edwin D.. 
Porter, Charles II., 
Pratt, Gustavus A., 
Potts. Samuel, 
Pettengill. Samuel, 
Phillii), Mack, 

Rawson, Ebenezer, 
Ryerson, Wm., 
Robinson, John. 
Rogers, Edmond, 
Robinson, Stephen, 
Rawson. Samuel, 
Ripley, David R., 
Ryerson, Job, 
Robinson, Samuel, 
Joel, 

Ripley. Uriah. J.. 
DavitlK.. 
Rounds. Isaac. 

Ransh. Paul H., 

Ryan, Peter. 

Rogers. John. 

Richardson. Wm.. 

Rolterts. James A.. 

Riley. Wm., . 

Richardson. Nehenuah C, 

Russell. Wm.. 

St rout, Peter B., 

Stevens, Ben]., 

Stowell, Lewis, 

Scott, Gen. Winheld S., 

Shaw, Jairus, 

Shaw. Soranus, 

Stevens, Cyprian, 

Stowell, Thomas X., 

Stowell, Sanuiel. 

Stearns, Samuel, 

Steams, Wm., 

Swift, Alvin,- 

Shurtleft", Leonard, 
Sturtefant. Lewis, 
Sturtefant. Lorenzo, 
Shurtletl". Adolphus, 
Stone Lorenzo. 
Sturtevant. Benj. B., 
Stone, Henry M., 
Stone, Elisha E., 
Smith, Andrew J., 
Swift, Chandler, 
Sanliorii, John R-, 
Smith, James B., 
Smith, Michael, 
Shrown, Edwin, 
Smith, James, 



373: 

383 

384 

.1 

II 

3G9 

ki 

a. 

370 

(.i. 
372 



DEC 6-1948 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



Swan, Mouses, 
Shiickley, Joseph II., 
Sawtelle, Zephaniah E., 
Shaw, Gilbert E., 

Twitchell, David, 

Tribou, Adna, 

Twitchell, Moses, 

Thomas, John, 

Titcouib. Isaac, 

Tuell. A])iarhar, 

Twitchell, Lvuian B.. 
Charles II., 
Geo. II.. 
James II., 

Valentine, John. 
Vreeder, Geoi'g"e, 

Wanen, Abijah, 
Woodbniv. lienjaniiu, 
Walker, Slicah," 
Whitehead. John. 
Willis, Seth, 
Weeks, Samuel P., 
AYalker, Charles, 
Walker, Wm., 
Wyuian, Bela. 
Whittemore. Enoch, Jr. 
Wjinan, Freeman L., 
Washburn, Jeft'erson, 
AVashlnirn. Calvin. 
Washl)urn! Alden B., 
Washburn, Linus G,, 
Wasliburn, Almon T., 
Whitcomb, Levi, 
Walker, Geo. E., 
Woods, Wm. A., 
Warner, Laforest, 

Young, Joshua, 

Nathaniel, 

Young, David W., 
At wood, 
Freeland, 



■S7d 

382 
3G5 



383 

36,T 
309 
377 

382 



Stone, Marcus M., 
Stuart, (ieo. S., 
Smith, Cliarles H., 



Tuell, Ebenezer, 
Tubbs, Ezra, 
Thayer, Isaac A. 
Twitchell. Levi, 
Thomas. Geo. W 



Young, Charles, Jr., 

Young, Daniel H., 
George AY., 
Xathaniel, 



815 
385 



30.-) 
371 
373 



37!) 


Twitdiell. Cyrus W., 


382 


381 


Tucker, Walter J., 


383 


382 


Thompson, \Ym., 


384 


3G.-) 


Videtto, .lasper. 


,4 


384 






363 


Walker, Daniel, 
Walton, Simeon, 


(( 


3(J4 


Willis, Isaiah, 


" 


3G.5 


Woodbury, John, 


3()G 


•' 


Washburn. Luther. 


309 


" 


AYillis. .b)lui. 




" 


Whitehead, Thomas J., 


370 




Winslow, Alliert, 


'• 




Weeks, Josiah K., 


373 


37.5 


Willis, Ethan, 
Wilson, Geo. A., 


u 


379 


AYilliams. James D., 
AA'eymouth, John X., 


384 


;{8l 


Watson, Charles, 
Williams, .lolm. 


i; 


381 


AYebber. Otto, 
AYhite, Henry, 


*' 


382 


AA'illiams, John H., 


384 




AYare, N. L., 


38.5 



372 

382 



Index to Personal Xotices 



Addison Abbott, 
Charles Andrews, 
Sullivan C. Andrew; 
Horace Armsby, 
Hannali E. Allen, 
Asa Barton, 
James M. Buck, 
Thomas H. Brown, 
Dr. Buck, 
Alvah Black, 
Flora E. Barrv, 



286 


Octavius King, 


32,5 


346 


Asaph Kittredo'e, 


333 


41G 


AYm. K. Kimball, 


347 




Horatio King, 


429 


476 


Enoch Lincoln, 


343 


324 


Francis Lane. 


431 


334 


Augustus G. Lebroke, 


432 


" 


George AY. Millett, 


324 


339 


.larvis C. :Marble, 


432 


348 


Silas P. :\Iaxim, 


433 


403 


AA'm. AA'. Maxim, 


486 



816 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



David r. Holr^ter. 


417 


Solonian A. Bolster. 


(( 


Will. H. Bolsler, 


" 


Sylvester Hesse. 


418 


Fred E. Boothby, 


" 


J. K. Cochraiie, 


284 


Saiiiuel K. Carter, 


328 


S.iiiiiiel r. Croswell, 


331 


Eeiijauiin Chandler, 


" 


Jo.«e])h G. Cole. 


344 


Timothy J. Carter, 


34.-) 


Benj. C. Ciiiiiiniiigs, 


348 


EiUK-h L. Ciiuiinings, 


" 


(iranville M. Chase, 


418 


WilJiaiii Chase. 


41!) 


Aldcii Cii:ise. 


41!) 


'I'hoiuas Crocker, 


42(1 


Siiiieou Cmiimiugs, 


421 


Caleb B. Davis, 


27!) 


Dr. Dean. 


332 


llerrick C. Davis, 


2r)(j 


Will. H. Dennett, 


404 


.lolm Dennett, 


421 


James Deering, 


422 


Wm. Deerino'. 




Ehene/er Drake, 


423 


Hiram C. Estes, 


282 


Stephen Emery, 


344 


(ieoriiv F. Emery, 


347 


Ste])ii(;ii .\. Enieiy, 


405 


Albert A. Ford. 


282 


Caleb Fuller, 


304 


Dairus Fobes, 


32(5 


Andrew J. Fuller, 


423 


Seidell (iilbert. 


2!)2 


Ebenezer II. Goss, 


330 


Edwin (ireeii. 


338 


Hufus K. (ioodenow. 


34() 


Fmilj' A. (ioodenow, 


424 


.lames lIooi)er. 


27f) 


Win. W. llayward, 


202 


Cyrus Hamlin, 


331 


Benaiiih Hanson, 


332 


Job Holmes. 


334 


Nathaniel Howe. 


341 


Henry N. Hall, 


40.-) 


Moses Hammond. 


42.-) 


Elijah L. Hamlin. 




Hannibal Hamlin. 


426 


Josiah S. Hobbs. 


428 


Hiiam Hubbard, 


429 



Alice (Ri])ley) Maxim, 488 

Dr. Xorris. ' 330 

Will. A. Pidj^in, 326 

Dr. rainier. 339 

Fraiu-is H. Packard. 339 

Albion K. Pa iris. 342 

Vir<i:il D. Parris, 434 

Edward L. Parris, 435 

Henry U. I'arsons, 435 

Sidney Perhain. 436 

Henr3' K. Prenti.ss, 437 

Sarah J. Prentiss, 438 

Henry Prentiss. 472 

Caleb Prentiss, 474 

.Mary H. Prentiss, 480 

(xilman Howe. 336 

Charles Uussell. 337 

Isaac Hounds, 33!) 

George B. Kawson, 340 

James F. Bawsou, 34!) 
Lvman Hawson, '■ 

\Vintielil S. HipIeJ^ 404 

];os<' (McKeiiney) Rawson, 484 

:\Iary (Hathaw.-iy) Koavo, 487 

Joseph C. Snow. 291 

Fred E. Shaw, 327 
Zina E. Stone, '" 

Cyprian Stevens, 329 

David B. Sawyer, 338 

Zachariah Soule, 341 

Levi Stowell. 345 

Ambrose K. Shurtleft", 439 

George K. Shaw, 439 

Fatoii Shaw, 440 
Hufus S. Stevens, '• 

David P. Stowell. 441 

Zenas Thompson, 280 

Leander S. Tripp, 335 

Alinon Twitcliell. 336 

Augustus S. Thayer, 441 

Heliry O. Thaver, 442 

Wm.'H. S. Ventres, 281 

Warren II. AMnton, 442 

Adam Wilson. 280 

Will. H. Walker. .282 

Joseph Walker. 299 

George 11. Watkins, .329 

Sewall II. Webber, 338 

George A. Wilson. 349 

James S. AV' right, 350 

Octavus K. Yates, 339 



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